Burning the Clocks 2024

Burning the Clocks is a unique community event held on the 21st of December, created by Same Sky, that brings the whole city together to mark the shortest day of the year. Local people make their own paper and willow lanterns, using our kits, and after parading through the city, they pass them into a blazing bonfire on Brighton beach, as a token of the year’s end. The annual event brings the city together to celebrate the shortest day of the year and provide an antidote to the excesses of Christmas with a different theme every year.

Burning the Clocks is a free, unticketed public event.

This year’s theme: Voyager. Commemorating the 30th Burning the Clocks, we’re reflecting on our own journeys inspired by Carl Sagan’s timeless words:

​”Everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives, on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”

Lantern Packs available for purchase at Infinity Foods Coop, Book Nook Hove, and online on our shop.

This event is proudly funded by Arts Council England, ensuring that this community event is made possible by the public. We rely heavily on donations to make this event possible, please support us by donating to our crowdfunder here