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Fenwicks Announce Ticketed Christmas Programme
Tickets are to go on sale this morning for the hugely popular Santa on the Roof events which are a highlight of the festive season at Fenwick in Newcastle.
The city centre store announced the return of the children’s treat as part of its Christmas programme which, besides the grand unveiling of its annual window display, will include the popular Santa’s Cinema, breakfast and supper clubs with the big man and – new for this year – an afternoon tea event.
Santa on the Roof is an immersive experience which sees elves accompany ticket-holders on a Santa’s Express Elevator ride to the store’s rooftop to meet singing reindeer before they take an ‘elf-mobile’ to meet Santa in his cabin. It will be back this year from November 7 up until Christmas Eve, December 24 and this will go on sale first.
Tickets, costing £17.50, will be available from Thursday, September 29. And families will need to be quick off the mark as they are always quickly snapped up.
Sales of Fenwick’s other seasonal experiences, running November and December, will follow in October. These will include tickets for Santa’s Breakfast Club, Santa’s Supper Club, Santa’s Cinema and the new event, Afternoon Tea with Santa.
This year, Fenwick’s says that all restaurant experiences do not include a visit to Santa on the Roof as part of the experience so this must be purchased separately. And, due to the acticipated high demand, Fenwick ticket provider Ticketsource will be providing a virtual queue to help manage bookings. The advice for keen customers – from the moment they join the queue – is to avoid loading multiple tabs or refreshing their browser.
The Santa on the Roof experience will also offer youngsters a chance to enjoy craft activities with the elves, including decorating a bespoke ceramic plate to take home, and there will a stop-off too at Café Claus for winter-warming drinks and sweet treats along with an opportunity to take an ‘Elfie’ inside Santa’s sleigh, says the store.
Santa’s Cinema, screening festive family films, will be located on the fifth floor of the department store from Thursday, November 10 and will cost £17.50. Adults will be able to choose between a complimentary mulled wine or spiced apple juice and young ones can enjoy hot chocolate or juice plus plenty popcorn.
There also will be a Roof Thirty-Nine Pre-Cinema Experience available for £35 where, before the film screening, guests will be able to take in the view from Fenwick’s roof-top restaurant alongside a cocktail, nibbles and a main course.
This year the festive breakfast and supper club events will take place inside Fenwick’s new Arthur’s Restaurant on the first floor. Santa’s Breakfast Club will run on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings from Friday, November 9 until Friday, December 23, offering waffles, eggs and sausages. Young guests will receive elf hats and colouring books before meeting the mischievous elves and Santa for a picture and Christmas gift. Tickets will be £20.
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Zip Line from the Tyne Bridge – Here is what to expect! Newcastle Upon Tyne Things to do
NE1 has teamed up with Zip Wire organisers, Jelly Legs to provide the media with the chance to zip wire from the Tyne Bridge to enjoy the experience that the public can book as part of NE1’s Summer in the City events programme.
This is the second summer that people can experience the thrill and excitement of zip wiring off the Tyne Bridge, and seeing the river, and its bridges from a completely different perspective as they glide onto the Quayside.
Watch the video of our YouTube team trying it out and exactly what to expect…
Bookings for this adrenaline-fuelled activity can be made via NE1’s Get into Newcastle website for 3 weekends this summer:
- August 18th and 19th – 9 am – 6 pm
- August 25th and 26th – 9 am – 6 pm
- September 1st and 2nd – 9 am – 6 pm
Zip wiring costs £35-40 per person, the only activity within NE1’s Summer in the City events programme that costs.
More than 180 other free classes and activities have been organised throughout the six-week summer holidays, with over 16 free movies each week at NE1’s Screen on the Green, the open-air movie theatre in Old Eldon Square.
NE1’s Summer in the City activity programme draws to a close on Sunday 3rd September in time for the schools to return in the Autumn.
See our video from last year…
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A hairstylist from Newcastle, has been selected as a finalist for a prestigious award in the hair and beauty industry, despite being only 19-years-old.
Jude Taylor, aged 19, is up for Hairstylist of the Year and hopes to bring home the award to the North East.
After finishing school, Jude Taylor began his career as a hairdresser by working in a small salon in Sunderland.
However, he then secured an apprenticeship at The Junkyard Studios, which is on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle. Telling Newcastle World, Jude said: “The Junkyard Studios did the type of hairdressing I wanted to be doing, such as bright colours and creative haircuts.”
Jude began and successfully completed his apprenticeship, which mainly consisted of in-house training, alongside one day a week at college.
Jude is also proud to work at the award-winning salon, The Junkyard Studios given the inclusivity of their business, he explained: “We are probably the most inclusive salon in Newcastle. We don’t have any gendered price lists, and everyone is welcome.”
Jude loves to give people huge colour transformations, but he says his favourite thing about his job is making clients feel confident. He said: “Seeing the confidence you give people once you’ve done their hair, you can see the boost it gives them.”
A big awards ceremony will be held in Birmingham, and Jude is looking forward to the event, bringing along one of his hair models, who featured in his collection of images submitted to the competition, to the glamorous event.
