History Events in Newcastle Upon Tyne

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HADRIANS WALL HALF MARATHON RUN 2026

 Sun, 11 Oct at 08:00 am Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland

HADRIANS WALL HALF MARATHON WALK 2026

 Sat, 10 Oct at 08:00 am Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland

My Royal Life: An Audience with Lucy Worsley

 Thu, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Westgate Road, NE1 4AG Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

The Art History of Studio Ghibli with Helen McCarthy

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Dance City GBP 14 to 33

Blagdon Estate Open Gardens

 Sun, 28 Jun at 01:00 pm Blagdon Estate GBP 0 to 10

Celebrating 100 Years of David Attenborough

 Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm Great North Museum: Hancock GBP 4 to 5

Big Battlefield Walks Weekends - Civil War Siege of Newcastle 1644

 Sat, 12 Sep at 10:30 am Newcastle Keep Free

Jesmond Community Festival x Discover Jesmond 1888: Guided Tours

 Sun, 10 May at 10:00 am St George's Close, NE2 2TF Jesmond, United Kingdom

Enlightenment ideas and today’s racial fears by Professor Tommy J. Curry

 Tue, 12 May at 05:30 pm Curtis Auditorium Free

The History of Folk Horror

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Dance City GBP 14 to 33

ClassicsFest 2026 | Wine from Antiquity to Now

 Fri, 15 May at 06:00 pm The Lit & Phil GBP 22

Masala Festival – Demons in Paradise

 Sat, 18 Jul at 02:30 pm Newcastle University - Fine Art Free

Witches of the North East: Gender and the Supernatural in 17th C. Newcastle

 Sat, 20 Jun at 12:00 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

Between the salt and the ash by Jake Morris-Campbell

 Thu, 14 May at 05:30 pm Curtis Auditorium Free

Classics Fest 2026 | Food & Hospitality from Antiquity to Today

 Sat, 16 May at 05:00 pm The Lit & Phil GBP 12

These Isles: An Illustrated Talk with Brian Groom

 Thu, 11 Jun at 05:30 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

ClassicsFest| Satellite Lectures | Food and Feasting in Classical Art

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Lit & Phil Free

Coastal Explorations Film Premiere

 Wed, 01 Jul at 07:00 pm Tyneside Cinema Free

John Robb: Punk Rock Ruined My Life, with Pauline Murray

 Sun, 10 May at 06:00 pm PILGRIM

ClassicsFest | Satellite Lectures | Food and Drink on Hadrian’s Wall

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm The Lit & Phil Free

ClassicsFest | Eating, Not Cheating: The Moral Economics of Food

 Thu, 14 May at 03:00 pm The Lit & Phil Free

ClassicsFest 2026 | Satellite Lectures | Food, Medicine & Aromatics

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm The Lit & Phil Free

Nine Days in May: The General Strike of 1926 | Book Launch

 Mon, 18 May at 06:00 pm The Lit & Phil GBP 4

ClassicsFest 2026 | Roman Recipes for Modern Cooks

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm The Lit & Phil GBP 12

The Masquerade | Meg Kobza | Book Launch

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm The Lit & Phil Free

ClassicsFest 2026 | Garum at the Roman Table

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am The Lit & Phil GBP 12

George and Robert Stephenson, triumphs and tragedies, talk by Ken Smith

 Tue, 12 May at 02:30 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

The Art History of Studio Ghibli with Helen McCarthy

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Dance City

The Early Life of Gertrude Bell talk by Margaret Bozic

 Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

Newcastle's Railway Heritage, talk by Les Turnbull

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:30 am Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

Anderson Place - Newcastle's lost Jewel talk by Richard Pears

 Thu, 14 May at 05:30 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

The first Geordie Lioness, talk by Christine Knox and Ken Hutchinson

 Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

The History of Folk Horror

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm Dance City

Treasures of the Archive: Botanical Art

 Tue, 19 May at 02:00 pm Great North Museum: Hancock GBP 4 to 5

Tyne-Bound Books: A History and Creative Session

 Tue, 26 May at 02:00 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library GBP 5

Newcastle: Centenary of the Miners' Lock-out and the General Strike 1926

 Wed, 06 May at 11:00 am Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

University Museums: Today, Tomorrow, Together

 Mon, 15 Jun at 10:00 am Newcastle University Free

Ruth Nicholson's Elswick, walk and talk

 Thu, 14 May at 11:00 am Cruddas Park Library Free

Rich Man, Poor Man: Saint Ann's and Ballast Hills Burial Grounds

 Wed, 27 May at 02:30 pm Newcastle City Library Free

Sports Heroes of the late 19th Century talk by Peter Welsh

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library Free

Summer Term 2026 (North East England): On-site schools archives workshops

 Tue, 05 May at 10:00 am Discovery Museum Free

Audition & Lee Alex Lecture

 Mon, 25 May at 07:30 pm MagicBox Unit 3, Strand House, Locomotion Way, Camperdown Industrial Estate, NE12 5US Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Newcastle Fun Puzzle Treasure Hunt! :)

 Tue, 24 Oct at 10:00 am Central Station GBP 20 to 33

Mark Thornton

 Mon, 15 Jun at 02:00 pm Denton Burn Library Free

Treasure Hunt Newcastle - The Castle and the Quayside - 1½ - 2½ hours

 Sat, 12 Mar at 09:00 am Grey's Monument GBP 24