Our City in Hull 2026: Beautiful photos show Yorkshire city’s first event of its kind attended by more than 1,500 people with show globes including one that looks like Glinda’s in Wicked

A new community-led event in Hull celebrating the city was attended by more than 1,500 people with processions of show globes including one that looks like Glinda’s in Wicked - here are the photos.

More than 1,500 local people have helped create Hull’s first ‘Our City’ celebration on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

The free event transformed the city centre with two large-scale community processions, followed by an open-air evening performance in Queen Victoria Square and will end with a short, low-noise fireworks finale as well as a few surprises.

More than 1,000 local residents who represent charities, organisations, sports teams, families and community groups took part in an ‘Our Tides’ daytime procession and will take part in the evening procession.

Each procession will feature four themed ‘Show Globes’, with hundreds more performers involved in the finale.

The procession will be led by Enchanted Flower Globe, Living Snow Globe, Mystic Mirror Globe and Sea Sphere.

The Enchanted Flower Globe looks like Glinda’s in the film Wicked.

The production features a cast of local actors and musicians, backed by hundreds of singers from Hull choirs including Freedom Chorus and All For One Choir, with a soundtrack of songs from The Housemartins, Coldplay, Queen and many more.