The Common Room
The Common Room in Newcastle upon Tyne is a heritage venue, library and archive. It has a cafe bar called 5|Quarter.
- 📅 18 Feb: The Scarecrow’s Wedding & Tiddler screenings, crafts + ducks! 🦆 🎟️ Films & Crafts: Only £4 a child - adults go free with children (under 1s free). It’s also our FREE General Admission Day to explore the historic building with our friendly room guides. #halfterm #FamilyFun #ncl
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- From all of us at The Common Room, we'd like to wish you a very happy 2026. With the new year stretching out before us, we're looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones when our doors reopen on January 5th.
- This coming Saturday, we have a cosy family day at The Common Room. Join Mog for Christmas chaos in a screening of the much loved film. We have bauble decorating & other crafty things for the little ones to enjoy. Plus, a tasty treat for each child...yum! Our café bar also some festive specials!
- It's the final General Admission day of 2025. Pop in, have a chat and learn about the history and future of our building. Or, pop into our café bar for a festive hot drink and sweet treat. Thank you to all who have visited us on General Admission days this year.
- Still to come in Dec at The Common Room🎄 10th: General Admission 🏛️ 12th: Whisky Tasting 🥃 15th: IDER 🎤 19th: Gloria Love: Xmas Extravaganza 💃 20th: Mog’s Christmas 🐱 & Candlelight Christmas Concert 🕯️ Plus our Festive Menu at 5|Quarter café bar ☕ Tickets & info: 🎟️ thecommonroom.org.uk/whats-on
- 🎄✨ Feeling festive? There are just a few tickets left for our cosy evening Christmas Bottle Painting event at The Common Room. Bring your creativity & get into the holiday spirit - paint your own festive bottles, turn them into personalised decor or gifts, & enjoy a warm, fun-filled evening 🎁🖌️
- 📣 General Admission Day is tomorrow! Come along and have a guided tour around The Common Room - explore the building, soak up the history, & learn what makes this place so special. 🕰️ 10am–4pm. 5|Quarter café will be serving hot drinks & light snacks. 👉 Bring a friend & enjoy a relaxed look around
- Sunday 16th November Cole Stacey, live at The Common Room. Event info and tickets 👇🏻
- Dec 20th - Our festive family film back! Enjoy a Christmas adventure starring our favourite, forgetful cat. Come early for some crafting time in our Wood Hall beforehand. Includes a delicious treat for every child. Festive drinks & snacks available at 5|Quarter Café Bar. Doors: 11:00 Film: 11:30
- 🧑🎨🖍️ Craft a unique Christmas decoration or gift that's beautifully illuminated with fairly lights, perfect for adding a touch of sparkle to this festive season. Also, enjoy festive drinks and snacks available at 5|Quarter Café Bar. See more information: thecommonroom.org.uk/event/christ...
- Looking to host a music or comedy event? We are offering FREE ROOM* HIRE at the Common Room throughout January & February 2026. Email us at events@thecommonroom.org.uk to see availability. *Wood Hall and Lecture Theatre (music and comedy shows).
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- Morning. Unfortunately, we have had to close the café due to staff illness. We will hopefully be back as usual tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience.
- We are hiring - please share ↗️ Want to work in a beautiful, city centre, Grade II* listed building? We currently have the following job vacancy: 🍹 Food and Beverage Supervisor 🕰️ 20 hours minimum per week 📍 Newcastle, 2 min from Central Station 🔗 Apply now: thecommonroom.org.uk/work-with-us/
- Our pamphlet collections contain some unexpected joys but this series of photos of a man testing the strength of a new silicate foam has to be our cataloguing favourite for today…. minst.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...
- We had such a lovely, sold-out evening of music from James Yorkston & Nina Persson earlier this week. Their funny stories & brilliant rapport between songs made it extra special. Thanks to all the wonderful people who attended & made it a night to remember. @jamesyorkston.bsky.social
- I know we've still got the rest of Autumn to enjoy but we are planning our festive programme of events. Keep an eye out for more information in due course.
- On sept. General Admission, come & re-live your memories of S&DR150 with materials from the 1975 celebrations. It's the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway - but how did they celebrate in 1925? See original souvenirs they produced 100 years ago! Our café bar will also be open ☕🥐
- James Yorksron & Nina Persson on Sept. 17th is now sold out. Should be a good one! 🙌🏼
- Always lovely to receive copies of books that use images of our archives! Thank you to both of these authors for sending us these volumes for our collections.
