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aCcEsS ALl AReAs NEWS Tall Ships Races Pop-up events proving Sunderland success in boosting local tender out economies Opportunities are still available for UK businesses to take part in Europe’s largest free, family festival to take place in the North East this summer. From 11-14 July, the city of Sunderland will host Th e Tall Ships Races 2018 - an annual competition organised by Sail Training International and held every summer in European waters. As start host port for the iconic event, Sunderland will hold four days of celebrations for an estimated 1.5 million vis