What's On | Sunderland Culture

Festive Fusing

Glass tiles with red, blue, orange, and green mosaics sit alongside small pots containing red and blue glass.

Children and Young People's Activities

Festive Fusing

24 Nov – 15 Dec 2024

National Glass Centre

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail

A child wearing a white and black striped top, sitting down and writing with pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail

25 Nov 2024 – 04 Jan 2025

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Special Interests Club

A young person smiles at the camera gesturing with arms wide open.

Children and Young People's Activities

Special Interests Club

26 Nov 2024

Autistic adults (16-25)

Arts Centre Washington

Bright Lights Young Artists Collective

Children and Young People's Activities

Bright Lights Young Artists Collective

Tuesdays (Fortnightly), 6pm-7:30pm

11-19

Arts Centre Washington

Celebrate Different Collective

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

27 Nov 2024 – 26 Mar 2025

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Bear’s Favourite Story: Sid’s Christmas Disaster

A person sitting on a chair surrounded by children sitting on the floor. They are holding a large piece of blue fabric in front of them and are smiling.

Children and Young People's Activities

Bear’s Favourite Story: Sid’s Christmas Disaster

30 Nov 2024

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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

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

24 Nov 2024 – 02 Mar 2025

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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

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

24 Nov 2024 – 30 Mar 2025

National Glass Centre

Veterans into Clay Sunderland

A red brown ceramic pot. The lid, which is the same colour, is being lifted off by a white hand

Exhibitions

Veterans into Clay Sunderland

Showing in National Glass Centre Learning Gallery

24 Nov 2024 – 31 Jan 2025

National Glass Centre

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

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

24 Nov 2024 – 02 Mar 2025

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

People's Art

Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

Exhibitions

People's Art

24 Nov – 01 Dec 2024

National Glass Centre

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

25 Nov 2024 – 04 Jan 2025

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Make your own Christmas Bauble

A red mottled glass Christmas bauble hangs on a tree, attached with a red ribbon. The tree has small white globe shaped lights on every branch.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Make your own Christmas Bauble

24 Nov – 22 Dec 2024

Age 12+

National Glass Centre

One Voice Community Choir

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Adult Workshops and Activities

One Voice Community Choir

Tuesdays, 5:30pm-7pm

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

Creative Age

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

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

27 Nov 2024 – 19 Feb 2025

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Christmas Crafts

Adult Workshops and Activities

Christmas Crafts

27 Nov 2024

Arts Centre Washington

Nightmares

A person wearing a suit in a dark blue room, eyes cast down in sadness. There is a reflection of them at the bottom of the image but it's face is distorted to look goulish.

Theatre and Performance

Nightmares

Presented by The Book of Darkness & Light in association with LittleMighty

28 Nov 2024

14+

Arts Centre Washington

Tinsel

Theatre and Performance

Tinsel

Wrongsemble presents Tinsel

03 – 07 Dec 2024

Arts Centre Washington

A Christmas Carol

Theatre and Performance

A Christmas Carol

Dyad Productions presents A Christmas Carol

12 Dec 2024

10+

Arts Centre Washington

Mixtape Xmas

Theatre and Performance

Mixtape Xmas

The Six Twenty presents Mixtape Xmas

19 Dec 2024

14+

Arts Centre Washington

Hansel & Gretel

Theatre and Performance

Hansel & Gretel

10 – 25 Jan 2025

Suitable for all ages

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

Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

27 Nov 2024

15+

City-wide

The Holiday + Festive Afternoon Tea

Films

The Holiday + Festive Afternoon Tea

Part of Wednesday Matinees

11 Dec 2024

12+

Arts Centre Washington

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Films

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Part of Film and Fun

21 Dec 2024

Arts Centre Washington

First Friday Folk

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm

Arts Centre Washington

Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024

Arts Centre Washington

Creative Forum

A group of people sitting at tables on red chairs. They are in small groups talking to each other.

Special Events

Creative Forum

03 Dec 2024

City-wide

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Children & Young People’s Activities

Festive Fusing

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail

Special Interests Club

Bright Lights Young Artists Collective

Celebrate Different Collective

Bear’s Favourite Story: Sid’s Christmas Disaster

Exhibitions

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

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

Veterans into Clay Sunderland

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

People's Art

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

Adult workshops & Activities

Make your own Christmas Bauble

One Voice Community Choir

Morning Watercolours

The B#'s Community Choir

Creative Age

Christmas Crafts

Theatre & Performance

Nightmares

Tinsel

A Christmas Carol

Mixtape Xmas

Hansel & Gretel

Lee Kyle: Bottle It

Film

Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

The Holiday + Festive Afternoon Tea

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Music

First Friday Folk

Christmas Cabaret

Special Events

Creative Forum