The Sweet

A National Treasure and Glam Rock Royalty who have taken the world by storm for six decades.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£35.30

Soulutions

UK's premier live soul band - featuring the incredible voice of Louise Mehan. PILGRIM stage favourites back for a very special live Christmas show.

Venue:

PILGRIM, 54 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, NE1 6SF

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£20

Alation

Formed in Newcastle in 2021, Alation quickly established themselves in the North-East indie rock scene.

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£8

Dr Feelgood

Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s Dr. Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£20

Bon Jovi Forever

Paying homage to one of rock’s most legendary rock bands Bon Jovi.

Venue:

The Forum Music Centre, Borough Road, Darlington, DL1 1SG

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£15

Tim Shaw + Jorge Boehringer + Richard Scott

Part musician, part magician, part sound collector and more, Tim Shaw is a sound alchemist, always surprising and mesmerizing to watch. Jorge Boehringer’s solo exploration sounds microtonal vibrations and feedback to excite emergent vibratory behaviours and textures. Richard Scott is an artist and musician based in Newcastle.

Venue:

Cobalt Studios Ltd, 10-16 Boyd Street, Newcastle, NE2 1AP

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£9-£13

The Futureheads at Christmas

Formed in Sunderland in 2000, The Futureheads quickly rose to prominence with their distinctive post-punk sound. Known for their innovative use of vocal harmonies and high-energy performances, the band has released six studio albums, headlined countless tours, and earned critical acclaim across the globe.

Venue:

The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3HA

Date:

Dec 19th 2025 - Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £26

Christmas Carols – Bearpark & Esh Colliery Brass Band

Enjoy an evening of seasonal music and festive favourites, as the rich tones of brass fill the chapel and capture the true spirit of Christmas.

Venue:

Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, Woodland Road, Durham, DH7 9RH

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£14/£10

Fractures + Indigo + Rangor

3 emerging bands.

Venue:

The Globe, 11 Railway Street, Newcastle, NE4 7AD

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£7adv/£10otd

Gloria Love: Christmas Extravaganza

Join Gloria Love and the Side By SIde Arts band for a night of festive frivolities, music and dancing.

Venue:

The Common Room, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£15

Creakin Bones & The Sunday Dinners

Playing a mixture of Jazz, Blues & RnR this band have been around a long time and after a hiatus for a decade or so, have now returned under their new alias, but they certainly haven’t lost their mojo!!

Venue:

The White Room Music Cafe, 15 Station Rd, Stanley, Durham, DH9 0JL

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:45

Price:

£12

Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas – Piccadilly Sinfonietta

Celebrate the season with Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece, ‘The Four Seasons’, brought to life as you’ve never heard it before. This vivid and revolutionary work captures the natural rhythms of the year, making it the perfect soundtrack for a winter’s evening filled with wonder and reflection.

Venue:

Newcastle Cathedral, St. Nicholas Sq, Newcastle, NE1 1DF

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£20-£45

Stingray + Mr Bigfoot + Fin Hudson

Venue:

NE Volume Music Bar, 21d Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3DR

Date:

Dec 19th 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

£7adv/£9otd

Sir Tom: The Tom Jones Songbook

AdamParker Brown delivers a definitive tribute to the greatest welsh singer of all time, Sir Tom Jones.

Venue:

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£29.50

Lindisfarne

Legendary 70’s Tyneside folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne present a classic five-piece line-up of long-time members fronted by founder-member Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar.

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

18:30

Price:

£29.90adv

A Night Of: Elvis, Beatles & Elton!

Talk about a local legend! Niall Southall has been performing his Elvis show for the best part of 20 years and in that time has played over 1000 gigs to audiences across the North East and well beyond.

Venue:

Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

17:00

Price:

£26.70

Pure Weller

Covering a vast catalogue of music, Pure Weller aim to pay the ultimate tribute to Paul Weller’s amazing career, reaching back through the seminal points of his career!!

Venue:

Think Tank?, Digital, Times Square, Centre For Life, Newcastle, NE1 4EP

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£16.90adv

Antarctic Monkeys

The No.1 Tribute to Arctic Monkeys.

Venue:

KU, Prince Regent Street, Stockton, TS18 1DB

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£14+bf

Carl Green and the Scene

Teesside power-pop legends.

Venue:

The Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yard, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1AE

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£12adv

A Dark Dark Xmas #10

Expect a night packed with some of the region’s finest: Weathership – long-time favourites and Dark Dark Xmas regulars. Middle Management – indie troubadours bringing sharp hooks and jangling energy. Risco – the new kids on the block, bringing their blues-fuelled sound to the party.

