Grayscale

American Rock band.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 18th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£18.55adv

Andy Irvine

One of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:45

Price:

£18

Howard Jones

Visionary 80s hitmaker with timeless melodic power.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £44.80

Penguin Cafe Performs Music From The Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Penguin Cafe bringing the music of the legendary Penguin Cafe Orchestra back to life, celebrating the unique sound that has captivated audiences worldwide.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£33

Bad Nerves

The bastard child of a Ramones/Strokes one night stand, Bad Nerves play ferociously fast distorted pop songs.

Venue:

The Grove, 1 St Michael's Rd, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1QU

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£19.50

Steeleye Span

The band who changed the face of folk music forever.

Venue:

Phoenix Theatre, Beaconsfield Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2DS

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£28

Royal Northern Sinfonia - Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

It’s no wonder that Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto has now been an audience favourite for over 150 years – its simply jam-packed with good tunes. Passionate, yearning and a ‘wow’ showcase for any soloist, it’s a guaranteed great start to a concert. Your evening is rounded off by Schubert’s orchestral masterpiece, his aptly named ‘Great’ Symphony

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

From £17.50

Murs

American rapper.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£16

Holysseus Fly

As vocalist, co-writer and pianist in critically acclaimed collective Ishmael Ensemble, Fly is a vital presence in the UK music scene and as a solo artist she pushes further, blending emotion-soaked lyrics with soaring, cinematic choruses.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£16.50

Mackenzy Mackay

Startling singer-songwriter who melds urgent, hip-hop-style delivery with a rich, emotional croon.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 19th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£11.25adv

Declan O’Rourke

Declan O’Rourke makes a welcome return to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of his debut album ‘Since Kyabram’.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£33.20

The Sensational 60s Experience

Starring Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich, The Trems (featuring Jeff Brown, former member of The Tremeloes), The Fortunes, Spencer James (forty years with The Searchers) and Vanity Fare.

Venue:

Whitley Bay Playhouse, Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£37.95

Inspiral Carpets

Along with the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets were the cornerstones in a new indie psychedelia that played out in many different ways.

Venue:

Boiler Shop, 20 South Street, Newcastle, NE1 3PE

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£29.15adv

Getdown Services

Their highly lauded debut album Crisps was released in November 2023 via Breakfast Records presenting eclectic, danceable grooves and astute, hilarious put-downs of modern Britain.

Venue:

Pop Recs Ltd, 172-175 High St W, Sunniside, Sunderland, SR1 1UP

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£14

Josi & Alex

Indie rock band formed in early 2024. Blending raw emotion with infectious melodies, their music captures the urgency of the moment: honest unfiltered and deeply resonant.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£12.50

The Skinner Brothers

Swaggering indie band.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£19.15adv

Sheelanagig

Whipping up a storm of foot-stomping, roof-raising, high-energy live folk.

Venue:

Gosforth Civic Theatre, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle, NE3 3HD

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£22

Cat Ryan

Newcastle Indie-Pop four piece.

Venue:

The Grove, 1 St Michael's Rd, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1QU

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£11

Rún

An experimental Irish trio that blends folk, synth, drone, noise, and heavy grooves into a dark, ethereal, and transcendent mix of long-form explorations and vignettes that can be heard on their forthcoming,

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£12

Ríoghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet

A signature blend of protest soul, twisted folk, deep groove and joyful abandon.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£18.50

Fresh Thursday // Rozsa + Josef Akin

A unique regular event that showcases new music alongside a home-cooked meal. ROZSA is a genre-blurring artist weaving hypnotic hip-hop, alt-pop, and trip-hop with a signature twist: live electric harp. Josef Akin is a composer, producer and musician living in London.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£8-£15

Dog Days + Coyotes + Cheap Devotion

Three great local alt-rock bands.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£5adv/£7otd

The Last Dinner Party

London's The Last Dinner Party combines maximalist pop grandeur with hook-filled baroque indie rock to create bold modern stadium anthems that evoke the art-pop acumen of artists like Sparks, Kate Bush and Siouxsie & The Banshees.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£46.30

Lunchtime Concert: Chris Newman & Andy Watt

World-renowned flatpicking guitarist Chris Newman joins forces with one of his former students Andy Watt to present an eclectic programme of music with a thrilling mix of traditional folk tunes, bluegrass, Gypsy jazz and some original compositions which defy categorisation.

Venue:

King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle, NE1 7RU

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

13:15

Price:

Free

Polyfillas + Snoopy’s Children + Risco

3 Great bands.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£7adv/£9otd

Those Folk

A husband & wife musical duo that sing stunning vocal harmonies alongside guitar, accordion, mandolin & banjo. Support from Tommy Arch.

Venue:

Alphabetti Theatre, St James Boulevard, Newcastle, NE1 4HP

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£3-£10

Howlin Mat

Authentic cigar box guitar blues.

