The Late Shows 2026
08 - 09 May

Shop, exhibition, music & grilled oysters

Flea Circus

Fri Only

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Make your Mark with Print Club

Biscuit Tin Studios

Fri Only

With three different printing techniques to try, choose one, make your mark and create your own orig...

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Silks, Trapezes, Organs & Drums

Christ Church

Fri Only

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

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Showcase

The NewBridge Project

Fri Only

Join The NewBridge Project for an exciting showcase of new work made by Newcastle University's first...

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Wellness drop in workshops

Yoga x Life

Fri Only

Reconnect, recharge, and rejuvenate with mindfulness, movement, and community. Drop in, unwind, and ...

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Craft, clay & ice cream

Shieldfield Art Works

Fri Only

As part of Creating Fallow, a programme thinking about rest, labour and human limitations, enjoy han...

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Folk Stories

The Biscuit Factory

Fri Only

With a nod to folk traditions, gather for an evening of art, music and words; celebrating storytelli...

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Printmaking Workshops at Incubate Experimental Printmaking

Incubate Experimental Printmaking

Fri Only

Incubate Experimental Printmaking encourages artists of all ages and abilities to explore the wonder...

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Free Music Party!

Cobalt Studios

Fri Only

This year, get ready for a stomping romping line up of totally free world class global live music fr...

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Mock-a-Mokuhanga

Northern Print

Fri Only

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The Home Guard 1940 - 1944

The Time Bandits @ Seven Stories

Fri Only

Step back in time and explore a Home Guard display from the Time Bandits. See a collection of histor...

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Brushstrokes & Beats

Ouseburn Yard

Fri Only

Live Murals, Exhibition, Vinyl Painting and Mexican-Inspired Art. Join local artist Anthony Downey f...

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Hot Wax: The Late Pour

Hot Wax

Fri Only

Pop in, pour your own 60ml candle, grab a free glass of fizz and have a nosy. No tickets, no pressur...

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Fashion‑zine making

MALARKEY

Fri Only

Join MALARKEY as they takeover Ouseburn Yard! Get crafty and create your own personalised fashion zi...

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The Farm After Hours: 50 Years in Ouseburn

Ouseburn Farm

Fri Only

Experience Ouseburn Farm in the evening with food, drinks and traditional farm themed games, alongsi...

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Textile art workshops & exhibition

Louise Goult x BottleWorks

Fri Only

Join Louise for a drop-in embroidery workshop as you explore hand stitching on more unusual material...

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Open Studio and Exhibition at Design Feminisms Research Group

School of Design, Northumbria University

Fri Only

Explore different relationships between feminisms and design in the North East, nationally, and inte...

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MEMORY LANE: A Collaborative Zine About Lost Spaces

School of Design, Northumbria University

Fri Only

What closed, demolished or transformed spaces in Newcastle/Gateshead do you remember fondly? Join po...

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Multilingual Lateness

The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library

Sat Only

Immerse yourself in poetry and stories from many languages and enjoy melodies from across the globe....

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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, get involved in potter...

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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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‘Churchyard Mysteries’ – All-Age Guided Tour

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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Open Studio

D6: Culture in Transit

Sat Only

D6 will be opening the doors of their city-centre studios to visitors to see the work of artists who...

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Blackfriars History Tours

Blackfriars

Sat Only

Take an informative history tour of Blackfriars Restaurant, set within a 13th-century former Dominic...

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Secret Shebeen

Tyneside Irish Centre

Sat Only

Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

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Grainger Market

Sat Only

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Quest for the Great North Treasure

Great North Museum: Hancock

Sat Only

The Great North Museum: Hancock is indulging in a year of treasure, come along to view their new exh...

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Streets that speak > African history in Newcastle

African Lives in North East England

Sat Only

Newcastle’s streets hold traces of extraordinary lives — people of African descent whose journey...

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