Newcastle Events

Chinese New Year
January/February
Newcastle's Chinatown is turned into a carnival of colour and noise; festivities culminate with an impressive fireworks display.
Stowell Street
Website: www.newcastlegateshead.com 

Evolution
May
The biggest music festival in the northeast.
Various venues
Website: www.evolutionfestival.co.uk

Newcastle Community Green Festival
June
The UK's biggest free community environmental festival.
Leazes Park
Website: www.newcastlegreenfestival.org.uk

Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival
July
An exciting programme of internationally known artists from the world jazz music scene.
Village Newcastle Hotel, Cobalt Business Park
Website: www.whitleybayjazzfest.org

Newcastle Mela
September
A two-day Asian art, drama and music festival.
Exhibition Park
Website: www.newcastle.gov.uk/mela

Great North Run
September
Over 50,000 runners take part in the biggest half-marathon in the world starting just outside the city centre and finishing by the coast.
Website: www.greatrun.org

Juice
October-November
Two weeks of events, performances and activities, celebrating the creativity of children and young people.
Throughout the city
Website: www.newcastlegateshead.com

Winter Festival
December
A packed programme of events ranging from an outdoor ice skating rink outside the Baltic to spectacular pyrotechnic displays on the Tyne River.
Website: www.newcastlegateshead.com
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