JESMONDLOCAL

Athletes in Paris: music with local flavour

Jesmond-based band members talk to Kerstin Vogel and Linda Guma about their new single, which you can listen to here

Grooveline get the audience dancing at Mr Lynch’s

Charlotte Krol and Nelly Stavropoulou chat to one of Jesmond’s liveliest house bands about chart covers and ‘70s medleys

Friends of St George’s organises vintage clothing event

Fashion enthusiasts gather in Jesmond next weekend in support of church, reports Maria Loupa

Entries now open for photography exhibition

Jesmond Methodist Church seeking illustrations of community life, report Maria Loupa and Nelly Stavropoulou

Pirates of Penzance, tonight at the RGS.

Newcastle University’s Gilbert & Sullivan society celebrates 60th anniversary with swash-buckling comic opera, report Charlotte Krol and Nelly Stavropoulou.

St George’s Church stages ‘Cat in Wellies’ panto

Church thespian society to reprise ‘Puss in Boots’ on 3–4 February, reports Nelly Stavropoulou

Oxfam Jesmond hosts fundraising concert at St. Hilda’s Church

Gateshead Youth Orchestra to play Oxfam charity concert on Wednesday 21st December, reports Nelly Stavropoulou

Church High pupil sells her artwork to the National Trust

A 14-year old sculptor has sold her first piece to the National Trust after being inspired by the work of her art teacher, reports Sophie Stubbert

Seeing in the New Year with The Suggestibles

A night of film noir, musical theatre and impromptu sketches based on the audience’s suggestions with The Suggestibles, report Maria Loupa and Nelly Stavropoulou