October 24 - 25
Tynemouth
Tel: (0191) 643 7409
Website: www.xperience-festival.com
Price: Free
Thousands of extreme sports enthusiasts and spectators from across Europe are expected to gather at the second annual Xperience Festival. The weekend of action includes BMX, skateboarding and snowboarding at Beaconsfield in Tynemouth. There will also be surfers from around the world competing for prize money and tour points in the UKPSA North East Surf Open, part of the UK Triple Crown of Surfing championships on Longsands beach.
Professionals for 20 years, Team Extreme will be performing some of its exhilarating shows, while the MBS Big Air Mountainboard Show demonstrates its backflips, spins and frontflips.
Spectators will be able to join in, too, learning from the best in the business. Taster surf sessions, all-terrain boarding, kite flying, graffiti art and beatboxing will all be available for the adventurous to sample.
Other highlights include big top with a half-pipe and a skatepark with full commentary, a live music stage, urban art, and much more.
October 22 - November 8
Various locations
Website: www.juicefestival.co.uk
Price: From free
A celebration of the creativity of children and young people, aged 0-18, Juice offers a fun-packed two week programme of events, performances, sport activities and entertainment, as well as showcasing outstanding work created by youngsters across Newcastle and Gateshead.
Events include a magical world of sleep created by The Bare Toed Dance Company at the Stephenson Works Building, Family Fun with Fantastic Mr Fox at Newcastle City Library, The Big Draw and an illustration masterclass at Ouseburn Valley, Great Street Games and drumming and steel pan workshops on Gateshead's Quayside and the opportunity to paint The Laing red.
Teenagers can enjoy improvisation with The Suggestibles, a reading from poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and lots more. Also look out for Poetry on the Metro, written on a My City theme by children from local schools.
These are just a few of the Juice goings-on: for full listings, prices and age limits, visit the website.
For four magical nights, the distinctive peak of Roseberry Topping will be transformed into a spectacular outdoor art event, in celebration of the myths surrounding the North York Moors landmark.
The name of the hill, originally Odin's bjarg from the Old Norse meaning 'Odin's rock or crag', has evolved over the years to Othensberg, Ohenseberg, Ounsberry and Ouesberry before finally becoming Roseberry. Topping comes from the Norse for 'hill'.
So, Redcar and Cleveland Council, Culture 10, the National Trust and the North York Moors National Park Authority have come together to mark the historic and cultural importance of the hill.
Magnetic Events will bring Nordic myths and legends to life with nine specially commissioned installations, including performance, dance, music, art and light.
All of this will be going on beneath the dramatic illuminated peak, in Newton under Roseberry, which will also be host to several community events.
Roseberry Topping will become a work of art this month, while a range of outdoor installations are displayed at its foot, in Newton under Roseberry.
October 22 - 25
Newton under Roseberry, near Guisborough
Tel: (01642) 525 199
Website: www.odinsglow.co.uk
Price: Free (tickets required)
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