What's On | Sunderland Culture

No Yesterdays, No Tomorrows, Only Today – A Celebration of Creative Age

Exhibitions

No Yesterdays, No Tomorrows, Only Today – A Celebration of Creative Age

10 – 31 Oct 2026

Arts Centre Washington

Our Home in Space: Our Shared Night Sky

A large tower block at night, Many of the individual windows are lit with lights from inside the individual living spaces

Exhibitions

Our Home in Space: Our Shared Night Sky

Showing in the Focus Gallery

10 Oct – 14 Nov 2026

Culture House Sunderland

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism

An slightly abstract city riverside city scene with a bridge over a sky blue coloured river

Exhibitions

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism

10 Oct 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Planetarium

Exhibitions

Planetarium

11 Oct 2026

Ages 5+

Culture House Sunderland

Spotlight: Washington Open Exhibition 2026

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Exhibitions

Spotlight: Washington Open Exhibition 2026

12 Nov 2026 – 16 Jan 2027

Arts Centre Washington

Looking for the Signs

Exhibitions

Looking for the Signs

12 Nov 2026 – 16 Jan 2027

Arts Centre Washington

Mindful Moons

Adult Workshops and Activities

Mindful Moons

11 Oct 2026

Ages 12+

Culture House Sunderland

Roots and Branches: Family Tree Research Group

A forest scene. Three black and white photographs have been clipped to a branch

Adult Workshops and Activities

Roots and Branches: Family Tree Research Group

Hosted in The Record

12 Oct – 02 Nov 2026

Ages 16+

Culture House Sunderland

Motherfolk Sessions

A close up of hands writing with a pen on a white piece of paper

Adult Workshops and Activities

Motherfolk Sessions

Book now

Booking is available directly from Motherfolk

13 Oct – 22 Dec 2026

Ages 16+

Culture House Sunderland

One Voice Community Choir

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Adult Workshops and Activities

One Voice Community Choir

Tuesdays, 5:30pm-7pm

Ages 16+

Arts Centre Washington

Morning Watercolours

A hand holds a brush into blue watercolour paint in a white painting tray that has a variety of other colours in it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Morning Watercolours

Wednesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm

Arts Centre Washington

The B#'s Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

The B#'s Community Choir

Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am

Arts Centre Washington

After School Space Disco

A mirror disco ball hangs against a dark background illuminated by blue flecks of light. Light reflects off the mirrored tiles of the sphere, creating warm red, orange, and golden highlights across its surface. Tiny blue dots scatter around the ball, giving the impression of a starry night sky.

Children and Young People's Activities

After School Space Disco

09 Oct 2026

All ages

Culture House Sunderland

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturdays, 10am-12pm

8-12

Arts Centre Washington

Saturday Art Club - Morning

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Children and Young People's Activities

Saturday Art Club - Morning

Saturdays, 10:15am-12:15pm

Arts Centre Washington

Right Track

Children and Young People's Activities

Right Track

Saturdays, 10:30am-12:30pm

11-19

Arts Centre Washington

What Planet Are You On?

Three handcrafted paper lanterns decorated to look like planets hang against a solid black background. The top lantern features patchworks of blue and green tissue paper resembling Earth, while the bottom-left yellow and green lantern has red and purple paper rings attached around its middle. The lantern on the right is covered in colourful patchwork, and simple yellow star graphics are scattered across the black space around them.

Children and Young People's Activities

What Planet Are You On?

10 Oct 2026

Ages 5+

Culture House Sunderland

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Saturdays, 12:30pm-2:30pm

13-18

Arts Centre Washington

The Noise Next Door

Four male comedians laughing in a row. The image is black and white. The background is white with a yellow stripe at the footer and a blue stripe above

Comedy

The Noise Next Door

15 Oct 2026

Ages 15+

Arts Centre Washington

The Wind in the Willows

Three actors wearing coloured waistcoats and knee length shorts stands in front of a riverside country scene. They are holding a frog life puppet

Theatre and Performance

The Wind in the Willows

Box Tale Soup in association with the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

24 Oct 2026

Ages 4+

Arts Centre Washington

Close Enough To Touch

Theatre and Performance

Close Enough To Touch

29 Oct 2026

Ages 16+

Arts Centre Washington

Azra Glow

A close-up of two performers with a glowing white dragon puppet. One performer wears a bodysuit with a glowing pattern and a crown of flowers and branches, smiling while holding a light prop. The other holds the dragon puppet and wears glowing accessories. The scene is lit with purple-pink light.

Theatre and Performance

Azra Glow

07 Nov 2026

Ages 3+

Arts Centre Washington

Frozen Assets

Theatre and Performance

Frozen Assets

12 – 13 Nov 2026

Arts Centre Washington

Red Robin's Winter Song

A cartoon winter scene featuring a robin singing on a tree stump, snowflakes,. leaves on the ground, a hedgehog sheltering under the tree and colourful birds flying overhead.

Theatre and Performance

Red Robin's Winter Song

14 Nov 2026

Ages 3+

Arts Centre Washington

Space on Screen: WALL-E

A small, boxy, yellow and grey robot with binocular-like eyes perched on top looks up towards a starry sky while sitting atop a mound of scrap metal and debris. The robot has tracked treads for wheels and a weathered, rusted body bearing the name

Films

Space on Screen: WALL-E

10 Oct 2026

All ages

Culture House Sunderland

Space on Screen: The Martian

An astronaut in a white and orange spacesuit sits on a rocky outcrop in a desolate, reddish-brown desert landscape. The helmet's clear visor reveals the astronaut looking off into the distance. Low, bright sunlight shines from behind large rock formations in the background, casting long shadows across the dusty terrain.

