The Secret Garden Party | "Creativity Unchained"
Celestial returned to The Secret Garden Party for a second year running, taking centre stage of the festival’s 2024 Saturday Spectacle, “That’s Show Business,”. Captivating thousands of festival-goers with its breathtaking display of creativity and protest to consumerism, the drone light show celebrated the independent free spirit of the festival.
July 2024 / Huntingdon, UK / For The Secret Garden Party
Pioneering Creative Expression with Drone Light Shows
“Creativity Unchained”, designed alongside Secret Designs, was a powerful celebration of artistic freedom.
The show featured stunning drone animation, including skulls, dollar signs, and a phoenix rising from the ashes, symbolising the triumph of unbounded creativity over the constraints of consumerism.
The “Creativity Unchained” drone show was an epic spectacle, spanning 130 metres wide and 70 metres high. Featuring an impressive fleet of 504 choreographed drones, the show demonstrated the incredible potential of drone light technology in creating large-scale, immersive experiences. The finale of the show culminated with the centre stage being set ablaze, showing that once again drone lights and pyro can be used in tandem to tell stories with impact.
John Hopkins, Founder and CEO of Celestial, shared his enthusiasm: “Festivals are a perfect venue for purest forms of creativity and artistic expression. For us, taking to the sky with our drone shows embodies the limitless possibilities within creative freedom. We are thrilled to be back at The Secret Garden Party, celebrating the anarchic spirit of creativity with such amazing acts and festival-goers.”
A Collaboration with Secret Designs
This year’s drone light show was a collaborative effort with the festival’s Secret Designs department, resulting in a unique and awe-inspiring experience. Freddie Fellows, Founder and ‘Head Gardener’ of The Secret Garden Party, expressed his delight:
It’s been amazing to have Celestial back and even more thrilling to have them collaborate so closely with Secret Designs on the show. I never thought we’d top last year’s spectacle, but I think we have and in such a wonderfully different way. Truly they are pioneering the cutting edge of imaginative drone design.
Freddie Fellowes
Secret Garden Party Founder
In collaboration with…
Event Design | Secret Designs
Photography | James Wicks