News & Views
International Jazz Day & The Globe anniversary
30 April is International Jazz Day and the day (in 2014) that Jazz.Coop bought The Globe to create the first music venue in the UK to be owned by a co-operative committed to jazz. Normally we would have a party but this year we can’t. Instead we are livestreaming a gig from The Globe featuring […]
The Globe shortlisted in national awards
Newcastle’s community-owned music venue The Globe has been shortlisted for a Co-op of the Year Award – a prestigious accolade that honours co-ops across the UK who have shown a commitment to the co-operative principles, stepping up and supporting their communities during the pandemic. Dave Parker, co-chair of the co-op that owns The Globe, said, […]
The Globe awarded second grant from Culture Recovery Fund
The Globe to receive £25,000 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund The Globe is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund This award will allow The Globe to continue its busy programme of livestreaming and to welcome audiences to […]
Help live music at The Globe from your home
Help grow our online presence You many already know that we have streamed over 100 events since lockdown, that the gigs have been viewed by many thousands of people, and that we have generated more than £40,000 for performers. These are tremendous achievements. We would like to expand our success. To do this, we need […]
100 gigs streamed from The Globe to the World
[press release 4 March 2021] The UK’s first community-owned music venue is about to celebrate its 100th livestream performance on Sunday 14 March. The Globe in Newcastle upon Tyne, which is run by a co-op committed to live music, has been developing livestreaming during the pandemic. Now it broadcasts 15 events a month including jazz, […]
Catch up on past gigs
Fancy watching something a bit different over the festive season? How about one of the past livestreamed performances from The Globe? We have a video library where you can download links to high quality videos of selected gigs. There is a range of folk, jazz, rock and classical events. We will be adding new videos […]
Hand to Mouth – review
Hand to Mouth, livestream 8 November 2020 Review by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Lindsay Hannon (vocal); Bradley Johnston (guitar). No doubt about it, Hand to Mouth are a class act, in fact they don’t come much classier. Bradley can turn his hand to just about anything from Django to Pat Metheny or, as was […]
What a relief!
The future of our unique community-owned music venue is looking more secure in these uncertain times as a result of a grant from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The Globe in Newcastle has been awarded £80,000 to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. The £1.57 billion fund has been used to support a […]
The Riviera Quartet – review
The Riviera Quartet, live and online 20 September 2020 Review by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Pete Tanton (flugelhorn, trumpet, vocals, shakers); Mark Williams (guitar); Andy Champion (bass); Russ Morgan (drums). It was a great feeling to be at a live, indoor gig in an actual jazz club. The ever forward thinking Jazz Co-op have […]