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Where Were You Last Summer?
Free

Exhibitions

Where Were You Last Summer?

20 – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise
Free
An abstract painting featuring violent different sized brush strokes and blue, green, cream, and grey paint with thinner black strokes.

Exhibitions

Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Main Gallery

20 Aug – 06 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Reflections Through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan
Free

Exhibitions

Reflections Through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan

20 – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact
Free
Intricate drawings of 1950s women working at machines making rope. The pencil drawings are coloured blue for the women and shades of brown for the machinery.

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Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space

20 Aug – 09 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Three Artists: Zac Weinberg, Joanna Manousis, and Anthony Amoako-Attah
Free
Three images split across a rectangle. Image one (left side) shows four glass tubes with african inspired patterns. At the top of each tube is a circular shape which is also patterned. The centre image show a green tinted glass object with a large light bulb fixed to the top, the right hand image shows rows of industrial glass and metal bulbs.

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Three Artists: Zac Weinberg, Joanna Manousis, and Anthony Amoako-Attah

Showing in the National Glass Centre Gallery, Balcony Gallery & Research Gallery.

20 Aug 2025 – 10 Jan 2026
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National Glass Centre

Nature’s Tangled Web
Free
A square split into 49 smaller coloured squares. Each has a white letter. the rows spell out birds names.

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Nature’s Tangled Web

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

20 Aug – 13 Sep 2025
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National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

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Wellbeing Wednesdays: Parent-Friendly Workout
Free
Purple flowers on tall green stems stand in sharp focus in the front of the image. Behind them, a garden scene is blurry with red and pink flowers scattered throughout. In the far background, two people sit at what looks like an outdoor cafe or restaurant area with blue and yellow colors. The background is very soft and out of focus, creating a dreamy effect.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Wellbeing Wednesdays: Parent-Friendly Workout

20 Aug 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Drink and Draw – Life Drawing Social
Limited Availability

Adult Workshops and Activities

Drink and Draw – Life Drawing Social

21 Aug – 11 Sep 2025

18+

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Creative Age

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

Fridays, 1pm-3pm
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Arts Centre Washington

Glass Tableware Taster Session
Glass artifacts - a bowl with two tone blue patternation, a plate with green and yellow colours, and a selection of glass pictures - are placed on a grey surface.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Glass Tableware Taster Session

23 Aug 2025 – 19 Jan 2026

16+

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National Glass Centre

Wellbeing Wednesdays: Parent-Friendly Yoga
Free
Purple flowers on tall green stems stand in sharp focus in the front of the image. Behind them, a garden scene is blurry with red and pink flowers scattered throughout. In the far background, two people sit at what looks like an outdoor cafe or restaurant area with blue and yellow colors. The background is very soft and out of focus, creating a dreamy effect.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Wellbeing Wednesdays: Parent-Friendly Yoga

27 Aug 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Five-Week Kiln Formed Glass Course
A series of decorated glass tiles. The designs are from left to right; a sunflower, five brown fish swimming in a sky blue sea, a dog, a butterfly, an orange cat, seven green rectangles, and a navy blue and pink fish swimming between sea plants.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Five-Week Kiln Formed Glass Course

5 week course running on Thursdays

28 Aug 2025 – 08 Jan 2026

16+

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National Glass Centre

Children & Young People’s Activities

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Animal Sandcasting
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Glass fused cat in green and yellow

Children and Young People's Activities

Animal Sandcasting

20 – 27 Aug 2025

5+

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National Glass Centre

Terrific Train Trail
A large model of a green steam engine. The chimney is black.

Children and Young People's Activities

Terrific Train Trail

20 Aug – 05 Sep 2025

Ages 4+

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Bright Lights Young Artists Collective Summer School
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Bright Lights Young Artists Collective Summer School

20 – 27 Aug 2025

11-19

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Teenage Craft Club Summer School
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Teenage Craft Club Summer School

21 – 28 Aug 2025

11-19

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Summer Sparks: Animation
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

Summer Sparks: Animation

21 Aug 2025

7-12

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Summer Sparks: Introduction to Animation
Free
A close-up view of a tablet resting on a wooden table. The tablet's screen displays a stop-motion animation setup, showing a colorful handmade paper rocket with planets and stars. A person's hands are visible holding the rocket in front of the camera. Surrounding the tablet, various art supplies and paper cutouts, including a white wolf and a blue star, are scattered across the table. The scene suggests an art or animation project in progress.

Children and Young People's Activities

Summer Sparks: Introduction to Animation

21 Aug 2025

7-12

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Theatre & Performance

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Counting Sheeps

Theatre and Performance

Counting Sheeps

11 Sep 2025

Suitable for 0 – 3 years

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Arts Centre Washington

Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks + Special Guest

Theatre and Performance

Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks + Special Guest

18 Sep 2025

16+

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Art

Theatre and Performance

Art

02 – 04 Oct 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Look After Your Knees

Theatre and Performance

Look After Your Knees

09 Oct 2025

Ages 14+

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Outlawed

Theatre and Performance

Outlawed

Nonsuch Studios presents

23 Oct 2025

16+

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Arts Centre Washington

Florence Nightingale: The Lady With The Hammer

Theatre and Performance

Florence Nightingale: The Lady With The Hammer

30 Oct 2025

Suitable for ages 7+

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Film

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Heritage Reels: The Ballad of the Crocodile and the Underpass

Films

Heritage Reels: The Ballad of the Crocodile and the Underpass

Part of Heritage Reels

04 Sep 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Heritage Reels: The Land of Three Rivers

Films

Heritage Reels: The Land of Three Rivers

Part of Heritage Reels

17 Sep 2025
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Films

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Part of Wednesday Matinees

24 Sep 2025

15+

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American Movie

Films

American Movie

Part of Sunderland Film Club

25 Sep 2025

15+

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Mr Drayton’s Rock Docs – Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back

Films

Mr Drayton’s Rock Docs – Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back

Part of Mr. Drayton’s Rock Docs

08 Oct 2025

15+

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Arts Centre Washington

Maria

Films

Maria

Part of Wednesday Matinees

22 Oct 2025

12+

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Music

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Apricity + Guests

Music

Apricity + Guests

05 Sep 2025
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The Alan Fletcher Band

Music

The Alan Fletcher Band

20 Sep 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

The Fire Doors
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Music

The Fire Doors

26 Sep 2025
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Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band

Music

Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band

11 Oct 2025
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The Story of Skiffle

Music

The Story of Skiffle

16 Oct 2025
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Special Events

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Hot Glass Studio Summer Sale
Free
Beautiful glass ornaments and glasses. The ornaments are decorated with mottled patterns of blue, yellow, and white.

Special Events

Hot Glass Studio Summer Sale

National Glass Centre Shop

23 – 25 Aug 2025
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National Glass Centre

Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour
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A single decker bus parked on grass. The bus is green, yellow, and white with the words Sunderland Busways on the front and side. Special and A are being displayed on the front.

Special Events

Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour

13 Sep 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Autumn Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Autumn Craft and Makers Fair

13 Sep 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours
Free
Several people, all over 50 years old on a tour of an art gallery. The tour guide is pointing at a large painting of a naval scene.

Special Events

Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours

16 – 18 Sep 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Craft Fair - Winter 2025
Free
A stall holder smiles at a visitor. The visitor is dressed in warm clothes, looking at various crafted objects at National Glass Centre's Craft Fair.

Special Events

Craft Fair - Winter 2025

22 Nov 2025
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National Glass Centre

Christmas Cabaret

Special Events

Christmas Cabaret

04 Dec 2025
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Arts Centre Washington