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Nightlife and entertainment
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Newcastle's boisterous but largely good-natured
nightlife
centres on the pubs and clubs in the older parts of town: between Grainger Street and the cathedral in the area called the Bigg Market - spiritual home of Sid the Sexist and the Fat Slags, from the locally based
Viz
magazine - and around the Quayside, where the bars tend to be slightly more sophisticated. If you want to get away from the mayhem, make a bolt for Westgate Road and Pink Lane, while for those staying in Jesmond, there's a more upmarket but generally unremarkable strip of bars along Osborne Road. The grandiosely named "
Gay Quarter
" of mostly mixed gay and lesbian bars and clubs centres on the International Centre for Life, spreading out to Waterloo Street and Westmorland and Scotswood roads. Top brew is, of course,
Newcastle Brown Ale
- known locally as "Dog" - produced in this city since 1927.
Listings
for
theatre
and
cinema
are contained in the local morning paper, the
Journal
, while
The Crack
(monthly; free) is the best way to find out about
gigs, clubs
and other entertainments: you can usually get a copy from the tourist office or from pubs such as the
Forth Hotel
. For
classical music
, the City Hall on Northumberland Road is the main concert venue until the completion of Northern Sinfonia's new home at the Music Centre Gateshead, but you'll also find performances in St Nicholas' Cathedral and other atmospheric churches around town. Other useful information
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