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Free six-week dance fitness programme launches in Redcar
Vibe Dance Fitness is bringing six free Friday sessions to Newcomen Methodist Church Community Hall in Redcar, with beginners and adults returning to exercise especially welcome.
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Redcar’s Blam Blam Fever brings four days of ska to the town
Blam Blam Fever 8 is under way in Redcar, bringing a four-day line-up of ska bands and DJs from the UK, Europe and the USA to Coatham Hall and other town-centre venues.
Free, quieter haircuts launch in Redcar for pensioners, jobseekers and people who find salons overwhelming
A new free monthly haircut service in Redcar is offering a calmer one-to-one option for pensioners, people preparing for job interviews and anyone who finds a busy salon difficult.
Free Teesside mental health training dates open for autumn
The Tees-wide Training Hub has published free autumn places in Mental Health First Aid, safeTALK and ASIST for eligible people living or working across Stockton, Redcar and Middlesbrough.
Free baby dance sessions expand from Middlesbrough into Redcar this September
TeesDance is restarting its free MoveBaby sessions in Middlesbrough and adding a new weekly Redcar class for babies and the adults who care for them.
Redcar community groups can meet major funders face to face at free September fair
Enhance Redcar & Cleveland's second Funders Fair will bring a dozen grant-makers and support organisations to the 25K Community Centre on 24 September.
Redcar exhibition asks what artists can learn from the starlings above the Palace
Common Stars, running at Redcar Palace until 5 September, turns the behaviour of one familiar bird into a starting point for art, sound and community ideas.
£2,000 donation will help Redcar young carers get a day that recognises what they do
A community-fund award to The Junction Foundation is helping support a celebration for young people who take on caring responsibilities at home.
Redcar’s richest raceday returns with £150,000 Two-Year-Old Trophy and free entry for under-18s
Redcar Racecourse’s biggest meeting of the season takes place on 3 October, with the £150,000 Two-Year-Old Trophy at the centre of the card.
Saltburn photographer Kev Howard brings four decades of Teesside life to Redcar Palace
From the Transitory opens at Redcar Palace on 18 September, bringing together new work and rarely seen photography from Saltburn-based artist Kev Howard as part of Turner on Tees.
Redcar Racecourse keeps September raceday family-friendly with free entry for under-18s
Under-18s can attend Redcar’s Wednesday 9 September meeting free with an adult, while advance adult tickets remain available until 6 September.
The underrated joy of making things: why Teesside's craft tables and Fab Labs matter
From a free craft group in Redcar to 3D printers and sewing machines in Hartlepool, Teesside has places where people can make things together. Emerging research suggests that creative activity may support wellbeing too.
Redcar Running Festival returns with three distances and a nod to the town’s steel history
The 2026 Redcar Running Festival will bring a 3K, Zetland 10K and half marathon to closed roads on 27 September, with a locally inspired anniversary T-shirt for longer-distance runners.
Peter Rabbit heads outdoors at Kirkleatham for two Saturday performances
Quantum Theatre is bringing Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny to the grounds of Kirkleatham Museum on Saturday 29 August, with morning and afternoon performances for families.
Joe and Carol turn recovery from psychosis into hope for others
Two Redcar and Cleveland volunteers are using their own experiences of psychosis to lead a weekly peer-support group where connection, understanding and ordinary moments matter.
Between the Tides brings a free weekend of outdoor arts to Redcar
Between the Tides filled Kirkleatham with free circus, aerial dance, installations, workshops and family performance over 22 and 23 August.