Medway Light Nights is a free spectacular festival of light which will transform Historic Rochester’s iconic buildings and spaces into works of art on Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12 February 2022

Medway Light Nights is a free spectacular festival of light which will transform Historic Rochester’s iconic buildings and spaces into works of art on Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12 February 2022.

Medway Council, in partnership with Emergency Exit Arts, has commissioned local, national and internationally-renowned artists, to work alongside our young people and communities, to deliver an incredible event.

Time and Date: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February 6pm-9pm
Location: Rochester High Street and surrounding areas

Booking not necessary, just turn up!

If Not Now by ICON THEATRE

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February: 6pm, 7pm & 8pm (20 mins long)
Location: Rochester Castle Gardens

If Not Now is a mass movement spectacular featuring a volunteer cast of performers alongside Icon Theatre’s professional cast and creative team, exploring contemporary opportunities for profound social change.

CROSSROADS by Lucid Creates

Date and time: Friday 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: Kings Head Car Park

CROSSROADS by Lucid Creates uses the optical illusions created by light, sound and mirrors to transport audiences to a place where good things have happened and the future we want exists now.

We are Medway: Night Lights Lantern Parade and Outdoor Film

Date and Time: Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm (Lantern parade Friday 6pm)
Location: Parade starts in the car park at Almon Place and ends at Rochester Castle Gardens. Installation at the War Memorial, Rochester High Street.

Cohesion Plus, working in partnership with Ideas Test, will be delivering the Night Light’s Lantern Parade along Historic Rochester High Street as well as an outdoor community film installation which play over the 11 and 12 February.

Illuminarealities by University of Kent

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: Six Poor Travellers' House and in front of Rochester Cathedral

Feeding from the stories and messages from Charles Dickens' literature, Illuminarealities aims to combine light and architecture, creating a fusion of the two

Charles Dickens’ Flying Circus by Dream Safari

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: Eastgate Gardens

Local street artist Dream Safari paints a mural of Charles Dickens in the Eastgate Gardens, next to his chalet, where the great author worked on some of his best-known novels.

Dancing with Dickens by Fabric Lenny

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: Eastgate Gardens

Dancing with Dickens is a live animated character driven projection work starring Dickensian characters, busting moves and throwing shapes to an eclectic playlist of tunes.

A Tale of Two Cities by Mona Whitton

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: Outside Guildhall Museum

This installation seeks to illustrate elements of Dickens iconic work A Tale of Two Cities through the creation of two shadow-box pieces, one depicting Paris, the other London.

Cuckoo Clock Cinema by 51 Zero

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, projection time 6-9pm, performance time 8-9pm.
Location: Store 104

Inspired by Rochester High street’s unique shops and quirky objects for sale such as kaleidoscopes, music boxes, snow globes, weathervanes and cuckoo clocks, 51zero presents an evening of projections from the windows of Store 104 where the architecture of the building will be framing the show.

Dickensian Fire Laboratory by Emergency Exit Arts and Lightfires

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: The Vines, Rochester

Be Transported back in time to the Dickensian age and wander through a vista of flames and chemical reactions within the Vines of Rochester.

The Hourglass by Emergency Exit Arts

Date and time: Friday, 11 and Saturday, 12 February, 6-9pm
Location: Eastgate Gardens

Conceived and produced by Illuminos for Emergency Exit Arts, this new piece is a 4-metre-high sculpture, using projection mapping and sound to tell immersive impactful stories.