Festivals

The countdown is one for the North East’s best live music festival. It’s less than two weeks until Evolution Festival, so if you haven’t got your tickets yet – you best act fast! This year there’s another impressive line-up set to entertain. During May bank holiday weekend, Sunday 26, and Monday 27, some of the [...]

“MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU” … As Kendal Calling’s Lake District Festival backdrop will become scenes straight out of Hollywood as Kendal Calling Goes to The MOVIES! The Kendal Calling crew are working hard on the pre-production of this years première in the fields as ‘Kendal Calling Goes To The Moives’. Fesitval-goers are cordially [...]

Not long now until Teesside’s multi-venue, all day, music spectacular Stockton Calling returns for round four! ARC, The Georgian Theatre, KU Bar, The Sun Inn and The Vault are back for 2013 with two further stages being added to festivities after selling out last year. The Green Room, located inside Green Dragon Studios, and The Storytellers, on Dovecot Street, will further expand the capacity and [...]

BASEMENT JAXX / THE CHARLATANS / PRIMAL SCREAM CONFIRMED AS HEADLINERS FOR 2013 I AM KLOOT /MYSTERY JETS / LIGHTNING SEEDS (ACOUSTIC) / ASH / FAKE BLOOD / BRITISH SEA POWER / MR SCRUFF / FOREIGN BEGGARS / RONI SIZE / WILLY MOON / DUTCH UNCLES / JACKMASTER AND MORE ADDED TO MULTI AWARD WINNING [...]

SOME of Hartlepool’s best bands took to the stage at this summer’s Stockton Weekender music festival. Town groups Mercedes, The Woven Project and Danny’s House played blinding sets at Teesside’s biggest outdoor festival. Festival headliners are The Pogues and James both drew huge crowds and headed up an almighty line up of 50 plus acts. [...]

Eleven years young and still providing festival fun and fire for all the family, young and old alike its Wickerman time once again. Britain has been under a raincloud for weeks but that counts for nothing as Wickerman, once again manages to chase the rain away and around 15,000 revellers celebrating the whole weekend. The Greenman [...]

Stockton Weekender organisers, Tees Music Alliance (TMA), have revealed the acts set to entertain crowds on the Friday 3 August, which will be free entry for the music loving masses. Teesside’s biggest outdoor festival, Stockton Weekender, returns for its sophomore year on Friday 3 August and runs until Sunday 5. Friday’s entertainment will be free [...]

To celebrate its third year the Willowman festival has added two fantastic new stages. Axis Sound System and Creative Intentions Chill out Café will give the Willowman revellers more musical choice as they party over the solstice weekend. Festival director Steve Williams said “We have given the Willowman a major facelift to mark its third [...]

THE White Negroes return for a headline appearance at Willowman 2012 – after being the most requested band by the festival’s Facebook followers. The North-East legends are the group festival goers voted they would most like to see after their show-stealing performance at last year’s bash. And festival organisers have bucked their own policy of [...]

SUNDERLAND’S most successful home-grown festival is set to be even bigger this year. An extra day has been added to Split Festival 2012 which will keep Wearsiders entertained from September 21-23. Now in its fourth year, it will take place at Ashbrooke Sports Ground and will feature new additions, including a Free Film Friday in [...]