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EACH ISSUE WE WELCOME YOU TO THE 06 MAGAZINE WITH AN INTRODUCTION ContentsFROM A MEMBER OF THE NE1 TEAM, GIVING YOU THEIR UNIQUE TAKE ON WHAT’S GOING ON. FRESH FROM THE PRESS @NewcastleNE1 IT’S CHRISTMAS… well almost. But let’s be honest, December is pretty much a whole /GetIntoNewcastle month of festive celebrations. As we edge closer and closer to the big newcastlene1 day, there’s an undeniable festive feeling 10 in the air and there’s so much for us to do! Get into Newcastle app Whether it’s a trip to the panto or Christmas parties, everyone is up to something. My plans include copious festive coffees, the odd bit of Christmas shopping (which I probably should’ve sorted a while go) and plenty of trips to the cinema to get me in If you wish to submit a listing for inclusion the festive spirit. please email: [email protected] For advertising call 0191 500 7865 or And fear not, before those post-Christmas email: [email protected] blues have a chance to set in NE1, January Get into Newcastle is published by Restaurant Week will be upon us! I, for one, Remember Media Ltd am more than ready to tuck into delicious food from my favourite restaurants and try out some of the new spots in town. It seems there’s always something to look forward to! 24 25 With that being said, I hope you’re all wrapped up warm, scoffing plenty of mince Remember Media Ltd, e.volve Business Centre, pies and taking some time to enjoy all Cygnet Way, Rainton Bridge South, DH4 5QY remembermedia.co.uk there is to do in our wonderful city at this Publisher Christopher March time of year! [email protected] Here’s to another wonderful festive season Editorial Elysia Agnew [email protected] in NE1. Editorial Assistant Chloé Laing Brittany Pape [email protected] Design Remember Media Studio NE1 Intern [email protected] Sales Claire Graham [email protected]
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The next with Santa TIMES! FESTIVE 10, 17 & 24 DECEMBER Joseph and the Amazing ST NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL SAGE GATESHEAD Treat yourself to a Sunday roast with a festive difference elcome to another great at The Vermont Hotel this December. The big guy in the edition of the NE1 Get Into Technicolour Dreamcoat T S! A Festive Silver Christmas IME 19 - 31 DECEMBER big red suit will be spreading Christmas cheer! Newcastle magazine which vermont-hotel.co.uk I will be guest editing, Don’t miss out on this festive run of Joseph and the Celebration Sing-a-long Lunch 8 DECEMBER TIMES! 8 DECEMBER with some of my favourite Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Metro Radio Arena Maggie’s Newcastle and Sage Gateshead Get that festive Friday feeling with Wfestive picks around the city. Newcastle from Tuesday 19th to Sunday 31st December. It’s creative, are teaming up with the Voices of Hope a traditional sing-a-long lunch led by is a wonderful place to visit; the people it’s colourful and it’s a real Christmas treat! metroradioarena.co.uk choir to present a sparkling evening of choral leader Jake Hardiment with piano are friendly and it's always such a great festive entertainment. sagegateshead.com accompaniment. sagegateshead.com atmosphere, particularly as the festivities begin. The city continues to thrive and it's such a fun place, full of wonderful things to NE1 GEORDIE JACKPOT NEVER ESTIVE do. Newcastle is a cultural hotspot too, and THE GEORDIE JACKPOT IS A GREAT WAY TO KICKSTART THE FESTIVE F IN the architecture on Grey Street never fails to CELEBRATIONS WITH THE CHANCE TO WIN £25K! This Christmas DON’T MISS OUR FESTIVE FUN HIGHLIGHTS! A amaze me. I love our city and I couldn’t big you could be in with the chance of winning the £ 25k jackpot, the weekly £ DULL it up enough to those from the North East or £ 1k and many exciting festive treats throughout December. Fancy your CHRISTMAS FUN IN NE1 visiting from far away. Merry Christmas! chances? Buy your tickets online for just £ 1 for the chance to win There’s something for everyone this Christmas - from ice skating to market E BIG and pick up some fabulous festive prizes! geordiejackpot.co.uk MOMENT Joe McElderry mooching and festive family flicks. N TIMES! GET INTO NEWCASTLE //4 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 5 1 06.12.17 06.12.17 WHAT A WEDNESDAY WHAT A WEDNESDAY
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GET YOUR SKATES ON Or try Skate into the festive season at Times Square’s ice rink this Christmas. Running throughout Christmas and New Year, you can get your fix WEDNESDAY of wintery fun by swapping your slippers for ice skates and gliding with loved ones. life.org.uk these FOOD 2 MEALS FOR £12: REDHOUSE Enjoy two meals for £12 all day, every Wednesday. It's the perfect excuse to tuck SUNDAY DINNER WITH SANTA into their famous pies! £12, all day Wednesday. Redhouse, wonderland Tuck into your favourite meal of the week with everyone’s favourite festive fella this getintonewcastle.co.uk season. Spread holiday cheer at The Vermont Hotel’s Bridge Brasserie for Sunday lunch WING WEDNESDAY Dig into all you can eat wings while HADRIAN’S TIPI with Santa. Little ones will get the chance to visit the grotto, while adults can enjoy a you watch your favourite sports at Shark Club. 35p a wing, Got some peckish little people in your clan? Make time to sample tasty food and drink at Hadrian’s sensational Sunday roast. At £19.95 per adult and £9.95 per child, it’s too good to after 3pm. Shark Cub, sharkclub.com Tipi. You’ll find local favourites, seasonal suppliers and cosy spots to chill out beside roaring log MARKET MOOCH miss this year! Dates available: 10th, 17th and 24th December. fires and fairy lights. It really does remind us why Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year Don’t forget to check out the Newcastle International Christmas Market before the stalls vermont-hotel.com MUSIC STATUS QUO: PLUGGED IN - LIVE AND ROCKIN! in Newcastle. hadrianstipi.com leave on 10th December. Mooch through the marvellous market, sip on mulled wine and Boogie on down to Newcastle City Hall and join Status Quo treat the little ones to something sweet as you take in the twinkling lights of Grey Street and as they show why they have stayed a supreme presence beyond! newcastlegateshead.com HOWAY HOOTENANNY in the rock pop scene! From £49, doors open 7pm. Colonel Porter’s Emporium is bringing back the great Newcastle City Hall, theatreroyal.co.uk Victorian theatrical tradition which died out almost a UB40 For a night of English reggae and pop join UB40 century ago! at Metro Radio Arena on their ‘Cities and Towns Tour’. A bit of a history lesson… throughout the 1800s From £38.50, 7.30pm. Metro Radio Arena, music hall theatres staged amazing events showcasing metroradioarena.co.uk everything from singers and comics to trapeze artists, jugglers, magicians and more. Newcastle’s acts, of COMEDY course, were among the most popular in the county, RED RAW The best night for emerging talent on Newcastle’s and in true Geordie style, it’s coming back to the comedy circuit. £3, 7pm. The Stand, thestand.co.uk MOZ THE MONSTER Toon! This modern-day counterpart will include a Make a date with Moz The Monster this Christmas at John Lewis, Newcastle. He’s all over jam-packed programme of quirky acts hosted by local CLUB our TV screens, but is he top of your Christmas list? If so, pop to the intu Eldon Square comedian Steffan Peddie. One of the most entertaining DIRTIZ Celebrate that midweek feeling and party all night department store to purchase some fabulous festive goodies for a loved one. Moz features in and out-of-the-ordinary evenings around - don’t miss with your pals at Dirtiz. £6, 10pm. Perdu, perdubar.com the John Lewis Christmas advert this year, telling the tale of a little boy called Joe, who can’t out! Tickets are only £10 and it’s set to be a hoot! sleep at night because of a snoring monster who lives underneath his bed… johnlewis.com colonelporters.co.uk More listings online GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK GET INTO NEWCASTLE //6 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 7 07.12.17 08.12.17 FESTIVE THURSDAY HOORAY FOR FRIDAY
