Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Sage Gateshead is an impressive music venue on the banks of the River Tyne.
This spring, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents Ali Cherri’s first institutional exhibition in the UK.
Free entry
A celebration of poetry with invited guests and ‘lucky dip’ open mic. This month, Ian Duhig, Kirsten Luckens and Henry Raby.
From £10.00
From bhangra to breakbeat, Summer Sounds brings global grooves and community energy to Keighley’s Cliffe Castle Park.
From £12.00
The guided tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at the brewhouse and state-of-the-art packaging plant, giving visitors a full sense of what “real Yorkshire beer” means today.
From £15.00
Wrongsemble bring a witty twist on Hansel and Gretel, packed with puppetry, music and sibling squabbles. Fun for everyone.
From £7.00
Steam-powered storytelling at its very best and perfectly staged for Bradford 2025, this much-loved classic is pulling into the station in spectacular style this summer.
From £10.00
Between Two Worlds is a major new film season at Hyde Park Picture House that pays homage to the work of the great, recently departed David Lynch.
From £10.50
Take in the expansive views of the moorland as you explore four large-scale artworks, accompanied by a bespoke soundtrack created by Opera North.
Free entry
The Live Theatre has a fantastic reputation for developing, writing and producing new plays and shows every year. The Live Theatre started in 1973. It was at first a traveling theatre company, which started by telling stories that were relatable to daily life in the North East of England and presented these plays to local people – which it has continued to do to this day.
CBK Adventures deliver award-winning coastal activities including guided tours and lessons in kayaking and paddle boarding.
The Side Gallery can be found on a small medieval street down by Newcastle’s Quayside. The Gallery itself is inside of an old warehouse, which by itself is a fantastic building to explore. Once you have entered the gallery, you are walking into one of the most important collections of film and photography in the British Isles.
Iconic club and live music venue, located on Newcastle’s historic Quayside.
Discover the castle that gave Newcastle its name, taking in a 12th-century fortress that has been added to over the centuries.
The Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas is the Church of England Cathedral of Newcastle. There has been a church on the site since 1090 AD, but the church that stands there today is mostly from the 13th and 14th centuries making most of the building nearly seven hundred years old!
Delivering UK-wide, ZENB supplies carefully crafted delicious all-vegan pasta, with a variety of exciting sauces.
Pizza joint in Newcastle, also offering make-at-home pizza kits during lockdown.
The Laing Art Gallery’s collection of classic and historical art highlights many of the successful artists who have come from the North East over the years.
A stone’s throw from Newcastle’s Central Station, and around the corner from Newcastle’s Castle, is The Lit and Phil. Only a few years younger than Manchester’s, The Lit and Phil is the second oldest literary and philosophical society in the United Kingdom.
From tongue-twisters to twisty page-turners, we have all kinds of spoken word surprises in the latest literature round-up.
From outdoor shows to drama in the dark, our theatre guide celebrates genre-pushing work, new writing and contemporary performance.
From Lyra Pramuk’s sacred synths to the sugar rush of YAANG, our latest music picks bring ritual, rebellion and ridiculous levels of fun.
August brings a huge LGBTQ+ film festival, plus a reggae classic and a spotlight on Japanese animation.
Here’s our summertime guide to great food and drinks across the North.
The summer holidays are here and what a packed programme of events we have in store for you!
Monumental sculptures, charcoal confessions and a show of two paintings only - all this and more in this month's exhibition picks.
