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Fri 8 October @ 10:00 am

WK: History of a Harbour

A specially curated exhibition offering a rare chance to delve into Wick Harbour’s extensive archive, including the Harbour Master's Log B...

Fri 8 October @ 7:30 pm

Northern Lights Projections

Lighting up Wick Harbour with an extraordinary experience of film and sound. Northern Lights is a brand new projection project which wi...

Fri 8 October @ 7:00 pm

Wick Riverside Tour of the Solar System

Caithness Astronomy Group lead a special tour of the solar system along Wick Riverside. There are two walks available; 7pm and 8pm. Each ...

Fri 8 October @ 8:00 pm

Coastal Botanicals | Gin-tasting with Rock Rose Gin

Join the Dunnet Bay Distillery team for an evening exploring their award-winning gin infused with local coastal botanicals like kelp, rhodio...

Mon 11 October @ 6:00 pm

STORM

Scotland’s largest puppet comes to Wick! STORM, a ten metre tall goddess of the sea, has emerged from the deep to encourage us all to...

Fri 8 October @ 8:00 pm

The Printers Rest Pop Up

Pop-up food inspired by the Caithness Coastline! When you come to see our Northern Lights Projections, why not treat yourself to some del...

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Lyth Arts Centre

Lyth Arts Centre (LAC) is the UK’s most northerly mainland arts centre in the heart of Caithness, Scotland. Every year, we present a programme of live performances from touring companies and visual arts – from Scotland, the UK and the world. This includes theatre, dance, family events, jazz, folk, classical and world music, comedy, circus, and much more. LAC also presents performances in around 12 village halls and community centres across Caithness and North Sutherland. https://linktr.ee/lythartscentre

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As part of our Northern Lights Festival, we’re holding some very interesting online events ranging from iron age cannibals from Keiss to talks on how to conserve our local marine environment….
#YCW2021

Online events: https://lytharts.org.uk/events/category/online-event/list/

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Caithness Young Creatives will be running a Fun Palaces event this Friday from 1pm to 3pm at Thurso Harbour!

Members of the Caithness Young Creatives will be creating temporary chalk drawings on the theme of diversity and inclusion. Feel free to come along and join them!

More info here: https://funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/caithness-young-creatives-takeover-fun-palace/

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We're so excited to bring you STORM!

Made from entirely recycled materials, STORM’s eyes are the colour of oyster shells, her hair thick strands of kelp, her voice the chorus of the waves. Aided by eight puppeteers, STORM will walk the streets of Wick. Vm Visionmechanics #YCW2021

More info here: https://lytharts.org.uk/event/storm/

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The response to our Northern Lights Festival has been unreal! Thanks so much to everyone that has booked so far!

Tickets are vanishing so if you want to book for an event, we suggest you do it now!

VisitScotland #YCW2021

ALL EVENTS: https://lytharts.org.uk/events/list/

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We need volunteers to support the Northern Lights Projections and STORM Procession as part of Northern Lights Festival, 8 - 16 October.

You'll play an important role in enabling this huge community event to happen, and for every shift (2 hours) you do, we will donate £10 to RNLI Wick Lifeboat. Win win! #YCW2021

See more information and sign up here: https://forms.gle/vst45d25euWZ5XZy8

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We're so lucky to be working Wildbird again!

Graeme Roger and his team have been very busy these past few weeks building some amazing projections using archive footage of Caithness for our Northern Lights Festival.

Free to attend, dates and times here: https://lytharts.org.uk/event/northern-lights-projections/

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Lyth Arts Centre
Lyth, Wick, Scotland
KW1 4UD

01955 641434 info@lytharts.org.uk

Lyth Arts Centre is located in the heart of Caithness, just 20 minutes from Wick,
and 25 minutes from Thurso.

We have parking on site for 60 vehicles, including 5 disabled bays.

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Upcoming Projects

Upcoming Events

WK: History of a Harbour

Northern Lights Projections

Wick Riverside Tour of the Solar System

Coastal Botanicals | Gin-tasting with Rock Rose Gin

STORM

The Printers Rest Pop Up

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