GINVENT! Our pals at Pleased To Meet You are getting into the festive spirit with a gin-inspired twist on advent this Christmas. Their Ginvent The rest Rock Calendar is packed out with miniature gin bottles behind each door. The calendar is now opening its doors and giving gin-lovers the ART STITCHES IN TIME TOUR A curator-led tour giving visitors chance to win a bottle every day throughout the festive season. a sneak peek into the vast vintage costume store at the + out All you have to do is stay tuned on the PTMY Facebook page and Discovery Museum. From £4, 11am - 12pm. Discovery HAPPY MONDAYS - like and share their advent calendar posts daily to be in with the Museum, discoverymuseum.org.uk Q 30TH ANNIVERSARY chance of opening the door and taking home the good stuff! Look Manchester’s legendary Happy Mondays are out for biggest prize on Christmas Day! FOOD a back in the Toon this Friday night as part of ptmy-newcastle.co.uk RIBS & WINGS NIGHT Prepare for a messy night at a massive run of winter shows. The ‘Twenty Bonbar with slow roasted ribs and wings at 50p a pop. 5 MINUTES WITH Four Hour Party People - Greatest Hits Tour’ 50p, 4pm - late. Bonbar, getintonewcastle.co.uk MICHELLE HEATON will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut record as well as songs from FAMILY Newcastle’s very own Michelle Heaton is their stellar career. Don’t miss out on this ICE SKATING Wrap up warm for a great winter day out at back home this Christmas as the Wicked night of Happy Mondays magic at the O2! Times Square’s ice skating rink. A perfect day out for the Queen in Snow White & The Seven academymusicgroup.com whole family. From £3, 10am - 6pm. Life Science Centre, Dwarfs at the Tyne Theatre & Opera life.org.uk House. The panto spectacular starts this MUSIC Friday 8th December and will dazzle NE1 BOLLYWOOD JAZZ An amazing Indo-Jazz fusion event audiences until Sunday 31st December. inspired by the songs and instrumental music of Bollywood movies. From £13.10, 7.45pm. Sage Gateshead, First time out in the Toon? I think it was sagegateshead.com Kiss in the Bigg Market... though I seem to FESTIVE OLIVE & BAUBLES 70S COP SHOW A fabulous free night of 70s music at remember spinning a wheel for a free drink Check in for an evening of festive fun at Olive & Bean this Thursday. Hoochie Coochie. Free, doors open 7pm. Hoochie Coochie, somewhere. Be With a welcome drink on arrival, a pop-up cocktail bar, limited edition hoochiecoochie.co.uk festive menu, DJs playing out tunes and a goodie bag to take away with KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS Bed in for a Have you brought your coat? Yes - but back inspired you, we can’t think of a better place to help spread Christmas cheer. marvellous night of music at The Cluny! £12.50, doors then I wouldn’t have! My mum used to meet There’s also a raffle with some amazing prizes up for grabs - all proceeds open 8pm. The Cluny, thecluny.com me from the bus with a hot water bottle at the TIMES! go to the British Heart Foundation. Tickets are just £5 and the price is FREE LIVE MUSIC: PIZZA EXPRESS Enjoy free live music end of my night. redeemable on any purchase made on the night. Make Olive & Bean every Thursday at Pizza Express, Dean Street. Eat, drink part of your festive celebrations this year! oliveandbean.co.uk and be entertained. Free, from 7.30pm. Pizza Express, Best Tyneside moment? I think when I pizzaexpress.com performed at Newcastle City Hall singing with SANTA AND HIS MINIONS: THE GEORDIE BOOK OF MAGIC the Emmanuel College. THE DARKER SIDE OF JOLLY Christmas in Geordie land is set to be more magical than ever this FESTIVE Sing-a-long Join cultural historian Gail-Nina Anderson for an intriguing season. One of the region’s favourite magicians, Chris Cross, has teamed Favourite Geordie? It has to be Alan Shearer SILVER CHRISTMAS SING-A-LONG LUNCH 2017 talk on folklore - tinged with elements of gothic and up with fellow local stars to create a Geordie-themed book of magic. right? Or Ant and Dec! Get that festive Friday feeling this week with a Silver Christmas Sing-a-long Lunch at macabre. Who really represents the seasonal spirit of the With illustrations by VIZ Comic artist Davey Jones, a foreword by Strictly’s Sage Gateshead. A traditional sing-a-long led by choral leader Jake Hardiment and with turn of the year? Is it a jolly fat man dressed in red and Debbie McGee and a DVD featuring some of Newcastle’s finest celebs NE1 plans? Obviously I’m going to be really piano accompaniment. Expect superb seasonal games and a fabulous festive quiz before distributing toys, a miracle-working saint, a punishing including Benidorm’s Tim Healy, Newcastle footballing legend Malcolm TIMES! busy doing Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs the two-course Christmas lunch served from 12.30pm. The menu includes traditional demonic entity or an earthy gnome? Gail’s lively, ‘Supermac’ Macdonald, Auf Wiedersehen Pet’s Lesley Saint John plus at the Tyne Theatre. But apart from that, I’m roast turkey with all the trimmings or a nut roast followed by tea, coffee and mini cakes. illustrated lectures at the Black Gate will leave you feeling more Geordie faces. going to see all my friends and family I’ve not Yum! sagegateshead.com educated and inspired! “Too many people sit on their mobile phones and tablet computers had time to see over the last 17 years being newcastlecastle.co.uk instead of actually talking to each other, it’s becoming scary,” says Chris. SEASONAL SPICE & ALL away. And eat some good food too! DR. FEELGOOD With a reputation as one of the most “A family get together means, in lots of cases now, a bunch of people MUSIC THINGS NICE exciting live rhythm and blues acts in Europe, the legendary who are related sitting together on their phones, instead of being by Wandered around the Christmas markets and What would you be doing if you weren’t THE CAFFREYS’ CHRISTMAS BASH A Christmas knees up like no other at Live Theatre. The Caffreys promise an electric Dr. Feelgood are heading for The Cluny this Friday night! themselves - the world’s gone crazy!” looking for somewhere to warm up where you here now? I would be doing panto A FESTIVE CELEBRATION acoustic set of heartfelt and uplifting songs. £12, 8pm. £17.50, doors open 7.30pm. The Cluny, thecluny.com “My new magic book is a great family activity for Christmas day - Maggie’s Newcastle and Sage Gateshead are teaming up with can still feel the festive vibes? We have the somewhere else. I do it everywhere, so I’m Plus... Live Theatre, live.org.uk first you have to make the magic tricks, then learn them, then fool other the Voices of Hope choir to present a sparkling evening of festive perfect solution… Head to the glittering dome delighted I get to do it back home this time. CHRISTMAS ON THE CONCOURSE: SILVER CHRISTMAS TO ADVERTISE call 0191 500 7865 or email friends and family with them!” celebrations to the people of NE1. The concert will help spread that is The Botanist for a mulled wine or spiced CAROL CHOIR A free festive performance on the Concourse CLUB [email protected] Buy this beauty of a book at WHSmith, The Back Page, Upside Down Christmas cheer as the choir sing seasonal songs and carols. cider. A tipple that takes Christmas celebrations A fun fact? I’m always the first to arrive to DIRTY LITTLE SECRET It’s no secret that Tup Tup Palace at Sage Gateshead. Expect Christmas carols and lots of Presents and The Central Library. Tickets: £16.50. sagegateshead.com seriously - we’ll toast to that! any party - but the last to leave... Fridays are a blast! A night of house anthems, old school hip festive cheer! Free, 2.15pm - 2.35pm. Sage Gateshead, SUBMIT YOUR LISTING email [email protected] chris-cross.co.uk thebotanist.uk.com tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk hop and R&B. Tup Tup Palace, bigbadrobot.com sagegateshead.com GET INTO NEWCASTLE //8 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 9 JANUARY 2018 NEWCASTLE UNITED NE1 NEWCASTLE RESTAURANT WEEK
