To get you in the spirit of this wonderful event, we found these Sunderland Echo photos from years gone by.
We have reminders of the firework display in 2006 and the 1986 bike race.
There’s the amusement stalls in 1981 and the parade in 2013. Can you spot a face you recognise in our drum spectacular from 8 years ago?
We have all this and more in our tribute to the Feast which returns from October 8
There’s the amusement stalls in 1981 and the parade in 2013. Can you spot a face you recognise in our drum spectacular from 8 years ago?
5. Best foot forward in 2013
Dancers from Zazz Dance School did a routine from the hit musical Barnum at the 2013 Feast. Photo: Picture by David Allan
6. Pictured at the stalls
The crowds at the Houghton Feast in October 1981. Photo: Sunderland Echo
7. Drumming up memories
Children from primary schools across Houghton gave an impressive performance on these drums 8 years ago. Is there someone you know in this photo? Photo: Picture by David Allan
8. So much fun in 1981
Children on the Durham Road Residents float won the cup for the most professional float in 1981. They won it with a nursery rhyme theme. Photo: Sunderland Echo