Northeast Music Guide

Winter Food and Craft Fair  at Gateshead Rugby Club ,  5th and 6th December "CHANGE OF VENUE - due to advice we have received from our marquee provider about the safety of the marquee in strong winds forecast for Saturday we have changed the venue of the event. It will now be held at the Dryden Centre, Evistones Road NE9 5UR . This is just around the corner from the Rugby Club and has its own car park. " "Our first Winter Food & Craft Fair will be on Saturday 5th & 6th December and is held at Gateshead Rugby Club. The event will be held in both the rugby club hall and a heated marquee, with over 70 stallholders confirmed, each day,  with a wide variety of wonderful gift items including north east themed products, personalised artwork & Christmas products, real Christmas trees and locally sourced food products.  Planning is coming along very nicely with a full programme of entertainment for the Saturday and Sunday this incl...

A goat, some ale, fun time guaranteed. Me and Beer I do like beer. I'm a member of the Campaign for Real Ale but I don't limit myself to the strictly British definition of real ale. I love a good German weiss- or schwarzbier, a Belgian Ale or a lager brewed in the Gambia (very welcome in that heat!). I don't drink beer to get drunk, but to enjoy the different flavours of hops, malts and the odd guest ingredient that brewers like to play with. I was pleased to hear about the Gateshead Beer Festival , and even more happy to see a great lineup of bands playing over the 3 days: the 3rd to the 5th May.  Scratch The Surface,  Jonny Boyle , the Dust Town Dogs , Superheat, Jen Stevens and the Hiccups , Skylark Song , Bessie and the Zinc Buckets , Claypath and many more. After very successful festivals in 2011 and 2012 the festival will again be brightnening up your May Bank Holiday. There will be over 140 different beers from all over the country and also featuring...