Juice: NewcastleGateshead’s Festival for Children and Young People
The NewcastleGateshead Juice Festival takes place all over Newcastle, Gateshead and the surrounding area from Thursday 22nd October to Sunday 8th November 2009.
The Juice Festival is about celebrating the creativity of children and young people aged 0 – 18, presenting a fun-packed, two-week programme of activities and events for children and their families to do and see.
A complete and thorough programme covers a wide range of choices for all ages and age groups, and here we present our selection for each spread of ages.
Our Pick of the NewcastleGateshead Juice Festival Listings
Under 5s:
Creature Features
30th October 2009
10.30am – 4.00pm
ADMISSION FREE
Suitable for all the family, Creature Features wants YOUR fantastical animals!
In the Natural Northumbria Gallery you will find out all about the local environment, then be invited to create your fantasy animal that could live there.
Venue:
Great North Museum
Barras Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE2 4PT
Tel: 0191 222 6765
5 – 7 years:
Happy Halloween Pumpkin Carving and Parade
29th October – 31st October 2009
11.00am – 4.00pm (Saturday until 3.00pm)
ADMISSION FREE – Fancy Dress encouraged!
Suitable for children over 2 and their families, it’s that time of the year to get spo-o-o-oky with pumpkins!
Help to carve up 1000 pumpkins over three days at the BALTIC, dress up in your best scary costume and get creative.
Everybody welcome, including weird witches, spooky spiders and gruesome ghouls!
Feel free to bring your own pumpkin, as there are a limited number on site
Afterwards show off your creations and fabulous fancy dress in a Halloween Parade across the Gateshead Millennium Bridge and Baltic Square.
There is also a half-term Spooky Storytelling and Building Tour at the BALTIC from Saturday 24th October to Sunday 1st November.
Venue:
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
South Shore Rd
Gateshead Quays
Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE8 3BA
Tel: 0191 478 1810
7 – 12 years:
Urban Playground and Gravity Style Residency – Workshops
28th October – 31st October 2009
9.00am – 5.00pm
Children’s tickets £5
Open to anyone aged 12 – 18yrs accompanied by an adult (who is up for a challenge!)
Urban Playground and Gravity Style combine Parkour (free-running) with contemporary and street-dance styles.
In this residency created for the Juice Festival, there are opportunities to take part in workshops, performances and discussion groups.
There are two fantastic opportunities for young people and their families to learn and perform alongside Urban Playground and Gravity Style, creating ’micro-choreographies’ in and around The Sage Gateshead.
To take part you must be able to attend both the workshop date and the two performances on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October.
To book your place and for further information contact: helen.green@dancecity.co.uk, or visit the Juice Festival website below for more details about Discussions, Performances & Workshops!
Venue:
St. Marys Square
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
NE8 2JR
Tel: 0191 2610505
Teenagers:
Xperience 09
24th October – 25th October 2009
10.00 – 5.00pm
ADMISSION FREE
A weekend of extreme sports action at the coast, Xperience’09 will feature BMX, in-line skating, surfing and snow sports – perfect for those who like an adrenaline rush.
Xperience’09 at Tynemouth will play host to thousands of extreme sport enthusiasts from across Europe. Other highlights include a live music stage, urban art, contemporary dance and more.
Also, surfers from around the world will be competing in the Quiksilver and Roxy North East Surf Open which is part of the UK Triple Crown of Surfing.
Venue:
Longsands & Beaconsfield Beach
Tynemouth
Tyne & Wear
NE30 4JH
Tel: 0191 643 7409
Families:
AfroReggae Family Day
24th October 2009
10.00am – 2.00pm
Tickets £5 each
Suitable for everyone 10 years and older, accompanied by an adult who likes noise and fun!
Start your half-term holiday with a bang! Bring along an empty tin can and work with the AfroReggae team to make a custom-built drum, learn infectious rhythms from Brazil and then take to the streets of Newcastle for an open air celebration.
See the Juice website for more (like the size of that tin can!)
Venue:
DanceCity
Temple Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE1 3UG
Tel: 0191 261 0505
You may also be interested in:
Newcastle Entertainment
Newcastle Days Out
Newcastle Charity Events
See also:
Leeds and West Yorkshire Entertainment
York and North Yorkshire Entertainment
Chester and Cheshire Entertainment
Liverpool and Merseyside Entertainment
[...] Juice is now into its second year, and is esentially a two-week series of events celebrating the creativity of children and young people. There are events, performances, activities and entertainment taking place across the city from today until the 8th of November. [...]