AREAS of Bradford city centre that are not well frequented after dark will become canvases for an eye-catching arts display over two evenings next month.

Arts group The Brick Box will transform Oastler Square and Ivegate as part of a public art event spanning Bradford and London.

The goal of the Little Light Nights is to transform underused areas of cities into large art projects.

It will involve projections onto buildings at the two Bradford locations and there will also be music, live performances, food and drink and even giant puppets as part of the event.

On Saturday, October 3 local and national artists will bring Oastler Square, between the Oastler Centre and North Parade, and this will be followed by an event at Ivegate on October 24. The artists will then move to London for the next two events in Canning Town.

The events have been funded by the Arts Council, and The Brick Box, who wanted Bradford to be included in the event to help fight back against the perceived bias in arts funding for the capital.

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Artists involved include Fabric Lenny, Lumen, Lou Sumray Output Arts, Samuel Wyer and choreography and light installations from Jean Mcewan and Chemaine Cooke.

Food and drink is being provided by the Sparrow Bar and The Record Café on North Parade.

Previous work by the group has seen art spring up in unusual spaces including markets, parks, pubs, squares, service lifts, vault spaces, motorway underpasses and temporary structures. Last year they held an event in Little Germany and Manningham called Electric Fireside.

Eleanor Barrett, Artistic Director of The Brick Box and former director of Bradford Playhouse, said "We are delighted to be bringing Little Lights to Bradford. We are inviting people from near and far to come together to celebrate two of the city’s assets and to experience Bradford in a new light."

Rosie Freeman, another of the founders of Brick Box, said: "Nationally there is a funding bias for arts in London, and we wanted to work in the North a lot more. We've been inspired by what is happening in Bradford, and we realise that Bradford has very different challenges to London.

"All the sites we use are public, but not ones that normally attract many visitors. We're interested in making better use of public sites. They will also be interactive, we don't want people to just come and look at these."

Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, Bradford Council's Executive Member for Employment, Skills and Culture, said: "Little Light Nights sounds great and I’m pleased to see that local businesses are also involved in making it a night to remember. The link with East London is exciting and I’m naturally pleased to see another Arts Council funded project happening in Bradford."

Both free events run from 6pm - 10pm.