Imagine walking around your streets at night and seeing your neighbourhood in a whole new light. Window Wanderland, a fun and heartwarming community project that started in
Bristol in 2015 is coming to the Isle of Man for the first time in March 2025, and it promises to be a celebration of imagination, creativity and community.
What is Window Wanderland?
Window Wanderland invites residents in Douglas, Peel and Port Erin to turn their windows or gardens into displays of creativity, forming a magical trail for the local community to explore. Whether it's a simple string of fairy lights, a living room concert, or a magical winter scene, the only limit is your imagination. The goal is to create family-friendly displays that anyone can enjoy.
A Collaborative Celebration of Arts and Community
Window Wanderland is being brought to life as a pilot project via some members of the Island Venue Network; a collective of local arts and performance spaces who started to meet quarterly in 2023 to share knowledge, discuss challenges facing the community arts sector and collaborate on national projects such as this. The pilot of Window Wanderland is supported by a grant from Isle of Man Arts Council.
Sarah Wilson-White, Chair of the network and Head of Culture and Arts, shared her enthusiasm for the project:
“The inaugural Manx Window Wanderland hopes to brighten the dark evenings and inspire
everyone in the community to get involved by making a display or having a wander through
their street to celebrate the creativity of their neighbours. I look forward to putting up my
own window at home, taking my children to a local workshop and seeing what communities
in Peel, Port Erin and Douglas create.’
How to get involved
Arts venues in Peel, Port Erin and Douglas will be opening their doors for people to attend free workshops at the following locations over February half term (17 – 21 February 2025)
• Centenary Centre, Peel
• Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin
• Kensington Arts, Douglas
• Villa Marina Arcade, Douglas
The Wanderland trail will take place on the 6th, 7th and 8th March 2025.
Register interest in displaying a window here:
https://www.windowwanderland.com/area/isle-of-man/
For further information please contact:
Martyn Cain, Arts Development Coordinator at Culture Division, via martyn.cain@gov.im