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YourNE1 NEWCASTLE RESTAURA Order?NT WEEK - 15TH TO 21ST JANUARY It’s nearly that time of year again for foodies across the North East to rejoice! NE1 Newcastle Restaurant Week is on it’s way back with even more newbies for you to sink your teeth into. Clear your diaries and fill the days up with some delicious dining days out. This year, our January Restaurant Week will run between 15th-21st January 2018. There’s plenty of fabulous deals making their way on to the list of over 100 participating restaurants that will be cutting through your January blues. Get ready to dig into some of the delicious deals that make eating out inexpensive with prices from £10 - £15pp. This mouth watering week-long event will be bringing plenty of fresh and exciting dishes to the table and we can’t wait to sample This December, we’re celebrating 125 years of Newcastle United. On Saturday 9th December 2017, it will be 125 what some of our ravishing restaurants have to offer. years to the day since we became a one-club city. For more information, offers and to download your vouchers head online at: getintonewcastle.co.uk To mark the occasion, the Magpies will be taking on Leicester City on home turf at St. James’ Park. The game will be televised with a 5:30pm kick off as Newcastle United fans flock to the city to celebrate. With a buzz throughout the city, you’ll find flags, banners and big screens showcasing historical content and the Listen out for our NE1 Restaurant Week competition in association with Smooth Radio and Luxe Magazine - where you can win a club’s importance across Newcastle City Centre and beyond. With flags for every fan throughout the stadium and a delicious dinner for two during each day of Restaurant Week at some of our favourite foodie hotspots. fantastic atmosphere throughout the city as a whole, it’s the perfect opportunity to burst with pride, get behind the smoothradio.com/northeast | luxe-magazine.co.uk team and celebrate 125 years of United. 125 years In the run up to the 125th anniversary, fans can vote for their ‘Greatest XI'. Votes are open until 5th December - so OF NEWCASTLE UNITED make sure you have your say before Newcastle United's greatest ever team is revealed on the big day. nufc.co.uk
THE CITY I CALL HOME… Family time > Our two kids are all grown up with three This December we’re celebrating 125 years of grandkids. But on school holidays we have for many years Newcastle United. NE1 catches up with Magpies taken the troops to Piccolino, where grandson Sam says the legend and club captain of the late 1960s, Bob Moncur. garlic bread is the best in the Toon! He wore his black and white shirt with pride and now calls the city home. Me time > Crossing or viewing our magnificent bridges over the Tyne. How many cities can boast so many bridges What Newcastle means to me > I came here as a so close to the centre? Watching the Millennium Bridge + 15-year-old to seek fame and fortune (failed on the fortune open, with the Tyne Bridge in the background, takes a bit bit). I arrived on a wet Monday morning by train (never the of beating. best way to approach Newcastle, bearing in mind as you Walking down both Grey Street and Dean Street, taking the approach by car you have the green fields of the Town Moor). time to feast your eyes on the magnificent architecture of the Q And I thought to myself,what am I doing? 57 years later I buildings above. Not to mention the choice of restaurants would consider it a good call. and classy bars. TAURANT RES Eating out > There are so many nice places to eat Festive fun in NE1 > For me, and for many others in in Newcastle. But this one is simple for my wife Camille the industry, Christmas is about family but it’s also about a and I - it has to be 21. We used to go to the original football. It is always a busy time over the festive period and BOOK Cafe 21 on Queen Street and we are still regulars today. my biggest enjoyment is spending a day at St James’ Park, IN EARLY My perfect occasion would be a few drinks in The involved in a match, albeit not playing anymore. St James’ 5 MINUTES WITH AND DOWNLOAD BOB MONCUR Broad Chare followed by late lunch at 21, usually on Park is an iconic statue in the city, and allows so many loyal a Sunday. fans to let their feelings be known, good or bad. YOUR VOUCHERS WEEK at the getintonewcastle.co.uk GET INTO NEWCASTLE //10 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 11 website from Wednesday 6th December! 09.12.17 10.12.17 IT'S SATURDAY! SUPER SUNDAY
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THE STAND CHRISTMAS TURKEY TIME! SPECIAL Our pals at Porterhouse Butcher and Grill are satisfying our taste buds this Christmas with delicious herb fed turkeys and succulent joints
S Our city is Calling all comedy fans… The Stand Christmas to make our festive celebrations extra tasty! Two pieces of advice… speak to the counter’s expert butchers and make sure you order your There's twinkling with T Special starts today! It’s time to get in the meat in good time - as you don’t want to miss out on a fabulous feast on Christmas day! Herb fed turkey 4-10kg from £55 and herb fed N festive fairy lights. turkey crowns 3-5kg from £59. Let Porterhouse guide you through your festive foodie plans! O E festive spirit. Forget wearing paper hats and ESTIVE TO The Christmas light F more... E indulging in over-priced turkey feasts - instead porterhousencl.co.uk switch on got you MUSIC pop along to our city’s comedy hub to spread T W guys talking… ST OSWALD’S HOSPICE LIGHT UP A LIFE 2017 Christmas cheer with some of the very best A Christmas concert for a great cause with the Urban comics from the UK and beyond! Chorus Choir, Newcastle’s Concert Band and Robson’s TWEET US Alfie Joey is set to host this spectacular evening Choice. Free, 6.30pm. Metro Radio Arena, of side-splitting fun featuring Imran Yusuf, TIMES! metroradioarena.co.uk @NEWCASTLENE1 Chris Kent, Sammy Dobson and Jonny Pelham. thestand.co.uk FOOD & DRINK Steve & Karen TACO ‘BOUT TUESDAY Grab a friend and take a trip to @TheSandK Mexico this Tuesday at Las Iguanas Grey Street. 2-4-1 taco It’s officially Christmas in planks, all day. Las Iguanas, getintonewcastle.co.uk @NewcastleCC! Huge thanks to Santa, @joemcelderry91, the Lord Mayor, @SamLavery_ and @jpageuk for helping us switch the FITNESS #NewcastleChristmasLights on with us tonight. CORE STRENGTH YOGA A beautiful pairing of Pilates and yoga at Newcastle’s Yogalilies. Various price packages, Broadway Travel 5.30pm. Yogalilies Newcastle, yogalilies.co.uk @BroadwayTravel Thank you to everyone who A GIANT SPROUTING COMEDY joined us for the switch on at STIV FE E THE STAND CHRISTMAS SPECIAL It’s time to get in the #NewcastleChristmasLights PANTO! A giant panto is Christmas spirit with a night of cracking comedy at The Naomi Robson sprouting up in Tasty Tuesday Stand. £12, 7.30pm. The Stand, thestand.co.uk @NaomiRobson14 town - starting today! A pleasure to be involved in It’s time to delve into CLUB #NewcastleChristmasLights with PANIS CAFÉ HAS A our favourite fairytales TIMES! NEW LOOK SO WHAT UNDERGROUND TUESDAYS Catch the sickest @metroradiouk @TheSandK @BroadwayTravel names in bassline, D&B and underground bass music every and pop along for a night of pantomime fun Looking for the perfect venue to celebrate with Tuesday at World HQ. £5, 11pm. World HQ, Newcastle City Council for the whole family! Times Square Panto friends and family? Pani’s Café is a charming, welovewhq.com @NewcastleCC present Jack and the Beanstalk, featuring giants and castles thrown in for good measure. through the clouds in Times Square’s purpose family run spot on High Bridge, serving some of The party has started at Newcastle’s own Denise Welch and soap star It’s the perfect festive treat for the whole built Pantodrome in the heart of the city. #NewcastleChristmasLights switch on the finest Italian cuisine to the people of NE1. KIDS #getondown Grey’s Monument until 6.30pm with Adam Thomas. Jack and the Beanstalk tells family - and promises to be a barrel of laughs We’re sold! Journey with Jack from today It’s as authentic as it gets and it’s brimming A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE! Join the Jolly Christmas @TheSandK @joemcelderry91 @SamLavery_ the enchanting tale of rags to riches with from start to finish. An unforgettable adventure until 30th December. timessquarepanto.com with character and quirks. Offering a real slice of Postman on his festive rounds as he delivers gifts to our Italy in the heart of our city, it’s a must if you’re favourite fairy tale characters at Seven Stories. £3 per child, Sam Lavery @SamLavery_ looking for that warm, festive, foodie feel this 2pm – 2.30pm. Seven Stories, sevenstories.org.uk First Christmas Lights of 2017. LGBT blues! Various prices, 11am - 11pm. Five Guys, Christmas. And with a new sleek look, you must Starting with a home crowd, big love VICKY PARIS Make Monday plans with an evening of fun fiveguys.co.uk go check it out! paniscafe.co.uk to @metroradiouk LAFF 4 KIDS 2017 and drinks at Eazy Street. Vicky Paris is your