Sit down with a pint of Double Maxim and a pink slice, today is a day to celebrate all things red and white.
What started a few years ago to promote the Mackem Dictionary has now become an annual celebration of Sunderland culture, its people and passion on August 12.
This year’s celebrations are set to be the biggest yet with a free night of music, stalls and performance at Sheepfolds Stables tonight from 5pm to 10pm, which is sold out.
There’s plenty of reason to love our city by the sea - and we’ve rounded up just some of them:
5. Riverside Sunderland
Hailed as one of the most ambitious regeneration projects in the country, Riverside is changing the face of the city on both sides of the Wear, with a mix of offices, leisure facilities, housing, a new park and hospital to boost footfall and the economy of the city centre. | other 3rd party
6. Being part of the red and white army
The pride and passion of following the lads is ingrained in Sunlun culture - a pride that's been celebrated all the more in recent years with some inventive marketing campaigns from the club that have captured the city's imagination. | Sunderland Echo
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7. Sunderland is a Music City
One of only two UK cities to be recognised in the global Music City network, the status builds on strong grassroots music foundations in the city and forges a path for its future. | Thomas Jackson
8. Washington Old Hall
Washington Old Hall is one of our most significant old buildings as the ancestral home of the first US President, George Washington. | Sunderland Echo