Get into Newcastle WELCOME STUDENTS OF THE WORLD GREAT NORTH RUN 2017 BANK HOLIDAY WEEKENDER The city comes alive as 80,000 students from The North East's best-loved sporting Seek out some last minute summer fun 152 different countries bulk up the population spectacular returns. Find out all you need and set off on a Bank Holiday bar crawl. once again. Welcome to our NE1 students! to know ahead of the big event. We've got your long weekend covered. ISS.130 23 AUGUST - 13 SEPTEMBER 2017 FREE xx.xx.17 GET INTO NEWCASTLE CONTENTS Come and visit us online sometime: getintonewcastle.co.uk EACH ISSUE WE WELCOME YOU TO THE 08 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 Time for another NE1 magazine already? The past few weeks have been a whirlwind in our city. Since we published our last /GetIntoNewcastle 14 issue we’ve shown 37 free films at Screen on the Green, had thousands newcastlene1 23 of visitors to our Thomas Cook Airlines Quayside Seaside, and brought together Get into Newcastle app 111 restaurants to take part in the North East’s favourite foodie event! NE1 Restaurant Week is my favourite event to work on. I’m not sure how many people can say they work with some of the finest restaurants in the North – it If you wish to submit a listing for inclusion please email: [email protected] makes me feel hungry as soon as I walk For advertising call 0191 500 7865 or into work! I love the different cuisines email: [email protected] involved: Caribbean, Sichuan, Japanese, Get into Newcastle is published by Korean, Mexican... the list goes on. Remember Media Ltd And that is what is so great about our city – the variety of places. You can never be stuck for somewhere to visit. We have everything from cat cafes to world renowned science centres, yoga retreat centres to speakeasys. So read Remember Media Ltd, e.volve Business Centre, on, I bet you find something that you Cygnet Way, Rainton Bridge South, DH4 5QY never knew existed in Newcastle! remembermedia.co.uk Publisher Christopher March [email protected] Catherine Corrigan Editorial Elysia Agnew Marketing and Events Executive [email protected] 25 Design Remember Media Studio [email protected] Sales Claire Graham [email protected] All contents copyright ©2017 RememberMedia Ltd. All rights reserved. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility can be accepted for THE PAST FEW inaccuracies, howsoever caused. No liability can be accepted for illustrations, photographs, artwork or advertising materials while in transmission or with WEEKS HAVE BEEN the publisher or their agents. All information is correct “ at time of going to print, August 2017. 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Newcastle v street Old Eldon greyDEAN theatreroyal.co.uk Circus Square The StandS 4 22 - 30 August West Ham 3pm TREET 26 August A dazzling circus spectacular arrives 6 nufc.co.uk on the Town Moor this month. 5 NEWCASTLE QUAYSIDE AT A weeks chinesestatecircus.com Bank Holiday GLANCE at the ready E s House of Tides D Bar Crawl kate 26, 27 & 28 August S THE ySI s we approach the back end of BOILER SHOP 7 Boiler Shop Celebrate bank holiday weekend with August and step into September, ua our brilliant Quayside bar crawl. we've got a brilliant Bank Holiday Get Down Q weekender bringing all kinds of fun frolics to the city, and we've Rolladisco PERFORMANCE SQUARE Agot the North East's sporting highlight, 2 September N at the the Simplyhealth Great North Run 2017. Get your skates on for a FU SAGE GATESHEAD Newcastle in the Sky September also means our Welcome rocking rollerblading party 24 - 29 August Get a taste of sky-high dining this August Students of the World events kick off as at the Boiler Shop. CENTRE FOR Pet Shop Boys as NE1's finest restaurants serve at a height. eventsinthesky.co.uk more than 80,000 aspiring undergraduates stephensonworks.com 3 September Pop over the Tyne for a nostalgic descend on NE1. We've got a whole host LIFE night of Pet Shop tunes. sagegateshead.com of welcome events in the diary, with everything from a University Challenge to learning Geordie as a foreign language and trailing some of our finest foodie hangouts. METRO RADIO ARENA "All of Students - keep your eyes peeled for an NE1 me TYNE BRIDGE . " discount card that will help you bag the JOHN LEGEND S I NEVER best bargains in town. In this issue we're 9 September N E The Great North Run 2017 G C 10 September celebrating National Burger Day, we're Catch a legend live on , AN IN la D loving long weekends and we're catching stage this September. ugh + Watch the North East's biggest sporting event at one A up with Jarra Jim - the star of the show DULL metroradioarena.co.uk of the city's most iconic spots. greatrun.org and the Great North Run's oldest participant at 96. The city is shining bright as we step MOMENT E out of summer. Enjoy it! N GET INTO NEWCASTLE //4 GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 5 1 23.08.17 24.08.17 WHAT A WEDNESDAY THURSDAY THRILLS WILDLIFE WEEK: BUILD YOUR OWN WINwith BUG HOTEL A DAY BY DAY GUIDE TO It’s Wildlife Week at the Great North Museum and we can’t think NEWCASTLE IN THE SKY of anywhere better to celebrate the beauty of nature than in this More? exciting spot. Join the team from the Environmental Records 24 - 29 AUGUST Browns will be serving NE1 Information Centre (ERIC North East), to learn everything you need breakfast daily from 24th - 29th August. Expect TALKS AND WORKSHOPS WIN an evening of High Bridge to know about wild animals, the food chain, their habitats and mini pastries and breakfast favourites served LEARN MY WAY: BASIC COMPUTER TRAINING A brilliant fun with NE1. An overnight stay, how they enjoy life in our part of the world. Direct youngsters to sky high! browns-restaurants.co.uk course, assisting pupils with basic computing skills to help a delicious meal for two and a the Clore, where they can get crafty and pick up all the materials you access and use the internet. Free, 10.30am. barrel of laughs at the comedy club. needed to build their very own bug hotel to take home and pop in 24 - 26 AUGUST The Vermont Hotel are Newcastle City Library, newcastle.gov.uk the garden - giving creepy crawlies a creative new home. A school our afternoon tea people for this long weekend PEACOCKS AND CROWS A guided tour of Newcastle, summer holiday special that promises to both excite of foodie fun, serving every day from 24th - focussing on the links between health and education. and educate. greatnorthmuseum.org.uk 26th August. vermont-hotel.com £4, 10.30am. City Heritage Guides, 24 - 26 AUGUST Livello will be serving newcastlegateshead.com all your favourite tipples on night flights from 24th - 26th August. barlivello.co.uk FILM Newcastle MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 24 AUGUST This Thursday you're in the A quirky outdoor viewing of a classic that’s great for older kids. good hands of the team at SIX, serving two- IN THE Free, 12pm. Old Eldon Square, getintonewcastle.co.uk course lunch and dinner specials. sixbaltic.com MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE A delight for the senses and 25 AUGUST Aveika is serving up the soul, this wonderful, Oscar-nominated motion animation High Bridge is one of the coolest spots in NE1 - BIG WEDNESDAY: PRINT playfully innovative dishes this Friday, taking tells the story of Courgette, a young boy who struggles to lined with funky hangouts and exciting businesses. School might still be out for summer, but we're not swtiching off contemporary Japanese dining sky high.