Baltic Big Summer
Enter a world where imagination meets play for the whole family this Summer holiday.
Craft your own campsite, beats, outfits, and headwear while dancing the day away at our festival takeover with Zoe Allen. Enjoy weekly family screenings in our cinema, or develop film-making skills in workshops with Tilted Frame. Unleash your artistic side in sketchbook sessions, and explore exhibition-inspired activities and tours in our Learning Lounge (where you can also check out our zine collection). Pick up a bee trail guide to discover local greenery and wildlife, then end summer with a bang at Baltic's Big Summer Disco!
Festival Takeover!
Make your own festival
Level 1
Wed 23 & Thu 24 July | 10:30-15:30
Are you feeling creative and ready to get in the summer groove? Do you like building, designing, decorating & making new kinds of noises? Then come and put your skills to good use – we need your help to create your very own fabulous funky festival! Aspiring architects – help us build dens, tents and constructions, Amazing artists – make flags, bunting, and make your festival gorgeous! Musicians and noise makers – create unique new instruments and new(age) sounds, Fashionistas – become even more fabulous and make and showcase your own festival fashion.
Baltic's Big Summer Disco
Level 1
Thursday 28 August | 12:00-16:00
Calling all disco divas! It’s time to boogie on down at the discotheque. Join us to celebrate everything Disco: Use records, CDs and recycled materials to create new party sculptures, turn up the glow with some UV graffiti, accessorise yourself and get ready for the beats, come join us on the dance floor to groove and sway the day away until you can’t techno more.
Plan your week
Every Wednesday
Ground Floor
10:00-18:00 | Harold Offeh: The Mothership Collective 2.0
An exhibition and sci-fi playscape for play, gathering, curiosity, imaginative making and thinking.
13:30-13:50 | Kittiwake Talks
Find out about Baltic's popular residents (As seen in BBC's Springwatch 2022), recognised as being the furthest inland kittiwake colony in the world, in this free tour with Baltic Crew.
Front Room
10:00-11:00 | Cereal Disco
Get your free breakfast fix with us before your day at Baltic, with our music turned up.
Level 2
10:00-18:00 | Play & Learn
Explore the world around you through imaginative, creative, self-led play, themed around our exhibitions. Perfect for under 5s.
10:00-18:00 | Sensory Room
A quiet space to play and explore with sensory toys, projections and lights.
Every Thursday
Ground Floor
10:00-18:00 | Harold Offeh: The Mothership Collective 2.0
An exhibition and sci-fi playscape for play, gathering, curiosity, imaginative making and thinking.
13:30-13:50 | Kittiwake Talks
Find out about Baltic's popular residents (As seen in BBC's Springwatch 2022), recognised as being the furthest inland kittiwake colony in the world, in this free tour with Baltic Crew.
Front Room
10:00-11:00 | Cereal Disco
Get your free breakfast fix with us before your day at Baltic, with our music turned up.
Level 2
10:00-18:00 | Sensory Room
A quiet space to play and explore with sensory toys, projections and lights.
Every Friday
Ground Floor
10:00-18:00 | Harold Offeh: The Mothership Collective 2.0
An exhibition and sci-fi playscape for play, gathering, curiosity, imaginative making and thinking.
13:30-13:50 | Kittiwake Talks
Find out about Baltic's popular residents (As seen in BBC's Springwatch 2022), recognised as being the furthest inland kittiwake colony in the world, in this free tour with Baltic Crew.
Front Room
10:00-11:00 | Cereal Disco
Get your free breakfast fix with us before your day at Baltic, with our music turned up.
Level 2
10:00-12:00 | Sketchbook Sessions
Unleash your artistic side in our drop-in sketchbook sessions.
10:00-18:00 | Sensory Room
A quiet space to play and explore with sensory toys, projections and lights.
