Skip to main content

See & Do

February Half Term

Teen Eco Party
Free
A group of young people sat at a table with a selection of craft equipment.

Children and Young People's Activities

Teen Eco Party

22 Feb 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Museum Takeover Tours
Free
Three young people standing and smiling in conversation.

Children and Young People's Activities

Museum Takeover Tours

22 – 26 Feb 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Glass Fused Animals
Two children taking part in crafting activities under the supervision of a woman in a blue top.

Children and Young People's Activities

Glass Fused Animals

24 Feb – 23 Apr 2025

5+

More

National Glass Centre

Winter Sparks: Jewellery Making
Sold Out
Two images sat side by side. The one on the left shows a handmade necklace made with multi-coloured beads of different sizes and patterns sat on a camouflage t-shirt. The one on the right shows a child's hand and wrist held out to display two bracelets made up of different coloured, sized and shaped beads.

Children and Young People's Activities

Winter Sparks: Jewellery Making

This workshop is full. 

 

24 Feb 2025

7-11

More

City-wide

History Mondays: Canny Coal Crafts
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

History Mondays: Canny Coal Crafts

24 Feb 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Winter Sparks: Get Animated
Free
A close-up of a tablet on a stand, showing a stop-motion animation in progress. The tablet screen displays a colourful drawing of a rocket ship surrounded by stars and planets, with an orange flame coming from the bottom of the rocket. A person's hand is visible, placing or adjusting a paper cutout of the flame on the drawing. The physical drawings lay beneath the tablet, and small additional cutouts are scattered around the scene.

Children and Young People's Activities

Winter Sparks: Get Animated

25 Feb 2025

7-11

More

City-wide

An Introduction to DJ'ing
Free Limited Availability

Children and Young People's Activities

An Introduction to DJ'ing

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

25 Feb 2025

11-19

More

Arts Centre Washington

Felt and Fabric Pot Plant
Sold Out

Children and Young People's Activities

Felt and Fabric Pot Plant

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

25 Feb 2025

11-19

More

Arts Centre Washington

Half Term Hedgehogs 
Free
Two children using scissors to cut a piece of paper. One has dark short hair and the other has pal ginger hair tied in a pony tail.

Children and Young People's Activities

Half Term Hedgehogs 

26 Feb 2025

4+

More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival 2025

View all
Bright Lights: Youth Arts Exhibition 2025
Free

Exhibitions

Bright Lights: Youth Arts Exhibition 2025

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

19 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Teenage Market
Free
A group of people standing looking at a items on a table. They are in a brightly lit room with pink bunting.

Children and Young People's Activities

Teenage Market

22 Feb 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Animation Workshop with Sheryl Jenkins
Free
A group of young people gathered around a white table. There is a soft toy bear on the table and above it is a tablet on a moveable arm.

Children and Young People's Activities

Animation Workshop with Sheryl Jenkins

26 Feb 2025

11+

More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Improve your Stage Presence
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Improve your Stage Presence

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

26 Feb 2025

11-19

More

Arts Centre Washington

Washington Emerging

Music

Washington Emerging

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

28 Feb 2025

11+

More

Arts Centre Washington

Ceramic Animal Art
Sold Out
Hands hold up a ball of clay. In the right hand there is a small brush. The clay has several holes. In the background, there are a number of school children. They have been blurred.

Children and Young People's Activities

Ceramic Animal Art

Part of Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival 2025

28 Feb 2025

11+

More

National Glass Centre

Sound Design Workshop
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Sound Design Workshop

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

28 Feb 2025

11-19

More

Arts Centre Washington

Exhibitions

View all
The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection
Free
A barrel of a cannon points from left to right. The whole cannon has been covered in a shiny pink cloth. A female, also dressed completely in pink, bends at a right angle and sticks her head into the cannon. The cannon and the female are standing on very dry grass.

Exhibitions

The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection

19 Feb – 02 Mar 2025
More

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice
Free
The comedian Joe Lycett stands in front of a theatre dressing room mirror. There are lights around the mirror. He is reflected reading a prompt card. He is using is mobile phone. Tour manager and photogrtapger Harry Griffin sits at the back of the room taking a photograph of Joe. Coats and clothing are hung up at the back of the room

Exhibitions

Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space & Pop Recs Ltd.

19 Feb – 02 Mar 2025
More

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Coal Face
Free
A person looking at a black and white tintype photograph of a person with short hair. The person in the photograph is smiling at the camera.

Exhibitions

Coal Face

19 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection
Free
A tropical garden scene. There is a very green lawn, lot's of very green shrubbery. In the background is a salmon pink house. A man in a white jacket stands in front of the building. On the lawn are a flamboyance of flamingos.

