Crawley’s 75th anniversary celebrations will culminate with a three-day light festival this month.

From the 18 to the 20 November there will be A programme of light installations, videos, theatre and entertainment across the town centre.

The final event will be the Christmas lights switch on, on the Sunday.

Councillor Chris Mullins, Cabinet member for Wellbeing, said: “This exciting programme of events will be a fabulous way to bring our 75th anniversary celebrations to a close. All three days are full of fun, free, family-friendly events so get these dates in your calendar now!”

“We are delighted to work with the council to help celebrate the new town’s 75th anniversary. The Light Festival will be a huge boost to the town centre allowing businesses and residents to enjoy the engaging and illuminating programme.

“Our partners Creative Crawley always bring something unexpected and fun to the town and the film trail is exactly that, we can’t wait to see the whole programme.” said, Wendy Bell, Manager Crawley Town Centre Business Improvement District