Paul Callaghan
@paulcallaghan.bsky.social
Culture, economics, regeneration, business, politics & football. #SunderlandMusicCity #SAFC My own views. Retweets are not an endorsement http://MACTrust.org.uk
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MusicCity.uk
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Are you a piano player?
Become part of a World Record Attempt and help support family-poverty charity, Love, Amelia
Read the BBC article below and then sign up at
tinyurl.com/KeysoftheCity
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Become part of a World Record Attempt and help support family-poverty charity, Love, Amelia
Read the BBC article below and then sign up at
tinyurl.com/KeysoftheCity
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Sunderland musicians can break a piano world record
If you can play a piano, Sunderland Music City wants you to help them join the longest piano relay.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Are you a piano player?
Become part of a World Record Attempt and help support family-poverty charity, Love, Amelia
Read the BBC article below and then sign up at
tinyurl.com/KeysoftheCity
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Become part of a World Record Attempt and help support family-poverty charity, Love, Amelia
Read the BBC article below and then sign up at
tinyurl.com/KeysoftheCity
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Latest watercolour painting is of the beautiful Sunderland Empire Theatre and the neighbouring Dun Cow
#Blueskyartshow @bsky.art
#Art #ArtistOnBluesky #WatercolorArt #WatercolourArt #WatercolorPainting #ArtWork #BskyArt #Watercolor #Aquarelle #Watercolour #WatercolorIllustration #WatercolorDaily
#Blueskyartshow @bsky.art
#Art #ArtistOnBluesky #WatercolorArt #WatercolourArt #WatercolorPainting #ArtWork #BskyArt #Watercolor #Aquarelle #Watercolour #WatercolorIllustration #WatercolorDaily
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Latest watercolour painting is of the beautiful Sunderland Empire Theatre and the neighbouring Dun Cow
#Blueskyartshow @bsky.art
#Art #ArtistOnBluesky #WatercolorArt #WatercolourArt #WatercolorPainting #ArtWork #BskyArt #Watercolor #Aquarelle #Watercolour #WatercolorIllustration #WatercolorDaily
#Blueskyartshow @bsky.art
#Art #ArtistOnBluesky #WatercolorArt #WatercolourArt #WatercolorPainting #ArtWork #BskyArt #Watercolor #Aquarelle #Watercolour #WatercolorIllustration #WatercolorDaily
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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.
A city where people of all backgrounds live side-by-side, and where our differences are not just tolerated, but celebrated.
September 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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.
A city where people of all backgrounds live side-by-side, and where our differences are not just tolerated, but celebrated.
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The choice is simple.
Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.
Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.
September 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The choice is simple.
Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.
Shape the years ahead, or contest the years behind.
Dave Stewart guesting with @tomasmithmusic.bsky.social at @thefirestation.bsky.social Summer Party
Photo by @tynesight.bsky.social
Photo by @tynesight.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Dave Stewart guesting with @tomasmithmusic.bsky.social at @thefirestation.bsky.social Summer Party
Photo by @tynesight.bsky.social
Photo by @tynesight.bsky.social
It’s the 12th August so Happy National Mackem Day to Wearsiders wherever you are.
August 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s the 12th August so Happy National Mackem Day to Wearsiders wherever you are.
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...
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...
August 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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...
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...
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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...
SOON...
July 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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...
SOON...
“As people filed out of the impressive auditorium…it was clear that the City of Sunderland and ’Round Midnight’s inaugural Prom had been a huge success.” A super review of the BBC Proms at The Fire Station Sunderland from London Jazz.
ukjazznews.com/bbc-proms-ro...
ukjazznews.com/bbc-proms-ro...
BBC Proms – ‘Round Midnight’ with Soweto Kinch, Theo Croker… - UK Jazz News
True to the founding mission of Robert Newman and Henry Wood in 1895, the annual Proms season continues to bring serious music to the masses at an affordable price. In recent years the series has incr...
ukjazznews.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“As people filed out of the impressive auditorium…it was clear that the City of Sunderland and ’Round Midnight’s inaugural Prom had been a huge success.” A super review of the BBC Proms at The Fire Station Sunderland from London Jazz.
ukjazznews.com/bbc-proms-ro...