Venue:

Black Swan Bar, Newcastle Arts Centre, 69 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SG

Date:

Nov 20th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£tbc

Spunk Volcano and The Eruptions

Punk rock from the UK. Featuring the Farrell brothers from Dirt Box Disco and John Kettle, songwriter and producer from Merry Hell and The Tansads.

Venue:

The Central Bar, Half Moon Lane, Gateshead, NE8 2AN

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£12.10adv

Flook

The band early on evolved an inimitable trademark sound and hold fast to their rightful reputation as exceptional musical innovators; the whistles and flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weaving and spinning tunes rooted in tradition over precise acoustic grooves.

Venue:

Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Beaumont Street, Hexham, NE46 3LS

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £23

ARRIVAL: The Hits of ABBA

Venue:

Whitley Bay Playhouse, Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£30.95

Henge & Gong

Co-headline tour featuring psychedelic legends Gong and extra-terrestrial joymongers Henge.

Venue:

Northumbria University Students’ Union, 2 Sandyford Rd, Newcastle, NE1 8SB

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£27.50adv

Kirsten Adamson

Award-winning singer/songwriterKirsten Adamson (daughter of rock legend Stuart Adamson (Big Country, Skids) summons the same heart-stopping purity as Sandy Denny, by way of Emmylou Harris and Kate Bush.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£13

Young Knives

Initially riding the wave of the mid 2000’s British post-punk resurgence with a string of Indie disco classics and top 20 trojan horse hits, they quickly transcended any genre thrown at them by moving into more experimental electronica and noise rock in the 2010’s.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£20

Bryn Terfel sings Schubert

The renowned bass-baritone Bryn Terfel sings a selection of Schubert’s songs, there’s the same composer’s ‘Great’ Symphony, plus the haunting beauty of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Impromptu.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£22.50-£50.50

Svalbard

Since forming in 2011, the band have had their hands in black metal, post-rock, d-beat, shoegaze, hardcore, and post-metal.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£16.90adv

The Dusty Show

An unforgettable evening of wall to wall hits and classics spanning the success of Dusty Springfield’s life and music.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £27

Riskee & The Ridicule

Pioneers of the Grime Punk subculture.

Venue:

The Grove, 1 St Michael's Rd, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1QU

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£16

East Coast Swing Band

Local 22 piece big band with nine sax players. They guarantee an evening of great music from the swing era of the 1930s to 1950s, plus a few rock numbers reworked for a big jazz band.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£9-£10

Lunchtime Jazz: Tom Remon & Tony Ormesher

Venue:

The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

13:00

Price:

£8

Samantha Barks

The West End’s brightest star invites you to an intimate, soul-stirring evening of music and storytelling.

Venue:

Durham Cathedral, Chapter Office, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3EH

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £18

MADMADMAD

Over the last few years, MADMADMAD have built a steady reputation as one of the UK’s most thrilling electronic acts. Support from The Smokin Coconuts!

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£7-£11

Juan Martín

Experience world-renowned flamenco guitarist Juan Martín live at The Bowes Museum. Famed for his fiery technique and soulful authenticity, he brings the passion of Spain to an unforgettable November concert.

Venue:

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8NP

Date:

Nov 21st 2025 - Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£35-40

Devon

UK singer-songwriter.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£11.20adv

Dee Dowling

Renowned musician & producer, Dee Dowling, launches his new EP with a superb live band of pro-players.

Venue:

PILGRIM, 54 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, NE1 6SF

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£10.60adv

Jez Lowe

A man with a huge standing in the UK folk and acoustic music scene.

Venue:

Old Cinema Launderette, 38 Marshall Terrace, Gilesgate Moor, Durham, DH1 2HX

Date:

Nov 21st 2025

Time:

19:45

Price:

£19.80adv

One Night in Nashville

An authentic honky-tonk live show featuring the talented Singer/Songwriter Maria Jordan and her 6-piece band.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£33.20

The King Blues

Influenced by the Specials, Public Enemy, and the Clash, London collective the King Blues combine folk-punk, Two-Tone, and dub reggae with overtly political lyrical themes — creating a sound they describe as “conscious rude boy ska.”

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£25.20adv

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The fiery, theatrical, psychedelic and legendary Crazy World of Arthur Brown returns to Hartlepool.

Venue:

The Studio, Tower Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7HQ

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

20:30

Price:

£24.20adv

Destination Bowie

It’s time to blast through five decades of Bowie!

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

20:30

Price:

£18

Stone Foundation

8-piece Soul band.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£22.50

Casualkai

Four piece, harmony driven, indie pop-rock outfit, who formed twenty years ago here in Newcastle

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£10adv/£15otd

Glam Slam 6: A Prince Party

Featuring a full live concert performance by The Dawn, the show will include huge hits, and a few surprises too!

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£15adv

Bad Manners

Featuring vocalist Buster Bloodvessel, Bad Manners were at the forefront of the ska revival movement in England in the late ’70s.

Venue:

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

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£32

Citizen Soldier

Rock band from Utah.

Venue:

Tapyard, Warehouse 34, Hoult's Yard, Newcastle, NE6 2HL

Date:

Nov 22nd 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

Free