Things to do in Newcastle today and this weekend

Walk the Quayside from the Tyne Bridge to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, climb the Castle Keep for the view, see Grey's Monument and the Grainger Market, and visit BALTIC or the Great North Museum: Hancock, which are both free. The page lists what is on at each of them next.

The weekend page lists the shows, gigs and events of the days ahead, and the tonight page has what is on this evening. The stages at the foot of this page show what is on next at each of them.

Go indoors: the Castle Keep, BALTIC, the Great North Museum: Hancock and the Laing Art Gallery are under a roof, and the Grainger Market is covered. The rainy-day page lists what is indoors, with what is on there next.

Yes. Entry to BALTIC, the Great North Museum: Hancock and the Laing Art Gallery is free (the Laing charges for some exhibitions), and walking the Quayside, crossing the Millennium Bridge and visiting Jesmond Dene cost nothing. The Late Shows open museums and galleries free in the evening once a year in May. The free page lists the events of the next 30 days that cost nothing.

The Christmas Market usually opens in the second half of November, a week or so after the Christmas lights are switched on, and runs until just before Christmas. It fills Grey Street, Grainger Street, the area around the Monument and Nelson Street, with the Christmas Village in Old Eldon Square. The year strip on this page shows the dates of the coming edition.

The Great North Run is a half marathon held on a Sunday in September. It starts in Newcastle, crosses the Tyne Bridge and finishes on the seafront at South Shields. The year strip on this page shows the date of the next one.

The Glasshouse in Gateshead has concerts in its halls, O2 City Hall on Northumberland Road and the Utilita Arena on Arena Way take the bigger tours, and The Cluny in the Ouseburn Valley has gigs in two rooms. The page lists what is on at each next.

Yes. The centre is compact: the Quayside with its bridges, the Castle Keep, Grey Street and the Grainger Market are all within a short walk of each other, and the Glasshouse and BALTIC are over the Millennium Bridge in Gateshead. A weekend leaves room for a show, a gig and a gallery.

Yes, it is the same building. Sage Gateshead opened in December 2004 and took the name The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in September 2023. It is on the Gateshead bank of the Tyne and is the home of Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Newcastle Pride is a citywide festival with a march and a Pride Arena, usually held on a weekend in July (25 and 26 July in 2026). The year strip on this page shows the dates of the next one once they are announced.