Venue:

The Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yard, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1AE

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£7adv

Slack Babbath

The FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE ROCK APOCALYPSE ride out once more to unleash a tidal wave of HEAVY COSMIC BROTH across the entire valley of Ouse in the name of ROCK!

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£15

Songs for Sanctuary

A night raising funds for the West End Refugee Service (WERS). Bringing you an amazing lineup of local talent: Ben Harwood, Charlie Floyd, Jam Tub and Favourite Child. Make sure to come down to support the local music scene, and WERS

Venue:

Zerox, 48-52 Sandhill, Newcastle, NE1 3JF

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£4-£10

The Baytones Ska & Reggae Xmas Party

Celebrate Xmas in Skankin’ style with 2 sets of traditional Ska, Reggae, & 2Tone from the Baytones. Plus support from DJ Seamus spinning vinyl

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

20:00 - 23:30

Price:

£7

East 17

Throwing it back in time this Xmas with chart toppers East 17 alongside more nostalgia names to be announced!

Venue:

The Middlesbrough Empire, Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2RT

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

From £10

Xmas Bogger Night

A night of non-stop skate inspired music featuring Wall Ride The Bells, Analogue Blood and Grave Faces.

Venue:

The Forum Music Centre, Borough Road, Darlington, DL1 1SG

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£6

Penny Coffin

Coming to Newcastle for the first time in a few years, alongside Scottish BDM Dissolving Entity, local BDM band Vulgar Dissection and one man Slam Merchant Desecrated Extinction.

Venue:

The Lubber Fiend, 81 Blandford Square, Newcastle, NE1 3PZ

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£11

Christmas Party Night

Grab your colleagues, friends and family and head on down to the Town Hall this Christmas for good food, good company and fantastic live music from The Four Right Chords, a solid, well-oiled rock indie pop covers band backed up by top reviews.

Venue:

Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NP

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£27, including a hot meat sandwich, stuffing and chips

Memoria + Indigo + Cause of Concern

Venue:

NE Volume Music Bar, 21d Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3DR

Date:

Dec 20th 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

£7adv/£9otd

Strictly Smokin' Big Band's Christmas

Get ready to be dazzled by Michael Lamb’s Strictly Smokin’ Big Band and the sensational Alice Grace, joined by a specially curated orchestra led by the renowned Bradley Creswick from Northern Sinfonia and The John Wilson Orchestra. They’ll be performing brand-new music from Stuart Mclean-Fowler, with a few extra surprises sprinkled in to keep you on your toes.

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

17:00

Price:

£31

Bay City Rollers

Bay City Roller legend, Stuart “Woody” Wood, has brought together a powerful group of talented musicians who embody the same essence of the original band that the world knew and loved.

Venue:

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£34

Miki Berenyi Trio

Trio formed by the former singer/co-guitarist of Lush, Miki Berenyi. Support from Nano Kino.

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£14.50

Jez Lowe's Winter Wanderings

Award winning songwriter and BBC Radio 4 presenter Jez Lowe returns with his toe-tapping folk music quartet The Bad Pennies for a night of good-humoured seasonal music and stories from North East England. With sold out shows across the country every year this group just goes from strength to strength.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Times:

14:00, 19:00

Price:

£21.80

Lilac Lane

Performing a few of your favourite covers and their own songs along with their Future Hits Number 1 Single “Still Thinking of You”. Support from Bogus, Joe Bartley and Josh Webb.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

£15

Old Muggins Christmas Whatsit

Oh dear! Teesside's least ambitious rockabilly synthcore band are back, and this time it's not even personal. Come and join Bob Fischer, Miniature G and Garry "The Butcher" Brogden for a festive extravaganza of songs about giant snowballs, the premature eating of After Eight mints and inappropriate behaviour in the deep end of the local swimming baths.

Venue:

The Waiting Room, 9 Station Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, TS16 0BU

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

Free

Adam Henderson

With support from Bogus, Joe Bartley and Josh Webb.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

£15

Nuromantica Christmas Party 2025

Musicians of the former Breakfast Club return under a new band name Nuromantica for their famous Xmas Party!! Playing the very best 80s party anthems and classics from artists such as Duran Duran, The Human League, King, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Ultravox, and many more!

