Press release - 5 January 2018 08:50

Official parking partners for Lumiere Light Festival London 2018

Lumiere London 2018 is set to be bigger, brighter and bolder, as the light festival returns for the second time with a spectacular show!

Teaming up with Artichoke, the charity behind the project, to ensure that the event is accessible to all, Q-Park are the official parking partners for this incredible event.

The Lumiere festival has invited international and local artists to create light works on buildings and public spaces each year, transforming cities across the UK since 2009, when the first Lumiere event was held in Durham.

More than 40 UK and international artists will take part in transforming the city into a fantastic nocturnal art exhibition. Free to visit and taking place north and south of the River Thames, the UK’s largest light festival reaches right across the capital. In 2016, the event brought over one million visitors to the city over just four days.

There will be installations in six Lumiere London 2018 locations: King’s Cross, Fitzrovia, the West End, Mayfair, Westminster & Victoria, and South Bank & Waterloo.

You can get 15% off parking in London city centre locations with Q-Park. To make use of this discount, simply pre-book at any of the car parks listed here and use the code LUMIERE15 to receive the discount.

John Denton, Head of Sales and Marketing at Q-Park UK, said, “It is fantastic to be part of such a well-known event in London and we are pleased to support Artichoke in this project. Being an official partner of the Lumiere Festival will ensure mobility and accessibility to visitors during the event, as well as an exciting offering to those planning to visit.”

Topics

Art, Culture, Entertainment

Regions

England

Q-Park arrived in the UK in 2001 and is now one of the UK’s leading car park companies with 60 car parking facilities housing some 50,000 parking spaces in key locations in the UK with over 15 million visitors every year. (Including Aberdeen, Birmingham, Croydon, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Reading, Sheffield and York.)

Q-Park partner with many different organisations to offer discounted parking to their customers. One such organisation is SOLT (Society of London Theatres) where theatre goers are given a 50% discount when they visit a West End Theatre.

2015 North of England Excellence Awards Winners of Q-Park Rewards Loyalty App – Special Category Award for Innovation.

Q-Park has won a RoSPA Health & Safety Award and also holds 59 ParkMark Safer Parking Scheme accreditations, 15 European Standard Parking Awards (ESPA) and a Silver Investors in People Award.

Q-Park offer customers many complimentary services at their parking facilities which include free baby buggy and umbrella loans as well as jump starters and heart defibrillators in case of emergencies.

About Artichoke

Lumiere is produced by Artichoke, the UK’s leading producer of outdoor art events.

Founded in 2005 by Helen Marriage and Nicky Webb, the company’s aim is to work with artists to create unique, large-scale experiences that appeal to the widest possible audience.

Artichoke’s projects take place outside of traditional arts venues, with previous projects including bringing central London to a standstill with The Sultan’s Elephant; broadcasting love poetry from illuminated tents along the coastline of the UK for Deborah Warner’s Peace Camp; and burning a 140m-long (460ft) model of 17th-century London on the Thames for London’s Burning, to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

Find out more on the Artichoke website.

Artichoke is a registered charity.