What To Do This Weekend
Are you brave enough to face your fears this weekend?
What’s New
In Sunderland
On Keel Square, Varo Lounge is Sunderland’s newest vibrant all-day neighbourhood café and bar serving everything from morning coffee to evening cocktails. It’s a dog-friendly and wheelchair-accessible spot best enjoyed with good company.
In Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland’s very own celebrity chef, Mike Bartley, who starred on Master Chef, is opening a new eatery, Restaurant Jörd, on Newgate Street. Every plate is a delicious celebration of our local surroundings and is built around the very best local produce.
In Spittal
The Driftwood Bakehouse, on North Greenwich Road, opened its doors this week bringing a new independent offering to Berwick’s food scene. You absolutely have to try their Millionaire’s Cookie Tart – featuring a rich chocolate topping, gooey caramel filling, and a perfectly baked cookie base.
In Northallerton
Veeno Wine Bar is bringing a taste of Sicily to Northallerton’s town centre. It’s new location is in the Treadmills Leisure Scheme, where it will be serving a selection of delectable Italian plates and sharing boards – as well as an expansive collection of wines.
In Leeds
A new cocktail bar, Paper Plane, is coming to Leeds Grand Arcade this week, just in time for the weekend! It’s an intimate, vinyl-listening and cocktail bar, with a hand-crafted menu full of classics, alongside 1970s Hollywood-inspired drinks.
Arachnophobes, Look Away!
There’s a giant spider puppet loose in York
Appearing on Saturday 31st, a giant spider puppet will be scuttling along Little Stonegate, Back Swinegate, Swinegate and Grape Lane. It’ll be brought to life by a skilled puppeteer, and standing at eight feet tall and 12 feet wide, it’s a sight to behold!
Ready for a Hex-tra Terrifying Weekend?
Brave spine-chilling scream parks, petrifying live-action mazes, and terrifying haunted attractions
In York
Hallowscream at York Maze is the winner of the UK’s best scream park award. You’ll find five different live-action haunted house attractions and more than 100 scare actors – but make sure you don’t let your guard down between the thrills! The roaming street characters are always waiting to give you a fright…
In Burnopfield
Head on down to the North East’s biggest Halloween event, Psycho Path, at Lintz Hall Farm. This multi award-winning Halloween Scream Park is so terrifying you won’t be able to sleep for weeks afterwards. Make sure you bring a friend for moral support!
In Redcar
The Scream Factory at Kirkleatham Museum is returning for its 14th year with a thrilling mix of horror and hysterics. This year there are some brand new scare zones, and you can even book onto an isolation tour – if you’re feeling brave…
In Wakefield
On Hell Lane in Wakefield, the Yorkshire Scare Ground is a multi award-winning Halloween horror attraction. Its site has been transformed into a series of terrifying haunted houses, scare mazes and scare zones for you and your friends to feel the thrill this Friday.
In Doncaster
Doncaster Fear Factory’s has returned, bigger and more intensely scary than ever before. Its brand new live-action attractions, The Mortician and the Dugham Cemetery, are bringing a new twisted line up for you to experience this weekend.
Spooktacular Screenings
Ditch the traditional trick-or-treating this year and trade it for the silver screen
In Newcastle
Looking for an alternative to trick-or-treating this year? Trade the streets for the big screen. On the 31st October, Tyneside Cinema is hosting a horrifying Halloween all-nighter. Step inside and immerse yourself in a cinematic cauldron of horror.
In Hexham
Duck out of the autumn chill and enjoy a range of family-friendly and classic horror movies. This weekend, Forum Cinema will be hosting special Halloween-themed film screenings and activities coinciding with Hexham’s annual Spook Night festival.
In Durham
This Saturday, The Gala Theatre & Cinema will be featuring Halloween film screenings and live events, including an audience-choice horror movie – The Silence of the Lambs. So get up off the sofa and experience these classic scares brought to life on the big screen!
In Hull
This Halloween, Burton Constable Hall will be hosting a Outdoor Cinema screening of the classic Hocus Pocus. Head over for a spooktacular evening under the stars with a movie that is sure to cast a spell on you.
An Apple A Day…
An apple a day? How about an entire weekend then?
This weekend, Helmsley Walled Garden is hosting its Autumn Apple Weekend. Head down to see a colourful range of heritage apples, watch traditional fruit pressing methods, and try your hand at creating your own tasty apple juice!
Dare to Step Aboard the Canny Lass?
Spend the evening on the Canny Lass as she transforms into a haunted vessel for a Halloween voyage
Step aboard the Canny Lass on Saturday 31st for a three-hour, adults-only Halloween evening cruise along the River Tyne. You’ll find an onboard bar and live music, as well as plenty of places to sit back and watch as the world floats by.