Venue:

The Exchange, 1 Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE30 1SE

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

20:30

Price:

£14.50

Improvise through the Solstice

Shunyata Improvisation Group perform a meditative experience through sound and music by playing a continuous long duration improvisation throughout the Solstice with Special Guests: John Pope, (double bass), Faye MacCalman, (saxophone, clarinet) and NofC (voice, small instruments, melodeon).

Venue:

The Globe, 11 Railway Street, Newcastle, NE4 7AD

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

08:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

Andy Jones & Chris’s Christmas Party

Andy and Chris host their annual ‘Christmas Party ‘They have both played in bands for longer than either of them can remember and currently play in the Tainted Covers who play bangers from the 80’s and beyond. This is party night so expect fun and usually a bit of live band Karaoke as audience members are invited to join in with the second half.

Venue:

The Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yard, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1AE

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

18:30

Price:

£5adv/£8otd

Winter Solstice Special with Kiddars Luck & Storiella

Performing a host of old fashioned traditional Christmas songs, seasonal folk songs & north east heritage tracks from a bygone age, including a host of acapella songs.

Venue:

The White Room Music Cafe, 15 Station Rd, Stanley, Durham, DH9 0JL

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

18:30

Price:

Free

Robert Plant Presents Saving Grace

Thee founding member of Led Zeppelin presents his new album, featuring his new band, Saving Grace.

Venue:

Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ

Date:

Dec 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

From £48

Ryan Corbett & Djordje Gajic

Ryan and his accordion teacher Djordje Gajic will play their own arrangements of Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic dances.

Venue:

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ

Date:

Dec 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£16/19-30 year old £6/under 18s Free

Jumpin’ Hot Club Christmas Party 2025

Big Red and the Grinners bring their foot stomping Bluegrass music & unique country covers of classic pop songs to Cluny2 , for an awesome xmas party. The Niche Family from Scotland, a big hit at this years Cantina, add more acoustic country harmonies & music to make the xmas party even more awesome!

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£10

Robert Plant with Saving Grace

Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant presents his new album, featuring his new band, Saving Grace.

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Dec 22nd 2025

Time:

18:30

Price:

£52.85adv

Badly Drawn Boy

Celebrating 25 years of the Mercury Music Prize winning album - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast with full band! The album's eclectic mix of folk, rock, and electronica, coupled with Damon Gough's distinctive songwriting and poetic lyrics, resonated with audiences worldwide.

Venue:

The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3HA

Date:

Dec 22nd 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£38

Deathrattle

Newcastle Based Nu-Hardcore. Support from Red Remedy, Sorrow and Noise Pollution.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 22nd 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£8

Definitely Mightbe

A Tribute to Oasis. Support from Changing Man (A Tribute to Paul Weller).

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Dec 23rd 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£27.10adv

The Southmartins: Christmas Caravan of Love

The clue’s in the name of course. This is an inspired mash-up of two of the 80s & 90s’ most iconic, all-round joyous, and lyrically inspired pop acts, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins.

Venue:

Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ

Date:

Dec 23rd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£22.70

Patrick Gosling ‘A very Gosling Christmas’

South Shields songwriter Patrick Gosling plays a special Christmas headline show.

Venue:

Independent, 27/28 Holmeside, Sunderland, SR1 3JE

Date:

Dec 23rd 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£10

Monster Christmas Ceilidh

It’s part ceilidh, part rave — and all Christmas joy. Grab your friends, don your sparkliest jumper, and dance your way into Christmas with the North East’s own Monster Ceilidh Band, for a full-throttle festive party of reels, jigs, and good cheer.

Venue:

The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3HA

Date:

Dec 23rd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£23, under 18s £12

SHDE + James Witham

Venue:

NE Volume Music Bar, 21d Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3DR

Date:

Dec 26th 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

£7adv/£9otd

Taylormania

Taylor Swift Eras Tribute Concert.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Dec 27th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£30.90

Christmas Rocks Day 1

Featuring Damaged inc, Guns On Roses, Hellbent Forever, Dizzy Lizzy, Tyne Maiden, Witches Sabbath - Black Sabbath Tribute, Motorheed.

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Dec 27th 2025

Time:

16:30

Price:

£29.90adv/multi-day tickets available

Ain’t It Fun

NE tribute band to one of the most influential 00s rock bands, Paramore.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Dec 27th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£10

Absolutely ABBA

North East’s leading ABBA tribute band.

Venue:

Independent, 27/28 Holmeside, Sunderland, SR1 3JE

Date:

Dec 27th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£15