Maybe a Ghost Story by Daniel Kitson at Gala Durham on Thu 16 Oct. "A singularly seasonal that is definitely funny, potentially frightening & maybe, just maybe, a ghost story." galadurham.co.uk/galapost/dan...

30 years ago I had my first piece of writing published as a teenager - an unsolicited review of a friend's band in Newcastle, for @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social And now I appear to have come full circle. JESUS CHRIST KINSKI publishes on Oct 23rd 2025. www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...

Tonight at The Lubber Fiend Ncle! Gee Tee, 1 800-Mikey, Big Break & Diall. "Some of the wonkiest punk music going. We’ve been wanting to bring Gee Tee to The Lubber Fiend since we opened, so trust us when we say this is unmissable!" @thelubberfiend.bsky.social www.thelubberfiend.com?fbclid=IwdGR...

mylittlebrother are launching their album 'Throwing Darts At Maps' at The Engine Room, North Shields Oct 24th. Recorded at Polestar Studios, Byker. Infectious harmony drenched indie-rock from the Cumbrian wilds. Support Wolfred. www.terns.co.uk/tm-event/myl... @mylittlebrother.bsky.social

'An essential insight into the voices that are often silenced by a city’s ego, and a timely spotlight on a political agenda that is ever-present today.' Huge thanks to @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social for the generous (first) review of Songs of Seven Dials. www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...

Mascha Schilinski's 'Sound of Falling' is darkly lyrical & dense study of German female trauma over generations. Dreamlike atmosphere nods to Bergman & Terence Davies as well as horror. Visually striking & eclectic with artful recurring motifs, but 2 & half hour runtime renders it challenging watch

Canny little exhibition, Punknumber3 at Newcastle City Library on at the moment.

Newcastle says no to fascism. The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance. Newcastle united.

October issue is out now!✨️In print & online. Featuring Music, Art, Stage, Comedy, Dance, Family, Queer, Film, Books, Live reviews & North East Listings. Megan Magdalena is on the cover - playing Twisterella this month. www.thecrackmagazine.com

📣 On sale now: Aynur Doğan 📅 Mon 30th Mar, 7:30pm One of the most prominent Kurdish singers of our times, her impressive voice and extraordinary musical narration fuses traditional Kurdish folk music with the contemporary sensibility of Western music. 🎟️ www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/ayn...

Hexham Abbey Festival 2025 starts today!!✨️ 24th-28th Sep. Taking place in the stunning setting of Hexham Abbey. Poetry, medieval choral music, magical storytelling - The Velveteen Rabbit, an eve of Cole Porter and Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening. hexhamabbeyfestival.org.uk/programme-20...

💙 ONE WEEK!! 💙 Still time to grab tickets for @anncleeves.bsky.social talking Orkney + Jimmy #TheKillingStones w/ Stuart Bain on Oct 1st PLUS you’ll get *exclusive* short story The Lonely Man !! Grab tickets www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...

Our Man in the Field & Matt Owens (from Noah & The Whale) play a special gig at High Forest Community Centre, Sinderhope on Sat 4th Oct! A captivating blend of indie-folk/Americana. www.gigantic.com/our-man-in-t...

Previews Wednesday 8 October 5-8pm! ‘What the Others Built’ reimagines the surrealist game of chance, Exquisite Corpse, bringing together the diverse work of Peter Hanmer, Paul Raymond and Stuart Mel Wilson. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Excited that #Edgecity by gobscure will be live scored by the one and only Mariam Rezaei - a musical artist quite unlike any other, her bold & radical remaking of the turntable has taken her all over the world. Here this Thu 25 - Sat 27 Sep. Book now at www.live.org.uk/whats-on/edg...

Cate Le Bon visits Gateshead this Autumn @theglasshouseicm.bsky.social Part of Innovators. 'Le Bon invites us into a world where feeling overrides form, & abstraction becomes its own kind of truth.' Over six albums, incl the Mercury Prize-nominated Reward. theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/cat...

