Going beyond the Turner Prize to encounter grassroots contemporary art

Art, music, dance ... and an Olympics in Gaza?

The art world turns its gaze on the Tees as the Boro looks for a cultural rebirth

Art, art, art! From classic to contemporary and most things in between. Plus a new play, a new single and an album release celebration

A new home for an established festival

From environmental alarms on Teesside to local folk legends in Stockton, there’s plenty happening this week

A Sunderland homecoming for an artist whose revival echoes the story of her hometown

A beautiful new single from a pensive popstar

A home for live original music - and much more

A new opening in Sunderland, pensive pop at the Cluny and more

A stealth raid brings underground art - briefly - to Stockton

Highlights from Darlo’s multi-stage all-dayer

Rural festivals and cinematic treats

Highlights from Darlo’s multi-stage all-dayer

Rebel - Storyteller - Visionary takes a colourful view of the designer’s legacy

A bumper bank holiday edition

The new-look Durham Light Infantry museum follows its own path

An illuminating opener at Durham’s long-awaited new gallery

A new gallery for Durham, rising stars in Stockton and Hartlepool, and the final weeks of the latest Bowes blockbuster.

Sub-aqua sounds and new looks at old landscapes as artists explore the Tees

Another week of cultural highlights from the Northeast

Woodworm, witches and a hapless tightrope walker star in a lo-fi dive into Durham's hidden history

Family fun to the fore in the summer hols

Greyhound racing, once a staple entertainment in the Northeast, celebrates 100 years in 2026.

This week's cultural highlights

Highlights from one of the Northeast's biggest arts festivals

The bittersweet end of an era in Sunderland

Pilgrims, passengers and musical journeys through the Northeast past and present.

Orchestral mash-ups and haunting choirs as the Proms come up North

Derided in parliament, this corner of Teesside is make bold decisions

Starting a new football season beneath the Cleveland Hills

Classy brass, teen punk talent and a local footie curtain-raiser

A week of cultural highlights across the Northeast of England

Home of The Pitman's Parliament. The past we inherit | The future we build. Redhills Durham Miners Hall, Flass Street, Durham, Durham DH1 4BE

Festivals to the fore in this week’s cultural highlights

A deep dive into a fascinating archive of sketchbooks celebrates a special coalfield artist

From the South of France to the Northeast of England

Electro-trad folk that blends banging beats and potent politics

A trio of rising stars from the bill at this weekend’s Redcar Kite Festival