LIGHTWAVES
A unique display of illuminations, projections and performances in Sutton-on-Sea. SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 2025
LightWaves was organised by Storyteller NPO (part of the South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership) in collaboration with The Sessions House CIC in Spilsby. The Partnership’s funding from Arts Council England is designed to support arts, culture, heritage and creativity across the whole of South and East Lincolnshire, providing exciting and meaningful creative opportunities for residents and visitors alike.
About the 2024 event
Lightwaves is a new community event that lit up the much-loved seaside town of Sutton on Sea as never before!
Lightwaves included illuminations, projections and performances as well as a fire garden, a lantern parade and a special sound & light installation called the Hour Glass and it’s was all FREE!
The Hour Glass – We Love This Place!
by Emergency Exit Arts
in the Meridale Courtyard
An amazing installation of light, sound and animation celebrating Sutton on Sea which featured voices of local people and visitors that were recorded during the summer.
Fire Garden
by Jamie Hawker & the Fire Gardeners
in the Meridale Courtyard
Situated around the Hour Glass, people were guided safely through the courtyard to experience the magic and wonder of Sutton-on-Sea’s very first fire garden!
Lantern Parade by Lumo Workshop
This moved up the High Street from the Methodist Church to the Sea Front between 6pm and 6.30pm
Professional artists Lumo Workshop had worked with local community groups and the primary school to create a series of special lanterns that will be carried slowly up the High Street before a special moment at the Sea Front led by Sutton-on-Sea’s very own Town Crier (the current British champion no less!).
Moving Lights & Coloured Umbrellas by Q Lights
in Marine Avenue Car Park
Featuring moving lights, a mirror ball and a series of LED umbrellas, the top of the High Street (and all the buildings around it) never looked so bright.
Moths At Work by Pif-Paf Theatre
around the High Street from 5.30pm to 6.30pm and 7.15pm to 8.15pm
Two Disco Moth Electricians will be touring the area in a giant inflatable light bulb, gathering and sharing out joy and light! Uplifting street theatre to make everyone smile.
Pegasus by Lumo Workshop & Creative Heights
On the High Street from 6.30pm to 7pm and 7.30pm to 8pm
Commissioned for this year’s Horncastle Horse Fair and designed and made by Lumo Workshop, this beautiful illuminated Pegasus was puppeteered by performers from Creative Heights.
The Fabuloso Organ
by SessionsArts & Nervous Squirrel
on the High Street
The Fabuloso Organ is an extraordinary interactive illuminated musical instrument that reaches 4 metres into the air and consists of two banks of buttons that can be pressed in any order to create music and sounds from a huge bank of noises stored in its memory. From tiny clips of well-known songs to horns, pipes and whistles, it even includes a burp button which kids somehow always manage to find!
Silent Disco by Popcorn Media
in front of the Bacchus Hotel
Heritage & Seaside Projections
by The Projection Studio & Electric Egg
on the side of Watson Home Hardware
Going Out to Sea is a Lincolnshire animation originally shown in Boston and made by Electric Egg and The Magical Spying Glass celebrates the life and history of the famous Lincolnshire botanist, Sir Joseph Banks and was made by Ross Ashton & Karen Monid from The Projection Studio.
Plus Popcorn Media lit up buildings and trees around the High Street and Lightwaves staff handed out free battery-operated fairy lights for people to adorn their hats, coats, umbrellas, pushchairs and wheelchairs!
