Welcome to NOVUM FESTIVAL 2024!
Join us from August 8th to 11th for NOVUM Newcastle 2024
Breathtaking performances, interactive installations, innovative workshops and vibrant live music across four days! Local, national and international artists come together for Newcastle’s premier multi-arts festival of family-friendly activities, music and spectacle.
DJ Yoda will headline with a special one-off immersive showcase based on Newcastle’s rich traditions on Saturday evening, followed by a late-night set. Experience the vibrant culture and heritage of Newcastle through live music in the Banqueting Hall and Council Chamber. Don’t miss out — get your tickets on the Novum website.
• DJ YODA GOES TO NEWCASTLE:
EXPERIENCE THE HEARTBEAT OF NEWCASTLE LIKE NEVER BEFORE. DJ YODA’S LIVE AND IMMERSIVE AUDIO VISUAL SHOW! PLUS SUPPORT FROM JACKYLN
Experience SHRINK 01995, Lawrence Malstaf’s incredible installation where local residents are works of art. Don’t miss WILD dancecircus from Motionhouse and see Cirque Bijou’s Do Your Thing, a grand theatrical circus show with a flying piano!
Enjoy free Stay & Play family activities for all
ART & PERFORMANCE
Exciting, free to attend art, exhibitions and performances:
• SHRINK 01995 – LAWRENCE MALSTAF
• SECRET CITY: NEWCASTLE –ANDREW BROOKS WITH JASMIN PLUMPTON
• DO YOUR THING – CIRQUE BIJOU
• WILD – MOTIONHOUSE
• TRIPLE THREAT: BREAKING BATTLE
Banqueting Hall, Newcastle Civic Centre:
Council Chamber, Newcastle Civic Centre:
carillon bells
THURSDAY 8 AUGUST
Civic Centre Gardens, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, drop-in
Secret City: Newcastle open daily throughout the festival
Photography exhibition of rarely-seen Newcastle locations
Great North Museum: Hancock Free, drop-in
5pm-6pm SHRINK 01995 Interactive Art Installation
20min performances start on the hour, last entry 5pm Ceremonial Way, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
7.10pm Cirque Bijou: Do Your Thing Aerial Circus Show with Live Music
7.25pm Jon Bradley The Carillonneur of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne opens Novum Festival. Listen to the beautiful carillon bells of Newcastle Civic Centre.
Banqueting Hall, Newcastle Civic Centre
£16.96, tickets from novumnewcastle.com
7.30pm Hector Gannet, Amelia Coburn and India Arkin
FRIDAY 9 AUGUST
Civic Centre Gardens, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, drop-in
Secret City: Newcastle open daily throughout the festival
Photography exhibition of rarely-seen Newcastle locations 11am - 5pm All Ways Good: Swanning and Swooping Workshops in acrobatics, aerial skills, and yoga
11am - 5pm Huge Dollops of Joy! Screenprinting
11.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm The League of Curiosity Storytelling and Puppetry
12pm, 3pm & 5pm Ripu: Enemies of the Mind Dance, Music and Movement
Great North Museum: Hancock Free, drop-in
12pm - 5pm SHRINK 01995 Interactive Art Installation
20min performances start on the hour, last entry 5pm Council Chamber, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, booking essential at novumnewcastle.com
12.30pm Lizzie Lovejoy: We are Northern Spoken Word
2pm Jodie Nicholson
3.30pm Jamilah
5pm Brown Girls Write Spoken Word
The Quadrangle, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
4.30pm & 7.15pm Wild: Motionhouse Gravity-defying Dance-Circus
Ceremonial Way, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
2pm, 4pm & 6pm Cirque Bijou: Do Your Thing Aerial Circus Show with Live Music
Banqueting Hall, Newcastle Civic Centre
£16.96, tickets from novumnewcastle.com
7pm Flamingods, Kima Otung, Ruth Lyon and Knats
SATURDAY
10 AUGUST
Civic Centre Gardens, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, drop-in
Secret City: Newcastle open daily throughout the festival
Photography exhibition of rarely-seen Newcastle locations
11am - 5pm Northern Print: Seeing Seahorses Printmaking
11am - 5pm Unfolding Theatre: Here Be Dragons Story-making and creative activities
11am - 5pm All Ways Good: Swanning and Swooping Acrobatics, Aerial and Yoga
11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm
The League of Curiosity Storytelling and Puppetry
12pm, 3pm & 5pm Ripu: Enemies of the Mind Dance, Music and Movement
Great North Museum: Hancock Free, drop-in
12pm - 5pm SHRINK 01995 Interactive Art Installation
20min performances start on the hour, last entry 5pm
Council Chamber, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, booking essential at novumnewcastle.com
12.30pm Kate Fox: The Flux Spoken Word
2pm FIZA
3.30pm Taliraw 5pm Georgia May
The Quadrangle, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
1pm & 5pm Wild: Motionhouse Gravity-defying Dance-Circus
Ceremonial Way, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
2pm, 4pm & 6pm Cirque Bijou: Do Your Thing Aerial Circus Show with Live Music
Banqueting Hall, Newcastle Civic Centre
£20.21, tickets from novumnewcastle.com
7.30pm DJ Yoda Goes to Newcastle (live AV Show), support from Jacklyn, and DJ Yoda live set
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST
Banqueting Hall, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, booking essential at novumnewcastle.com
Triple Threat: Breaking Battle 10am ‘Breaking the Ice’ panel discussion
11am Doors open and registration, event closes 6pm
Civic Centre Gardens, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
Secret City: Newcastle open daily throughout the festival
Photography exhibition of rarely-seen Newcastle locations
11am - 5pm Unfolding Theatre: Here Be Dragons
Story-making and creative activities
11.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm
The League of Curiosity Storytelling and Puppetry
1.30pm Juan Loaiza: Heartbeats in Clave!
Afro-Latin American music workshop
12pm - 5pm (performance 3pm) Newcastle Circus Arts: Shy Bairns Get Nowt Circus skills and performance
Great North Museum: Hancock
Free, drop-in
12pm - 5pm SHRINK 01995 Interactive Art Installation
20min performances start on the hour, last entry 5pm
Council Chamber, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, booking essential at novumnewcastle.com
11am Motionhouse Talk & Q&A Meet the team behind Wild
12.30pm The Lake Poets
2pm Rivkala
3.30pm Finn Forster
5pm Melanie Baker
The Quadrangle, Newcastle Civic Centre Free, drop-in
1pm & 5pm Wild: Motionhouse Gravity-defying Dance-Circus
Ceremonial Way, Newcastle Civic Centre
Free, drop-in
2pm, 4pm & 6pm Cirque Bijou: Do Your Thing Aerial Circus Show with Live Music
6.25pm Jon Bradley The Carillonneur of Newcastle-UponTyne closes Novum Festival. Listen to the beautiful carillon bells of Newcastle Civic Centre.
NEWCASTLE CIVIC CENTRE
The Quadrangle
Cirque Bijou: Do Your Thing