IT was confirmed this week that LuminoCity will not go ahead this year as Southend Council fights a budget black hole.
Council bosses confirmed the event will not happen this year as “no budget has been allocated for it”.
In a freedom of information request in February 2023, it was revealed that the council spent almost £175,000 to host the LuminoCity previously.
However, over the last two years, hundreds of thousands of visitors attended the festival.
LuminoCity saw a number of impressive light installations installed across the city.
Artwork was displayed in Southend High Street and the seafront and was free for visitors to attend.
Here we take a look back at some of the installations installed in Southend as part of the event in 2022 and 2023:
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