Although the festival has now come to an end you can still keep in touch with us via our various social media channels. We produce other events besides LUMIERE and have some exciting plans for next year. We hope you’ll stay in touch and enjoy some of our other events as well as being the first to know about any LUMIERE plans.

Mailing list: sign up to the Artichoke mailing list either on the LUMIERE site or visit artichoke.uk.com

We’re continually adding new images, sound bites and video to all the installation pages so you can re-live the magic of the festival long after it’s been packed up and shipped back to the various corners of the globe.

You can enjoy all of this media by visiting any of the installation pages and selecting your preferred option from the Watch & Listen sections. Enjoy historian Martin Roberts giving a little bit of history about each of the installation locations, a selection of …

If you’re looking for the perfect pressies, look no further than the Artichoke shop.

Here you’ll find gifts like this limited edition I Love Durham bag, as well as festive cards, an Artichoke calendar and prints from LUMIERE, the UK’s largest light festival.

We were very pleased to give Mrs Sharp from County Durham an early Christmas present in the shape of an iPad 2.

It came as quite a surprise for Mrs Sharp, who was selected as the winner in the prize draw for people who had signed up to the LUMIERE mailing list; “I didn’t think you were genuine at first. I still can’t believe I’ve been this lucky!”

Since last Thursday there have been countless blog posts, newspaper articles, pictures and videos produced about LUMIERE – some official and lots are from you and your friends who attended the four-day spectacular in Durham.

We’re pulling together some of the documentation we come across and will be posting it here for you to have a look at. If you know of more or want to share something you have please feel free to get in touch with us and flag it …