An ocean-themed spectacular featuring a nine-foot high illuminated fish is set to take to the streets of Weymouth.

Following on from the success of ‘Dusk Till Dark’ last year, Activate and Inside Out Dorset are bringing the spectacular event back on Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24.

‘Dusk Till Dark: Peixos by Surruga’ is a free event bringing an ocean adventure theme to one of the most popular seaside towns in the country.

Described as a “spellbinding parade inside an underwater world”, the event will feature luminescent sea creatures, a giant fish, and “gigantic bicycle-powered wizardry”.

Kate Wood, Director at Activate said: “We have a summer of fishy-themed workshops across the area building up to the performances and Sarruga is a fabulous company from Barcelona which is excited to bring its fabulous parade show here in September.”

This year’s event follows on from the success of 2021 where a giant illuminated puppet named Dundu explored the town accompanied by dynamic drumming from ‘Worldbeaters’.

The showcase is organised in partnership with We Are Weymouth and Weymouth Town Council.

Dawn Rondeau, We Are Weymouth’s Chief Operations Officer comments: “The success of our 2021 Dusk Till Dark event in Weymouth was so resounding that we knew immediately that this should be an annual event. The draw of events such as this brings vast numbers of visitors to the town, benefitting our local businesses during an otherwise quieter time of year.

It’s so important to us that events such as this go ahead and collaborating with organisations such as Activate and Inside Out Dorset, mean that our local communities have access to performances and the Arts which may not otherwise have been possible.”

Mayor of Weymouth, Cllr Ann Weaving, said: “Weymouth Town Council is delighted to be working with partners to bring this creative two-day performance to the streets of Weymouth for a second year.

!It’s fantastic that young people from the town have been able to take part in Activate’s summer school at Weymouth College and learn more about puppet-making, as well as providing great insight into what goes into staging these imaginative, large-scale performances.”

Art works and puppets created during Activate summer workshops will be displayed in shops throughout the town, bringing the community together in the build up to Peixos.