Liverpool Council will be looking to “let the light in” as it stages a major illuminations event again this year.
Subject to cabinet approval, the local authority is to invest £600,000 from Culture Liverpool’s budget to put on the River of Light festival once again this year. Over nine days, a series of 10 art works will be commissioned from artists the world over.
The full programme details and artists to be engaged will be developed once approval has been granted. Cabinet papers have revealed how last year’s event attracted around 250,000 people to the city centre with an economic impact of more than £6m.
