What’s on in Whitley Bay and Tynemouth this weekend

Fri 28–Mon 31 · 11am–6pm

Spanish City Summer Funfair

Watts Slope / The Links, Whitley Bay

Sat 29 & Sun 30 · 9am–3:30pm

Tynemouth Station Market

Tynemouth Metro station. Not Monday.

Sat 29 only · Fish Quay

Salt Market Social

North Shields

Boujie Wonderland 2–7pm, 18+. Tottenham vs NUFC 5:30pm. They overlap. Rain from 4pm.

Fri 28 · 11:30am · free

St Mary’s Lighthouse 128th birthday picnic

St Mary’s Island, Whitley Bay

Rain about 30% at picnic hour. Leave the island by 14:33 (safe crossing 06:37–14:33); rain rises after lunch.

Fri 28 · 6pm

Coast Fest ’26

Percy Park RFC, Tynemouth

Fri 28 Aug 7:30pm · Sat 29 Aug 4:45pm, 7:30pm · Sun 30 Aug 6:15pm · Tue 1 Sep 7:45pm · Wed 2 Sep 7:45pm · Thu 3 Sep 12:30pm · Fri 4 Sep 7:30pm · 15

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Members / CIU club · gigs this week

Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Fri 28 Aug · 8:30pm

Daniel Curry at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Fri 28–Sun 30 Aug · closed Monday

Jam Jar Cinema

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Fri 28 Aug 4:30pm · Sat 29 Aug 1pm · Sun 30 Aug 3:30pm · U

Kiki's Delivery Service at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Concert hall above the club

King Street Social Club

King Street Social Club, North Shields

Fri 28 Aug 7pm · Sat 29 Aug 2pm, 3:30pm, 7pm · Sun 30 Aug 12pm, 3pm, 4:30pm, 6pm · Tue 1 Sep 4pm, 7:15pm · Wed 2 Sep 4pm, 7:15pm · Thu 3 Sep 12pm, 3:30pm, 7pm · Fri 4 Sep 3:30pm, 7pm · Sat 5 Sep 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 1:05pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 4pm, 4:15pm, 5pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm · Sun 6 Sep 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 1:05pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 4pm, 4:15pm, 5pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm · 15

The Dog Stars at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Fri 28 Aug 7:15pm · Sat 29 Aug 6:45pm · Wed 2 Sep 7:30pm · Thu 3 Sep 11:30am, 7:15pm · 12A

The End Of Oak Street at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Sat 29 Aug 11:30am, 4pm · Sun 30 Aug 12:30pm · Tue 1 Sep 4:30pm · Wed 2 Sep 4:30pm · Thu 3 Sep 2pm · PG

Coyote Vs. ACME at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Sat 29 Aug 12pm · Tue 1 Sep 6:45pm · 12A

Spider-Man: Brand New Day at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Sun 30 Aug · 3pm

Howie B at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Sun 30 Aug · from 13:00

Keep It Shields Day & Night

Are You Affiliated at King Street Social Club, North Shields

Sun 30 Aug 1:30pm · Tue 1 Sep 3:30pm · Wed 2 Sep 5pm · Thu 3 Sep 4:30pm, 7:30pm · 15

Tony at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Thu 3 Sep

Elkie Brooks at PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay

Dark this weekend · next Thu 3 Sep

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay

Thu 3 Sep 3:15pm · 15

The Odyssey at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Fri 4 Sep · 8:30pm

The Mojitos at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Sun 6 Sep · 3pm

Kev Mac at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Wed 9 Sep 7pm · Thu 10 Sep 7:30pm · Fri 11 Sep 7pm · Wed 16 Sep 7pm · 15

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Wed 9 Sep 3:30pm, 7:30pm · Thu 10 Sep 12pm, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm · Fri 11 Sep 12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm, 6:30pm · Sat 12 Sep 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm · Sun 13 Sep 12pm, 2:30pm, 5:15pm · Tue 15 Sep 4:15pm · Wed 16 Sep 3pm, 5:30pm, 8pm · Thu 17 Sep 12:15pm, 2:45pm, 5:15pm, 7:45pm · 12a

Pressure at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Thu 10 Sep

An Audience with Harry Redknapp

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay

Fri 11 Sep · 8:30pm

Bessie & The Zinc Buckets at The Exchange 1856

The Exchange 1856, North Shields

Coming soon · next Fri 11 Sep

The Exchange 1856

The Exchange 1856, North Shields

Fri 11 Sep

Love Hurts: Rock Anthems and Power Ballads · 11 Sep

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay

Fri 11 Sep 1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm · Sat 12 Sep 3:30pm, 7pm · Sun 13 Sep 12:30pm, 2:15pm, 5pm · Tue 15 Sep 4pm, 7:15pm · Wed 16 Sep 4pm, 7:30pm · Thu 17 Sep 11:30am, 2:15pm, 5pm, 8pm · 12a

Practical Magic 2 at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Fri 11 Sep · 8:30pm

The West Coast Band at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Sun 13 Sep 4pm · 12A

Raiders Of The Lost Ark 45th Anniversary at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Sun 13 Sep · 3pm

Starsky at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club, Cullercoats

Tue 15 Sep 7:30pm · Sun 20 Sep 1:30pm · PG

Exhibition On Screen: James McNeill's Whistler at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay

Tue 15 Sep

Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey: Greatest Hits Tour · 15 Sep

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay

Thu 17 Sep

The Ultimate Classic Rock Show · 17 Sep

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay

Mon 31 · doors 7:30pm

White Denim

The Cluny, Ouseburn

Mon 31

Dinky Dinosaur Adventure Day

Stephenson Steam Railway, North Shields

Fri 28 & Sat 29

Whitley Bay Beer Festival

Rockcliff RFC, Whitley Bay

Fri 28 · 7–11pm

Soul Street Summer Special

The Greenhouse, Tynemouth Park

Sat 29 & Mon 31

Bay Games

Whitley Bay

Lego Club on Saturday. Tournament on Monday.

Until 14 Sep

Peter Rabbit: Tales on the Tyne

North Tyneside

Sat 5–Sun 6 Sep · 10am–5pm

Tynemouth Food Festival

Tynemouth Priory and Castle

Adults £5 plus booking fee. 15 and under free with an adult.

Beach · Longsands

Sea 15.1°C

Tynemouth Longsands

Wetsuit water. Friday max 20°C; rain about 30% at 11am, then 70–80% mid-afternoon. Sunday is wet, 17°C. Monday is the clearer outdoor window.

Water quality

Cullercoats Poor · Whitley Bay Excellent

North Tyneside coast

No live sewage spill. Cullercoats is still classed Poor (rain-impacted). Whitley Bay is Excellent. Longsands sea 15.1°C.

Tides

Saturday low 11:17 · 0.69m

North Tyneside

Monday high tide 5.27m.

Trenchers · Spanish City

Kids eat for £1

Whitley Bay

Not bank-holiday Monday.

Champagne Bar · Fri 5–7pm

Oysters £1.50

Spanish City, Whitley Bay

Allard’s · Thu from 5pm

⅓ off pizza

Tynemouth

Metro · Fri 28 Aug 07:24

Service resumed south of South Gosforth

South Gosforth–South Hylton/South Shields

Ticket acceptance on Stagecoach, Arriva and Go North East stays in the affected area until regular frequency.

Bus

Tide Tour 300 — last days

Go North East

Go North East says it runs through 31 August. Travel NE says it is withdrawn from Sunday 30. Check the app.

Metro

Sunday frequency on bank-holiday Monday

Yellow line: Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields

Chronicle · 25 Aug

North Pier still shut

Tynemouth