Get into Newcastle NE1 HALLOWEEN HIGHLIGHTS BIG DATES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE WORLD VEGAN DAY 2018 Whether you're celebrating Halloween or We're guiding you through all the best bits Flick to page 22 and read our guide on Day of the Dead, check out our foodie faves, and top tips to help you entertain the little where to find plant-powered treats in creepy club nights and scary screenings. ones in NE1 this October half term. Newcastle this World Vegan Day. ISS.158 24 OCT - 7 NOV 2018 FREE THE VOICE OF NE1! 5 more years! BREAKING NEWS! ON FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR RENEWAL BALLOT, GUARANTEEING US ANOTHER 5 YEARS OF DELIVERING MORE FOR NEWCASTLE! Our businesses voted 88% in favour of NE1 continuing, with 904 ballots cast, 8% up on NE1’s previous record set in 2013. The record turn out and positive ballots cast also means that NE1 is the most supported BID in the United Kingdom! The positive ballot unlocks in the region of £10m of investment in the city over the next five years, so keep an eye out across NE1 as we get started with our third term! ALL OF WHICH MEANS 5 MORE YEARS OF THIS! Quayside Seaside CLEAN TEAM NE1 CAN STREET RANGERS NE1 Magazine NEWCASTLE MOTOR SHOW ALIVE AFTER FIVE NE1 Relaxation Stations Screen on the Green Get into Newcastle website @NewcastleNE1 social media Regeneration projects BLACKETT STREET CLOSURES PLUS MORE EXCITING INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS! Newcastle City Marina Week Newcastle Restaurant On behalf of the entire NE1 team, thank you for your continued support and endorsement of our work. We are looking forward to working with our businesses to deliver even more over the coming five years to make Newcastle an even better place to live, work and visit. Yours, NE1 Team x GET INTO NEWCASTLE //2 GET INTO NEWCASTLE CONTENTS Come and visit us online sometime: getintonewcastle.co.uk EACH ISSUE WE WELCOME YOU TO THE 6 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 And so, that’s it, renewed! We’re absolutely thrilled to say that you’ll be hearing, and /GetIntoNewcastle seeing, a lot more from us over the next FIVE 19 years as the city’s businesses voted in favour newcastlene1 of granting us our third term, making us the 16 most supported BID in the UK in the process. Get into Newcastle app What can we say other than thank you, and we’ll spend our next five years working to achieve even more for this wonderful city. Not only does the successful vote mean that you’ll continue to see our Street Rangers and If you wish to submit a listing for inclusion our Motor Show, continue to eat out during please email: [email protected] our Newcastle Restaurant Week and build For advertising call 0191 500 7865 or email: [email protected] sandcastles on our Quayside Seaside, as Get into Newcastle is published by well as read this magazine every fortnight, Remember Media Ltd we’ll also be delivering a whole host of new, amazing projects and initiatives! So we’ve talked about it enough, time to get on and get cracking, and where better to start than with a magazine packed full of events, 20 activities, offers and more? From Halloween to Remember Media Ltd, e.volve Business Centre, half term, Sausage Week to Santa’s Cinema, Cygnet Way, Rainton Bridge South, DH4 5QY remembermedia.co.uk we’re giving you 32 pages of reasons to get Publisher Christopher March into Newcastle and enjoy this fortnight! [email protected] NE1 TEAM Editorial Elysia Agnew, Jessica Laing [email protected] Design Remember Media Studio [email protected] Image credit: vecteezy.com All contents copyright ©2018 RememberMedia Ltd. YOU’LL BE HEARING, All rights reserved. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility can be accepted for inaccuracies, howsoever caused. No liability can be AND “SEEING, A accepted for illustrations, photographs, artwork or advertising materials while in transmission or with the publisher or their agents. All information is correct LOT MORE FROM US at time of going to print, October 2018. