Now in our fourth year, The Stained Glass Museum and Babylon ARTS, working with the community of Ely will be hosting Window Wanderland 2023.
The Window Wanderland festival has now been a part of UK communities since 2015, with over 25,000 windows decorated across the nation in hundreds of events. Ely has been part of this for the past 3 years and will be hosting its fourth event with the backing of The Stained Glass Museum and Babylon ARTS, to encourage Ely residents and businesses to transform the streets by making an illuminated window display as part of the Window Wanderland event this November.
Window Wanderland is a fun family-friendly event that sees communities create illuminated displays in windows. People can use the street-facing windows of their home, business, school, nursery, car, shop, or even their front door. A map showing the locations of illuminated window displays is then created to form an after-dark walking trail and community event, transforming local streets into galleries.
Ely’s first Window Wanderland was held in October 2020. Since then, more than 350 homes and businesses have now participated in this event, lighting up their windows with some amazing creative displays.
Feedback from last year’s event was fantastic, and was enjoyed by all ages, so we are delighted to bring the event back for it’s fourth year.
Jasmine Allen, Director & Curator at The Stained Glass Museum commented:
“We were so impressed at the amazing and creative window displays the people of Ely created for last year’s event, and we would love to get even more people involved in this year’s event. Taking part is free and the event over the last three years has been so enjoyable for children and adults alike!”
If you’re planning on transforming a window for Ely Window Wanderland please sign up on our Window Wanderland event page:
www.windowwanderland.com/event/ely-cambs-2023/ so that we can create a map of participants on our website. Then get planning your window display! If you have any questions, please refer them to: elywindowwanderland@gmail.com, also
you can follow us @WindowWanderEly on social media to keep up to date.
Thank you to the City of Ely Council for their generous grant which allows events such as Window Wanderland to continue.
For ideas and inspiration explore Window Wanderland Ely go to the Window Wanderland website:
https://www.windowwanderland.com/gallery/
For tips go to:
https://www.windowwanderland.com/make/
Some of the nice things local people said about previous Window Wanderland
events in Ely;
● “Such a brilliant idea! Great to get involved in, to view the work of others too, to get families out walking together, & encourages a feeling of belonging to our community!”
● “Was a really lovely event, thoroughly enjoyed it and it was accessible and appropriate for all ages brilliant!”
● “This was a fantastic event! The opportunity to do something as a community was wonderful and uplifting… The variety of window displays was truly inspirational and we would love to see this added to the list of regular annual events in Ely”
● “I thoroughly enjoyed taking part and, as a new resident, it was lovely to explore lots
of new-to-me areas of Ely too. What a wonderful community!
Press release from Babylon ARTS and The Stained Glass Museum
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