Lights of love illuminate city in festival finale

PERTH: Valentine theme for last weekend as figures show record visitor numbers

Love was in the air for the final weekend of Perth’s record-breaking Riverside Light Nights festival.

The city’s Norie-Miller trail, on the banks of the River Tay, was transformed for the two-week light show.

Superheroes, wizards, Ghostbusters, dinosaurs and Robbie Burns all featured in the colourful extravaganza.

A lavish Valentine theme brought down the curtain on the celebration for another year.

Figures released by organisers Perth and Kinross Council show the event has been attended by record numbers of visitors, despite being three days shorter than last year.

By Saturday night, more than 55,400 people had attended the free lights show – with hundreds more expected to visit last night.

The event was held to bring the city’s Winter Festival programme to a close.

The average number of visits each night was 3,694.

The biggest turnout was for last weekend’s Chinese New Year celebration, which attracted 7,818 visitors.

The event cost around £46,700 to stage.

Steven Brown. Pictures: Desperate Deirdre and Mystic Maggie looking for love in the Riverside Light Nights festival. Far right: The lights on show.