What's On This Weekend
I have been doing a weekly what's on guide for a while now and it always proves popular with our readers. I have now decided to turn it into a weekly blog post, so it is easier for you to find and come back to when stuck for ideas.
I will just update this post every week, so save it to come back to. Click on the GREEN Links to find out more
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First weekend in April! It is now the school holidays so I will share some ideas from my Easter guide as well as one off events for this weekend but please do Check out our Easter Guide and Trails posts for more ideas
You can check out our Easter what's on guide HERE
You can also find lots of ideas in our Easter Egg Hunts HERE
The weather has been really unpredictable the last few weeks so I would just advise checking the weather on the day of your travel. I have checked the weather on the MET site and this weekend is looking dry both days with Saturday being the better day.
You can find some ideas HERE for indoor ideas if the weather is awful but you still fancy going out.
What's On This weekend 1st & 2nd April
1st - Club Groovy Super Springtime Bash - Arc Stockton INFO
1st Meet the Blackberry Donkeys at High House Barn INFO
1st Family Ceilidh West End Methodist Church Hall INFO
1st Spring Craft Market - Art Centre Washington INFO
1st Stories of the sun - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens INFO
1st Big Bear Beach Clean - Meet at Roker Pier INFO
1st Great British Spring Clean - Old Rec - Houghton INFO
1st Trainmaster - Fulwell Community Centre INFO
1st Easter concert at St Chads INFO
1st Saturday Art Class - Laing Art Gallery INFO
1st Saturday Art Class - Art Room Sunderland INFO
1st Saturday Art Club - Arts Centre Washington INFO
1st Jesmond Food Market INFO
1st Whitley Bay town centre litter pick INFO
1st Easter trail and fayre - Summerhill Country Park INFO
1st-2nd Steam Gala Beamish INFO
1st-2nd Myth Quest starts at The Great North Museum Hancock INFO
1st-2nd Innovation platform - Locomotion INFO
1st-2nd Rocket Train Rides - Locomotion INFO
1st-2nd The Wild Escape - The Bowes Museum INFO
1st-2nd Welly dogs - RSPB Saltholme INFO
1st-2nd Daily free glass demos National Glass Centre ( Booking required) INFO
1st-2nd Precious Peatlands Exhibition - Bowlees Visitors Centre INFO
1st-2nd Signs Of Spring Trail - Durham Botanic Gardens INFO
1st-2nd Potters World - Lanchester Garden Centre is a cheap and fab place to spend a few hours INFO
1st-2nd Horrible Histories Exhibition - The Royal Navy Museum Hartlepool INFO
1st - 6th April Creatures Of The Night Trail - Sutton Bank INFO
1st-14th Baby Dino Trail - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens INFO
1st-16th Alnwick Ahoy - Alnwick Gardens INFO
1st-16th Easter at Adventure Valley INFO
1st-16th Spring Bunny Trail Wharton Park INFO
1st-16th Woodhorn Wildflowers INFO
1st-16th WWT Washington Duck Detectives INFO
1st-16th Easter in the city AR trail (Sunderland) INFO
1st Tynemouth Park Easter Egg Hunt INFO
1st-16th Discovery Museum Springtime bird trail INFO
1st-16th Easter at Whitehouse farm INFO
1st-16th Easter at Life Science Centre INFO
1st-16th Hop into Easter with The Bridges Shopping Centre INFO
1st April- 31st July - Buzzing About Bees - Life Science Centre - Newcastle INFO
1st April - 29th April - Visions of Ancient Egypt - Laing Art Gallery INFO
1st April until 2024 Zog Trail at Hamsterley, Dalby, Kielder and Guisborough Forest INFO
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You can check out our Easter what's on guide HERE
You can also find lots of ideas in our Easter Egg Hunts HERE
Other Ideas for this weekend
Our favourite National Trust Properties
Spring walk ideas
Head to one of the North Easts fab Museums
Woodland Walk and hunt for Zog
Things to do when the weather is rubbish
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