Events at Newcastle University
Free talks, concerts, and events for everyone who wants to learn
Welcome to Newcastle University
At Newcastle University, we share knowledge, skills and ideas with everyone who wants to learn and discover. That’s why we offer an inspiring programme of events, from public lectures and concerts to panel discussions, literary talks and much more.
Our events take place across our campus, all within walking distance of Newcastle city centre. Many events are free to attend, too. Explore our programme, discover what’s on and join us at Newcastle University. We look forward to welcoming you.
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Lunchtime Concert - The Rugged Island - 25th September 2025
Date:
25 September 2025
Time:
13:10 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 25 September 2025
Date:
25 September 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Imma Setiadi & Nigel Clayton - 2 October 2025
Date:
2 October 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 2 October 2025
Date:
2 October 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Pete Tanton and the Cuban Heels - 9th October 2025
Date:
9 October 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 9 October 2025
Date:
9 October 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - The Exu - 16 October 2025
Date:
16 October 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 16 October 2025
Date:
16 October 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Violin & Piano Recital - 23 October 2025
Date:
23 October 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 23 October 2025
Date:
23 October 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Steven Moore - 30 October 2025
Date:
30 October 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 30 October 2025
Date:
30 October 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Sophie Rocks - 13 November 2025
Date:
13 November 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 13 November 2025
Date:
13 November 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Newcastle University Symphony Orchestra Concert - 15 November 2025
Date:
15 November 2025
Time:
19:30 - 21:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Newcastle Bach Choir - 16 November 2025
Date:
16 November 2025
Time:
19:00 - 21:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Chris Newman & Andy Watt - 20 November 2025
Date:
20 November 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Student Concert - 20 November 2025
Date:
20 November 2025
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Folk Interims, 1 December 2025
Date:
1 December 2025
Time:
12:30 - 13:15
Location:
G.13, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals by Final Year Music Undergraduates - December 2025
Date:
8 December 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals by Final Year Music Undergraduates - 9 December 2025
Date:
9 December 2025
Time:
11:00 - 18:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals, Band Room, 10 December 2025
Date:
10 December 2025
Time:
11:30 - 18:45
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Newcastle University campus
Interim Recitals, King's Hall, 10 December 2025
Date:
10 December 2025
Time:
13:30 - 17:35
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
New Vocal Ensemble 10 December 2025
Date:
10 December 2025
Time:
19:00 - 20:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals, St. Andrew's Church, Thursday 11 December 2025
Date:
11 December 2025
Time:
09:15 - 09:35
Location:
St. Andrew's Church, Newgate Street, Newcastle, NE1 5SS
Interim Recitals, Band Room, Thursday 11 December 2025
Date:
11 December 2025
Time:
10:00 - 18:00
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Newcastle University campus
Lunchtime Concert - David Barlow Remembered - 11 Dec 2025
Date:
11 December 2025
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals, King's Hall, Thursday 11 December 2025
Date:
11 December 2025
Time:
14:45 - 16:40
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals, Friday 12 December 2025
Date:
12 December 2025
Time:
12:00 - 16:35
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Interim Recitals, Band Room, Friday 12 December 2025
Date:
12 December 2025
Time:
17:15 - 17:30
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Newcastle University campus
Voices of Hope - A Choral Christmas
Date:
20 December 2025
Time:
19:30 - 21:30
Location:
St. James' and St. Basil's Church, Fenham, Newcastle, NE4, 9XP
Richard Elliott - Music Research Seminar, 28 January 2026
Date:
28 January 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:00
Location:
G.09, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Jordan Aikin & Quercus - 5 February 2026
Date:
5 February 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Brundibar Festival - Closing Concert, 8 February 2026
Date:
8 February 2026
Time:
19:30 - 21:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Michael Winter - Music Research Seminar, 11 February 2026
Date:
11 February 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:00
Location:
G.09, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - David de la Haye & Tara Bergin - 12 February 2026
Date:
12 February 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Pellingmans’ Saraband with Sara Salloum - 19 February 2026
Date:
19 February 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Tom Lockwood, Music Research Seminar - 25 February 2026
Date:
25 February 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:00
Location:
G.42, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - James Lancelot - 26 February 2026
Date:
26 February 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Music for Four Trumpets - 5 March 2026
Date:
5 March 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Matthew Ord - ‘“A Pervading Feeling of Truth”: Sound Recording and Authenticity in Traditional Music’ - 11 March 2026
Date:
11 March 2026
Time:
16:00 - 18:00
Location:
G.09, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Gamelan - 12 March 2026
Date:
12 March 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Voice & Piano - 19 March 2026
Date:
19 March 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Sensible Prices - 23 April 2026
Date:
23 April 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Lunchtime Concert - Ruth Lyon - 30 April 2026
Date:
30 April 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Final Year Music Recitals - 5 May 2026 Band Room
Date:
5 May 2026
Time:
10:00 - 18:40
Location:
Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University
Final Year Music Recital - 5 May 2026
Date:
5 May 2026
Time:
11:00 - 16:20
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Folk Ensemble Recitals - 5 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
5 May 2026
Time:
17:00 - 18:25
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Folk Ensemble Recitals, 5 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
5 May 2026
Time:
18:00 - 18:25
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
End of Year Recitals, 7 May 2026, Band Room
Date:
7 May 2026
Time:
10:00 - 15:20
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Newcastle University
End of Year Recitals, 7 May 2026, Newcastle Cathedral
Date:
7 May 2026
Time:
14:00 - 14:40
Location:
42/44 Mosley Street, Newcastle, NE1 1DF
