Arts Council

The Word, in South Shields.

The Word is offering free gardening-themed crafts this May half-term

Hebburn Central

Physical activity combined with interactive gaming coming to Hebburn

Westoe Brass band and miners march down King Street in 2015.

South Shields' last pit brass band reveals funding fight for survival

Sea Change cafe gears up to open at Museum and Winter Gardens

South Tyneside museum gets £500k cash boost to fund essential repairs

South Shields Write Fest 2023 will take place this September.

Newcastle book publishers team up with The Word for Write Fest 2023

Budget spending plans have been revealed for South Tyneside.

Spending plans revealed for South Tyneside

Drum Young will be supporting Ella Henderson at Bents Park on Sunday, July 17.

Young drummers to support Ella Henderson at Bents Park summer concert

Darren Henley, Arts Council England's chief executive

Arts Council chief on how culture will help South Tyneside bounce back

Why our arts centres are important to everyone

Why a much-loved theatre company is 'falling through the gaps'

A previous year's Arbeia Roman Festival taking place in South Shields.

Museums seek crisis funding to help them survive the post-lockdown world

Drum Young performing at Bents Park in South Shields.

Watch these musical youngsters in action as they perform at the South Tyneside F...

Curious Tales

The Cultural Spring launches series of new workshops in Sunderland and South Tyn...

One of the Cultural Spring singing workshops

Fancy trying something new? Art workshops programme launched as part of Cultural...

Sandy and Garner Harris.

Couple urging people to come out and party at South Shields parade
The countdown has begun for community groups across South Tyneside taking part in this year's Summer Festival Parade.
By The Newsroom

Community groups could scoop a Â£1,000 cash grant for cultural events

The Cultural Springs Emma Horsman.

New series of Cultural Spring workshops launched as dark nights draw near

Ray Spencer

South Tyneside acts taking the stage at Sunderland music festival

Cultural Spring Project Co-Ordinator David Callaghan and Julia Robinson, senior librarian at South Shields Central Library.

Cultural Spring exhibition moves to South Shields

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