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 🙌
youtu.be/LizjfB83E4U
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 🙌
youtu.be/LizjfB83E4U
Arts North Studios Trailer
YouTube video by Arts North Studios
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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 🙌
youtu.be/LizjfB83E4U
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 🙌
youtu.be/LizjfB83E4U
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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 😃
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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 😃
July 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Fifty 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 couldn’t do it today
You couldn’t do it today
July 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fifty 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 couldn’t do it today
You couldn’t do it today
Tom Jackson’s review of Summer Streets
“It isn’t flashy, & it doesn’t 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 setting”
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“It isn’t flashy, & it doesn’t 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 setting”
www.facebook.com/505742644/po...
Thomas Jackson
I wrote a few words about Summer Streets Festival, which took place in Sunderland this past weekend. It was another superb event, and Ross and the team can be rightly proud of this one.
www.facebook.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tom Jackson’s review of Summer Streets
“It isn’t flashy, & it doesn’t 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 setting”
www.facebook.com/505742644/po...
“It isn’t flashy, & it doesn’t 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 setting”
www.facebook.com/505742644/po...
What a fantastic start to the Year of Music
Since 21st June, we have seen
Adele Emeli Sandé
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
Since 21st June, we have seen
Adele Emeli Sandé
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
July 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What a fantastic start to the Year of Music
Since 21st June, we have seen
Adele Emeli Sandé
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
Since 21st June, we have seen
Adele Emeli Sandé
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 it’s FREE
Cliffe Park - and it’s FREE
July 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Summer Streets Festival - Today 5th July and Tomorrow 6th July
Cliffe Park - and it’s FREE
Cliffe Park - and it’s FREE
Happy 118th Birthday to the wonderful Sunderland Empire
July 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Happy 118th Birthday to the wonderful Sunderland Empire
Music 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.
Fantastic night at The Fire Station with Franz Ferdinand celebrating everything good about music, identity and community.
June 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Music 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.
Fantastic night at The Fire Station with Franz Ferdinand celebrating everything good about music, identity and community.
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Congratulations Don Airey 🏴 who turns 77 today 🎂🎹✨
Born June 21, 1948 in Sunderland 🏴
(Keyboard Deep Purple since 2002, Rainbow 1979-81 Black Sabbath 1978, Jethro Tull 1987-88)
Born June 21, 1948 in Sunderland 🏴
(Keyboard Deep Purple since 2002, Rainbow 1979-81 Black Sabbath 1978, Jethro Tull 1987-88)
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations Don Airey 🏴 who turns 77 today 🎂🎹✨
Born June 21, 1948 in Sunderland 🏴
(Keyboard Deep Purple since 2002, Rainbow 1979-81 Black Sabbath 1978, Jethro Tull 1987-88)
Born June 21, 1948 in Sunderland 🏴
(Keyboard Deep Purple since 2002, Rainbow 1979-81 Black Sabbath 1978, Jethro Tull 1987-88)
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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.
Martin Stephenson and the Daintees - Wholly humble heart - Live 1988
YouTube video by Lerche48 al. Werner S.
youtu.be
June 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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.
Happy 1st Birthday to Sunderland Music City musiccity.uk
What a year it has been - and we are only just starting.
What a year it has been - and we are only just starting.
June 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Happy 1st Birthday to Sunderland Music City musiccity.uk
What a year it has been - and we are only just starting.
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.
June 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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.
Hamilton at the Sunderland Empire is a phenomenal show.
Highly recommended for a great night out.
Highly recommended for a great night out.
June 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Hamilton at the Sunderland Empire is a phenomenal show.
Highly recommended for a great night out.
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?...
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?...
June 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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?...
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?...