The 64 Newcastle and Gateshead venues offering late opening over Friday and Saturday
The Late Shows two-night event kicks off in the Ouseburn area of Newcastle this Friday
Around 30,000 people are due to turn out for The Late Shows over the next two nights, no doubt all keen to take advantage of another opportunity to explore a vast range of venues at a time they normally would be closed to the public. As previously reported, The Late Shows is an annual highlight and this year’s family-friendly event will involve a whopping 64 venues across Newcastle and Gateshead over its May 8-9 run.
Among them will be the city’s Ouseburn Farm and Grainger Market as well as Dunston Staithes in Gateshead – just three options representing the wide mix of places which will be opening for free as part of the so-called ‘culture crawl’ organised by North East Museums. Many of its museums and galleries will be taking part, alongside arts organisations and cultural hubs, with the Ouseburn area set be the focus of this Friday’s opening night activities, from 6pm to 10.30pm..
Then it will be all action around wider Newcastle and Gateshead from 6pm-10pm on Saturday. A free Stagecoach bus service will be on offer – a LS3 bus on Friday and LS1 on Saturday – linking key venues so that visitors can pack in as many as possible.
An extra LS2 bus will run from Shipley Art Galley in Gateshead to connect more out-of-the-way venues that side of the river. A map is available online – with full details of the programme on offer – and below is a list of all venues participating over the next two evenings as the award-winning Late Shows, which first took place in 2007, returns for another treat.
The Late Shows – Friday, May 8
Ouseburn, Newcastle
Flea Circus – shop, exhibition, music and grilled oysters
Biscuit Tin Studios – printing techniques
Christ Church – Silks, Trapezes, Organs & Drums performance
School of Design, Northumbria University – open studio plus exhibitions
The NewBridge Project – new work exhibitions
Yoga x Life – wellness drop-in workshops
Shieldfield Art Works – craft, clay and ice cream
The Biscuit Factory – Folk Stories
Incubate Experimental Printmaking – workshops
Cobalt Studios – live ‘scream’ event and music party
Nothern Print – printing exhibition celebrating Japanese artist Fusako Yoshikawa
The Time Bandits @ Seven Stories – The Home Guard 1940-944
Ouseburn Yard – Brushstrokes & Beats: live painting and creative activities
Hot Wax – candle-pouring and fizz
Malarkey – fashion takeover of Ouseburn Yard
Ouseburn Farm – celebrating 50 years: food, drinks and games
Radio Ouseburn – live on air
36 Lime Street – open studios
The Find – Night Owls and Early Birds artist event
Jim Edwards Studio – meet the artist
Sora Studio – no details confirmed
Flaura Rose – Mural reveal by artist Lucie in the Sky
Ouseburn Trust – maps, music, mammals: creative event
Victoria Tunnel – taster tours
The Space by St Oswald’s Hospice – art session
Toffee Factory – dress-up and disco collaboration with The Cumberland Arms
Louise Goult x BottleWorks – embroidery workshops and exhibition
Brinkburn St Brewery Bar – beers and band
Albion Row Studios – meet the artists event
The Late Shows – Saturday, May 9
Gateshead
St Mary’s Heritage Centre – 1800s games night
Hidden Heights Creative Studio – sketching and DJs
Station East – open mic night
65 Hight Street – beach party; maker space plus drawing workshop at Vane
Green Heart Collective- alternative Alt Met Gala exhibition
Orbis Community, West Street – create a Gateshead landmark print
The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library – poetry, stories and music from many languages
Gateshead Libraries, Arts & Heritage – power of plants event
Shipley Art Gallery – crafting and creativity
Bensham Grove Community Centre – artists and workshops
The Soundroom – bands and music-making
Dunston Staiths – sunset visit and short history film
Newcastle West End and Quayside
Bessie Surtees House – open evening
Newcastle Castle – The Blackbird Tavern medieval pub
Newcastle Cathedral – guided churchyard tour
Summerhill Bowling Club – ‘hidden gem’ visit
Central Newcastle
Discovery Museum – music and round of golf offer
Alphabetti Theatre – True North poetry trail plus karaoke singalong
Arcadea Disability Arts – dancing and bar
The Common Room – installation, Lego and singalong
Newcastle Arts Centre – street art exhibition
The Black Swan – live music
D6 – open studio
Blackfriars – history tour
Tyneside Irish Centre – rare opening of top floor Gallery room
Grainger Market – Late Show takeover including music
City centre and Haymarket
Newcastle Contemporary Art at High Bridge Works – open studio and exhibition
Castle Fine Art – art of Bob Dylan
Tyneside Cinema Bar Café – silent disco
Newcastle City Library – music, silent disco, games and alcohol plus exploration of African heritage
Laing Art Gallery – crafting workshop and tour
Northumbria University, Student Central – ‘Shakespeare’s world’ game plus hands-on musical ‘instruments’
Farrell Centre – dolls housing-making
Hatton Gallery – Happy! exhibition
Great North Museum: Hancock – treasure exhibition
For full details of what activities and facilities will be available at each venue see here.
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