Sunderland has taken part in the annual ‘Flying a Flag for Commonwealth Day’ ahead of the Commonwealth games in Queensland, Australia next year. The Commonwealth raising flag ceremony happens every year at Sunderland Civic Centre and is on schedule with the rest of the country, who also raise their flags, precisely […]
A talented young performer will head to New York in September to pursue her dream at the iconic American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Ellie Alicia Strong, 18, from Farringdon, is one of 150 elite students worldwide to be granted a place at the American arts academy, which has trained the […]
The Sunderland Sail Training Ambassadors visited the Mayoral suite on March 9 to learn more of the history of Wearside in the run up to the 2018 Tall Ships Race. The young ambassadors had tea with the Mayor, following a brief history of Sunderland in the council’s chambers at the […]
The multi-award winning international photography and film project is coming to the North East in an upcoming exhibition. It will include photographs of local dancers in front of iconic North East landmarks. Film-maker and photographer Jevan Chowdhury has brought his Moving Cities project to the North East in collaboration with […]
A popular Sunderland pub is set to host its third annual event to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. City centre pub Chaplins are to host another St Patrick’s Day event to celebrate the Irish holiday on March 17. The event has been a success the previous two years, now being branded […]
The North East has become a hotbed for music festivals in 2017. Hit The North in Newcastle and Festival On The Wall in Northumberland are amongst recent additions to the festival calendar alongside regular events such as Evolution Emerging and Sunniside Live. One more festival has been announced for fans […]
These social ladies meet every month to build friendships and to knit. They meet in the textiles department at the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens on the second Wednesday of every month. Established in 1978 for education, innovation and preservation: the Sunderland Knitting and Crochet Guild aspire to excel and […]
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A new music festival for the UK’s emerging artists is set to hit the North East this April. Hit The North, created by SSD Concerts, will see hundreds of music acts in 14 venues across Newcastle perform on the weekend of April 27-29. SSD Concerts expressed their importance […]
During February half term, between 18th-26th, visitors can experience a history lesson of a children’s food strike here in the North East remembering 100 years of the strike. Beamish Museum in Stanley, County Durham, is known as an open air museum where visitors can come and see how a victorian […]