host for the PIE & PINT £9.95 It’s Monday and it’s time to round up Join comedian Jason Cook and friends for an What evening - and it's set to be a hoot! Free, open until 3am. your pals and tuck into a perfect pie and a pint at Get Into Newcastle evening of marvellous music, cracking comedy Eazy Street, eazy-street.co.uk/newcastle Redhouse. £9.95, all day every Monday. Redhouse, @NewcastleNE1 and electrifying entertainment at Newcastle REWIND A huge student night at Powerhouse. Expect four getintonewcastle.co.uk The countdown is on to the Christmas City Hall. In partnership with Metro Radio’s lights switch on tonight! Who’s going to else? floors of fun with two brilliant DJs. Entry from 90p, 11pm – watch the city be lit up with festive lights? More listings online 4am. Powerhouse, facebook.com/powerhouseclub DANCE CHRISTMAS BBQ SHARING PLATTER Cash for Kids, this sparkling charity event is HANG AERIAL ADULT (55+) Join this unique and billed the ‘happiest comedy show in the North Emma Holland PR EHPR GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK Tuck in to a tasty Christmas BBQ sharing platter at RUB Smokehouse this festive season. Share MUSIC challenging workshop where you’ll learn to use trapeze, East’. What’s not to love? With big name @EmmaHollandPR a magic meaty moment with a loved one or treat your veggie friends to a delicious vegetable YAWNING MAN Any evening of live music from Yawning aerial hoop, cocoon and rope. £10, 10am. Dance City, comedy stars and music sensations on the set The fabulous @joemcelderry91 Yorkshire pudding burrito with all the trimmings. It might not be BBQ season, but we’re going CLUB Man at The Cluny – with support from Blown Out Snakes dancecity.co.uk list, you’d be a fool to miss it - and it’s for started the festive season off with DIGITAL MONDAYS Make your Monday the best day of the nuts for this party platter - expect low and slow-cooked turkey breast, baby rack ribs, pulled pork a bang yesterday evening in #Newcastle when he Don’t Belong In Alaska. £10.50, 7.30pm. The Cluny, a great cause too! All money raised goes to week with cheap drinks and great music down at Digital. in brioche buns, finger lickin’ wings, brisket beef, corn dogs, pork sausage stuffing and perfect switched on the Christmas lights and sung songs from thecluny.com FITNESS Cash for Kids’ Mission Christmas campaign little pigs in blankets for good measure! All served up with tater tots covered in béchamel cheese, Joseph and The Technicolour Dreamcoat! £2, 11.30pm. Digital, yourfutureisdigital.com VINYASA FLOW YOGA Focus on cultivating breath and - ensuring that no child gets forgotten this smoked cheese mash and spring greens. If you’re going down the veggie route, expect a giant Were you there to see the iconic moment? REGGAE MONDAYS Get all the chilled out vibes at the FOOD & DRINK body awareness in this posture practice at Yogalilies. Christmas. A heart-warming Christmas event #NewcastleChristmasLights Yorkie pud filled with field mushrooms, caramelised onions, smoked cheddar cheese mash, spring coolest Reggae night of the week. Free, 9pm. Bar Loco, FIVE GUYS Fill up on burger and fries at Five Guys this Various price packages, 5.45pm. Yogalilies Newcastle, like no other. theatreroyal.co.uk barloconewcastle.com Monday. It’s the only way to get you through the weekend yogalilies.co.uk greens and vegetarian gravy. Sounds good right? Book us in! rubsmokehouse.com
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East audiences. Talking about life as a new THE GEORDIE RAT PACK ESTIVE F father and the madness that comes with it, Comedy, chaos and carrying on are three of the things that are guaranteed at The Geordie Rat Pack WINwith Russell is guaranteed to have you crying with show at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House. Expect a lot of laughter from award-winning comedian laughter. Aside from stand-up, Russell is also and writer of BBC2’s Hebburn, Jason Cook, Newcastle’s 'King of Swing' Glen Roughead, Nightowls a phenomenally successful broadcaster, actor, sometime host and Hebburn’s 'Big Keith' Steffen Peddie and the love machine that is Hebburn’s author, podcaster, columnist and political 'Gervaise', Neil Grainger. A real Christmas treat for grown-ups to enjoy! tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk NE1 TIMES! commentator, as well as a mental health and RUSSELL BRAND - RE:BIRTH drug rehabilitation activist. Come see why he Funny-man Russell Brand is making his way has stayed firmly in the limelight since 2003. MIXTAPE: CHRISTMAS back to Newcastle City Hall to entertain North theatreroyal.co.uk Festive fun with a difference! Head down to Live Theatre for the part-sketch show and part- music quiz, Mixtape. The show takes classic sketches from a mix of popular music genres Word on and performs alongside festive sketches inspired by popular Christmas tunes. Only the lyrics ART from the song are used to form the script and the running time of the sketch can't be longer WANDERLUST: THE WORLD IN WATERCOLOUR Take a the street than the track that inspired it. Guess the songs, bands and artists used for the chance to win Elsewhere trip through three centuries of watercolour at the Laing Art one of the highly coveted Golden Mixtapes. Festive fancy dress is very much encouraged! Gallery. Free, 11am. Laing Art Gallery, NEW KID ON THE BLOCK live.org.uk laingartgallery.org.uk SPORT Do you feel like trying something a little FUN FOR FAMILIES: CREATE A COLLAGE Celebrate WIN A KITCHEN CUPBOARD NUFC VS EVERTON Howay the lads! Get watching the Toon bit different? We’ve got just the place for Heritage Lottery Funded projects in the region with a drop take on Everton at the stadium or a bar around the town. MAKEOVER WITH LONDON in collage making session. Free to Lotto players with a valid you… head to Dean Street for an exotic Various prices, 7.45pm KO. St James' Park, nufc.co.uk BAR & KITCHEN ticket, 10am - 2pm. Hatton Gallery, hatongallery.org.uk African adventure. Light and bright by day, dark and intimate CHRISTMAS AT THE CATHEDRAL Are you ready to entertain this Christmas? Sing your festive heart out at the most magical evening of the year. A host of celebrities will MUSIC CLUB by night, Safari Cafe Bar & Grill has a be treating audiences to some of the most loved Christmas Carols at St Nicholas’ Cathedral. EXTREME Join Grammy-nominated rock legends REHAB! Finish off your Wednesday with a night of good menu that should please everyone from the London Bar & Kitchen is ready to give Check in for some feel-good festive fun as all the funds raised support The Sir Bobby Robson Extreme as they fire into the O2 Academy with their fun at Team Northumbria’s official Sports Night. Fancy less adventurous to the intrepid explorers your kitchen cupboards a makeover in Foundation. stnicholascathedral.co.uk chart-topping hits. £31.50, 7pm. O2 Academy, dress encouraged! From £3, 11pm. Madame Koo, amongst you. From Chakalaka chicken time for the holiday season! academymusicgroup.com madamekoo.co.uk wraps and amazing burgers, to the finest locally sourced steaks and even crocodile! From its Quayside showroom it offers Did we mention they sell Safari Sangria as some of the highest quality and well? With a growing selection of beers, most innovative products for bars, ciders, wines and spirits, Safari have restaurants and your home kitchen. Grainger Market something for everyone with their liquid It's offering one lucky winner a libations too. shopping spree in its showroom, up Newcastle is truly 'Alive After Five' and if STIVE to the value of £200. Classic and contemporary all under one roof you plan on heading to Safari, don’t forget FE - parking at Dean Street car park is free Whether it's a set of rose gold cutlery, Today’s Grainger Market is light, bright and has 110 quality traders craft stalls, mini bazaars, jewellers, florists, after 5pm. new wine glasses for festive celebrations or opticians, cobblers, key cutters, framers, haberdashers, makeup and perfumes, hairdressers and barbers. For more details visit a new dinner service for Christmas, you'll safarieventcatering.com or call in, they have your pick of the shop! On Saturdays there are monthly art and craft, vintage and specialist art markets held inside the event space. don't bite (so we've been told). December TIMES! With its trade prices your £200 will opening times Monday to Saturday 8am - go a long way! 11pm, Sundays 10am – 10.30pm.
