Festival Steering Group


The Festival Steering Group is made up of a variety of partners and community members who help shape the DN Festival of Light programme with the team.

The Festival Steering Group meet quarterly and are invited on go-sees to experience festival art across the UK.


Our Festival Steering Group Members


Lauren Townsend

David Sanchez

Lucy Taylor

Ruzina Islam

Akeela Mohammed

Marg Hunt

Karen Hall

Sarup Singh


Our Go-See Trips with the Group

The Future Shock Exhibition - July 2022

We had a fantastic day in July taking our Festival Steering Group down to London to see the 180 Future Shock Exhibition.

It was a great opportunity for the Festival Steering Group to see what was possible in the light art world and gather their thoughts and responses from the artwork.

The Luminarium - June 2023

By Architects of Air

For our second Go-See, we took our Festival Steering Group to see the Luminarium at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham.

It was great to experience the Luminarium, and gather the groups thoughts on the artwork.

We brought along members of the Doncaster Markets Team too!


Refik Anadol Exhibition and the Balloon MusEUm

We took our Festival Steering Group to London for the day to see Refik Anadol’s exhibition at the Serpentine and to visit the Balloon Museum. It was great to experience the art, share the joy and be inspired together.