@paulcallaghan.bsky.social
Culture, economics, regeneration, business, politics & football. #SunderlandMusicCity #SAFC My own views. Retweets are not an endorsement http://MACTrust.org.uk MusicCity.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
Latest watercolour painting is of the beautiful Sunderland Empire Theatre and the neighbouring Dun Cow
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London is, and always will be, a place for everyone.
A city where people of all backgrounds live side-by-side, and where our differences are not just tolerated, but celebrated.
The choice is simple.
Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.
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Dave Stewart guesting with @tomasmithmusic.bsky.social at @thefirestation.bsky.social Summer Party
Photo by @tynesight.bsky.social
Itโs the 12th August so Happy National Mackem Day to Wearsiders wherever you are.
11.08.2025 23:09 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
This is going to be an amazing night.
Celebrate all things Sunlun with us, Sunderland Music City, at the Sheepfolds Stables on Tuesday 12th August!
NATIONAL MACKEM DAY
It's FREE but ticketed to make sure the place isn't swamped.
Get in quick and get a ticket here:
musiccity.uk/whats-on/nat...
I'm really excited by the Boundaries Fest programme. There's a real depth to it with each performer bringing something rich, exciting, curious, fun and original. This is top tier stuff with some genuine masters of their craft. It's going to be a special few days this November in Sunderland.
SOON...
โAs people filed out of the impressive auditoriumโฆit was clear that the City of Sunderland and โRound Midnightโs inaugural Prom had been a huge success.โ A super review of the BBC Proms at The Fire Station Sunderland from London Jazz.
ukjazznews.com/bbc-proms-ro...
A bold new stage for the North East.
Introducing Arts North Studios www.artsnorthstudios.com
Arts North Studios is the latest chapter in our drive to cultivate world-class performance and entertainment in Sunderland. Let's go ๐
youtu.be/LizjfB83E4U
Went to @thefirestation.bsky.social last night to see Dido and Aeneas. Absolutely wonderful performance by The Samling Academy and The Dunedin Consort. Back to see it again on Saturday. Can't wait ๐
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date inscribed Purchased 1966
Whaam! http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lichtenstein-whaam-t00897
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The photographic evidence - stopping off in Trafalgar Square on the way to India
15.07.2025 19:54 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Fifty years ago today, my best mate from High Barnes & I hitchhiked overland to India. We started in Sunderland, stuck out our thumbs, and a couple of months later ended up at the Taj Mahal. Through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, & the Khyber Pass, into Pakistan & India
You couldnโt do it today
Tom Jacksonโs review of Summer Streets
โIt isnโt flashy, & it doesnโt try to be.
What it offers is something harder to find: a free, well-run festival that puts local talent first & creates space for people of all ages to enjoy music in a relaxed, welcoming settingโ
www.facebook.com/505742644/po...
What a fantastic start to the Year of Music
Since 21st June, we have seen
Adele Emeli Sandรฉ
Franz Ferdinand
Smoove & Turrell
RNS
Martin Stephenson
Hamilton @ the Sunderland Empire
And it's only just getting started!
July has
The Levellers
Samling Opera
BBC Proms - Soweto Kinch
musiccity.uk/whats-on
Summer Streets Festival - Today 5th July and Tomorrow 6th July
Cliffe Park - and itโs FREE
Happy 118th Birthday to the wonderful Sunderland Empire
01.07.2025 10:08 โ ๐ 27 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Music City Sunderland! How good is that! You have to agree with Alex Kapranos.
Fantastic night at The Fire Station with Franz Ferdinand celebrating everything good about music, identity and community.
Congratulations Don Airey ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ who turns 77 today ๐๐นโจ
Born June 21, 1948 in Sunderland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
(Keyboard Deep Purple since 2002, Rainbow 1979-81 Black Sabbath 1978, Jethro Tull 1987-88)
It's well over 30 years since I last saw this brilliant band! Looking forward to seeing them in Washington tonight, part of the opening weekend of Sunderland Year of Music.
21.06.2025 15:59 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Happy 1st Birthday to Sunderland Music City musiccity.uk
What a year it has been - and we are only just starting.
Today, 21st June is World Music Day. Throughout the world people are making music. It is also the start of the Sunderland Year of Music. Celebrating the city joining the www.musiccitiesnetwork.com, we begin the year with a day filled with music everywhere. Sunderland musiccity.uk - be part of it.
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Hamilton at the Sunderland Empire is a phenomenal show.
Highly recommended for a great night out.
Front Page of The New York Times!
Nine Years ago, we were with in the USA with Live Theatre's co-production of Lee Hall's Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour.
What a show it was, and it made the front page of the NYT.
Here is a clip from the show
youtu.be/gNVOV5e469c?...
Back in the days of New Labour his father John Prescott was at the forefront of efforts to close the North-South divide and get the region's leaders to work more closely together.
1/3
Reeves Spending Review heralds a more social democratic economy - credit where itโs due. Good piece by @josiah.writes.news via @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/13/r...
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Vivaldiโs Four Seasons
The Fire Station Thu 19 Jun
Tickets:
www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/263...
Vivaldiโs The Four Seasons sounds as fresh and tuneful three centuries after they were composed.
Photography by Thomas Jackson
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Vivaldiโs Four Seasons
The Fire Station Thu 19 Jun
Tickets:
www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/263...
Vivaldiโs The Four Seasons sounds as fresh and tuneful three centuries after they were composed.
Photography by Thomas Jackson
Trump v Musk
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