See Queenscliff in a different light this winter Contemporary artist

QUEENSCLIFF will once again be taken over by the second instalment of Low Light in a two month-long celebration of the senses this May and June.

Low Light offsets the low season and Queenscliff’s bracing seaside cold by celebrating warming, immersive comforts and the arts.

The town’s public spaces, galleries, cafes, bars and restaurants will play host to a dazzling array of art exhibitions, film premieres and screenings, spoken word and literary readings and music performances.

See gothic architectural grandeur on a weekly heritage walk, hear the roar of the crowd as Dan Sultan, Clare Bowditch and Archie Roach perform in the QMF Concert Series, smell the smoke as sculptures simultaneously burn up the night sky for Winter Solstice, taste the seafood buffet brunch and results of a warming whiskey workshop, and touch the paper and ink of a Queenscliffe Literary Festival session.

Top and tailed by twin lighthouses High Light and Low Light (where the festival gets its name), the picturesque playground that is Queenscliff sure knows how to party.

From Friday, May 3 to June 30, the Low Light program will include the Bellarine Lighthouse Film Festival screening various movies, SacredEdge Festival (headlined by Mojo Juju and Lior), the Her Sound Her Story documentary and intimate Jen Cloher concert presented by the Lighthouse Arts Collective, a miniature outdoor art exhibition by Tinky, and contemporary artist Cameron Robbins’ light installation work “Lux Anemograph”.

There will also be The Blues Train, cartoonists Michael Leunig and Jim Pavlidis in conversation, Mirka Mora inspired doll-making classes and Sunday Blues Sessions and whiskey and gin masterclasses at the Queenscliff Brewhouse.

Low Light will be bathing the streets and shop fronts of Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale blue with lights strung up around the town to guide you as you explore all that the night has to offer.

The month of June in particular will come alive with the juxtaposition of extravagant Fire and Ice events.

The Winter Solstice Fire Sculptures will see three art installations burnt simultaneously on the night of June 22, while the first week of pop-up ice skating rink and school holiday spectacular Winter Wonderland at Queenscliff Harbour will round out the month.

For more information, head to lowlightqueenscliff.com.au.