2025’s Light Up Wakefield weekend invites you to see a spectacular trail of installations and experience the city in a whole new light!
Stay tuned as more information coming soon…
Light Up is coming to Wakefield City Centre on Friday 21 – Sunday 23 November 2025!
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
Should you need any form of medical attention please inform a member of staff or security on site where they can show you where the medical vehicle is located or request for a medic to come to you.
We do not have any secure storage for medicines on site.
Assistance dogs (in fact all dogs!) are welcomed to all areas of the event.
There are numerous off-street and on-street car parking spaces in Wakefield City Centre.
Find a full list with details here.
There is also parking available at Trinity Walk and The Riding Shopping Centre.
Wakefield Westgate Station
It is an approximately 10 minute walk from Wakefield Westgate Train Station to the Cathedral Precinct.
You can find station details here.
Wakefield Kirkgate Station
It is an approximately 15 minute walk from Wakefield Kirkgate Train Station to the Cathedral Precinct.
You can find station details here.
Wakefield Bus Station
Wakefield Bus Station is an approximately 8 minute walk from the Cathedral Precinct.
You can find more information about bus services to Wakefield on the Arriva website here.
You can find out more on our getting here page.
We are continually updating our provisions for the event so please keep checking back on this page.
If you do have any queries or feel that there is anything we can improve on, we are open to suggestions!
Please feel free to contact us on festivals@wakefield.gov.uk
17:00 - 21:00 