Jude has previously been selected in the Top 10 for the awards as an apprentice, but now he has fully qualified, he decided to enter “the big one”.
Jude said: “It’s surreal to be selected! I never thought I’d be picked. It’s quite exciting. It would be amazing to win, and bring back the award to the North East.”
After a hugely impressive January event which showed off the best of Tyneside’s city centre food and drink offerings, Newcastle Restaurant Week is back this summer with another few days of amazing chances to try new eateries across the city.
January’s event attracted over 58,000 diners and generated over £1 million for participating restaurants. Organisers claim the aim is for this year’s events to surpass the record-breaking achievements of the previous two events in August 2022 and January 2023, which boosted the city’s restaurant industry and local economy by over £1.8 million.
This summer’s Restaurant Week falls between Monday, August 7 and Sunday, August 13 where diners will be able to enjoy meals all week for only £10, £15 or £20 per person across over 100 sites in Newcastle.
The city’s top restaurants are signed up to take part in August’s event alongside newcomers Gaucho and Trap Food House, as well as the welcome return of Newcastle favourites St Vincent and The French Quarter which return to the event’s roster this time around.
In order to recieve the deals foodies must head to the Get Into Newcastle website and find the deal they want, before confirming it online. This can be done as many times as you want.
The full list of participating restaurants is as follows:
- 21 – Two courses for £20
- 3Sixty – Two courses for £20
- As You Like It – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Aveika – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Ayla – Two courses for £20
- Babucho – Two courses for £20
- Barluga – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Bella Italia – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Blackfriars – £20 food deal
- 21 at Fenwick – £15 and £20 food deals
- Cafe Andaluz – £15 and £20 food deals
- Castro’s – £15 food deal
- ChachaBuchi – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Chaophraya – Three courses for £20
- Chart House – Two courses for £20
- Chiquito – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- City Tavern – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Colonel Porter’s Emporium – £10 and £15 food offers
- Coop Chicken House – £10 and £15 food offers
- Copthorne Hotel – Two courses for £15
- Cote Brasserie – Three courses for £20
- Dabbawal – Three courses for £20
- Dobson and Parnell – £20 food offers
- El Coto – £15 food offers
- El Torero – £15 and £20 food offers
- Empire Restaurant – Two courses for £20
- Fat Hippo – £15 food offer
- FED’s Chicken Shop – £10 and £15 food offers
- Frankie and Benny’s – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Fuego – £15 and £20 food offers
- Gaucho – Three courses for £20
- Gino D’Acampo Quayside – Two courses for £20
- Grain and Grill – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Gusto – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Hard Rock Cafe – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Harry’s Bar and Brasserie – Two courses for £20
- Hen and Hops – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Hibou Blanc – Two courses for £20
- Horticulture – £15 food offer
- Hotel Du Vin – Two courses for £20
- I Scream For Pizza – £10, £15 and £20 offers
- Kafeneon – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Kaltur – £20 food offer at both sites
- Khai Khai – £20 food offer
- Las Iguanas – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Leila Lily’s – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Liberty House – £10, £15 and £20 offers
- Lola Jeans – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Louie’s Liquor Store – £15 offer
- Lui’s – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Malmaison – Two courses for £20
- Mantra Thai Dining – Two courses for £20
- Marco Polo – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Mason and Rye – £10 food offer
- Meat:Stack – £10, £15 and £20 offers
- Miller and Carter – Two courses for £20
- Missy Milieu’s Bar and Bistro – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- My Delhi – £10 and £15 offers
- Nudo – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Pacific House – £15 food offer
- Pepo – £10 and £15 food offers
- Persia – Three courses for £15
- Pitcher and Piano – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Pizza Punks – £15 food offer
- Porterhouse Butcher and Grill – Two courses for £20
- Prima – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Rani Indian – Three courses for £20
- Redhouse – £20 food offer
- Revolución de Cuba – £10, £15 and £20 food offers
- Revolution – Three courses for £15
- Roof Thirty Nine – Two courses for £20
- Sachins – Three courses for £20
- Shark Club – Two courses for £10, three courses for £15
- Shearer’s Sports Bar – Two courses for £10, three courses for £15
- Simply Greek – £10, £15 and £20 food offers
- Square – £10 and £15 food offers
- St Vincent – Two courses for £20
- Super Natural Cafe – Two courses for £15
- Thali Tray – £15 food deal
- The Alchemist – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Bridge Tavern – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Borad Chare – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Earl of Pitt Street – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Exchange – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The French Quarter – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Grainger Bar – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Head of Steam – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Hudson – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Maven – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The Muddler – £15 and £20 food deals
- The Purple Peacock – Two courses for £20
- The Real Greek – £15 food offer
- The Town Wall – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- The WonderBar – Two courses for £10
- Tomahawk Steakhouse – Three courses for £20
- Topolino – Two courses for £20
- Trap Food House – Three courses for £20
- Turtle Bay – Three courses for £15
- Twenty Twenty – £20 food deal
- Umai Mi – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
- Ury – £20 food offer
- Victors – Two courses for £20
- Yolo Townhouse – £15 food offer
- Zizzi – Three courses for £20
- Zuccini Pasta Bar – Two courses for £15, three courses for £20
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