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Bright Nights

Gloucester City Council are pleased to announce the first events for the winter Bright Nights programme for the city, taking place from November 2021 until February 2022. These light installations will bring colour, light and joy to the city as the nights get longer over winter.

From luminous spheres on Robinswood Hill to a walk-in kinetic light installation at Blackfriars Priory, Bright Nights brings a programme of spectacular light installations to Gloucester this winter.

Scintillating Birch Forest

Scintillating Birch Forest was created by Stroud based artist, Jack Wimperis. Jack is passionate about the importance of trees, not only for the environment but also for health and wellbeing. He combines the forest with a beautiful light display, as he knows how much light reflects our mood and is so important for our mental health.

This artwork invokes emotions and invites the visitor to take some time out of their busy lives, forget about the world, and take some time out for themselves by taking them to a different place through this meditative and thought invoking illumination.

The Birch Forest is on display at Gloucester Guildhall, and was created as part of LandMark – the new Sky Arts programme featuring artists from across the country creating a sculpture in a competition. The winning artists creates a larger scale installation to be displayed in Coventry later this year.

Burn’s Night

Celebrate Burn’s Night against the splendid backdrop of Pittville Pump Room complete with a three-course dinner, whiskeys, Ode to the Haggis bagpiper and dancing to traditional music with a Scottish ceilidh band and caller.

Enjoy a traditional Scottish menu including haggis, smoked haddock, oat cakes, whiskey cream sauce, neeps and tatties and clootie puds. Dress in your finest tartan and pay tribute to Rabbie Burns, regarded as Scotland’s national poet.

The menu

Starter
Deep fried haggis bon bon, peppercorn sauce, (veggie haggis version available)

Or
Smoked haddock cullen skink, vegetable crisps, oat cakes

Mains
Haggis, neeps and skirlie tatties, whiskey cream sauce

Or
Veggie haggis and spinach Wellington, neeps, skirlie tatties, whiskey cream sauce

Desserts
Clootie puds, calvados custard, seasonal berries

Or
Banoffee pie

Indian Restaurant Favourites

We will be learning how to create those restaurant favourites in this class. Join Chef tutor Versha Patel on a journey of making those spices do all the work. Hands- on and demos with an explanation of spices.

Butter Chicken- Creamy, rich and morish chicken curry
Naan bread – Light and fluffy flat breads
Cumin rice – A little flavour to plain rice.
Samosa – Everyone’s favourite pastry with a vegetable filling

Duration: 2.5 hours

Bright Nights

Gloucester City Council are pleased to announce the first events for the winter Bright Nights programme for the city, taking place from November 2021 until February 2022. These light installations will bring colour, light and joy to the city as the nights get longer over winter.

From luminous spheres on Robinswood Hill to a walk-in kinetic light installation at Blackfriars Priory, Bright Nights brings a programme of spectacular light installations to Gloucester this winter.

Scintillating Birch Forest

Scintillating Birch Forest was created by Stroud based artist, Jack Wimperis. Jack is passionate about the importance of trees, not only for the environment but also for health and wellbeing. He combines the forest with a beautiful light display, as he knows how much light reflects our mood and is so important for our mental health.

This artwork invokes emotions and invites the visitor to take some time out of their busy lives, forget about the world, and take some time out for themselves by taking them to a different place through this meditative and thought invoking illumination.

The Birch Forest is on display at Gloucester Guildhall, and was created as part of LandMark – the new Sky Arts programme featuring artists from across the country creating a sculpture in a competition. The winning artists creates a larger scale installation to be displayed in Coventry later this year.

Tots And Tales

Let your child’s imagination run free with a morning of stories and crafts at Pittville Pump Room. A snack and drink is included for each child as well as a hot drink for each parent or carer. Suitable for toddlers and pre-schoolers.

Under 5s are free and parents/carers are £5 each.

Paint & Sip Classes

Join Brush Party, the UK’s ‘Paint and Sip’ experts to paint fabulous theme.

Get creative and experience a great night out that you’ll be talking about for weeks!

It’s all about fun!

Get yourself a drink from the bar, settle down to your canvas and unleash your inner Van Gogh!

No painting experience required!

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t picked up a paintbrush since school, our artist will walk you through creating your masterpiece. You’ll be delighted as your blank canvas transforms in just a few hours, made all the better by good company, music, and a glass of wine or two!

You don’t need to bring anything apart from yourself … We provide everything… A quality canvas, all the paint you need, brushes, aprons, and the environment for you to have a great night out.

We are not sticklers, we are all for you mixing it up a bit – If you feel confident, you can interpret our instruction any way you wish – Maybe you’d like to change the colours to suit your décor? We love it when you go ‘rogue’, we might even learn a few tricks!

The event starts at 7.00pm but please arrive at least 15 minutes early to be checked in and order any food/drinks you may want etc. Our evenings usually last about 2.5 – 3 hours but times may vary.

Although we provide aprons, it might be worth wearing old clothes (just in case), even better wearing your very own funky pinny! We look forward to seeing you for a great night out!

Scintillating Birch Forest

Scintillating Birch Forest was created by Stroud based artist, Jack Wimperis. Jack is passionate about the importance of trees, not only for the environment but also for health and wellbeing. He combines the forest with a beautiful light display, as he knows how much light reflects our mood and is so important for our mental health.

This artwork invokes emotions and invites the visitor to take some time out of their busy lives, forget about the world, and take some time out for themselves by taking them to a different place through this meditative and thought invoking illumination.

The Birch Forest is on display at Gloucester Guildhall, and was created as part of LandMark – the new Sky Arts programme featuring artists from across the country creating a sculpture in a competition. The winning artists creates a larger scale installation to be displayed in Coventry later this year.

Murder For Two: A Killer Musical Comedy

A high-energy musical whodunit, Murder For Two is a zany blend of classical musical comedy and madcap murder mystery with a twist. Two actors play thirteen characters… with a piano. A witty and winking homage to old-fashioned murder mysteries.

Paint & Sip Classes

Join Brush Party, the UK’s ‘Paint and Sip’ experts to paint fabulous theme.

Get creative and experience a great night out that you’ll be talking about for weeks!

It’s all about fun!

Get yourself a drink from the bar, settle down to your canvas and unleash your inner Van Gogh!

No painting experience required!

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t picked up a paintbrush since school, our artist will walk you through creating your masterpiece. You’ll be delighted as your blank canvas transforms in just a few hours, made all the better by good company, music, and a glass of wine or two!

You don’t need to bring anything apart from yourself … We provide everything… A quality canvas, all the paint you need, brushes, aprons, and the environment for you to have a great night out.

We are not sticklers, we are all for you mixing it up a bit – If you feel confident, you can interpret our instruction any way you wish – Maybe you’d like to change the colours to suit your décor? We love it when you go ‘rogue’, we might even learn a few tricks!

The event starts at 7.00pm but please arrive at least 15 minutes early to be checked in and order any food/drinks you may want etc. Our evenings usually last about 2.5 – 3 hours but times may vary.

Although we provide aprons, it might be worth wearing old clothes (just in case), even better wearing your very own funky pinny! We look forward to seeing you for a great night out!

Tots And Tales

Let your child’s imagination run free with a morning of stories and crafts at Pittville Pump Room. A snack and drink is included for each child as well as a hot drink for each parent or carer. Suitable for toddlers and pre-schoolers.

Under 5s are free and parents/carers are £5 each.