Arts & Culture

Discover North Shields’ creative side — from music, art, and photography to festivals, fashion, and performance. The Arts & Culture section of I Love North Shields celebrates the stories, people, and spaces shaping our town’s cultural heartbeat.

Your Complete Guide to Christmas 2025 – North Shields to Newcastle

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Your Complete Guide to Christmas 2025 – North Shields to Newcastle

HERE WE ARE: How North Shields Turned 800 Years Into a Soundtrack

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800 Years – Here We Are” explores the music, stories and spirit of North Shields through artists like Liam Fender, Ray Laidlaw, Hector Gannet, Man Power and DJ Schak. A raw, powerful documentary capturing the town’s identity and creative rise during NS800.

North Shields Unveils Powerful New Statue Honouring Mary Ann Macham

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Mary Ann Macham statue with sculptor artist Keith Barrett

North Shields has marked a powerful moment in its 800-year history with the unveiling of a new bronze statue honouring Mary Ann Macham — an enslaved woman who escaped a plantation in Virginia, survived a dangerous transatlantic journey, and began a new life of freedom in this town on Christmas Day, 1831.

New I Love North Shields Photowalk Pop-Up Gallery Opens in North Shields

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I Love North Shields is launching a new Pop-Up Gallery at Low Quay Brew Co on Thursday 27 November, featuring photographs created during Photowalk Two — part of the ongoing North Shields 800 programme. This project is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Fishnet Tavern: The Beating Heart of Fish Quay’s Community Spirit

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Discover why the Fishnet Tavern has become one of North Shields’ most beloved community pubs. From weekly quiz nights and open-mic sessions to Try Tag Newcastle, drag nights, live music and local sponsorships — here’s how Chris and Calum built a true community hub on the Fish Quay.

Robert “Mouseman” Thompson in North Shields: A Hidden Legacy and Carved Mice

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his in-depth feature traces the story of Robert “Mouseman” Thompson — the Yorkshire craftsman famous for his carved mice — and uncovers his unexpected footprint in North Shields, from Mouseman furniture in St Columba’s church to the 1958 Wooden Dolly in Northumberland Square.

ILNS Poems on Walls Project

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Poems on Walls: Bringing Poetry and Art to the Streets of North Shields North Shields is set to see poetry take centre stage in a new public art project, Poems on Walls, funded by North Tyneside Council and delivered as part of the North Shields 800 community programme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Sell-Out Performance of The Guest Raises Over £1,000 for Fishermen’s Mission

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The Guest

The Fish Quay was alive with energy as a sell-out audience gathered for Se Gæst | The Guest. A powerful and emotive production by acclaimed...

Dark Rock, by North Shields author B Baskerville.

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Dark Rock

Dark Rock is a razor-sharp, relentless, and intelligent thriller. Bond? Bourne? Meet Bly, the Newcastle-born Spy, who is ready to show the world why...

Necronoise“Casket Crawler” | Darkwave Dance from North Shields

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A haunting new release from North Shields’ own Necronoise. “Casket Crawler” blends cinematic synths and horror-inspired beats in a Darkwave collaboration with Dead by Dawn.

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