29 November - 3 December 2023

Nightfall is at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough. The event entrance is on Ladgate Lane.

Stewart Park has great public transport links so avoid the traffic and use bus or train services:

• Train – Marton Train Station is a 5 min walk from the event entrance on Ladgate Lane check here for more info
• Bus – there are regular bus services to Ladgate Lane check here for more info

Tickets are available to book at 15min timeslots each day. Everyone attending needs a ticket – please book a free ticket for children aged 2 and under.

Event runs from Wednesday 29^th to Sunday 3^rd December, first entry is 4pm for relaxed session then every 15mins from 4.15pm with last entry at 9pm.

Presale tickets available from 14^th August (join our mailing list to receive code & 10% discount)

General ticket release is from 21^st August

Ticket prices:

Adult £14.50

Child (age 16 & under) £9.50

Free tickets are available for children aged 2 & under.

Free companion tickets are available please see info in FAQs for details

Any booking queries please get in touch by email [email protected]

When you book your tickets you will receive a booking confirmation via email with a QR code on there – please file this away in a safe place as this email is your event ticket and the QR code will be scanned on entry.

Also check junk folders in case your confirmation is hiding in there.

If it hasn’t arrived please email [email protected] with the name you booked under and we will help you get reunited with your booking.

We have limited parking available and spaces must be booked in advance. If you do not add when your tickets it is unlikely there will be spaces available to add later.

Avoid the traffic and use public transport, we are just 5 min walk from Marton Train Station and Ladgate Lane has regular bus services.

There are 2 parking locations:

Main car park at Stewart Park – available to select when booking at an additional charge of £4 (50p donated to Ecolibrium see info below). Please have your booking confirmation ready to show the parking attendants on arrival – the car park is accessed via the main park entrance on Ladgate Lane – event signage will direct you. Please do not try to access via The Grove.

Park & Walk – available to book of a charge of £1 per car (50p donated to Ecolibrium see info below). Select Park & Walk ticket (book 1 ticket per car) parking address is Middlesbrough Sports Village, Alan Peacock Way, TS4 3AE please have your booking confirmation ready to show the parking attendants on arrival and then follow signs to the event entrance on Ladgate Lane (5 min walk)

Blue Badge parking is available at Stewart Park car park, please select Blue Badge parking option when booking.

Tackling Travel Impacts with Ecolibrium
50p from each parking booking will be donated to Ecolibrium.

Travel is typically the largest source of emissions from live events. We’re working with the charity ecolibrium to tackle these impacts. This year we’re encouraging visitors to reduce carbon emissions wherever possible by using more sustainable ways to get to the event.

Our partnership with ecolibrium enables visitors to balance unavoidable emissions through their climate solutions programmes. When you buy your car parking pass, a 50p donation from all car park and Park & Walk bookings will go to ecolibrium’s Trees+ programme, which supports tree planting, ecosystem restoration and preservation and support for communities in areas of the world already feeling the worst effects of the climate crisis. If you didn’t buy a car-parking pass and would like to balance your travel emissions you can use ecolibrium’s Travel Carbon Calculator to work out your exact emissions and donate.

People who require an essential companion to accompany them to the event due to their disability, illness or other condition will receive a FREE essential companion ticket.

Qualifying documentation must be provided to evidence their disability or circumstances that would require them to need an essential companion.

Once you have booked your ticket please email [email protected] with your booking reference and attach a copy of your documentation to request your free companion ticket and it will be added to your booking. A new confirmation will be emailed out to you to confirm the booking

Qualifying documentation
• A letter confirming receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• A letter confirming receipt of Attendance Allowance
• A letter confirming receipt of Personal Independence Payments (PIP)
• CredAbility Access Card (with +1 symbol)
• Doctor’s note (valid for 6 months)

All essential companions must be aged 16 or over. Only one essential companion ticket is available per disabled customer.

If a customer does not have access to any of the required evidence above but feels that they require an essential companion ticket to be able to attend the event, they can approach us by email [email protected] to discuss their individual needs.

We are committed to ensuring that visitors with disabilities and additional needs are not prevented from enjoying Nightfall because of access needs.

A relaxed/easy read guide will be available to download and read through in advance.

There are no strobe lights at Nightfall – but the event does have some elements of noise, smoke and colour change/flashing lighting.

The pathways around the park are fully accessible for wheelchair users and there is a shortened version of the route for anyone concerned they may be unable to manage the full trail route. This route cuts out a section of the trail and will be signposted on the route.

Accessible toilets are available at the entrance, Captain Cook Museum  (half way round) and at the end of the trail.

Blue Badge parking spaces are located within the main car park and are available to book along with the event tickets.

An audio described soundtrack will be available to download in advance

If you’d like to contact and discuss your additional needs/someone in your party – email: [email protected]

Please note event tickets are not refundable but if we have availability we will move your booking to a different date or time.

All ticket enquires can be emailed to [email protected] please let us know your booking reference and name the booking was made under.

