Northeast Music Guide

The Small Change Warehouse: A Big Change in Ouseburn The Ouseburn area is fast becoming the centre of musical and artistic industry and leisure in Newcastle. Printworks, art galleries, recording studios and  practice rooms all mean work and creativity for a great number of people. Jeans and shirts galore. The newest addition to the art and music community of Ouseburn is the   The Small Change Warehouse   at the top of Stepney Bank next door to the Star and Shadow Cinema. The converted warehouse is home to a number of small businesses where you can while away a happy afternoon, or have a great time at a gig. Coffee and Cigarettes is a comfortable bohemian coffee house with a kitchen serving vegan food from a Texan-style trailer called Starving in the Belly of a Whale and a large, heated outdoor smoking area. You can enjoy free pool, mini golf  (crazy, recycled and nautical) and darts, browse in the Knowing Flame comic book shop and look aroun...

What I Found at the Vegan Festival The Vegan Festival at The Stadium of Light, last weeked, was in aid of the Farplace Animal Rescue Sanctuary in Weardale. The sanctuary rescues abused and abandoned animals. Cats with FIV can live out their lives there when they would otherwise be destroyed. The festival was a succes and featured many stalls with great products and delicious food to taste and buy. Make sure you don't miss it next year! I was particularly impress by a new vegan shoe company:  Ethical and vegan shoe company Wills Vegan Shoes is experiencing runaway success as its first-ever Winter collection proves a smash hit with fashion-conscious and eco-friendly consumers across the country. Founder William Green said, “The response to my first ever range has been above and beyond my  expectations. It appears people really want ethical, fashionable shoes at affordable prices. My team has  been working around the clock to fill orders flooding in and some of the...