Exhibitions

Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

19 Feb – 27 Apr 2025
More

National Glass Centre

Menagerie
Free
A grey ceramic elephant stands against a gradient grey background. The elephants head is facing left.

Exhibitions

Menagerie

Showing in the National Glass Centre Gallery

19 Feb – 31 May 2025
More

National Glass Centre

Glass Zoo
Free
A gold bird shaped artwork with a clear glass head.

Exhibitions

Glass Zoo

Showing in the Balcony Gallery

19 Feb – 01 Jun 2025
More

National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

View all
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
More

Arts Centre Washington

The B#'s Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

The B#'s Community Choir

Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am
More

Arts Centre Washington

Creative Age
Free
A person with long waved hair and a black top adds coloured strips of fabric to hessian.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

19 Feb – 25 Jun 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Introduction to Podcasting

Adult Workshops and Activities

Introduction to Podcasting

19 Feb 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Afternoon 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

Afternoon Watercolours

Wednesdays, 1:30pm-3:30pm
More

Arts Centre Washington

Oil Painting
A box of oil paint tubes with white lids.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Oil Painting

Fridays, 9:30am-11:30am
More

Arts Centre Washington

Children & Young People’s Activities

View all
Canny Coal Trail
A child wearing a white and black striped top, sitting down and writing with pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Canny Coal Trail

19 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Coal Face Family Backpacks
Free
A child wearing a dark green and white striped top, holding a pair of scissors.

Children and Young People's Activities

Coal Face Family Backpacks

19 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Celebrate Different Collective
Free
A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.

Children and Young People's Activities

Celebrate Different Collective

19 Feb – 25 Jun 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Special Interests Club
Free
A young person smiles at the camera gesturing with arms wide open.

Children and Young People's Activities

Special Interests Club

Register your interest

19 Feb – 26 Mar 2025

Autistic adults (16-25)

More

Arts Centre Washington

Washington Young Film Makers Collective
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Young Film Makers Collective

Thursdays, 6pm-8pm

11-19

More

Arts Centre Washington

Bright Lights Youth Arts Exhibition Fringe: What is the Future and My Place in the World?
Free
A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.

Children and Young People's Activities

Bright Lights Youth Arts Exhibition Fringe: What is the Future and My Place in the World?

22 Feb – 22 Mar 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Theatre & Performance

View all
Growing Pains

Theatre and Performance

Growing Pains

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

27 Feb 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Digging Up Washington

Theatre and Performance

Digging Up Washington

06 Mar 2025

Ages 11+

More

Arts Centre Washington

How Football Stole Our Heart (and wouldn't give them back again)
Sold Out

Theatre and Performance

How Football Stole Our Heart (and wouldn't give them back again)

20 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Green Fingers

Theatre and Performance

Green Fingers

Presented by FLADAM

27 Mar 2025

Suitable for ages 3 to 11

More

Arts Centre Washington

Lee Kyle: Bottle It
An image of a man aggresivly holding a bottle behind smashed glass

Theatre and Performance

Lee Kyle: Bottle It

28 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Dregs Opera

Theatre and Performance

Dregs Opera

Presented by The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company

04 Apr 2025

Suitable for all ages

More

Arts Centre Washington

Film

View all
Sunderland Film Club presents... All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Part of Sunderland Film Club

20 Feb 2025

+18

More

Arts Centre Washington

Film Shorts Showcase
Free

Films

Film Shorts Showcase

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

26 Feb 2025

11+

More

Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Film Club presents... How to Have Sex

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... How to Have Sex

Part of Sunderland Film Club

27 Feb 2025

15+

More

City-wide

Thelma

Films

Thelma

Part of Wednesday Matinees

05 Mar 2025

12+

More

Arts Centre Washington

Heritage Reels: Shipbuilding

Films

Heritage Reels: Shipbuilding

Part of Heritage Reels

19 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Film Club presents... Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Part of Sunderland Film Club

19 Mar 2025

15+

More

Arts Centre Washington

Music

View all
Washington Emerging

Music

Washington Emerging

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

28 Feb 2025

11+

More

Arts Centre Washington

First Friday Folk
Free

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm
More

Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Antoine Préat
A photograph of a person with short dark brown hair and brown eyes. They are wearing a dark blue shirt and black jacket.

Music

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Antoine Préat

11 Mar 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

The Ballad of The Crocodile and the Underpass
Limited Availability

Music

The Ballad of The Crocodile and the Underpass

13 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Songs from this City
A group of three musicians playing a variety of musical instruments.

Music

Songs from this City

22 Mar 2025
More

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band

Music

Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band

12 Apr 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Special Events

View all
Re:Style: Clothes Upcycling Event
Free

Special Events

Re:Style: Clothes Upcycling Event

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

01 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington

Spring Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Spring Craft and Makers Fair

22 Mar 2025
More

Arts Centre Washington