Full name | The Glasshouse International Centre for Music |
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Former names | The Sage Gateshead, Sage Gateshead |
Location | Gateshead Quayside, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°58′04″N 1°36′07″W / 54.9677°N 1.6020°W |
Type | Concert venue, centre for musical education |
Capacity | 1,640 (Sage One) 600 (Sage Two) 2,240 (Total) |
Construction | |
Opened | 17 December 2004 |
Construction cost | £70 million |
Website | |
theglasshouseicm |
The Glasshouse is an international centre for musical education and concerts on the Gateshead bank of Quayside in northern England. Opened in 2004 as Sage Gateshead and occupied by North Music Trust[1] The venue's original name honours a patron: the accountancy software company The Sage Group.