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- A spectacular variety show, filled with the cream on North East talent, performed to raise money in memory of the late North East actor, Sammy Johnson, to give the next generation of North East talent a helping hand.
- The 2008 event, staged at Newcastle City Hall on Sunday 8th February, featured a stellar cast of performers. Actors Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Timothy Spall and Christopher Fairbank resurrected their Auf Wiedersehen Pet characters yet again for a hilarious sketch set in Sherwood Forest and written by the shows creators, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Denise Welch, Charlie Hardwick, Angie Lonsdale and Nick Newbould performed a side-splitting piece celebrating the final voyage of the Tuxedo Princess and were joined by Zoë Tyler and Coleen Nolan in another, lampooning their popular TV show, Loose Women. The Geordie version is called Slack Lasses. Ex-Lindisfarne musicians Ray Jackson, Billy Mitchell and Ray Laidlaw rocked the City Hall with some magnificent music. Comedians Brendan Healy, Steve Womack and Peter Peverley had the audience in stitches. Young dancer Liam Mower reprised his show-stopping performance in the West End hit Billy Elliott and brought the house down.
- A detailed profile of the life and career of musician Mark Knopfler.
- A great variety show featuring the cream of north east England talent as a tribute to the late Sammy Johnson, the aim is to promote up and coming north east talent. The performance is every 2 years.