MUSIC FILM HIGHER EDUCATION PRESENTS: FUTURE GROOVES THE SEVENTH SEAL Bold and visually striking Swedish epic Our city's music degree students showcase their historian fantasy film about black death and the Crusades. There's £6.75, 8.45pm. Tyneside Cinema, tynesidecinema.co.uk emerging talent at Sage Gateshead. £5, 2.30pm. more Sage, sagegateshead.com CLUB SKINT Go easy on the bank balance with this money saving ART Enter online at Phone: 0191 211 5542 FOOD & DRINK night. Cheap entry, drinks and good music. From £1, 9pm. GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK/WIN HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND TOUR OF NORTHERN SPIRIT Email: [email protected] PIZZA AND PROSECCO NIGHT Take a quick trip to Italy Illegitimate, voodoonewcastle.com Celebrate art and heritage with a tour of the Heritage Lottery www.newcastle.gov.uk without leaving the Toon. Cook up a pizza storm and wash T&C's: Prize must be redeemed before 1st February www.twitter.com/Nclmarkets it all down with some bubbles. £39, 6 - 9pm. Blackfriars, Funded projects. Free to Lotto players with a valid ticket, More listings online 2018. Prize has no monetary value and cannot be GraingerMarketNewcastle blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk 11am. Laing Art Gallery, laingartgallery.org.uk GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK exchanged. Valid in LBK Newcastle only. GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 17 CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN
We’re counting down the days to Christmas with some big festive moments in NE1! DAYS11 TO GO It’s time to challenge the Active Newcastle Elf with 11 days to go. This Thursday 14th December between 4pm - 6pm, get your game face on and battle it out with a spot of table tennis DAYS TO GO with a Geordie Elf outside the 10 Eldon Square entrance on We’ve reached the 10 day countdown! Celebrate with two courses for £10.95 Northumberland Street. What’s more? at Revolution. You’ll have a The first 50 people to challenge Christmas cracker of a night! the Elf will receive a free getintonewcastle.co.uk mince pie! activenewcastle.co.uk DAYS9 TO GO It’s match day and The Magpies are away at the Emirates. With 9 days to go 'til Christmas, see the scores come in at NINE Sports Bar & Lounge at the Gallowgate End of St. James’ Park. nufc.co.uk
DAYS8 TO GO Pop your skates on - only 8 days to go! Round up your pals and glide into the festive spirit at the Life Science Centre. life.org.uk DAYS7 TO GO Celebrate with 7 days to go at Lane7. See the Christmas celebrations in with a strike, practice your ping-pong skills, belt out some karaoke beauties and challenge your pals to a game of pool. lane7.co.uk DAYS6 TO GO Spread season’s greetings with DAYS5 TO GO stylish supper at SIX. The perfect With 5 days to go grab your place to celebrate the festivities pals and feast on burger and with 6 days to go! fries at Five Guys. sixbaltic.com fiveguys.co.uk
GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 19 15.12.17 FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY NEWCASTLE CATHEDRAL IS THE SEAT FOOD & DRINK WHITNEY SEAFOOD PLATTER Sit down for a sensational seafood QUEEN OF OF THE BISHOP OF platter for £39.50 at Saltwater Fish Company. THE NIGHT NEWCASTLE AND THE “MOTHER Available for pre-order (24 hours notice required) £39.50. Why not- Saltwater Fish Company, getintonewcastle.co.uk - SAGE CHURCH” FOR THE CHURCH GATESHEAD ART OF ENGLAND DIOCESE OF CLUB 's Spend an evening SOFIA STEVI Take a peek at Sofia Stevi’s debut solo Joe FRIDAY NIGHT DJ Get into the Friday groove with a reminiscing over NEWCASTLE, WHICH STRETCHES presentation of her work in a public institution. £4, 6pm. mix of funk, soul and jazz at The Hudson. Free, from 7pm. Whitney’s most magical hits from the last three FROM THE RIVER TYNE TO THE BALTIC, balticmill.com The Hudson, hudsonnewcastle.co.uk decades. An award-winning production comes JUKEBOX: THECUT Explosive indie and rock 'n' roll to the Sage for one night of spellbinding music. RIVER TWEED. MUSIC anthems for all to enjoy! £6, 11pm. theCUT, Sit back, sway, sing or dance along with a CANDLELIT CAROLS AT THE CASTLE Mark the 10 facebook.com/thecutnewcastle sensational line up of musicians and artists who day countdown to the big day with the most wonderful create a breathtaking performance in the spirit Moment In Time', 'I’m Every Woman', 'Saving carols at Newcastle Castle. Wrap up warm for a night of FILM of Whitney. Get ready for all your favourites All My Love' and so much more. What a night! GREMLINS Watch all three rules get broken and mayhem festive fun! £12.50, 6pm & 7.30pm. Newcastle Castle, from 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody', 'One sagegateshead.com unleashed at this Christmas family favourite screening newcastlecastle.co.uk of the Gremlins. £9.75, 9.10pm. Tyneside Cinema, THE TWANG Head to the O2 Academy for a night tynesidecinema.co.uk of electrifying energy as The Twang perform their BAMMA & BELLATOR MMA - METRO RADIO ARENA debut album to a Newcastle audience. £24.60, 7pm. Get ringside for the most exciting North East MMA entertainment of the year. World leading More listings online WE EXIST TO SUPPORT THE BISHOP’S MISSION, AND TEACHING AND PASTORAL MINISTRY, ACROSS THE DIOCESE. O2 Academy, academymusicgroup.com GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK MMA promotions Bamma & Bellator are swinging by Metro Radio Arena to bring a Mixed Martial Arts extravaganza. Packing the punches will be the regions biggest stars; Colin Christian prayer and worship are offered here daily, just as they have been on this site for over 900 years. Newcastle GEORDIE JACKPOT ‘The Freakshow’ Fletcher, Ryan Scope and Geordie Shore’s Aaron ‘The Joker’ Chalmers on Cathedral is an historically significant building and a spiritual place of quiet serenity, set amid the busyness of a vibrant Don’t forget to get your Geordie Jackpot tickets ready for this weekend's draw the fight card. Alongside former world title challengers, Michael ‘Mayday’ McDonald and city. It is the spiritual home of a caring, worshipping community. Whether you live, study or work in Newcastle, or visit to support your city and be in with the chance of winning £25k. Win win! £1, Valerie ‘Trouble’ Létourneau will make their in-cage Bellator debut. Fight fans are from farther afield, we hope that you will feel very welcome here! weekly. Geordie Jackpot, geordiejackpot.co.uk guaranteed non-stop action all night. metroradioarena.co.uk Please see stnicholascathedral.co.uk for details of opening times and our full services and events programme.
