Newcastle ScienceFest
newcastle sciencefest day event venue across newcastlegateshead principal aim increasing north east enthusiasm science encouraging young people consider career area first science festival programme city ran – funding one northeast awarded additional three festival – festival delivered partnership centre life tyne wear museum newcastle science city newcastle university newcastle city council culture part newcastlegateshead’s worldclass programme festival event festival relaunched new brand identity website three key strand programme catering three different audience family adult school included two family weekend event march series adult event lecturesscience fictionperformances week well activity specifically school highlight week first maker faire event uk held centre life discovery museum march although overarching theme event integrated national agenda example celebrate charles darwin th birthday festival commissioned darwin brewery sunderland develop commemorative beer called natural selection available throughout march sciencefest saw return maker faire – event diy technology craft sciencefest dark – series late night adult event event specially focussed developing science literacy skill headline maker included world’s fastest rubik’s cube solving robot power tool drag racing uk’s advanced musical tesla coil newcastle science festival attended people including family adult child across event location day period represents increase people attended event similar day period newcastle sciencefest