Films

Space on Screen: The Martian

10 Oct 2026

12+

Culture House Sunderland

Space on Screen: The Wild Robot

A round, grey metallic robot with glowing blue eyes stands amidst a vibrant swarm of colorful butterflies. Dozens of yellow, orange, and purple butterflies flutter around its body and head, with a few resting on its steel surface. The background is a soft blur of bright yellow, red, and purple butterfly wings.

Films

Space on Screen: The Wild Robot

11 Oct 2026

All ages

Culture House Sunderland

Space on Screen: Apollo 11

Films

Space on Screen: Apollo 11

11 Oct 2026

Cert U

Culture House Sunderland

Rewind: Documentary Film Club

Films

Rewind: Documentary Film Club

Hosted in The Media Studio

13 Oct 2026 – 26 Jan 2027

Ages 16+

Culture House Sunderland

CineClub: Typist Artist Pirate King

Two women, one with brown hair, the other blonde, walk on a beach. The sea is behind them

Films

CineClub: Typist Artist Pirate King

14 Oct 2026

Cert 12A

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Coalfields in Song and Verse

A middle aged gentleman with mop top hair cut stands next to a pit shaft

Music

Coalfields in Song and Verse

09 Oct 2026

Ages 16+

Arts Centre Washington

The Alan Fletcher Band

Music

The Alan Fletcher Band

17 Oct 2026

Ages 16+

Arts Centre Washington

A Quite Quiet Special: The Lake Poets, David Brewis, Isabel Maria, This Little Bird and Georgia Ruyi

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Music

A Quite Quiet Special: The Lake Poets, David Brewis, Isabel Maria, This Little Bird and Georgia Ruyi

04 Nov 2026

Suitable for all ages

Arts Centre Washington

First Friday Folk

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm

Arts Centre Washington

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Music

Royal Northern Sinfonia

25 Nov 2026

Ages 16+

Arts Centre Washington

Ready Steady 60s Show

Music

Ready Steady 60s Show

28 Nov 2026

Arts Centre Washington

North East Explore: In the City

Talks

North East Explore: In the City

14 Oct 2026

Ages 16+

Arts Centre Washington

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism - Lunchtime Exhibition Tours

A deep yellow beach with a grey sea. A small red and white striped tent, the kind used for Punch and Judy shows, stands unused on the sand. A section of brown wooden fence is in the foreground.

Talks

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism - Lunchtime Exhibition Tours

16 Oct 2026 – 15 Jan 2027

Ages 16+

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Witches, Fairies and Satan: Folk Tales of County Durham

Talks

Witches, Fairies and Satan: Folk Tales of County Durham

11 Nov 2026

Arts Centre Washington

Finding Audrey Amiss

A women in a canvas apron looks intently at a large book filled with art

Talks

Finding Audrey Amiss

12 Nov 2026

Ages 16+

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Adele Parks: Eyes on You

A smiling middle aged lady with shoulder length hair holds a blue coffee mug.

Talks

Adele Parks: Eyes on You

19 Nov 2026

*Age 16+

Culture House Sunderland

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism - Curator Exhibition Tour

A Sunday league football match set in the 1950s. The goalkeeper stands next to his near post with his arms folded. A spectator in a blue suit leans against the same post. In the distance, two footballers stand together. One is bending over. Surrounding the pitch are large red brick buildings.

Talks

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism - Curator Exhibition Tour

27 Nov 2026

Ages 16+

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Christmas Craft & Makers Fair

Special Events

Christmas Craft & Makers Fair

21 Nov 2026

Arts Centre Washington

Christmas Cabaret

Special Events

Christmas Cabaret

03 Dec 2026

Arts Centre Washington

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Exhibitions

No Yesterdays, No Tomorrows, Only Today – A Celebration of Creative Age

Our Home in Space: Our Shared Night Sky

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism

Planetarium

Spotlight: Washington Open Exhibition 2026

Looking for the Signs

Adult workshops & Activities

Mindful Moons

Roots and Branches: Family Tree Research Group

Motherfolk Sessions

One Voice Community Choir

Morning Watercolours

The B#'s Community Choir

Children & Young People’s Activities

After School Space Disco

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturday Art Club - Morning

Right Track

What Planet Are You On?

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Theatre & Performance

The Noise Next Door

The Wind in the Willows

Close Enough To Touch

Azra Glow

Frozen Assets

Red Robin's Winter Song

Film

Space on Screen: WALL-E

Space on Screen: The Martian

Space on Screen: The Wild Robot

Space on Screen: Apollo 11

Rewind: Documentary Film Club

CineClub: Typist Artist Pirate King

Music

Coalfields in Song and Verse

The Alan Fletcher Band

A Quite Quiet Special: The Lake Poets, David Brewis, Isabel Maria, This Little Bird and Georgia Ruyi

First Friday Folk

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Ready Steady 60s Show

Talks

North East Explore: In the City

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism - Lunchtime Exhibition Tours

Witches, Fairies and Satan: Folk Tales of County Durham

Finding Audrey Amiss

Adele Parks: Eyes on You

Audrey Amiss: Kitchen Sink Realism - Curator Exhibition Tour

Special Events

Christmas Craft & Makers Fair

Christmas Cabaret