This Christmas Day, we’ll have our famous Schooner Christmas lunches available for takeaway, with our usual free delivery. Order here or call 0191 4777404.
Christmas lunch
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Big Phil Campion
The Schooner had a visit from author Phil Campion last night. A big guy with a truly big personality; a lovely bloke too!
Naturally, Phil pulled a pint too.
Short Sleeve Social
Miss the pub? You can now support your favourite pub (it doesn’t have to be us) by buying a cool T-shirt.
Your favourite pub gets a fiver when you buy a shirt. Take a look at the Short Sleeve Social website. Use code SCHOONER20 for 20% off,
Support your local
In these difficult times, please support your local.
Even if it isn’t us.
Help us keep live music at the Schooner
Breakfast Club will be live at the Schooner tonight at seven. The gig is ticket only and all tickets have been taken.
Space is very limited, with the stage area available only to ticket holders.
The pub and its customers cannot use the road area outside the pub due to a Gateshead Council prohibition order. We ask customers to respect this.
A lot of indoor tables have been booked. There will still be some space inside the pub, but when we’re full, we’ll be asking people to leave the area.
That doesn’t mean that everyone can’t enjoy the Breakfast Club. We still sell beer in containers to take away and we have a beautiful stretch of riverbank and a grassed area within a very short distance.
We don’t like to impose rules, but we do care about everyone’s safety. We also want to keep live music at the Schooner.
So we’ll keep things simple. If you don’t have a ticket for the band at the outdoor stage, or a seat indoors, we need you to use the Schooner’s lockdown unofficial beer garden. Not sure where that is? Just ask, or follow someone carrying a world famous Schooner milk bottle.
Help us keep live music at the Schooner by respecting our request.
Reopening
In common with many pubs, the Schooner will reopen on Saturday 4th July.
We’re taking bookings for tables and will probably operate table service during busy periods. We’ll do our best to accommodate everyone, even if you’ve not booked.
If you’d like to book a table, please email beer@theschooner.co.uk.
Our seating will look something like this.
Inside Out
The BBC made a rather excellent programme about the Schooner.
The episode of Inside Out, shown last night, aimed to show how tough things can be for an independent pub.
The episode can be found on the BBC iPlayer. It’s worth watching because it also covers the serious issue of male suicide.
Some pictures from the programme; regulars, the team and food.
Electric Dreams
This evening, following the Giroscope gig, we’ll be recreating the Schooner Strongbow Electric Dreams TV commercial.
We’ll have Dan Gray on keyboard and lyric sheets available for everyone in the pub to take part.
So, please come along and join in.