The trail route is 1.6km and takes approx 1 hour-1.30 mins ending at the courtyard where there is live music, food and drinks available.

A shorter route option is available for anyone who requires it and it will be signposted on site (please note this does cut out a section of the trail and therefore a small number of the artworks)

The route is fully accessible for wheelchairs and pushchairs. The route uses existing paths around the park but they might get muddy in areas; please note some areas of the ground may be a little uneven in places.

Attendees should arrive promptly for their timeslot – no more than 10 minutes early or 10 minutes late than their purchased time slot.

Time slots are every 15minutes from 4.00pm – 9pm. Last entry is 9.15pm.

Make sure you have your confirmation ready for entry either printed or show them to us on your phone – the QR code is your ticket and will be scanned.

If you can’t find it? Don’t worry they often get lost in junk folders so just email us at [email protected] and we will resend it to you!

#Nightfall23 is an outdoor event.

We advise you wear all the layers! It is December, so please wrap up warm and get your sensible study and flat shoes/wellies on! The route will use existing paths around the park but they might get muddy in areas; please note some areas of the ground may be a little uneven in places.

Although we are lighting the trail there will be darker areas around the route so if you are bringing little ones (or if you are still a bit scared of the dark!) then feel free to bring your own torches or lanterns with you.

No dogs are allowed at the event unless they are assistance dogs.

There are light & smoke effects and large numbers of people which make it unsuitable for even the best behaved dog.

Assistance dogs will be accommodated.

At the end of your illuminated adventure, you can warm up with some delicious food from a range of brilliant businesses from across Teesside and the North East.

There will be veggie, vegan and gluten free options available.

There will also be delicious coffee and hot drinks every evening as well as alcoholic drinks including mulled wine, winter cocktails and draught beers.

All traders will accept cash and card payment.

If you are walking into the site you can use one of the following entrances:

– Park & Walk entrance on Ladgate Lane

– Main car park pedestrian gate

-The Grove entrance for use by Grove residents only

Parking

All car parks are signposted from Ladgate Lane, Middlesbrough. Please check which car park you have booked into – it will say on your booking confirmation.

Main Car Park – if you are booked into the main car park at Stewart Park, it is accessed via Ladgate Lane, TS4 3SL  (///kicks.deals.petty on What Three Words

Please do not follow Sat Nav directions to the park via The Grove as this entrance is closed during the event. There will be temporary signs on the roads in so please follow those to Ladgate Lane.

Blue Badge Parking is located in the Main Car Park – please make sure you have your blue badge on display.

Park & Walk – if you are booked into our Park & Walk please head for Middlesbrough Sports Village, Alan Peacock Way, TS4 3AE.

Stewart Park can be accessed between 7am and 3pm as normal, during the full event period. After this time, access into the park will be closed to general public.

Signs will be posted at entrances to the park to inform park users of the event dates, with details of any temporary changes to access that may affect them.

#Nightfall23 is overseen by event professionals and is designed to take place in the UK weather during December outdoors. We monitor weather conditions on-site each day and the safety of attendees is paramount.

A decision to cancel #Nightfall23 due to adverse weather, would be made by professional advice and would be in the interests of public safety. This decision could be made for the following reasons:

– Significant ice or snow

– High winds.

– Fallen trees, broken branches, or tree limb damage

– Flooding that significantly impacts conditions underfoot.

Please note that the decision to cancel will be taken as early as possible on the day of the event by event safety professionals, usually by 2pm. This timing enables the #Nightfall23 team to monitor any improvements that might make it possible to open the trail safely.

#Nightfall23 Cancellation Due to Adverse Weather

If the decision to cancel #Nightfall23 is made, ticket holders will receive an email from 2pm onwards on the day of the trail to inform them of the cancellation.

We will also use our social media channels to share the news of cancellation – so we recommend keeping an eye on our social media on your booking day to keep up to date.

Stellar Projects will then contact customers to outline the options available to tickets holders including refunds.

Note: Refunds will only be offered if the event is cancelled – refunds will not be offered for UK December weather.

We know these are difficult times with the cost of living crisis but unfortunately the costs to produce large scale events like Nightfall have also increased massively in recent years. We work really hard to keep the ticket prices as low as possible and we apply for funding grants to help subsidise the costs for our visitors. We also offer a discount for mailing list members to use in the presale.

We have made a small increase in ticket prices this year which reflects the increase in event running costs, without the ticket income we receive Nightfall just couldn’t happen.

Nightfall is a not for profit event run by a Teesside based Community Interest Company, any funds raised and income from tickets goes to paying our staff, technical suppliers, event infrastructure and artists. We are passionate about producing brilliant events for our community in Teesside and we invest a lot of our time in making Nightfall happen.

Stellar Projects are the company behind Nightfall and we are producers of creative projects and imaginative events based in Teesside. You can find out more about us on our website here.

We believe that our community deserves to be able to visit the best quality events on their doorstep and we are passionate about producing events for local people in our home town.