Poet and historian Katrina Porteous has contributed poetry and narration to this Illuminated feature marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. A @radiotimes.bsky.social Today's Choice for 21 September. Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 7.15pm, or listen later. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tristannne joins Lubberfiend Newcastle this October. 'Kind of like a mash of sleazy 70s synth music, Oneohtrix Point Never & avant pop.' Support Ortolan Bunting. Poster by @munseydesign

📣 On sale now: Discovering Morricone 📅 Tue 31st Mar, 7.30pm Experience the enchanting world of Maestro Ennio Morricone, brought to life by Ensemble Symphony Orchestra and led by conductor Giacomo Loprieno. 🎟️ www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/dis...

This Saturday HENRY PARKER & JOOST DIJKEMA play High Forest Community Centre, nr Allendale. The two musicians live on either side of the North Sea but share a passion for 70’s finger-style guitar music & legend, Michael Chapman. www.gigantic.com/henry-parker...

The star of War Horse, met fans outside Newcastle Theatre Royal! 🐎 23 puppets were created by the Handspring Puppet Co. It takes 8 months to build the puppets by 14 craftspeople. War Horse runs until Sat 20 Sep. www.theatreroyal.co.uk/whats-on/war... 📷Will Walker

Newcastle Castle have announced the return of Drag Castle, an immersive Dungeons & Dragons themed show on 27th Sep. Live music, witty rhymes & a plot packed with magic, mayhem, & mild treason. 18yrs+ www.newcastlecastle.co.uk/theatre

Earlier this week I heard Brett Anderson from Suede on the radio....he had this to say and it really struck a chord with me. Please give him 40 seconds of your time. Thanks. #keepmusiclive

Hexham Abbey Festival 2025 runs from Wed 24th-Sun 28th Sep in the stunning setting of Hexham Abbey. There’ll be Poetry & Music, choral music, magical storytelling, an eve of Cole Porter & Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening. hexhamabbeyfestival.org.uk/programme-20... @thequeenshall.bsky.social

In assoc. with @northumbriauni.bsky.social - Celebrating 25 Years of Billy Elliot! next Fri 19 Sep. We have some incredible guests, surprise video greetings AND a first ever reading of a scene that was deleted from the film plus a welcome drink & canapes! 🎟️ £30 at www.live.org.uk/whats-on/cel...

Next Tue 16 Sep, 7.30pm we're excited to be hosting the next of our #LiveWrites Play 1/4 is: ✏️ #Nails by Amy Mains 🎬 Directed by Lydia Davidson 🎭 Performed by Abigail Lawson, Alex Tahnee & Charlotte Wraith Find out more about all 4 plays & get 🎟️ asap £7 - £9 at www.live.org.uk/whats-on/liv...

The Unthanks are curating & hosting The Friday Night Club at The Glasshouse on 26 Sep. Featuring folk artist Clara Mann, author Fiona Mozley, Tim Dalling (storytelling/poetry), & Royal Northern Sinfonia members. (Lush Illustration by Jon Mackay) theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/fri...

Tonight! A few tickets left in the stalls, and a few up in the circle if anyone wants to play Statler and Waldorf.

WOW Festival comes to the North East for the v first time on 18 Oct. Tickets are FREE, (booking essential). Festival goers will be able to explore politics to pop culture, sex to sport, activism to art through performances, panels, workshops, poetry & dance. galadurham.co.uk

🎬🐈 What kind of weirdo travetl 125 miles to watch internet cat videos on a big screen of a volunteer-run radical cinema? That's me! Absolutely loved it and met so many friendly people (went for drinks after with two of them). More of this sort of thing! Thank you, @starandshadow.bsky.social!

September issue is Out Now! Jammed full of music, art, stage, comedy, dance, clubs, queer, films, books, North East live reviews & more.📺💀 @tvdeath NEON DREAMLAND is our album of the month.

Our September events kick off with KEEGAN // Anthony Quinn chatting to @camsell59.bsky.social @livetheatre.bsky.social 🤍🖤 🎟️ www.live.org.uk/whats-on/kee... Total result!! @faberbooks.bsky.social @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social

Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, & featuring many of her iconic songs performed live. Black Is The Color Of My Voice is coming to Tyne Theatre & Opera House 7th Oct. Apphia Campbell’s acclaimed play- performed by Florence Odumosu. www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk/whatson/blac...

