Light Up 2025

Start the festive season in style as Wakefield Council lights up the Wakefield district this November.

Enjoy the best of what the autumnal season has to offer with cosy, community-centred Christmas Light Switch On’s in Castleford (25 Nov), Ossett (29 Nov) and Pontefract (30 Nov). 

Wander through festive markets where traders will be showcasing a wide range of goodies and see entertaining live performances taking place on the main stage. There will also be delicious street food and drink, fun fringe activities from our partners before the official switch-on and illumination of our town centres.

Light Up Wakefield returns from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 November. The Christmas Light Switch On will take place at 5:30pm on Friday 21 November in the Cathedral Precinct. 

Come along with your family and friends and experience a light trail like no other. For three days you can see more installations than ever before across Wakefield city centre.

Start your adventure at the Event Hub in WX (Wakefield Exchange) and pick up a free trail map to locate all the art installations appearing across the city. 

Unleash your imagination at Maxime Touroute’s interactive installation ‘Let’s Draw’ where you can create designs for an ever-changing digital mural. Let the Norse mythology inspired ‘Ship of the Gods’ by Heinrich and Palmer take your breath away. Journey through dreamscapes with ‘Rever’ by Jack Cheesebrough at Outpoint Studio - a vivid symphony of radiance and sound. All this and so much more awaits. 

Find out more about Light Up events across the district at: expwake.co/LightUp2025