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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival 2025
A celebration of creativity featuring free workshops and special events for young people ages 11 – 19.
This year’s festival is bigger than ever and sees events, exhibitions and workshops taking place at Arts Centre Washington, National Glass Centre, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens and City Wide!
What’s On
Special Events
Children and Young People's Activities
Teen Eco Party
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
11+
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Film Screening - The Breadwinner
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Arts Centre Washington
11+
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Museum Takeover Tours
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Children and Young People's Activities
Teenage Market
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Children and Young People's Activities
Guerilla Garden Textile Takeover
12+
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Workshops
Children and Young People's Activities
An Introduction to DJ'ing
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Felt and Fabric Pot Plant
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Sculptured Clay
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Wildlife Glass Engraving
11+
National Glass Centre
Children and Young People's Activities
Female Filmmakers of the Future
Young women aged 11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
An Introduction to Digital & Cyanotype Photography
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Animation Workshop with Sheryl Jenkins
11+
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Children and Young People's Activities
Stop-Motion Animation
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Improve your Stage Presence
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Recycled Jewellery
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Poster & Banner Making – SEN Friendly
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Collage & Print Map Making
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Sound Design Workshop
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Stained Glass Suncatchers
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Animation Workshop – SEND Friendly
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Children and Young People's Activities
Ceramic Animal Art
11+
National Glass Centre
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Bright Lights: Youth Arts Exhibition 2025
Arts Centre Washington
Exhibitions
Bright Lights Youth Arts Exhibition Fringe: What is the Future and My Place in the World?
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival is part of Culture Start, an exciting programme designed to help children and young people in Sunderland take part in free creative and cultural events.
