The Salon series
Salon Events
In 17th- and 18th-century Europe, influential hosts, often prominent women, held regular gatherings in their salons: evenings of conversation where philosophy, art, writing and politics were turned over in equal measure, at once social and intellectual. Our Salons borrow that spirit. They’re smaller, more experimental gatherings built around ideas and the people thinking them through. The three coming across 2026 each take their own unique structure and format.
Past salons

16 July 2026
60-Second Talk Night
Thursday 16 July 2026 · The Base, Newcastle West
Our second Salon of 2026: seventeen Novocastrians, one idea each, sixty seconds to share it.
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30 April 2026
Newcastle 2050: What If?
Thursday 30 April 2026 · Q Building, Honeysuckle
An evening of bold questions and new perspectives.
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What’s next
More salons across the year.
More Salons are coming across the 2026 season. Subscribe and we’ll let you know the moment the next one is announced.