A selection of events Sunday 10th December Saturday 16th December 15:00 Marie Curie Lights To Remember 13:00 Accessible Carol Service running up to Christmas: Free entry Free entry Wednesday 6th December 18:00 Northumbria University Carol Service Wednesday 13th December Friday 22nd December 17:00 Walking Nativity - Lantern procession Free entry 19:00 Christmas at the Cathedral Tickets: £11 available at starting at Newcastle Central Station, finishing with carols at the Cathedral Thursday 7th December www.theatreroyal.co.uk 18:30 A Festive Celebration – Maggie’s (box office 0844 112121) Newcastle Saturday 23rd December 11.00 Crib Service Tickets: £16.40 www.sagegateshead.com Thursday 14th December 18:00 Crisis Carol Concert Saturday 9th December Free entry Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 09:30-15:30 LoveArtNorthEast Christmas 18:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Art Fair. Free entry Friday 15th December & 23:30 Midnight Mass 19.30 Seasonal, Traditional and Gospel Voices Saturday 16th December Tickets £10 (children free) 18:00 & 19:30 Candlelit Carols at Christmas Day Monday 25th December www.sagegateshead.com or mihc.org.uk/event/ the Castle. Tickets: £12.50 available at 10:00 Festal Eucharist for Christmas Day choir-concert-st-nicholas-cathedral-newcastle/ carols-at-the-castle.eventbrite.co.uk
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From Christmas cruises to top MUSIC FESTIVE HANG AERIAL ADULT A unique and challenging YOUNG MUSICIANS LIVE! YMP WINTER FESTIVAL SANTA’S GROTTO Join the the elves in the toy shop workshop in which you will use trapeze, aerial hoop, cocoon and rope, building strength and technique. £20, tributes and sweet treats, it's set Check out the next generation of talent from the Young and set out on a trip to the North Pole to visit Father 2pm. Dance City, dancecity.co.uk to be a cracker of a weekend! More to Musicians Programme. Free, 11am-4.30pm. Sage, Christmas! £7, 12.20-3pm Sage, sagegateshead.com #WeekendReady sagegateshead.com CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ART THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! HANG OUT AND DANCE Try out the trapeze cocoons and PAUL NASH One of the most distinctive British do today Energetic and dynamic Scottish seven-piece band will be dance on the floor or in the air for guaranteed high energy artists of the 20th century and a key figure in British P FUEL U More listings online filling The Cluny with original rock music and plenty of fun that will wear out the over 10s. £5.50, 10.30 am & Surrealism. From £3.75, 2pm-5pm. Laing Art Gallery,
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Nothing gets you into the Christmas spirit like a screening of Home Alone. Head to Christmas cracker T and bustle of the city centre every Saturday morning and A CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS LGBT the Tyneside Cinema for all the festive feels. Merry Christmas you Filthy Animals! K Let’s get serious about Sunday night and party the night HANG STRETCH YOGA Yoga from the sky. Hang and enjoy a free talk from our good friends at the E PHUK SUPER SATURDAY The biggest and the best away at Tup Tup Palace this Christmas. Persistence is the tynesidecinema.co.uk A stretch in an elevated cocoon to achieve total relaxation. Laing Art Gallery. Free, 11am. Laing Art Gallery, party of the week, open until 5am. £5, 11.30pm. P hottest spot after dark for festive fun and frolics as the And the E £20, 1pm. Dance City, dancecity.co.uk laingartgallery.org.uk E Powerhouse, facebook.com/PowerhouseClub K ARTIFICIAL IGNORANCE - MARK LYONS Geordie week comes to a close. Cheers to that! MUSIC artist, Mark Lyons, combines artificial technology, the tuptuppalace.com rest... CHRISTMAS ORATORIO Get excited for Christmas with Unseen footage role of emerging technology and raises questions TO ADVERTISE Bach’s wonderful retelling of The Nativity. From £13, call 0191 500 7865 or email An exciting and unique film of never-seen-before footage from the More listings online around labour, authorship and intentionality. 7pm. Sage, sagegateshead.com [email protected] legendary TV series, Brass Eye. Directed by Michael Cummings GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK Visual and complex pieces for the eyes to enjoy. SUBMIT YOUR LISTING who will be doing a Q&A after the show. thestand.co.uk ART Free, 12 - 5pm. Vane Art Gallery, email [email protected] PICTURE OF THE MONTH Take time out from the hustle vane.org.uk HOP ON GET INTO NEWCASTLE //22 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 23 18.12.17 19.12.17 MORE ON MONDAY TIME FOR TUESDAY
FESTIVE What else? TIMES! TALKS & WORKSHOPS JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING ENIGMA & THE NORTH EAST Watch a rare Enigma TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT machine decode a secret WW2 message and find out how Our very own Geordie Joe is home for a festive run of Joseph people from the North East played a vital role in helping the and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Metro Radio Arena. codebreakers of Bletchley Park. Free, 10am-4pm. Joe McElderry is back on home turf for a must-see show in his Discovery Museum, twmuseums.org.uk/discovery first major theatrical appearance as Joseph. Bill Kenwright’s TI FES VE spectacular production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s FILM family musical is creative, colourful and a real treat for Christmas. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI The exciting new sequel Tickets are selling fast - don’t miss out! Star Wars movie hits the screens, pass the popcorn! metroradioarena.co.uk From £5.20, various times. Cineworld, The Gate, TIMES! cineworld.co.uk FOOD & DRINK SKATING AT LIFE 2 COURSES: £12.95 Enjoy Cafe Rouge’s fantastic Prix Fixe I’m 10 minutes away, so I'm really looking forward to not having to do a Grab your pals and get your skates on for fun at Life Science MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS WITH Don't menu this Tuesday. £12.95 for two courses, 5pm Monday - JOE MCELDERRY mammoth journey on Boxing Day. I can’t wait to be with my friends too; Centre where the ice rink is open and in full swing. It’s Friday. Cafe Rouge, getintonewcastle.co.uk normally by the time I have travelled back and caught up with all the family only one week til Christmas and we are taking every excuse TACO ‘BOUT TUESDAY Grab a friend and take a trip to What do you do to relax between shows? I don’t have time to see everyone, but this year will be different. we can to get extra festive. Slide, twirl and cut your way miss... Mexico on your lunch break for 241 taco planks at Las Well, obviously we are always on tour and moving from town to town, through the ice to the sounds of local DJs. Warm up with a TALKS & WORKSHOPS Iguanas. 10am-11pm. Las Iguanas, iguanas.co.uk so we usually just go out somewhere for some food. Or sometimes if we Will you be heading out in NE1? hot chocolate after or with a browse around the wonderful TOUR OF THE ARCHIVES Take a peek into the treasure 2 FOR 1 TUESDAYS: DOBSON & PARNELL Tuck in to 2 have a lot of energy - which rarely ever happens - we will do a work out I definitely will do, but I’ll have to be sensible - I have 12 shows in Life Science Centre. Festive fun to get you excited for Santa trove of Newcastle’s historical documents. £4, 10am & for 1 Tuesdays for lunch or dinner at Dobson & Parnell. Buy between shows. But I think here, we'll just go out into Newcastle and the first week and 13 in the second, so I’m going to be very busy. Claus’ arrival next week. life.org.uk 1pm. Discovery Museum, discoverymuseum.org.uk three courses from the set menu and get another three for have some nice food. I’ll keep the crew in the loop with all the hotspots It’s very intense! PLANETARIUM Take a trip to outer space and gaze at the free! Dobson & Parnell, getintonewcastle.co.uk of where to go. stars. Enjoy talks and screenings on some of the wonderful Will your family be coming to support you? wonders of our planet. From £1, 10.20am - 3.20pm. MUSIC Favourite shops... There will be a couple of people coming for the first night, a few in between Great North Museum, greatnorthmuseum.org.uk TUESDAY JAM Join the band for a Christmas jam and a I like shopping in Eldon Square when I'm back because everything you and some for New Years Eve, so everyone is spread out at different times CLUB fabulous festive night out. Free, 8pm. The Jazz Cafe, need is there. I’m the usual high street kind of guy; I love Topman and supporting me. A lot of them have seen the show already in the other cities newcastle-arts-cafe-centre.co.uk CLUB TROP Think lavish 80s Miami club meets disco River Island. I enjoy shopping; I’m not someone who does it all on the I have been in. It will be fun! classics. A night of good music and even better cocktails. ULI JON ROTH Living legend Uli Jon Roth takes to the stage internet, I like to go into the shops. But I do try to get it done before it Free, 10.30pm. Florita’s, floritasbar.com to put on a brilliant show. £31.50, 7pm. O2 Academy, gets really busy around Christmas. Do you get to see any shows over Christmas? academymusicgroup.com I will try and see Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs if I can because my friend MUSIC Last minute shopping spots in Newcastle for gifts... Robyn McEnaney is playing Snow White. She won a competition in which ROY WOOD ROCK & ROLL BAND Welcome the holiday CLUB Boots for a body set is my go-to shop and they’re always on sale too! they did a search for Snow White and she won. She played Cinderella at season with the man that has helped shape our musical BONGO'S BINGO It’s bingo but jazzed up with drinks, Two days before Christmas I will go in and grab this and that and then Disney too, so one princess to another! Christmas! £7, 12.20 - 3pm. Sage, sagegateshead.com dance offs, a lot of surprises and prizes. Check it out for I am done. a night of madness and Mayhem! £13, Last entry at FOOD & DRINK An NE1 weekender in the Toon with your friends... 