Working men’s club to become music venue
A North Tyneside working men's club is to be developed into a full scale live music venue as one of 11 North East projects marked for mayoral funding.
More than £360,000 will be distributed by the North East Mayor to "unleash cultural creativity".
Are You Affiliated is one of 11 successful bidders, and has been awarded £39,215 to convert King Street Social Club in North Shields into a contemporary electronic and live music venue, diversifying operations and boosting local night life.
Oher projects set for funding include Ad Gefrin's Anglo-Saxon festive gathering - 'Yule Gaderung', a big weekend of female football, a street festival in Sunderland and a project to support emerging Tyneside musicians.
North East mayor, Kim McGuinness, said: "I'm developing a thriving creative economy in the North East, and with this funding, we're fuelling our energetic creatives, and giving them the tools to create real impact.
"This region has it all - we've got amazing venues and museums, great festivals, hotels and restaurants, and a heritage to be proud of. The funding these programmes will receive will help us celebrate our culture, and put our region on the stage as the home of creativity and world class cultural events."
Are You Affiliated added: "After three years of doing things that people initially said were impossible in North Tyneside this funding will enable us to make a huge step-change in what we're capable of achieving and allow us to fully realise the potential of our unique venue model while maximising its value to the broadest range of people and communities in the North East."