News & Views
The Globe awarded third grant from Culture Recovery Fund
The Globe to receive £25,000 from the third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The Globe is among 925 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the Culture Recovery Fund. This award will allow The Globe to continue its busy programme of live music gigs, courses and workshops. More than £100 […]
Volunteers needed at The Globe
Why We Need Volunteers The Globe is a music venue owned and run by a community cooperative. The Globe has developed an ambitious programme of music of many genres including jazz, folk, rock, blues and classical. It also hosts dance, comedy and other spoken word events, and runs a comprehensive learning programme with opportunities for […]
Play More Jazz!
A practical 10-week course exploring the techniques employed by the great jazz musicians Our long-running jazz improvisation course re-starts and as usual is led by Steve Glendinning, a superb guitarist who was a regular tutor at Sage Gateshead. This course is for instrumentalists wishing to develop their skills in ensemble playing within a jazz context. […]
The Globe wins second award in a month
Newcastle’s community-owned music The Globe has won a second award for its determination to keep live music going during the pandemic. It is the winner of the special Lockdown Innovation Award in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards announced last night (26 July) in an online presentation streamed from Pizza Express in Soho, London. Earlier this month […]
Safe and welcoming
We are complying with the latest Government and industry COVID-19 guidelines to ensure the safety of everybody in our venue. We need each person who comes to The Globe to do their bit and help make this a safe and welcoming place. Please read and take note of the following arrangements: If you have symptoms […]
The Globe wins national co-op business award
Our determination to keep live music going during the pandemic has been rewarded with a national award. Following a public vote, The Globe was declared the Small Community Co-op of the Year 2021. The Awards are organised by Co-operatives UK – the network for Britain’s thousands of co-operative businesses – and sponsored by The Co-operative […]
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 […]