THE sky across Huddersfield was illuminated last night for the finale of the Festival of Light.
Crowds packed St George’s Square to see the fireworks bring the three-day winter celebration to a close.
Click on the link below to view a gallery of the firework finale
More than 50,000 visitors have descended on the festival which featured live music, street and theatre performances and food and drink stalls.
Many enjoyed the jaw-dropping antics of the main high-wire act Jade Kindar-Martin and Didier Pasquette on Friday night.
But due to the wind and rain on Saturday the performers – who were due to tightrope 75ft above St George’s Square with no safety harnesses or nets – decided to pull out of their show stopper for safety reasons.
Performer Jade Kindar-Martin told assembled crowds it was ‘too dangerous’ to go ahead with their 15 minute tightrope performance.
The Guinness world record holder said it was only the fourth time in his 20 year career he had cancelled a show.
Click on the link to see pictures from Friday's show - including the wire walk
The rest of the packed four hour programme on Saturday was unaffected.
And the festival continued yesterday with plenty to entertain the crowds.
In the early afternoon a carol concert provided a traditional backdrop for shoppers who were hurrying to get Christmas gifts.
And throughout the festival audiences enjoyed live music on King Street, light and fire installations in St George’s Square and St Peter’s Gardens and a myriad of street theatre shows and strolling performers around the town.
A street toboggan run in St Peter’s Street proved to be a big hit with youngsters.
Also doing a roaring trade were sellers in the winter food and drink market which popped up on Byram Street close to an indoor Art Arcade with stalls and workshops inside Huddersfield Methodist Mission.
A host of street entertainers including giant illuminated puppet Dundu, Granny Turismo and King of All Angels walked through the town centre at intervals across the festival.
Also new this year was an open air nightclub.
Led by French performers Jo Bithume, the al fresco disco Boîte de Rue featured live brass musicians and dancers in the Open Market site in Brook Street.
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