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Bright Lights Youth Art Festival: Secrets and Shadows - Sunderland’s Dark Past
Free
A spooky night time Victorian scene with a shadowy figure wearing a top hat and Inverness cape coat. The shadowy figure is carrying a walking cane and a lantern. There is mist all around him. A distant clock tower lights the way. There are bats flying through the mist. In the forground is a graveyard.

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Bright Lights Youth Art Festival: Secrets and Shadows - Sunderland’s Dark Past

23 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Scrap Sketchbooks Workshop
Free
A sketchbook made of recycled materials lies open to reveal pencil drawings of pink and yellow flowers.

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Scrap Sketchbooks Workshop

24 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Creative Arts Takeover Event
Free

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Creative Arts Takeover Event

24 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Willow Weaving with Sylvan Skills
Free
Three ramblers dressed in warm winter clothing sit under an arch constructed from branches. Behind them is a small grassy verge and trees. The ramblers are smiling.

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Willow Weaving with Sylvan Skills

26 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens