Where's your favourite spot?

Andy Scott
The biddick inn fatfield washington,this pub is for winners.totally class

Alex
The harvester gives you all the food you want and it is expensive, but the kisd eat for £4/£5.

Nina and Phillippa
For clubbing in Sunderland Liquid/Diva is by far the best although Beach is good for a change. The best place to eat has to be Luciano's which serves the best italian food in Sunderland. For shopping though Newcastle is definately worth a visit. If there is any free tickets please send them in our direction as we have to work and cant get any!!!

sara
Best italian restaurant is VIVALDI. Best Chinese restaurant is The Ming Dynasty. Best indian restaurant is Cafe Spice. Best Pub is The Ivy House. Best Club is Ku.

a
If your into The Futureheads, oasis, The jam, morrisey etc get yourseld clubbing to Ku Club in High Street

Jonty
Louis' on Park Lane for frothy coffee, lovely bread buns baked on the premises and good friendly service. Family owned and run from the 20's with proper Formica tables.

Lorraine Hann
The Olive Garden, 22 Vine Place, Sunderland. A must for a cracking Italian meal and an excellent relaxed atmosphere. Pure pub at Park Lane for the best music. Chase if you're into busy pubs and The Lambton Worm for cheap drinks.

christine
whitley bay is the best ( bannana jo's

Pilsbury dough boy
Liquid/Diva is by far the best club in Sunderland, as for bars, TTonic, Vision, Olivers and Chase are all quality.

chriss reilly
sunderland is two mins from newcastle and both are on the metro (newcastles version of the underground) although i dont know sunderland at all other than the climbing wall in pallion which has the largest wall in europe. But Newcastle is awesome thursday and saturday night at foundation is the best depending on your type of music. my fav restraunt is la tasca a spanish tapas bar on newcastle queyside and the best bar is stereo on the queyside as well. but whitherspoons is cheep as chips at central station and clear and revolution just around the courner are wicked for the shots

Kate Nicol
for the best in student drinking try 'the ivy house'. its probably the smokest pub in sunderland but the atmosphere is amazing. the people are great and the bar staff are lovely. its my local but people in there can travel from plenty of distances. theres plenty of foreign students in the surrounding areas too, who are very nice (especially our french neighbours)!! if u dont mind spending a fortune on drink in a club try liquid, its mostly dance music on a saturday...but sunday is more my style of the r and b. its only open until 1am but is lots of fun. shops-well h&m, u cant go wrong. ourshops are ok, but newcastle is the best option for some quality retail therapy. restaurants in town-positanos (for a pollo positano-yummy!!), the olive garden is a nice lil restaurant and there is also a nice greek restaurant, but dont know what its called. is just a very short walk from the sunderland interchange (bus station). i am so excited about one big weekend in sunderland!!! cant wait to see all those top acts!

Tony
Best bars to go to in Sunderland are Chase in Park Lane and The White Room on Holmeside. Other than that try Fitzgeralds, Ttonic, Pure and Vision.

Heidi
Mcdonalds wooo!!

garry wake
Sunderland is a very up and coming area with a lot of new bars. My particular favourites are Hogans and the Sun Inn, both of these are in the picturesque village of Southwick.

F.red T.he M.ackem
Get along to the Grey Horse near Penshaw Monument for a cracking Sunday lunch!

Ian
Sunderland has come on leaps and bounds as far as night-life goes in the last few years. Spit and sawdust pubs have been replaced by Cafe bars and lively pubs. Most city centre pubs are open until 1 a.m at the weekend. The clubbing scene is decent but not brilliant. There is something for everyone and music to suit all tastes from RnB to Indie right through the spectrum. 35,000 people flock to Sunderland city centre every Saturday night so they can't all be wrong! Forget the images that you have of Sunderland. Come and experience it for yourself and I can guarantee you will think differently.

Sandra Martin
If you like curry come to South Shields Ocean Road 7 miles North of Sunderland.There has got to be more curry restaurants in tis street than any where else in North East.You will not be disappointed

Nige Noodles
Best pub to go to in Sunderland City Centre is Luma followed by the White Room! IF you want to go clubbing then check out Ku Club in the High Street.

Helen
If you're staying in Sunderland you can't go wrong with the amount of bars in the City Centre - stick to the PARK LANE end of town for the classier joints or if you want the likes of FLARES and places with girls gyrating on bars then you want the HIGH STREET WEST end of town. Whatever floats your boat!