Stage 2 Recitals - 11 May 2026, Band Room
Date:
11 May 2026
Time:
09:45 - 16:55
Location:
Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 11 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
11 May 2026
Time:
12:30 - 17:45
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 12 May 2026, Band Room
Date:
12 May 2026
Time:
13:30 - 18:30
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 13 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
13 May 2026
Time:
09:10 - 10:20
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 13 May 2026, Band Room
Date:
13 May 2026
Time:
12:20 - 16:40
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 14 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
14 May 2026
Time:
10:45 - 13:35
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 19 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
19 May 2026
Time:
10:30 - 16:35
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building Newcastle University
Folk Ensemble Recitals - 19 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
19 May 2026
Time:
11:30 - 13:30
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 20 May 2026, Band Room
Date:
20 May 2026
Time:
10:55 - 16:25
Location:
Band Room, Music Studios, Assembly Lane, Newcastle University
Stage 2 Music Recitals - 20 May 2026, Recital Room
Date:
20 May 2026
Time:
12:00 - 12:55
Location:
Recital Room, Armstrong Building Newcastle University
Postgraduate Music Recitals - 19 August 2026, Ballroom, Culture Lab
Date:
19 August 2026
Time:
09:45 - 18:30
Location:
Ballroom, Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Postgraduate Music Recitals - 21 August 2026, King's Hall
Date:
21 August 2026
Time:
10:00 - 15:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Postgraduate Recital - 7 September 2026, King's Hall
Date:
7 September 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Farrell Centre: Radical housing
Date:
24 September 2026
Time:
18:00 - 19:30
Location:
Farrell Centre
Guest speakers
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Lunchtime Concert - Rivkala - 1 October 2026
Date:
1 October 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Student Concert - 1 October 2026
Date:
1 October 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
INSIGHTS Black History Month Lecture: Beyond recognition: Structural racism and the health of the Black community by Dr Gwenetta Curry
Date:
6 October 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Tina Gharavi's Night and Day: Adapting Virginia Woolf's novel for the cinema screen
Date:
7 October 2026
Time:
18:30 - 19:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Lunchtime Concert - Da Vinci Quartet - 1 October 2026
Date:
8 October 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Student Concert - 8 October 2026
Date:
8 October 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
INSIGHTS: Outsider Animals: How the creatures at the margins of our lives have the most to teach us by Professor Marlene Zuk
Date:
13 October 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Lunchtime Concert - Mouthful - 15 October 2026
Date:
15 October 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Student Concert - 15 October 2026
Date:
15 October 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
NCL in Action: A picture of health with keynote from Professor Chris Whitty
Date:
16 October 2026
Time:
12:00 - 17:00
Location:
The Catalyst, Newcastle Helix
Guest speakers
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Voices of Hope - 15 Years - 17 October 2026, Trinity Church, Gosforth
Date:
17 October 2026
Time:
19:30 - 21:30
Location:
Trinity Church, Gosforth, NE3 4AG
INSIGHTS: What's gone wrong with British politics and what to do? by Dominic Cummings
Date:
20 October 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Lunchtime Concert - Adam Johnson Piano Recital - 22 October 2026
Date:
22 October 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Student Concert - 22 October 2026
Date:
22 October 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Visible invisibles: Women in Roman archaeology by Dr Tatiana Ivleva and Dr Rebecca Jones
Date:
28 October 2026
Time:
18:00 - 19:00
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Lunchtime Concert - Morag and Lewis Folk Recital - 29 October 2026
Date:
29 October 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Student Concert - 29 October 2026
Date:
29 October 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
INSIGHTS: The Response: A story of fire and flood in Britain’s new world of extremes by David Shukman
Date:
4 November 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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PBS Autumn Showcase: Grace Nichols and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe
Date:
11 November 2026
Time:
18:30 - 19:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Lunchtime Concert - Old and New Newcastle Recital - 12 November 2026
Date:
12 November 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Children's Cancer North: Revolutionary research into childhood cancer
Date:
12 November 2026
Time:
16:00 - 20:00
Location:
Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Student Concert - 12 November 2026
Date:
12 November 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
History Seminar Series: Who owns Rome? Ancient republics and their afterlives by Dr Jamie Gianoutsos
Date:
16 November 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
Boiler House, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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NCL in Action: Climate and eco-distress: The mental health crisis we’re not talking about by Professor Mark Freeston
Date:
19 November 2026
Time:
12:00 - 13:30
Location:
Online
Guest speakers
Lunchtime Concert - Adam Soper Improvised Guitar Recital - 19 November 2026
Date:
19 November 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Student Concert - 19 November 2026
Date:
19 November 2026
Time:
16:00 - 17:30
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
INSIGHTS: On Time: The physics that makes the universe tick by Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Date:
24 November 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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Farrell Centre: Manifesto for housing
Date:
3 December 2026
Time:
18:00 - 19:30
Location:
Farrell Centre
Guest speakers
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Rebel English Academy: Mohammed Hanif
Date:
3 December 2026
Time:
18:30 - 19:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Guest speakers
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British Academy Lecture: Universities: Just another business or there to serve the common good? by Professor Simon Marginson
Date:
8 December 2026
Time:
17:30 - 18:30
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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Lunchtime Concert - Prince Bishops Brass Recital - 10 December 2026
Date:
10 December 2026
Time:
13:15 - 14:00
Location:
King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University
Limited availability
Holmes Lecture for Children (10-14-year-olds): How to see the invisible Universe
Date:
27 January 2027
Time:
17:15 - 18:15
Location:
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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