River of light liverpool is back after its first three days were cancelled because of high winds, with Liverpool City Council saying the festival will now light up the city centre this evening. The free event had been due to begin on Friday but was called off for safety reasons.
13 artworks across Liverpool
The festival features 13 artworks across Liverpool, with installations along Liverpool's waterfront and in key locations across the city centre. They are scheduled to be illuminated between 17:00 and 21:00 GMT each day until 1 November, giving the reopening a narrow nightly window after the weather delay.
Friday's safety cancellation
Friday's planned start never happened because high winds made the opening unsafe. That left three days lost at the point when the festival should have been drawing visitors into Liverpool City Centre and the waterfront for the first run of the displays.
Together in Liverpool City Centre
The year's theme is Together, and the return means visitors can again move between the artworks rather than wait for the full event to restart. Liverpool City Council has also told people to keep across its social media channels for any further updates, which is the part that matters most after a weather interruption: the festival is back, but the schedule still depends on conditions.
For anyone heading out, the practical move is simple: go for the 5pm-9pm window and check for updates before leaving, because the opening was already knocked off course once and the display is running on a fixed nightly timetable until 1 November.
