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
Experience the art of Abbot Hall in a hands on and creative way with their monthly Sketch and Stroll tours.
From £0.00
Get literarily lit with Gary Wigglesworth and the Leeds Literary Festival 2025 quiz at Hyde Park bookclub.
From £7.50
The award-winning Leeds Lit Fest is back, this year running from 14 to 22 June 2025, and bringing together local talent and big-name authors for a lively programme.
From £0.00
Leeds live literature regular Chemistry offers an exciting mix of open mic acts and invited poets – this month the headliners include Rosie Garland.
Free entry
‘Loops’ is a new collaborative exhibition of textiles at Sunny Bank Mills, connecting artists from across the Netherlands and Yorkshire.
Free entry
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
Leeds International African Arts Festival partners with Hyde Park Picture House this summer, with a pair of films scheduled as part of the cinema’s ongoing Cinema Africa! strand.
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.
The sun is shining in the North, so use our guide to get out there and eat, drink and be merry in it.
Gigs are coming in hot this spring – from long-awaited returns to one-off happenings you’ll blink and miss if you're not careful.
This month's guide is truly eclectic - from free family festivals, to food events, circus school and more!
From environmental to experimental, our poetry and prose picks from around the North are focused on the unusual and the fun.
Outdoor cinema announcements, a major retrospective at HOME, and the best of indie cinema.
Experimental performance, thought-provoking new writing and our picks of Manchester International Festival - here’s what’s taking centre stage this summer.
From city-wide art festivals to open-air sculptural installations, we have exhibitions from all around the North, both indoors and out.
Books, beer and burlesque. Dive into a glorious tangle of joyful happenings.