Michael, South Hylton
Sinatra's in the city centre. Usually crowded but great atmosphere and Karaoke most nights.

Phil (Sunny Sunderland)
Penshaw Monument which is in ure pics should be named the chill out room. It is a fantastic place to go during the day or night to chill out. If Sunderland go up this season this will be the icing on the cake and it can be one huge party.

Andy
Bars - right next to the venue there is a pub which was until recently known as The Prospect. There is also Penshaw Tandoori if you are hungry after the gig.

hayley
i'm going to the gig naked

JJ
Fiume, Fatfield, Washington - Excellent Italian

Nic
It's always said that Newcastle is superior to Sunderland but Sunderland's a great place to live. Liquid is definately the best place to go clubbing, as it plays R&B and hip-hop, etc, and also has stairs leading down to Diva, which plays stuff like the Killers and the like. It's a great night out!

Sarah
Sunderland is great, and there's a good mix of cheap student stuff to do there. For some reason the North East, one of the coldest places I've been in my life, loves beach-themed clubs where the staff wear bikinis (think baha in Newcastle for example), and Beach in Sunderland is no exception. So go along wearing as little as possible and have the ultimate cheesy night out, it's one of my favourites! I love Sunderland because it has the best H & M I've ever been to, it was all neat and tidy and for once I found loads of stuff! And as first to comment - ticket giveaway surely?

lou lou
Go to Bar Pure for good funky music. Chase is good too. Clubbing is best at liquid/diva too. Bring on the weekend !!!!!

charlotte
Panda all you can eat chinese reastraunt is the best

coley
gotta go to liquid and chase-best places to go

Lucy J
SUNDERLAND Best Pubs/bars/clubs: My favourite pub is the gohic Baroque, stunning interior, cheap, right in the centre of town. I must admit though that there are lodsa good pubs in Sunderland. Must mention Manor Quay University Of Sunderlands student nightclub, all those with NUS cards must go here, its fab, dead cheap and packed with fun. Shops: The Bridges shopping centre is the main indoor shopping complex in Sunderland. It host's shops such as Debenhams, Topshop, USC, Next, all of the general high street stores. Restaurants: There are plenty of Restaurants in Sunderland from the all you can eat Panda buffet from around £5 per person, to a swanky meal at the nearby Seaham Hall hotel. Other places of interest: Sunderland Winter Gardens and Museum, often hosts local art exhibitions, info on Sunderlands past, as well as the famous Winter Gardens hosting many rare plants under tropical degrees (im not doing it justice here) a must see. Stadium of Light, yes i know they are'nt in the Premiership anymore, but they are still a team to be proud of. The Metrocentre - 20 mins drive from Sunderland is Europes largest indoor shopping centre. Newcastle is situated around 20 mins car drive away from Newcastle. Those without a car can get the local metro at a cost of around £4 return from Sunderland to Newcastle, and it only takes 28 mins to get there. Sunderland is a city well worth visiting and im glad it's starting to get the recognition it deserves. One big weekend will be fab, and the area it will be in (Herrington Country Park) is very accessible from the city centre (by bus). Herrington Country Park is directly oppsite Penshaw Monument, our own copy of the great Parthanon in Greece, well worth a visit up to the top of Penshaw Monument too (although only for those of you who are fit enough to climb a steep ish hill). Sunderland is my home town, and i guarantee you will a fab time when you come here. This event will be massive, and a brill weekend.

charlotte
Liquid/Diva nightclub is the best place to be on thurs and sat nite and beach is the best place on a fri night

rosie, gil n laura!!!
oh my god sunderland rocks! woooooooooooo

Phil
Best places to go out, shop and eat: get the metro to newcastle, its only about 3 pounds and you wont regret it :o)

Noonz
The White Room!!! KU Club

MackemBeans
The best shops have to be Aphrodite, Gate, Eleven and Van Mildert- all in the city centre.

anth mcneil
great nite life just as good as newcastle rock on

Allinson
Heres my Sunderland pub crawl. Ivy House, Infusin, Pure, Luma, Chase, Ttonic, Berlins, Vision, Liquid/Diva.

Lauren
PANDA- it's to die for!! it's the best all you can eat around. But if, you'd rather drink then yatesy's or baroque- (especially if your into rock).If you want to get out of the city centre, then go to the Grange in Fulwell- It also serves food at reasonable prices.

