Arts and Culture in Newcastle

City of Newcastle recognises the importance of arts and culture to social wellbeing and diverse and resilient communities. Through culture and the creative arts we tell our city's story, share our histories and understand our identity - what is unique to us and what we share.

That's why we are developing a new arts and cultural event to round out the city’s thriving cultural calendar - New Annual, planned for February 2021. 

Community engagement carried out in late 2019 helped shape this event by proving insights into the ambitions of the city’s artists and desires of our residents for the new arts and culture event in Newcastle.

Community engagement for this event is now complete. The full Community Engagement Report for this project is now available. 

For quick overview of what the community told us, read our Snapshot Engagement Report below.