Events in Heaton and the North East

7:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·£5 to £10 plus booking fee (18+)

Pet Rock

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 / £5 / £3 / £0 (sliding scale)

Audition

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£14 advance

My New Band Believe

11:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8.99 to £11.99

Spotty Dog: Kensa and Hendrik Brown

See booking·The Biscuit Factory·£5

In Conversation With Paula Dunn

10:30 AM·Seven Stories·£3.99 per child, one free adult per booking

24Oct

Saturday24 October 2026

Spooktacular Storytimes at Seven Stories

10:30 AM and 12:30 PM·Seven Stories·£7.50 per child or additional adult; one adult free per booking

Ghastly Ghouls Craft at Seven Stories

11:00 AM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Free

Family Film Club at Star and Shadow

11:00 AM·Cobalt Studios·Pay what you feel, up to £16

Experimental Basketweaving with Rachael Eden

11:30 AM·Seven Stories·£9.50 per person

Funnybones: The Ghost Train at Seven Stories

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·Pay as you feel, suggested £5

Open Circuit: Music Makers' Social

3:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£6

Terror on Tyne 2026

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £14

Painting and Das Günther

8:00 PM·The Cumberland Arms·See booking page

dance dance dance, for the sake of it at The Cumberland Arms

10:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·£10 to £16

Melina Serser and PIP

Various session times, see booking page·Seven Stories·£7.50 per child or additional adult; one adult free per booking

Monster Mash Craft at Seven Stories

12:00 PM to 3:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Free

25Oct

Sunday25 October 2026

RE-JIG Sewing Workshop with Rosi

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Free (RSVP requested)

Newcastle Film Club: Inspired By Film Challenge Launch

4:00 PM·The Cumberland Arms·Free

Lazy Sunday with Stagger Lee

4:00 PM·The Tyne Bar·Free

DC Blues

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM·The Cluny

Tired of Fighting

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£3

NUJO Jazz Jam

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 / £5 / £3 / £0 (sliding scale)

Dead of Night

See booking·The Biscuit Factory·£27.50

Autumn Afternoon Tea

The Woosh Club October

See booking·Cluny 2

11:00 AM & 2:00 PM·Seven Stories·£9.50 child, £12.50 adult

26Oct

Monday26 October 2026

Rapunzel at Seven Stories

5:30 PM·Stepney Bank Stables·£5 adults, £3 under-18s, plus booking fee

Training the Show Horse with Jade Thompson

Sports

Incubus

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 / £5 / £3 / £0 (sliding scale)

Death Valley Girls

John Adams

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM·Outside the Cycle Hub·Free

27Oct

Tuesday27 October 2026

Walking the Ouse Burn Way

5:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·Pay as you feel, suggested £5

L.A.D.S: Ladies Open Decks and Social

7:30pm·The Cumberland Arms·Free

Let 'Em Speak, FLINTA Comedy Open Mic

King No-One

6:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·£5, £10 or £15

28Oct

Wednesday28 October 2026

Introduction to Leathercraft with Minuel Designs

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 / £5 / £3 / £0 (sliding scale)

The Witch

Jamie Grey

The Dunwells

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (30-minute slots)·Victoria Tunnel Entrance·£8

29Oct

Thursday29 October 2026

Terror in the Tunnel

6:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 or pay what you want

Bradford Comes to Toon

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £15

Fresh Thursday: Heavenphetamine and Lambton Tapewyrm

7:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·£19.29 including booking fee

Sink with Adam Betts

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 / £5 / £3 / £0 (sliding scale)

Ju-On: The Grudge

John Hackett Band and EBB

Venus Grrrls

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM·Hotel du Vin·£35

30Oct

Friday30 October 2026

Tipple in the Tunnel: Halloween Edition

Toxic Trio Tour: Type of Negative, Pantera AD and Robbed Zombie

7:00 PM·The Cluny

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£10 to £16

The Handover and frise lumière

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£7 / £5 / £3 / £0 (sliding scale)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2

Shannon Pearl: The Resurrection

11:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£12 to £16

Que Sakamoto All Night Long

11:00 AM·Cobalt Studios·Pay what you feel, up to £16

31Oct

Saturday31 October 2026

Polymer Clay Pumpkin Carving

2:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£12 to £16

UV Life Drawing: Halloween Special

6:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·Free to book, pay what you feel

Improv Club

The Fiend Club Band

8:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£10 to £15 (21+)

Taste Of Honey: Hot Disco Cabaret and Party

Film 6:00 PM, prom 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Film and prom £8, £10 or £12; party-only £5 or £7

Carrie Halloween Prom at Star and Shadow

12:00 PM·The Cumberland Arms·Free

1Nov

Sunday1 November 2026

Samhain at The Cumberland Arms

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£12 to £14

Holly and The Reivers: Samhain Songs

Kinaesthesia

7:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·See website

A Cosy Night In with Eddy Doyle, Nicky Rushton and Guapanelas

6:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·Pay as you feel

2Nov

Monday2 November 2026

A Night of Balfolk at Cobalt Studios

7:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Pay as you can

3Nov

Tuesday3 November 2026

Behind the Rent Strike (1974)

Charity

Radical Choir with Bethany Elen

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£5 to £9

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£10

Improv with Will Steele at Star and Shadow

6:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·£9

4Nov

Wednesday4 November 2026

Life Drawing at Cobalt Studios

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM·Stepney Bank Stables·Free (ticketed)

