This year will see not one but two new food and drink festivals bringing mouth-watering treats to Wearside.
The Sunderland Food and Drink Festival will take over the city centre between Friday 21st and Sunday 23rd June, with Keel Square, High Street West, Market Square and Blandfood Street all dedicated...
With Easter coming up, thousands of people will be flocking to Herrington Country Park for some traditional family fun.
Sunderland’s annual Penshaw Bowl event will feature two children’s egg rolling contests in the park’s amphitheatre.
The Penshaw Bowl will this year be held on Thursday 18th April, with the free-to-enter...
A tour featuring some of the biggest names in sixties music will be coming to Sunderland in the spring.
The Solid Silver 60s Tour has been taking the stars of that decade around the country for an astonishing 34 years, selling over a million tickets for over 1,500 shows. But...
Visitors to this year’s Sunderland Illuminations will have the chance to see personalised messages to their loved ones flash across an enormous dome – for the price of only £5.00.
The Sunderland Sphere – a dome measuring 18 metres across – will be one of the main attractions at this...
Sunderland’s massively popular Illuminations and Festival of Light are to return to the city this autumn.
As well as classic favourites, these events will see some glittering new features, giving returning visitors a whole new take on the proceedings.
The Festival of Light in Roker Park is set to run from...
Among plenty of fun things to do in and around Sunderland, a live football match is bound to be one of the priorities for a lot of travellers. Football being what it is in the UK, a lot of visitors will want to see it first hand. And in...
A number of activity days will be held in parks across Sunderland this summer.
The family fun will include sports such as football, table tennis, traditional sports-day-style games, mini-golf, tennis, trampolining, volleyball, cricket, netball and hockey.
The activities will be held as part of the BIG Community Sports Festivals, the...
Stilt-walking pirates and mermaids will be among the attractions at a free family fun day taking place on Saturday 30th June.
Taking its theme from the upcoming Tall Ships Race, the fun day will focus on ships, pirates and sea shanties and will mark the culmination of a three-day event...
A popular event full of traditional Easter fun is set to return to Sunderland.
Penshaw Bowl – a free, family event – will be taking place on Good Friday, 30th March, at Herrington Country Park.
The centrepiece of the day will be a traditional egg rolling contest, which will be opened...
A free fireworks display will light up Sunderland seafront on November 5th.
Great views of the fireworks can be had from all along the seafront and from Cliffe Park.
As well as celebrating Bonfire Night, the fireworks display will mark the end of the Sunderland Illuminations and Festival of Light.
The ticket-only...