7.30pm. Boiler Shop, bongosbingo.co.uk We've got to talk Christmas ads. Which one is your favourite? I love a trip to Lane7 and popping in for a bit of karaoke. Boulevard is a MAI TAI MONDAYS Two Mai Tai’s for £10 all night long. GEORGE ZACH - UGLY BABIES Everyone's tweeting about the John Lewis advert - but I haven’t actually great night out and I love going down to the Quayside and having a drink One for each hand as you dance along to urban R&B and More listings online MAKE ME LAUGH seen it yet. I know the M&S advert is Paddington Bear - the same as at the Pitcher and Piano. They’re all very different nights out but they are all Daringly funny Greek Geordie George soul classics from DJ Wayne C MacDonald. Drinks 5pm, DJ GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK Fenwick Window - which I can’t wait to go and see. We used to go great for various reasons. Zacharopoulos will be bringing even more 9pm. Colonel Porters, colonelporters.co.uk every year when we were kids. The grand opening of the window was Christmas cheer to the city with his hilariously HAPPY HOUR MEAL £6 Make the most of Happy Hour Monday to Friday at Pizza Hut, The Gate. Pizza or pasta, a always incredible. If you won our Geordie Jackpot and had 24 hours to spend it in NE1, funny show. Get ready to be rolling on the floor TO ADVERTISE side and unlimited salad and a refillable soft drink for £6, what would you do? laughing at some of his uplifting gags. From call 0191 500 7865 or email 3pm - 5pm. Pizza Hut, getintonewcastle.co.uk [email protected] What are your Christmas traditions? In 24 hours? I don’t know. Maybe hire a huge venue and invite everyone bullying pigeons to advice on what to do in the I'm usually doing panto or years ago I had tours right up until Christmas for a party. That would be a fun thing. Somewhere that overlooks the river event of your plane going down. thestand.co.uk SUBMIT YOUR LISTING More listings online email [email protected] or leading off on Boxing Day and New Year. So this is the first year in down the Quayside - perhaps a big penthouse. I’m sure I could spend it in GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK a while I will be at home. I’m still working but it will be the first time 24 hours! GET INTO NEWCASTLE //24 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 25 20.12.17 20.12.17 WHAT'S ON WEDNESDAY WHAT'S ON WEDNESDAY
More on MUSIC POSTCARD FROM... FISH PLUS SUPPORT Catch Fish as he performs his Hamburg banging new album ‘Weltschmerz’. £27.50, 7.30pm. With the Christmas season engulfing us in heart-felt warmth, Wylam Brewery, wylambrewery.co.uk notorious entertainment district of Reeperbahn. cheery lights, Father Christmas figures and - to be honest - the Still today this area is the epicentre of partying, similar to its Newcastle usual unnerving pre-Christmas shopping sprees in our city FESTIVE equivalent of Jesmond and Gosforth. Even at Christmas time, this Hamburg centres; we take a look at Hamburg, the German harbour specialty has its own Christmas market Santa Pauli and it’s also quite special, KATE RUSBY AT CHRISTMAS Get into the festive spirit city where the streets will be filled with red and cheery faces selling a more frivolous kind of Christmas equipment. with Kate Rusby as she brings her beautiful vocals to the warmed by Glühwein, a mulled wine almost only sold – and Sage for a Christmas tour. £29.40, 7.30pm. drunk – at Christmas markets. In general, Germans seem to love Christmas markets. In Hamburg there will be Sage, sagegateshead.com at least 45 of them and a whole lot of other festivities. The Märchenschiffe (fairy LIVE FESTIVE ENTERTAINMENT Just five days to go! Hamburg is situated in northern Germany - as is Newcastle tale ships) are a fun activity for children with a record number of 27,000 young Head down to Colonel Porters for some fabulously in England. It is Germany’s second largest city and its participants in 2016. Having occupied their children, parents use the time to festive entertainment. Free, from 7pm. Colonel Porters, largest harbour, but the open sea isn’t quite as close as it is do their Christmas shopping. Most of the centre will transform into a parade of spice it up and start things off. in Newcastle. The harbour on the banks of the River Elbe has always proven colonelporters.co.uk Christmas trees, shimmering lights, stalls with hand crafted décor, wood and Journey to France for a trio of mushrooms with to be the ‘Gate to the World’ as it is known here. But this is true also the other French garlic and onion (£4.50). Swing by animal products, candles, hot drinks, delicious baked fruit - and anything one PUB QUIZ way round as the ‘Gate for the World’ has been welcoming visitors and sailors can think of to keep you warm and fairly comfortable in the cold and in the Austria for smoked bacon with onion, caraway alike, who on their shore leave often walked straight up the river bank to the seeds, paprika/chilli powder and parsley (£5). THE GREAT BIG D&P MUSIC QUIZ Round up your mates craziness of a big city. Hurtle down to Italy for fiery pork paste from because there’s £100 up for grabs at this weeks pub quiz! Calabria with green peppers and onion (£5) or Free, 8pm. The Dog & Parrot, fly over to Chile for a tasty tomato and corn stew facebook.com/thedogandparrotnewcastle (£4.50). All of these delicious dishes sit on a bed The of crushed boiled potatoes and are covered in a generous blanket of raclette cheese. More listings online wheel deal For a quick bite we recommend one of the GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK sledges (£3) - a half jacket potato skin filled to the brim with enough gooey raclette cheese TO ADVERTISE his might sound super cheesy but you available and heated up for you and your pals. to boot off your Cheese Run obsession. Hit the call 0191 500 7865 or email [email protected] can now take a trip to the Alps without That’s not all; once inside you can hook up slopes bright and early and check out their leaving the Toon at The Cheese Run’s ski your phone to belt out whatever playlist you breakfast and lunch menus all ready for you to SUBMIT YOUR LISTING email [email protected] Tgondola restaurant. This latest addition wish to make sure those Christmas tunes keep sink your teeth into! to Hadrian’s Tipi is one certainly one you’ll want on flowing. Nacho thing? They are currently collaborating to check out! Stay out of the cold and hop into Brace yourselves as you’re about to get swept with Fat Hippo for some oozingly good burgers! the bubble - a huge gondola that looks like it’s away in an avalanche of melted cheesy We can’t wait to get caught up in an avalanche dropped straight off a ski run in the Alps - to dig yumminess from the melted raclette inspired by of cheesy yumminess! Discover the magic of into a cheesy feast. Alpine resorts. Get your hands on some nachos Give the guys at The Cheese Run a shout in (£3.50) covered in cheese flowing fresh off the Contact [email protected] to get Christmas with advance and they’ll make sure the bubble is wheel with beef chilli, peppers and jalapeños to booked into the bubble this Christmas. festive performances suitable for the HIGH ANTHEM: ONE MORE NIGHT whole family! A HUGE GONDOLA The perfect combination of pop and punk, High Anthem: One More Night will THAT LOOKS“ LIKE IT’S grace the stage of the O2 Academy this Book your tickets today! Wednesday. Bringing back a set packed 0300 330 1095 ext. 300 DROPPED STRAIGHT with punchy guitar work and catchy melodies they will be one you won’t want sevenstories.org.uk OFF A SKI RUN to miss! academymusicgroup.com @7stories facebook.com/7stories GET INTO NEWCASTLE //26 JOE MCELDERRY'S 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Santa is not the only one doing the rounds this Christmas, our very own jolly Geordie Joe has been busy pinning down some fabulous festivities for you guys to enjoy in the Toon.
