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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

06 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
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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

06 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

A Walk in the Park Art Competition
Free
A pencil drawing of a white bird with a yellow beak and grey tips on its wings. It is standing on a green grass circle with blue sky and a yellow sun.

Children and Young People's Activities

A Walk in the Park Art Competition

06 – 10 Feb 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Washington Young Film Makers Collective
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Young Film Makers Collective

Thursdays, 6pm-8pm

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturdays, 10am-12pm

8-12

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Arts Centre Washington

Right Track
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Right Track

Saturdays, 10:30am-12:30pm

12-21

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Exhibitions

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Women, Colour and Music: Terry Culkin
Free

Exhibitions

Women, Colour and Music: Terry Culkin

06 – 08 Feb 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

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

06 Feb – 02 Mar 2025
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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.

06 Feb – 02 Mar 2025
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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

06 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection
Free
An abstract forest scene with four pictured in green boiler suits. One man, situated to the left of the picture sits on the woodland floor looking up. The other three men push against a giant pine trunk. In the distance is a red coloured water slide and a pine lodge. The sky is extremely misty.

Exhibitions

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

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

06 Feb – 27 Apr 2025
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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

06 Feb – 31 May 2025
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National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

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Drink and Draw – Life Drawing Social
Limited Availability

Adult Workshops and Activities

Drink and Draw – Life Drawing Social

06 Feb – 24 Apr 2025

18+

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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
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Washington Writers

Adult Workshops and Activities

Washington Writers

Fridays (Fortnightly), 12pm-2pm
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Creative Age

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

Fridays, 1pm-3pm
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Make A Glass Valentine's Heart
Sold Out
Red, white, and blue hearts, some graphic, some made of glass in an abstract pattern with blue background

Adult Workshops and Activities

Make A Glass Valentine's Heart

08 – 09 Feb 2025

16+

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National Glass Centre

Stained Glass and Copper Foil Botanicals
Three stained glass flowers, with brightly coloured petals, sit in orange ceramic pots

Adult Workshops and Activities

Stained Glass and Copper Foil Botanicals

08 Feb – 31 May 2025

16+

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National Glass Centre

Theatre & Performance

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The Dreamtime Fellrunner
A woman dressed in running clothes gestures upwards

Theatre and Performance

The Dreamtime Fellrunner

13 Feb 2025

Suitable for ages 14+

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Arts Centre Washington

Growing Pains

Theatre and Performance

Growing Pains

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

27 Feb 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Digging Up Washington

Theatre and Performance

Digging Up Washington

06 Mar 2025

Ages 11+

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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
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Arts Centre Washington

Green Fingers

Theatre and Performance

Green Fingers

Presented by FLADAM

27 Mar 2025

Suitable for ages 3 to 11

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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
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Film

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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

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Arts Centre Washington

Film Shorts Showcase

Films

Film Shorts Showcase

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

26 Feb 2025

11+

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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+

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City-wide

Thelma

Films

Thelma

Part of Wednesday Matinees

05 Mar 2025

12+

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Arts Centre Washington

Heritage Reels: Shipbuilding

Films

Heritage Reels: Shipbuilding

Part of Heritage Reels

19 Mar 2025
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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+

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Arts Centre Washington

Music

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First Friday Folk
Free

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm
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Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Callum McLachlan
A person sat wearing a blue suit, white shirt and burgundy tie. They have short brown hair and their left arm rest on a musical instrument.

Music

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Callum McLachlan

11 Feb 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Washington Emerging

Music

Washington Emerging

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

28 Feb 2025

11+

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Arts Centre Washington

The Ballad of The Crocodile and the Underpass
Limited Availability

Music

The Ballad of The Crocodile and the Underpass

13 Mar 2025
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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
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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
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Arts Centre Washington

Special Events

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Re:Style: Clothes Upcycling Event
Free

Special Events

Re:Style: Clothes Upcycling Event

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

01 Mar 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Spring Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Spring Craft and Makers Fair

22 Mar 2025
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Arts Centre Washington