Crowds on Swanston Street during White Night 2014. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
LIGHTS, action, cameras … as darkness fell, Melbourne’s second White Night festival has erupted in a carnivalesque commotion of colour.
White Night party goers capture the action on their smartphones in Manchester Lane. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
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Anything goes as crowds enjoy the fun of White Night 2014. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Revellers party in Union Lane. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
A view of the crowds at Flinders Street. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Two women take a break from the White Night crowds and look down from the second floor of Young and Jackson’s. Picture: Nathan Dyer. Source: News Corp Australia
The White Night sign on Princes Bridge all lit up. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
White Night crowds outside Flinders Street Station. Picture: Nathan Dyer. Source: News Corp Australia
Buskers perform on Swanston Street during White Night 2014. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
The party continues in Union Lane. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Revellers enjoy the atmosphere outside the State Library. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Revellers enjoy the dusk till dawn festivities. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
The dusk-to-dawn spectacular is illuminating eight city blocks, transforming whole streetscapes and captivating hundreds of thousands of people who have rushed to the city for the cultural festival.
Melburnians gets into the all-night party. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
A view of the shot tower inside Melbourne Central. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Angus Russell from North Fitzroy takes in the Molecular Kaleidoscope’ at the State Library. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Flinders Street Station has glowed like a box of Derwent pencils. The Southgate pedestrian bridge has for tonight become a sparkling tunnel. And giant projections of tattooed Melburnians have “inked” the National Gallery of Victoria’s bluestone facade.
A view of the shot tower inside Melbourne Central during White Night 2014. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
A ‘Crepuscular Beam’ has soared into the night sky from the Alexandra Gardens while a 360-degree projection entitled ‘Midden’ has paid homage to the traditional owners of the land at Birrarung Marr.
Laura Stam from the Perky and Fiddle Show performing during White Night 2014. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
White Night’s eye-popping attractions have embraced 11 different precincts this year, each with its own mood, and not all were viewed from afar. Creative director Andrew Walsh has harnessed the talents of 300 artists — from sideshow performers to R & B singers and choirs — and unleashed their talents in crevices all over the city. In lanes, libraries, cinemas and churches.
White Night revellers cross Princes Bridge. Picture: Jay Town Source: News Corp Australia
Synchronised swimmers at the City Baths attracted overflow crowds early in the evening. ‘Cabinets of Curiousities’ at the Forum also generated big queues. And an ‘Arcadian Reverie’ off St Kilda Rd has had families capering in a twilight zone. As for gyrating festival-goers at Federation Square … they decided, early on, ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’ and did just that.
Moonlight Syncro at the Melbourne Baths during White Night 2014. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: News Corp Australia
Early starters walk past one of the festival’s main signs. Picture: Jay Town. Source: News Corp Australia
“This is a great opportunity for us to show what we love about our great city,” Victorian Premier Dr Denis Napthine said. With 100 free events (20 more than last year), people were pushed to see even a fraction of the fun.
Yellow Wheel, a youth dance company getting ready for the ‘I could have danced all night’ display. Picture: Jay Town Source: News Corp Australia
But elated White Night organisers hope their 12-hour “night of discovery” tonight will open people’s eyes and put Melbourne in a different light.
Crowds wait for the party to start. Picture: Jay Town. Source: News Corp Australia
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