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Organ Recitals 2025
Summer Series of Recitals 2025 We're pleased to be running this series of organ recitals again, Fridays at 1pm until 18th July. The recitals last around 45 minutes. This year the programme is as follows: 16 May - Drew Cantrill-Fenwick (St George's, Jesmond)23 May -...
Summer Fete
Saturday 31st May, 12-3pm on the green. Please join us for this wodnerful community occasion to close the Jesmond Festival. There will be the usual array of stalls, entertainment, and refreshments - plants, baked goods, bottles, books, a barrell organ, Irish dancers...
CANCELLED: Kids Organ Prom: Music from the Movies
This event has been cancelled due to a lack of ticket sales. We apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience and hope to see you at another concert soon!
VE Day Big Friendly Gathering
Big Friendly GatheringTo celebrate VE Day St. George’s is marking the Saturday before VE Day with a BFG on Saturday 3 May, 2-5pm. As the Jesmond Festival Parade ends on St. George’s Green, we hope you will bring along a picnic and enjoy the day with us. There...
Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
Holy Week and Easter We have a variety of services taking place across the benefice (in addition to the usual Tuesday and Thursday services at St Hilda's and here respectively). You are welcome to attend as many as you wish, whether you have been before or not. We...
Ash Wednesday
This year Ash Wednesday falls on 5th March and we will mark it with two services: 9.30am at our sister church St Hilda's, Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes. 7.30pm at St George's, Sung Communion with Imposition of Ashes. It will include music by Palestrina and...
FOSG Quiz Night
The extremely popular QUIZ is looming on the horizon. Saturday 22nd February at 7pm in the Church Hall. Tickets remain at the bargain price of £10 per ticket, which includes a gastronomically famous pie and peas supper. Please bring your own drink. There will also be...
Pantomime 2025
St George's Annual Pantomime 2025: The True Story of Chicken Licken & Henny Penny Our annual tribute to the genre of pantomime returns! An original(-ish) story replete with local references and nonsense. Friday 7th February at 7.30pm, and Saturday 8th February at...
Dalemain Marmalade Awards
We are pleased to again be a drop off point for entries to the Dalemain Marmalade Awards. Entries must be dropped off by 1pm on Friday 24th January, securely packaged and complete with entry form and fee. The office is open for drop-offs on weekdays, 10am-1pm. All the...
Burns Night Supper
Saturday 25th January, 7pm for a 7.30pm start, in St George's Church Hall, NE2 2TF. A 2 course haggis supper, coffee and tablet, along with a prize quiz and raffle. Bring your own drink! Featuring the traditional The Immortal Memory (Revd. Emma Duff) and Address to...