Stepney Bank Stables AGM 2026

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·See listing

Twilight Cafe Does Bonfire Night

5:00 PM·The Cumberland Arms·Free

5Nov

Thursday5 November 2026

Bonfire Night at the Cumberland Arms

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £16

Fresh Thursday Bonfire Night Special with Lydian Collective

7:30 PM·People's Theatre·£11.50 (£9 concessions)

But Why Bump Off Barnaby? at the People's Theatre

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£10 / £7 / £5 / £3 / £0

Sisters with Transistors

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£2 on the door

Star and Shadow Film Quiz

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM·Hotel du Vin·£30

6Nov

Friday6 November 2026

Tipple in the Tunnel

6:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·Free (RSVP required)

RA Unlocked: In Conversation with Peach and DJ Workshop

7:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·See booking

Dani Larkin at The Cumberland Arms

Nacho Libre

11:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£12 to £16

dreamland: Peach b2b Jay Duncan All Night Long

11:00 AM·Cobalt Studios·Pay what you feel, up to £16

7Nov

Saturday7 November 2026

Writing as a Visual Act with Victoria Doyle

2:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·Pay as you feel, suggested £5

Dollhaus presents: EDIT 2.0

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£10 to £16

King Ayisoba + Ayuune Sule

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£13

Man with a Movie Camera with Live Soundtrack

10:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £16

Hear Now presents Sugar Free All Night Long (21+)

12:00 PM to 3:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Free

8Nov

Sunday8 November 2026

RE-JIG Sewing Workshop with Rosi

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·See website

Basketry Workshop with Janie Spencer

Port of Shadows

7:30 PM·The Cumberland Arms·See website

Jigsaw Wars at The Cumberland Arms

6:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Low cost, see listing

11Nov

Wednesday11 November 2026

Fixit Cafe at Star and Shadow

6:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·£5 to £9

Downtempo Collage Café

7:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Free

Disobeying Orders: GI Resistance to the Vietnam War

Food served from 6:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Pay as you can

Community Kitchen at Star and Shadow

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £16

12Nov

Thursday12 November 2026

Fresh Thursday: MoonMot and Jack Banjo's Snackwall

Deep Cover (1992)

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£10 to £16

13Nov

Friday13 November 2026

Spafford Campbell and Watersmeet

Frances Ha

9:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£5 (pay what you can on the door)

PRANCE 80s!

11:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£12 to £16

Ivan Smagghe All Night Long (21+)

11:00 AM·Cobalt Studios·Pay what you feel, up to £16

14Nov

Saturday14 November 2026

Clay Idols with Bethany Stead

2:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £13

Heartbeats in Clave: Afro-Latin American Music Workshop

4:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£15 / £10 / £5 / £0

The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak: The Cloud-Capped Star and The Golden Line

7:00 PM·Cobalt Studios·£12 to £17

The Zawose Queens

8:00 PM·The Cumberland Arms·See booking

The Suggestibles Improv Comedy at The Cumberland Arms

10:30 PM·Cobalt Studios·£8 to £15

Shy Bairns presents: PIP b2b Weston All Night Long

5:45 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£15 / £10 / £5 / £0

15Nov

Sunday15 November 2026

The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak: Turbulent Padma and A River Called Titas

17Nov

Tuesday17 November 2026

Noises Off at the People's Theatre

2:00 PM matinee and 7:30 PM evening screenings·Star and Shadow Cinema·£10, £7, £5, £3 or £0 (community pricing)

21Nov

Saturday21 November 2026

Cat Video Fest 2026 at Star and Shadow

23Nov

Monday23 November 2026

The Lion in Winter at the People's Theatre

From 4:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£20 advance, £30 on the door

28Nov

Saturday28 November 2026

Liminal Sound 2026

2:00 PM·People's Theatre·£20 (£16.50 concessions and children)

12Dec

Saturday12 December 2026

Panto! Beauty and the Beast at the People's Theatre

Various times: 1pm, 2pm, 6pm and 7pm performances·People's Theatre·£20

Panto! Beauty and the Beast

7:00 PM·People's Theatre·£20 (£16.50 concessions and children)

15Dec

Tuesday15 December 2026

Beauty and the Beast: Relaxed Performance, People's Theatre

See booking page·People's Theatre·£20

Beauty and the Beast: Relaxed Performance

7:30 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·£10 general admission, £8 concession

18Dec

Friday18 December 2026

Mummers Ceilidh at Star and Shadow

2:00 PM·Star and Shadow Cinema·Children £6, adults £8, family of up to four £18

20Dec

Sunday20 December 2026

The Snow Bear at Star and Shadow

12Jan

Tuesday12 January 2027

Murder on the Nile at the People's Theatre

9Feb

Tuesday9 February 2027

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the People's Theatre

7:00 PM·People's Theatre·£15 (family and group rates available)

30Mar

Tuesday30 March 2027

Newcastle Gang Show 2027 at the People's Theatre

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This Weekend

Spooktacular Storytimes at Seven Stories

10:30 AM · Seven Stories

Ghastly Ghouls Craft at Seven Stories

10:30 AM and 12:30 PM · Seven Stories

Melina Serser and PIP

10:30 PM · Cobalt Studios