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The Murray Martin Award

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

After Amber founder member and key visionary Murray Martin died in 2007, many people suggested that the group should set up an award in his memory, perhaps giving a young filmmaker an opportunity. It

Ken Loach Launches Side Cinema Season

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Over 40 years of oppositional film and television and the man hasn’t been ground down yet! To kick off Side Cinema's Radical Television season we're honoured and delighted to be able to welcome Ken

Amber More4 Season

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

More4 is broadcasting a season of films made with North East England's horsey community. Titled The Amber Collective: A Lost World on Film it kicks off, on Sat 6 Dec at 10.35pm, with our brand new

Step by Step back online

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's great exhibition Step by Step is back on the website. We took this 1980s documentation of a North Shields dance school offline, when we found that

Martin Stephenson Gig at Side Café

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

It's always a joy catching a Martin Stephenson gig, but an acoustic set in the intimacy of Side Café's upstairs lounge is going to be a rare treat. Clear away the excesses of Christmas, prepare

Mondays with the NE Jazz Collective

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

In January, the North East Jazz Collective are programming some great Monday nights at Side Café. Jan 14: Ruth Lambert Quintet the brilliant jazz vocalist leads her quintet through numbers from the

Acoustic Eve at Side Café

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Newcastle Quayside is getting more like Greenwich Village every day. Not only does Side Café host some great gigs from Newcastle's burgeoning acoustic scenes, but it finds itself employing great

Plaintree at Side Café

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Traditional music line-up Plaintree will be performing at Side Café on Thursday 15 November, from 8pm, FREE - Isla Hughes flute & vocals; Fynn Titford-Mock cello & vocals; Jenny Page *fiddle &

Bamboozler DVD Release, 13 Nov

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Both funny and moving, Amber's new film, The Bamboozler is about percussion, its traditions and the endless pursuit of knowledge that it inspires; about love and death, legacy and regeneration.

Thursday Night is Music Night

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Thursday 27 September sees another session from Bit on the Side - an informal night of acoustic delights. It's free, you can have a drink, enjoy a snack or a full meal and relax in the sheer