By: Severi Haapala (Finland)

Co-presented by Light Up Lancaster and Lightpool Blackpool

A Kind of Magic is a modern version of the 19th-century Pepper’s Ghost illusion. It forces us to ask if we can believe our eyes as the magic trick is done and revealed at the same time. 

What can we create with bottled air? Will the glow of the coals create heat, and will the heart-shaped cloud eventually form from smoke, steam, haze, or magic? No smoke without fire? Think again!

The three Light Up Library Cafes, run by the Friends of Lancaster Library, will offer toothsome home baked cakes and a selection of hot drinks each evening between 6 – 9pm for just a donation! Plus there will be an Aladdin’s cave of illuminated surprises including a beautiful, handmade Basket of Light, made during Explore Week, for donations to the Olive Tree foodbank.