I went to the opening of Sunderland's Festival of Light 2024

Sunderland Echo reporter Kevin Clark at the city's Festival of Light in Mowbray Park.

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00:00Hello, we're here at Mowbray Park for the return of the Southern Festival of Light.

00:08We've been invited to come down for the preview, photo opens for the public tomorrow, so come

00:13with us and we'll have a look and see what we think.

00:30So as you can see, there's a good selection of food and drink on offer.

00:40I must admit I've got tea at home but the salt and pepper chicken chips are proving

00:45very tempting.

00:46Oh, this must be the Silent Disco.

01:14So that was the Silent Disco.

01:15As I'm sure you could tell, that was Katy Perry's Firework, interpreted through the

01:19medium of modern dance.

01:33So what do we think?

01:37Full disclosure, I'm still not entirely sure about the decision to move from Roker Park

01:40to Mowbray.

01:42I think Roker Park probably ages it in terms of the location, but I can see the sense of

01:47coming here certainly.

01:48It's easy to park, you don't have to close all the roads and it's much better in terms

01:52of economic benefit to the city.

01:54Hopefully people who come here will go into town, try some of the cafes, clubs, restaurants,

02:00bars.

02:01All in all, it seems a bit more ambitious this year, there's a bit more to it.

02:06It's really good and it's only a fiver for adults and kids, one to two is a free.

02:12So get yourself down, book your tickets on www.sunderland.co.uk forward slash FOL and

02:20we'll see you here.