WALES is on course for a kaleidoscopic Christmas this year as tickets for the festive lights trail, Christmas at Bute Park, go on sale this week (27th June).
Visitors are in for a spectacular display at the event, with a re-imagined route of new installations created by a selection of world-class artists and designers.
Organisers have released an early sneak-peek of two illuminations set to appear at the event, both created by world class lighting experts.
Leading the new sights on show, Mycelium Network is a huge, fibre-optic network of ‘festive fungi’ which leads visitors through a colour-changing carpet of glowing mushrooms. The piece is created by the UK’s leading fibre-optics artist, Stevie Thompson.
Another light experience, ‘Over The Rainbow’, is designed by Ithaca Studios, the leading light artists who work with Blenheim Palace, Kew Gardens, Glastonbury and Coldplay. Ithaca will bring to life two enormous, 400-year-old trees at Bute Park, carefully adorning them with over 3,000 dazzling, computer-programmed lights, all set to dance to originally composed music in an unforgettable display.
Following a sell-out three years, organisers are introducing more ticket offers and discount codes throughout this year’s run, to help make the magic of Christmas available to more people in 2024.
Roxy Robinson, creative director at From the Fields, the team behind Christmas at Bute Park, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be offering visitors an all-new array of world-class light installations as part of a reimagined route around one of the city’s most beloved landmarks.
“We just can’t wait to open the doors on our 2024 event,” Roxy added.
With more than 100,000 tickets sold in 2023, Christmas at Bute Park will be returning to Cardiff city centre from 22nd November through to 31st December.
A limited number of tickets to this year’s event will be made available to customers signed up for the pre-sale event taking place this Thursday, 27th June from 9am until Friday at 12pm, after which tickets for Christmas at Bute Park 2024 will become available on a general sale basis.
Continuing its work from previous years, Christmas at Bute Park will also be working with charities in Wales to offer
complimentary tickets to local families, schools and disability organisations throughout this year’s event, which will once again include the Welsh Refugee Council, Cardiff Women’s Aid and more.
Tickets for Christmas at Bute Park are on pre-sale to those signed up for notifications as of Thursday, 27th June, 9am) and available to book online at www.christmasatbutepark.com
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