- 🏃♂️ The Great North Run is here Sun 7th Sept! Our “Born to Run” talk on Fri 5th is sold out – thanks to all attending. Good luck to every runner 👏 esp. those fundraising. Big shoutout to our own David @dvwllms.bsky.social - running for Heel and Toe 💛 We’ll be cheering you on! @greatrun.bsky.social
- September at The Common Room. 📖 4th – Book Launch: Tyneside’s Railway Heritage 🎸 6th – Edgar Jones live 📕 11th – NEIMME Book Launch: William Thomas & the S&D Railway 🏛 17th – General Admission Day + Railway 200 archive 🚋 18th – Talk: Newcastle Trams Full info & tix 👉 thecommonroom.org.uk/whats-on
- 🎬✨ Wallace & Gromit screenings start tomorrow at The Common Room. 🧀 A Grand Day Out 👖 The Wrong Trousers 🐑 A Close Shave 📅 22nd, 26th & 28th Aug ⏰ 11am & 1:30pm - triple features 💛 Pay what you feel Family fun sorted ✅
- Join us at for our free General Admission Day on 27th August. Explore our stunning building with our tour guides & relax in our 5|Quarter Cafe Bar. 🎨 Also, this month we are also host a special art exhibition from the Something Wonderful Project, commemorating the Montagu Mining Disaster of 1925.
- Next week, as part of our summer events in August, we are transforming our Wood Hall into a play area, including a bouncy castle & giant snakes and ladders - for only £3 per child! We have other free & affordable events this month - see more information here thecommonroom.org.uk/family-summe...
- Sorry for any inconvenience, but even though we have had to close our Café today, the scheduled Stay & Play session is OPEN AS ADVERTISED ✏️✍🏼 We hope to be back tomorrow ☕
- Celebrate Summer at The Common Room with us this August. For the little ones we have: - Stay & Play (Free) - Bounce & Play (Only £3 per child) - Wallace & Gromit Films (Pay what you feel) - Hunt A Duck (Free) Grown-ups, we have drinks & snacks in our café bar + other events going on in the month.
- 🗓️ 31.07.2025 | New play, Harper Thursday and the Magic Lantern, has its premiere this Thursday at The Common Room.
- Catch Kean Kavanagh, one of Ireland’s most unique new voices, live at The Common Room on November 28th.
- Edgar Summertime Jones | 6th September. Catch this true cult hero live in the unique setting of The Common Room with support from local singer-songwriter John Nellist.
- The school holidays are here! Why not pop down to The Common Room for our free monthly General Admission day? Discover the history of our beautiful Grade II* listed building, explore the collections, catch the fab Northumberland Line Photographic Journey exhibition before it's gone. Café Open ☕🥖
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- 🚨 Join us on 23rd July for an evening with Stephen Kapos - a moving, vital talk by a Holocaust survivor sharing his powerful story. Hosted in partnership with Stop The War Coalition, this is a rare opportunity to hear firsthand testimony & reflect on lessons from history, still relevant today.
- Hello... Unfortunately, our 5|Quarter Café Bar will be closed tomorrow (Friday) but will be back again from Monday 14th at 8:00am. Hope you have a great weekend in the Sun and see you next week! ☕🍷🍵🫖🥐
- The Durham Miners’ Gala is back in Durham this weekend, so we’re celebrating by sharing a few gems from our archives; brass bands, banners & community spirit captured in years gone by. We’re proud to help keep this story alive & wish everyone heading to the Gala a brilliant day! 📸 1979, 1976, 1979
- What's On July: Jul 3rd | Whisky Tasting with Angus MacRaild July 5th | Vicky Middleton: Awakened Breath Jul 15th-24th | Morgan Sindall Connecting Communities: Northumberland Line Photographic Journey (Free) Jul 23rd | General Admission Day (Free) Jul 31st | Harper Thursday & the Magic Lantern
- We’re delighted to have supplied images from our archives to this exhibition. It explores the powerful connection between coal mining & the railways; coal fuelled iron, iron made rails, rails moved coal - an engineering cycle that transformed communities, shaping our region’s history.
- Join us on Thursday 3rd July for an evening hosted by Lee Connor and special guest, the one and only Angus MacRaild – the man in charge of bottling stuff at Decadent Drinks #whiskytasting #decadentdrinks Event info ⤵️
- Indie pop royalty The Primitives bring their jangly guitars, infectious melodies, and timeless energy to The Common Room this August. With support from The Cords. Tickets & info ⤵️
- The next round of the popular whisky tasting at The Common Room is in August with Alasdair Day. Tickets available now via the event link ⤵️ Cheers! 🥃
- Just announced! Tickets on sale now 🔥 @noveltyisland.bsky.social
- On July 5th, immerse yourself in the rhythm of Conscious Connected Breathwork, with Vicky Middleton. Designed to guide you to release physical, mental & emotional tension & support nervous system balancing, creating a deeply transformative experience. Event info: thecommonroom.org.uk/event/vicky-...
- This evening at the Common Room, The Frank and Walters play a full band set (9pm), with support from Jody and The Jerms (8pm). Bar open beforehand and during the show. @jodyandthejerms.bsky.social
- Hello - we are sorry to say that due to staff illness, our café bar is closed today. Should be back tomorrow, usual time - we hope to see you then ☕🥐🍵🍷