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS! GET INTO NEWCASTLE // 3 LLOWEE 24.10.18 - 07.11.18 HA N AROUND THE CITY fortnight WYLAM BREWERY Thriller - A Halloween Special FUN featuring The Hits of Michael Jackson Wylam Brewery 31 OCTOBER Make MJ part of your Halloween plans this year and party like the “King of Pop” down at Wylam Brewery! A team of top London session musicians will take to the stage in what promises to be the place to be this Halloween ! wylambrewery.co.uk TYNE THEATRE & OPERA HOUSE Et Chris Cross presents: A show that h has it The Greatest Show all! nort on the Tyne 2018 HAYMARKm METROumber 2 NOVEMBER The North East’s favourite magic man is back in NE1 Tyne Theatre and he’s taking to the Tyne Theatre & Opera House stage to host & Opera House LAND ‘The Greatest Show on the Tyne 2018’. Expect magicians, comedians, acrobats, jugglers, singers, dancers and more as they dazzle the ST. audience in a splendid variety show! tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk greystreetDEAN S DANCE CITY Dance City TREET Cinderella - Ballet Wales 26 & 27 OCTOBER See a sparkling ballet based on the classic fairytale at Dance City this October. Be wowed as Cinderella’s world of magic and wonder is brought to life live on stage, through the DE incredible art of dance. dancecity.co.uk F TER HAL M 7 THE ySI AT A GLANCE ua Life Science Centre Q LIFE SCIENCE CENTRE aganza! The next v extra F N ce hat a fortnight we’ve got in U cien Half Term Treats A s store! Whether you’re a family UNTIL 4 NOVEMBER Round up the little ones and explore looking for diary dates for everything the Life Science Centre has in store this half October half term, a student term. Experience a spooky 4D motion ride, find out about looking for the spookiest planets and take part in potion making workshops. Don't forget WHalloween club nights, or you’re a visitor - kids go free this October half term! life.org.uk wondering how to make the most of your trip to Newcastle, we’ve got you covered! There's tons of fall-inspired fun happening in the city this year, and our job is to guide you through the THE GEORDIE JACKPOT IN NUMBERS best bits. We’ve got Halloween highlights for It’s been a whole year since we launched the Geordie Jackpot! A fun and creative the whole family. Take your spooky sprogs to way to help our great city grow - with cash prizes and money-can’t-buy experiences the ball, prepare pumpkins and potions at the thrown in for good measure! Since the launch, we’ve given away £42,920, we’ve farm, scare yourself silly with scary movies and had players in Wales, Northern Ireland and St Albans, and our luckiest day join a Stranger Things after-hours party! What's more? We have heaps of half term happenings was 14/07/18 with 41 winners in total! Our biggest winner to date is Mrs Sherwood from Newcastle, winning cash prizes a whopping six times since the launch! to entertain the little ones. There's plenty geordiejackpot.co.uk happening, so kick-back and enjoy as we guide Fancy your chances? Buy your tickets online for just £1! you through another fantastic fortnight in NE1. GET INTO NEWCASTLE //4 PARK FOR FREE HERE: ! e v i f r Shop late, e THEATRE ROYAL t f a PARK FREE! Kinky Boots E Northern Stage V 29 OCTOBER - 10 NOVEMBER One of I PARK FOR FREE AFTER 5PM L Eat, drink, shop - LOVE your city! the most glamorous shows to wow the A West End is coming to Newcastle and 1 Eldon Garden 2 Eldon Square 3 Oxford Street we’re ready for a high-kicking romp! Time to fall head over heels in love 4 Manors 5 Quayside 6 Dean Street Et with Kinky Boots, as it arrives at the 7 Grainger Town Theatre Royal for a two-week run! h theatreroyal.co.uk 3 rt re! no eat th HAYMARK the METROumber t at m nigh sassy 1 A OUSEBURN FARM 2 LAND HALLOWEEN Eldon Sq. Theatre Royal Pumpkins & potions ST. 29 OCTOBER Perfect your pumpkin- Tyneside Cinema carving skills down at Ouseburn Farm this greystreetDEAN Halloween! A spook-tacular crafts session S 4 for little ones. ouseburnfarm.org.uk Ouseburn FUN TREET Farm The Stand 6 5 F TERM E HAL Newcastle D Castle THE ySI T ua F U N im SAGE e Q t o la The Official Jacqueline u g h y o ur Sage Wilson Magazine Fun Day! s oc ks 27 OCTOBER Jacqueline Wilson takes to the Toon for an of f! afternoon of stories, secrets and selfies! Meet the well- loved author at Sage Gateshead, be inspired by her tales and grab a goodie bag to take home! sagegateshead.com THE STAND COMEDY CLUB HALLOWEEN Felicity Ward: NEWCASTLE CASTLE Busting A Nut Hocus Pocus 28 OCTOBER Multi-award winning comedian and regular host of FUN NEVER Film Screening The Guilty Feminist Podcast, Felicity 29 OCTOBER Get a frightening film fix at Ward, arrives in NE1 for a stand-up A IN Newcastle Castle as the Sanderson sisters take show that promises guaranteed giggles DULL to the screen.