
Hull city centre is poised to become a hub of science, creativity and innovation as it hosts a new festival featuring a city centre light spectacle.
A four-day science and arts extravaganza in March 2025 will see a weekend of activities and shows for visitors – including a large-scale spectacular evening light trail across the city centre.
Evolving from the annual Humber Science Festival, Colliderfest aims to celebrate science and art, as well as inspire future generations with two days of educational events for schools.
To be staged 13 – 16 March 2025, the event will showcase careers in science, green energy and innovation to children and young people, before a free-to-attend weekend event for visitors to the city.
Aimed particularly at families and young people, the weekend programme will feature discovery zones scattered across Hull’s Museums Quarter as well as a host of other venues including Ferens Art Gallery and Hull Truck Theatre.
Along with family-friendly shows, interactive exhibits and hands-on engineering challenges, highlights include an outdoor theatre performance featuring a 13ft sea puppet telling a moving tale about the Earth’s climate emergency.
With a focus on environmental issues, state of the art robotics demonstrations and activities will also reveal the impacts of climate change.
And on Friday 14 March, an evening of light, art, and movement aims to shine a light on Hull’s “continuing journey as a city brimming with culture and creativity”.
The full festival line-up will be released in the New Year.
Organised by Hull City Council, the Hull Maritime project, Hull Museums and Gallery, and the University of Hull, it is hoped Colliderfest will become an annual event.
For more details, see www.colliderfest.co.uk
For all other tourism information about Hull, see www.visithull.org.
Photo: Tom Arran