He’s put together a list of his favourite Christmas activities in NE1 that will be penciled in his diary for all his days off. Christmas Market It’s going to be a cracker! I LOVE A CHRISTMAS MARKET. The Newcastle International Christmas Market is great - go here for great food, good vibes and unique gifts.
The Quayside I LIKE TO KEEP A BIT OF TIME FREE FOR A STROLL ALONG THE QUAYSIDE. Our city is certainly one to be proud of and I love nothing more than taking in the sights from the bridges. It always looks 1 very festive at Christmas time too! IHadrian's LOVE HADRIAN’S TIPI WHICH Tipi I WENT TO LAST YEAR. I’ll definitely be paying a visit again this Christmas. It’s a winter Theatre Royal wonderland in the heart of the city. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A SHOW AT THE CITY'S THEATRE2 ROYAL. The panto this time of year is a brilliant thing to see with family. Life Science Centre 4 SKATING AT LIFE SCIENCE CENTRE ICE RINK IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN. It’s a great day out with friends and family and always reminds 3me of Christmas in NE1. THE BOTANIST IS GREAT,The I PARTICULARLY Botanist LIKE GOING TO THE OUTSIDE SEATING AREA AT THE TOP - IT IS AMAZING. The views of the city are incredible. 5 Fenwick 6 FENWICK CHRISTMAS WINDOW IS ALWAYS A FESTIVE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME. Who doesn’t love queuing up to check out the fabulous display? It amazes me every single year!
I ENJOY A TRIP TOHarry's HARRY’S BAR WITH MY Bar FRIENDS. It has a buzzy atmosphere, delicious food and drinks.
8 PleasedPLEASED TO MEET YOU to DOWN Meet THE GORGEOUS You COBBLES 7ON HIGH BRIDGE IS ALWAYS REALLY FUN - particularly if you’re partial to a gin or two!
A NIGHT OUT IN LIVELLO IS ALWAYSLivello GOOD FUN WITH FRIENDS. It’s cool, it’s glitzy and it’s perfect for festive celebrations. THEAveika FOOD AT AVEIKA IS INCREDIBLE. I always try to check 9 in for a feast when I’m back home. Some Christmassy visits are 10 definitely on the cards. AND MetroFINALLY… A SHOW Radio AT METRO RADIO Arena ARENA - I’m in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat this December from 11 19th - 31st. Pop along and see me on stage! 12GET INTO NEWCASTLE //29 xx.xx.17 AROUND THE CITY
BOXING DAY BALL 26 DECEMBER 2017 £1Per ticket The County Hotel invites you to the most glamorous Boxing Day Ball of all this Christmas. Slip on your ball gowns and suit up for the most sophisticated evening Book it of the festive period. Walk down the red carpet and pick up a glass of fizz as you GATSBY DINING AND join the seasonal soirée. Canapés will be DANCING flowing throughout the evening to keep 31 DECEMBER 2017 your tummies satisfied and there will be Step back in time and embrace the 20s at The a bustling bar to keep your glasses full Vermont Hotel this December. See in the New at all times. Step into a mini Vegas in NEWCASTLE’S Diaries at the ready... Year with Gatsby-inspired dining, dancing and the games room and try your luck on the jazz. Sip on champagne 200ft up at the rooftop casino tables, or dance the night away bar at midnight as fireworks light up the sky. with the live band as they keep the party nowAULD LANG SCIENCE 26 JANUARY 2018 Dress to impress at the most glitz and glam popping into the night. There’s a proper Scottish party going down at the Life Science Centre and you are all invited! New Year's Eve party. Vermont Hotel, £159pp. County Hotel, £15pp. countyhotel.co.uk Celebrate Burns Night in the traditional way with a wee dram of whiskey, some delicious vermont-hotel.com canapés and finish off with a sumptuous serving of haggis, neeps and tatties. Tastebuds truly WEEKLY satisfied, take on the dance floor with your best ceilidh dancing with the Angels of the North band. Bonnie lasses and lads get down for a night of feel-good fun - kilts encouraged! Life Science Centre, tickets £32.50. life.org.uk LOTTERY £25,000 jackpot for 6 matching numbers in the correct order £1,000 guaranteed cash prize every week PLUS more special prizes
NEW YEAR’S EVE MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS! support Proceeds will support We’ve got some blowout news for you all… NE1 have teamed up with the NewcastleGateshead initiative to bring the magnificent New Year’s Eve midnight fireworks back to the Quayside! The YOUR exciting projects and sparkling celebrations will bring in 2018 with a bang as the fireworks light up the Tyne, providing good causes including a dramatic backdrop for the city as we step into a New Year in Newcastle. The event will be CITY Cash for Kids. free and un-ticketed, with night owls invited to make their way to the Quayside at the stroke of midnight to herald in the New Year in spectacular style! Newcastle Quayside, free. newcastlene1ltd.com Buy your tickets online today, ONLY £1 PER TICKET THE NEWCASTLE DAVID BOWIE COMMEMORATIVE WEEKEND 12 & 13 JANUARY 2018 geordiejackpot.co.uk Transatlantic Bowie, 12 January - Spend your Friday night celebrating one of the greatest stars of all time, David Bowie, with the brilliant Transatlantic Ensemble. Their Players must be 16 or over and physically located in the UK. band, combined with incredible vocals, will deliver a night of celebration worthy of a true 10% of the purchase price of the lottery ticket will be donated to Bauer Radio Cash for Kids (charity no.1122062) music icon. Wylam Brewery, tickets £20. wylambrewery.co.uk The Annual WHQ Commemorative Party, 13 January - After two years of success, this commemoration party is back with a five hour set presented by WHQ DJ Tom Caulker. You’ll find him upstairs playing Bowie’s music from every incarnation through WHQ’s ‘sound system of dreams’. World HQ, tickets £8. welovewhq.com getintonewcastle.co.uk GET INTO NEWCASTLE //30 @newcastleNE1 xx.xx.17
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