Ben
The trick to having a good night out in Sunderland is going to the right places at the right times. The White Room on Homeside is good pretty much all the time but has a really good atmoshphere on Saturday nights at around 12. Depending on your taste in music, I'd say the best place to go after that on Saturdays is Ku Club on High Street which is open until 3am. Another good club for indie rock and roll played nice and loud is Diva on Thursday nights. Get there for about 12, the que is well worth waiting in!

Tony Ratton
Loads of great pubs in Sunderland. These include the Museum Vaults, Ivy House, Varsity, Luma, Ink, The Borough Chaplins, Fitzgeralds, the Lambton Worm etc. Sunderland is also the home of Double Maxim - definately worth a try.

Gary J
Sunderland is a great night out with a choice of any music and great pubs to listen to them in. My recommendation would be KU club for indie music, then Liquid for RNB and dance mix. Pubs to look out for are Flying Boat in Fulwell and in the town itself, Lambton Worm, White Room, Black Bull for cheap trebles.

Claire
Go to flares! It's awesome. Cheap booze and 70's music - what more could you want?

peter
By far the best dance club has to be the New monkey in Pallion

G
The Dun Cow in Burnmoor is a great place to get something to eat and on the saturday and sunday of the concert they having an amazing bbq! Only 5 minute bus ride from the park aswell!

Len
Ku club, its ont he high street nextdoor to macdonalds. Itplays indie/emo/punk/metal, pretty much anything alternative.

Louise
Sunderland has just been the best night out Ive had in ages!! olivers, brogans, chase, vision and liquid are thye best places to go!!! enjoy xxxx

Rosamund
I reccomend Panda in Sunderland highly. It is a superb chinese buffet. Delicious food for a small fee. Worth a look!!

Craig
best bars i reckon are the black bull, the worm (always good if on a budget), olivers, Mojo, bar me and Bud Bigalows if you walk down the street starting at olivers you will pass all these bars. the best night club is defo Liquid/diva which is also on the route. p.s. if u go shopping i recomend aphrodite and gate

g and s
Royalty is our local and is god for a pre club drink. Liquid and diva are the best clubs but beach is good too. Everybody avoid innfusion it sux

Mez
Grey horse in penshaw village is great and about 50 metres away from where the concert is. does great food!

Rach & Marc
If your up for a good night out, head to Substance, Chase or Ttonic for a few drinks then hit the clubs, best dance is Liquid, good old cheesy night out head for Beach. If you want the best ever night try your luck at student club Manor Quay, by far a cheap but fun night out. Most food places are nice to eat in, its really cheap anyway!!! A night out in Sunderland is not to be missed.

Irish Stephen
I’m not from the north east but am a regular visitor to Sunderland, the best night in Sunderland has to be a sun night in liquid the RnB tunes are second to none and the dj is absolutely nuts!!! He even gets himself on the dance floor with a mike and raps!!! Great night out.

Jenn
Whilst you're in the north-east everyone should check out middlesbrough, not far from sunderland and well worth it. Especially The Empire for a classic indie/rock experience!!!!

Baz & Caz
Sunderland is great but stay in durham and drink there its a lot better 15 mins away

J
The White Room and Ku R a must

Grey Horse Inn
Saturday lunch 2 eat for 8.45 - the best fish and chips I've tasted in a long time and enchaladas to die for ..... good home coked mince and dumplings ... healthy options ... need I go on - see you there

seymour spike
the whole town is one mass of pubs and clubs.just go into the town and u will find somewhere.good restaurants include,The Cafe Blue Cobra(indian)Lucianos,Marcellos,Santanas(italian)The Ming Dynasty(chinese) but there r lots of good value eating plaves in the town

rich
Sunderlands ok i guess, weird place for a festival of this proportion. Should be interesting... my fave place in sunderland is easily the take away fel fel.. waheeeyy

graeme
sunderland has been renovated over the past 5 years - the places to eat and pubs/clubs easily rival it big brother called Newcastle. Transport links are fantastic with regular bus links and the new metro (underground) system means that you can get anywhere in the north east within minutes and without the hassle of having to wait in traffic Coming back to areaa after being away from it for 14 years was a massive eye opener Best place for an indian - sadeeks concord tandoori in washington best itallian - gabrielles on the sea front chinese - mangos in newcastle drinks - anywhere in the north east - the pubs have great atmosphere and cheap drink see you at the gig!