Holysseus Fly new single "Arms Unfolding" got its first play on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning. She plays @zerox_newcastle on 19th Nov. @holysseusfly Great pic. 📷 Giulia Spadafora

DBTR is back in Durham City on 13/9 with a co-headline show. [George Boomsma is] ‘A skilled guitarist, distinctive songwriter and a fine singer’ - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 [Luke’s songs are] ‘raw, heartfelt and beautiful I just found it irresistible' - @tomrobinson.com , BBC6 Music

Free Screenings at Side Gallery 2mrw Sun 24 Aug 3.30 pm, catch “6 to Midnight” (1974), “Launch” (1974) & “Quayside” (1979). On Mon 25 Aug 1.30 pm, “The Pursuit of Happiness” (2008) - tribute to Amber’s late founding member Murray Martin. 5–9 Side Newcastle NE1 1JE. sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/cin...

TOMORROW'S SHOW TIMES 19:30 The Doors 20:00 Prospect Of Power 20:50 Rothco 21:45 TV Death 23:00 Curfew Last advance-price tickets here: www.seetickets.com/event/tv-dea... Will cost more on the door otherwise. We want you to have only The Best Time X

We have tempted @damianbarr.bsky.social to FORUM’s pulpit to celebrate his new book The Two Roberts & we’d love you to join us 🩵🩷 🗓️ 8th Sept 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/f... @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Rip Terence Stamp. Early films incl Far from the Madding Crowd, Poor Cow & The Collector. The Guardian called him, "master of the brooding silence". Later films incl Superman, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Wall Street & Big Eyes. 📷 Far from the Madding Crowd.

The much awaited debut album Neon Dreamland by TV Death is out this Thurs 21 Aug! To celebrate they'll be taking over @theclunynewcastle 2 for a big album release show on Saturday 23rd Aug. 📷@rhiannonbanksphoto linktr.ee/tv_death?fbc...

A wander and coffee around #northshields this morning to stretch the legs #goodtimes #northshieldsfishquay #streetart #murals

Fading Light hits Tyneside Cinema with Cinema Rediscovered. Set in North Shields in the late 80s. Mixing drama & documentary to create one of Amber Collective's most unforgettable portraits of the North East. 18-20 Aug. sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/cinema/tyneside-cinema-in-fading-light-1

Triple-Grammy winner & Tiny Desk star Fantastic Negrito brings his blues-soul headline show to PILGRIM - Newcastle on 20th August. Support from Newcastle jazz-fusion band Swan Nek. skiddle.com/whats-on/New...

Opening Soon: A new short exhibition at Side Gallery Newcastle. 22 - 25 Aug. The open call work responds to two themes: Documenting the Self & Places That Made Us. sidegallery.co.uk 📷 Every Breath They Take, 1989 ©Keith Pattison

Cor - look at this! North Shields, UK. Rotterdam-based muralist Nina Valkhoff has secured #2 position in Street Art Cities' global "Best of July" ranking for her mural The Chase, painted in the heart of North Shields during the town's Elevation Mural Festival. elevationcio.com 📷@northshieldspeople

Sorry to mention X - no not that troublesome platform thing but - Xmas! Northern Stage, are offering people with kids free child’s ticket on select performances of Beauty & the Beast with the purchase of an adult’s ticket by 19 Aug! use PROMO CODE: KIDSGOFREE : northernstage.co.uk/KIDS-GO-FREE/

CAT VIDEO FEST is back at @starandshadow.bsky.social Ncle Sat 6 Sep. 'Assembled from an eclectic mix of video submissions & classic clips, featuring 75 mins of paw-some new content! 10% of proceeds to Ncle Dog & Cat Shelter. 2pm family event: tinyurl.com/2mzwvjwj 7pm eve evepnt: tinyurl.com/53xy7ty6

Art lovers! This weekend there's a rare chance to look inside the (huge) studio of the artist known as Cornelius Vesuvius & view an exhibition of his paintings, drawings & sculptures made over 16 years! 9-13 Aug 3pm Onwards. Carr Ellison House, Business Park, William Armstrong Dr, Newcastle NE4 7YA

One for the Queen fans. Queen Heaven 360° immersive dome shows at Science at Life in Newcastle this Saturday. Combining classic music videos, immersive solar system visuals & archive footage. www.life.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Twango are hosting a very special event - Bridget St John live at High Forest Community Centre, Sinderhope, Hexham on 23 Aug! This will sell out quickly, (she sold out The Cluny last time): www.gigantic.com/bridget-st-j... - & from Allendale Co-op