New Year’s Eve, FREE

Glowmobiles - A dazzling array of illuminated Art Cars and other amazing vehicles. Fire-breathing, music-making, wild-wheeled mechanical mischief on the streets.

NewcastleGateshead’s fabulous FREE New Year’s Eve celebrations will be better than ever this year, with a fun event for all the family – Glowmobiles. A dazzling array of incredible Art Cars and other illuminated vehicles will make
their lively and mischievous way to several locations around NewcastleGateshead where they can be viewed by the public.

This is no ordinary traffic jam – these surreal wheeled wonders, created by artists and members of the public, include cars, bikes and scooters, a milk float and even a fire engine, all wonderfully lit up, painted, decorated and sculpted. Some breathe fire, some make music and others explode with fireworks! A fleet of gleaming Glow Bikes will make up part of the parade - see the bikes come to life!

Glowmobiles, created by Walk The Plank, will be located at ‘pit-stops’ at Saltwell Park, Baltic Square, Times Square and Monument, finishing with a parade of all the vehicles from Grey’s Monument at 5.30pm, before ending up at Newcastle Civic Centre at 6.30pm for a grand finale and fireworks display.

The final line-up has been announced for the amazing art cars which will take to the streets on New Year’s Eve:

• Small World - with Derek Carpenter & Kids Cabin
• Transition Van - Stephen Newby
• Illuminated Cycle Fleet - Pete Hindle & Brian Degger 
• Tone Float - Spencer Marsden & Jon Large (Musical Milk float)
• Car Jack - Francis Morgan (Giant robot that pushes a car)
• Tiki Love Truck - By the Treatment Rooms
• Fossil Fuelled Dumper - Alex Wright of Mutoid Waste (giant dinosaur built on a dumper truck)
• Musical 4x4 - Jason Lane (a 4x4 stripped down and transformed into a musical vehicle)
• Black Cab - Pete Mountain (a computer generated, cut up black taxi)
• Crazy Golf - Walk the Plank (a VW golf covered in astro turf)
• Halibut Mobile - Andy Hazell (a beautiful LED light halibut built on a Corsa)
• Dragon Car - Shane Johnson (created with the help from children from Barnados in Blackpool)
• Gladys - The Gladys Collective (a 1957 green goddess fire engine that spurts 30ft flames)
• Mad Alan's Plane - Piloted by Mad Alan
• Angels - Larkin About
• Lollipop Ladies - Curious Cargo
• Carcophony - Dave Moutry
• Church of Stop Shopping - Stephan Swervy
• Triceratour - Ordsall Community Arts
• Illuminated Men on Bikes
• Brain Car - Olaf Mooji (first appearance in the UK)
• Bell and Bullocks Time Machine - Dave Bullock

Check out some the amazing vehicles that you might see at the Glowmobiles event!

Blinky Badges are here!

Join in the Winter Festival glow with a Blinky Badge! Inspired by Tod Hanson’s animated projection on the Quayside, these limited edition badges are the perfect way to get glowing this winter. The badges cost £3 and are now on sale at BALTIC, Laing Gallery, Discovery Museum, Theatre Royal, Side Gallery and Hatton Gallery. Badges will also be on sale at the Enchanted Parks events. All proceeds go to Shoot Your Mouth Off, a company in Hartlepool who produce films with disabled people.