The Late Shows 2025
16 - 17 May

Poems on the Buses

School of Design, Northumbria University

Fri Only

We want your memories of travelling within NewcastleGateshead on public transport throughout the dec...

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Christ Church

Christ Church

Fri Only

Experience an exciting range of performances from the community of arts organisations based in the c...

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36 Lime Street Studios

36 Lime Street

Fri Only

Discover the charm of Newcastle’s oldest artist studio building, home to a diverse community of cr...

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Time Bandits

The Time Bandits @ Seven Stories

Fri Only

Step back in time and explore a Home Guard display. See a collection of historical artefacts and try...

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Victoria Tunnel Taster Tours

Victoria Tunnel

Fri Only

Explore Newcastle’s hidden heritage. Join a short 20-minute taster tour of the Victoria Tunnel, an...

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Uses and Abuses: Ouseburn River Health

Ouseburn Trust

Fri Only

See the Uses and Abuses exhibition celebrating the story of the Ouseburn river and the people who li...

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Hoults Yard

Fri Only

Take a peek through the keyhole around the former Maling Pottery, once one of the world’s largest ...

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St Mary's Heritage Centre

Sat Only

Enjoy live music, crafting and a café inside this iconic Gateshead building. Discover more about th...

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Then, Now and HERE: Black and Global Majority heritage in dance, arts and cultural expression

Gateway Studio

Sat Only

Prepare to immerse yourself in an exhibition of sights, sounds, talks and creative dance performance...

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Unleashing Creativity with the Morphological Matrix!

Orbis Community (West Street)

Sat Only

Visit open studios, take part in workshops, and meet the visionary creatives shaping tomorrow. Explo...

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Bensham Grove Late

Bensham Grove Community Centre

Sat Only

Enjoy history tours of this grade ll listed building, have fun in the garden, and take part in craft...

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The Soundroom

Sat Only

Celebrate four decades of local collective music-making history at a special night at The Soundroom....

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Dunston Staiths

Sat Only

Experience the Tyne from a different angle at the historic Dunston Staiths. Immerse yourself in the ...

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Secret Shebeen

Tyneside Irish Centre

Sat Only

Explore the top floor of the building in Gallowgate with a new perspective from the Library and Heri...

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History Tours

Blackfriars

Sat Only

Blackfriars Restaurant is set within a 13th-century former Dominican friary. Established in 1239 it ...

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Something’s growing in The Coach House!

The Coach House

Sat Only

Come and explore this new Late Shows venue right in the heart of Creative Central NCL and experience...

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Art, Lego and Live Tunes

The Common Room

Sat Only

Explore what’s inside this Grade II* Listed building. Visit the new Coal Queens exhibition in the ...

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Medieval to modern

Cathedral Church of St Mary

Sat Only

Come and sing in a medieval chant, listen to organ music, have a whistle-stop tour of the windows an...

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The Silent Discovery Disco

Discovery Museum

Sat Only

Have a dance around Turbinia! Join us for a (silent) Disco at Discovery Museum. There will be a vari...

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Summerhill Bowling Club

Summerhill Bowling Club

Sat Only

Come and explore a truly unique hidden gem in the heart of Newcastle city centre, a stone’s throw ...

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Experience the world of Freemasonry

Maple Terrace Masonic Hall

Sat Only

Purpose built in 1870 as a masonic building, this hidden gem is still busy today with masonic meetin...

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Torchlit Churchyard Tours

Newcastle Cathedral

Sat Only

Join a churchyard tour, starting in St Nicholas Square. Was Queen Victoria truly unamused by her vis...

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The Blackbird Tavern

Newcastle Castle

Sat Only

Soak up the ambiance of a real tavern for the night as The Blackbird Tavern will open it’s doors o...

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Tours at Bessie Surtees House

Bessie Surtees House

Sat Only

Visit the magnificent Jacobean public rooms open from 6.30pm-10.30pm (no booking required). In addit...

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Press Play at Tyneside Cinema

Tyneside Cinema

Sat Only

Immerse yourself in all things film at the Tyneside Cinema. Delve into the archives and chat to heri...

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Haylofts

Sat Only

Haylofts, formerly the stables for Newcastle Breweries, is the newest addition to the Hoults Yard gr...

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THE HERDS @ Great North Museum: Hancock

Great North Museum: Hancock

Sat Only

Explore the museum after hours and take part in creating a large-scale collaborative artwork with Mo...

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Love Libraries

Newcastle City Library

Sat Only

Celebrating a love of libraries, City Library will be hosting an evening reading retreat with lots o...

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A stroll through Newcastle African history

African Lives in North East England

Sat Only

This stroll through Newcastle City Centre will highlight residents and visitors of African descent w...

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Drop-in crafts or book an exclusive exhibition tour

Laing Art Gallery

Sat Only

In celebration of the new exhibition, With These Hands, which explores the representation of craft i...

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