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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https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
MusicCity.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
The Ember (Italian Immigrant) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/underwood-the-ember-italian-immigrant-t07695
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Ember (Italian Immigrant) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/underwood-the-ember-italian-immigrant-t07695
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...
July 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The photographic evidence - stopping off in Trafalgar Square on the way to India
July 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The photographic evidence - stopping off in Trafalgar Square on the way to India
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.
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?...
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
The Fire Station Thu 19 Jun
Tickets:
www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/263...
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons sounds as fresh and tuneful three centuries after they were composed.
Photography by Thomas Jackson
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
The Fire Station Thu 19 Jun
Tickets:
www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/263...
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons sounds as fresh and tuneful three centuries after they were composed.
Photography by Thomas Jackson
June 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
The Fire Station Thu 19 Jun
Tickets:
www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/263...
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons sounds as fresh and tuneful three centuries after they were composed.
Photography by Thomas Jackson
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
The Fire Station Thu 19 Jun
Tickets:
www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/263...
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons sounds as fresh and tuneful three centuries after they were composed.
Photography by Thomas Jackson
“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
I love the detail
By Ruben Bolling
I love the detail
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
I love the detail
By Ruben Bolling
I love the detail
Get ‘In the Mood’ with The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Directed by Ray McVay
The Fire Station Sunderland
Sun 29 Jun 15:00
Tickets: www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/430...
Directed by Ray McVay
The Fire Station Sunderland
Sun 29 Jun 15:00
Tickets: www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/430...
June 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Get ‘In the Mood’ with The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Directed by Ray McVay
The Fire Station Sunderland
Sun 29 Jun 15:00
Tickets: www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/430...
Directed by Ray McVay
The Fire Station Sunderland
Sun 29 Jun 15:00
Tickets: www.thefirestation.org.uk/whats-on/430...
May 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Great photograph of Roker by Tony Charles
May 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Great photograph of Roker by Tony Charles
French painter Henri Rousseau—the archetype of the modern naïve artist, known for his richly coloured and meticulously detailed pictures of lush jungles, wild beasts, and exotic figures was born on 21st May, 1844.
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
French painter Henri Rousseau—the archetype of the modern naïve artist, known for his richly coloured and meticulously detailed pictures of lush jungles, wild beasts, and exotic figures was born on 21st May, 1844.
Sunderland Music City are proud to present Franz Ferdinand, live on Wednesday 25th June on Wearside, as they help open the Sunderland Year of Music 2025-2026.
May 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Sunderland Music City are proud to present Franz Ferdinand, live on Wednesday 25th June on Wearside, as they help open the Sunderland Year of Music 2025-2026.
Auguste Renoir - Pont Neuf, Paris 1872
May 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Auguste Renoir - Pont Neuf, Paris 1872