Great North Nights

Great North Nights: Winter Wonder(land)

Friday 6 December | 6-8pm (doors open at 5.30pm, event starts at 6pm)

£8 or £10 with donation (booking fee applies). Admission is free for carers, booking is required. 

A cosy cultural evening for adults with activities to try, music, lightning talks, drinks and pizza, a perfect alternative festive night out.  

For the final Great North Night of 2024, we have a fantastic evening of intriguing content for you to explore. There will be spectacular music performances and chances to see science in a way you've never thought of before, did you know antibiotics can come from the deepest part of our oceans!? Find out what's on and book tickets.

Great North Nights is our programme of after-hours events at the museum.

Be part of an evolving range of special evenings designed for people who love enjoying life, going out and taking the path less travelled.

From late socials to meet the scientist events and silent discos, Great North Nights are your opportunity to go against the grain and do something different. Treat yourself to some food and a tasty beverage from our own bar while you explore the museum after hours. It’s the perfect way to unwind and indulge your senses.

Past events

• Great North Night in collaboration with UNITY Festival ‘24 (Friday 18 October)
  Mind and The Muse (Friday 30 August)
• Out of this World (Friday 26 April 2024)
• Burns Night Ceilidh (Thursday 25 January 2024)
• Festive Folklore and Magical Musings (Friday 8 December 2023)
• Afterlife Afterhours (Friday 20 October 2023)
• Autumn Ceilidh (Friday 22 September 2023)
• Wonder and the Wild (Friday 30 June 2023)
• Insight & Ink (Friday 28 April 2023)
• Herb Hop & Folk (Friday 3 March 2023)
• Christmas Ceilidh (Friday 16 December 2022)
• Being Human Festival (Thursday 10 November 2022)
• Bits & Bobs: The Anatomy of Sex (Wednesday 12 October 2022) 
• Sound Bathing at the Museum (Friday 23 September 2022)
• Sound Bathing at the Museum (Friday 24 June 2022)
• Inked: Tattooing throughout time (Thursday 5 May 2022)
• Wilderness Wellbeing and Bushcraft (Friday 21 January 2022)
• Christmas Ceilidh (Friday 10 December 2021)
• The History of Beer (Friday 24 September 2021)
• WOMAN! An Exploration of Women in Ancient and Contemporary Culture (Friday 10 September 2021)
• World Wide Webs - European Researchers' Night (Friday 27 September 2019)
• BLUE Film Screening (Friday 9 August 2019)
• The Late Shows 2019 (Saturday 18 May 2019)
• Planet 2.0 - European Researchers' Night (Friday 28 September 2018)
• The Late Shows 2018 (Saturday 19 May 2018)
• The Female of the Species is... (Friday 3 August 2018)
• An Artistic Encounter (Wednesday 13 December 2017)
• Juice Festival: Our Time (Saturday 21 October 2017)
• Science Uncovered 2017 (Friday 29 September 2017)
• Wildlife Discotheque (Friday 1 September 2017)
• The Late Shows 2017 (Saturday 20 May 2017)
• Grown-up Sleepover (Saturday 4 March 2017)
• Science Uncovered 2016 (Friday 30 September 2016)