Lightport

Southport is set to dazzle during a brand-new light show event.

Lightport will take over Lord Street in February 2026, with breath-taking light installations transforming Southport's iconic boulevard into a walk-through rainbow of colour and creativity.

The spectacular illuminations have been designed by world-renowned producers Lucid Creates.

The event takes place between 14-16 February 2026, between 17.00 and 21.00.  No tickets or prior booking is required.

Split into four distinct zones, the best experience is to walk through these zones in order, starting at Mermaid Gardens and ending at Town Hall Gardens (outside the Atkinson)

Zone 1 - Mermaid Gardens

Mermaid Gardens will be transformed with four unique installations.

ENCHANTED GARDENS Hundreds of mirrored LED lights create an ethereal field of colour, shifting and pulsing while starburst lasers sweep through the trees surrounding visitors in mesmeric moving patterns.

MERMAID POND - The water becomes a living rainbow surface, with colours rippling and converging.

SUNDIAL PRISM - The sundial transforms into a prismatic installation, casting soft rainbow rays that reshape the surrounding landscape.

END OF THE RAINBOW - The journey concludes with a rainbow appearing to descend into pond - a final touch of mystery and magic.

Zone 2 - Monument Square 

GRADIENTS - shifting planes of colour as gradients morph and flow, transforming light and blurring boundaries between the physical and immaterial.

ATMOSPHERE transforms the night sky with a vast overhead laser spectacle. Precision rainbow beams form a living ceiling of light.
 
INTO THE LIGHT features radiant, defined cones of light inviting you to explore and play in the colour.

ELEMENTAL - A delicate, ephemeral canvas on which a surreal, three-dimensional display floats and morphs above the water.

Zone 3 – Christ Church Gardens

Church Gardens will be filled with colourful, pulsing neon lighting - an immersive experience which leads visitors to Zone 4 and the finale installation.

Zone 4 – Town Hall Gardens

ARC is a jaw-dropping finale as a dreamlike vision rises from the ground at the heart of Town Hall Gardens. A complete, luminous rainbow that can be entered and experienced from within. 

Towering ten metres high, 7,000 luminous pixels form a rainbow surrounded by mist and light. Blending memory, imagination, and reality, it evokes optimism, renewal, and collective wonder, inviting reflection, connection, and shared moments of joy.