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NORTH EAST LIVE MUSIC
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SoundBite is a North East gig guide for finding and reading about live music across Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, County Durham, Darlington and Teesside. Browse North East gig listings for shows happening today, this week, this weekend and in the months ahead, with dedicated listings for local music venues and touring artists. Then go beyond the listings with gig previews, reviews, artist profiles, new music and the latest North East music news. Whether you are planning your next night out or want to discover who is playing near you, SoundBite brings upcoming gigs and independent North East music coverage together in one place.
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Reviews
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Touring the North East
Touring artists and national acts with dates across the region.
This Weekend
Friday to Sunday gigs across the North East.
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Browse gigs from Monday to Sunday across the North East.
Ben Poole
Circuit des Yeux feat. Alan Sparhawk presents Nosferatu (1922)
Divine Shade
New Music Showcase
Canned Pineapples + Patrick Gosling
Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best
Ferris & Sylvester
Jimmy Nail: Stories and Songs
lovetempo
Mae Stephens
Tuesday Jam
A Quite Quiet Special: The Lake Poets, David Brewis, Isabel Maria, Nadedja and Georgia Ruyi
Cassia
Express Yourself – The Madonna Show
Jasmine Myra
Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
Oh My God! It's The Church
Open Mic Night - On The Main Stage
Queen Symphonic
Siobhan Miller Band
SOiL + Finger Eleven + Adema
The Australian Pink Floyd
Ashley Singh
Cut Capers
Fergus McCreadie
Forever Jackson
Fresh Thursday // Bonfire Night Special with Lydian Collective
Gentleman’s Dub Club
Gnoomes + Dextro
KMP Quintal
L.A. Guns
Midwife
My Girl The River
Thank You For The Music
The Hanging Stars w/ Sunstack Jones
The Script
The Shires
UNIT.90 Thursdays
Yur Mum + Monkeys Blood
An Evening with James Walsh (Starsailor) and Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
BON DC
Celia Grace
COLA
Crashdïet
Dani Larkin
Dave Lofts
Definitely Oasis
dreamland: Peach b2b Jay Duncan All Night Long
Dual Control live
First Friday Folk
GARAGELAND UK
Gary Stewart's Graceland
Hail the Sun
Limehouse Lizzy
Maria BC + Gichard
Mykki Blanco
Nieve Ella
NME’D - A Tribute to 00’s NME Classics
North Riding + Sam Shields
Northern Frequency Presents Jamie Fielding 3HR Extended Set
Old Red Eyes
Rico & Louise + Special Guests
Street $mart documentary screening
Full Circle Brew Co
The 280s – Live On Stage
The Australian Pink Floyd
The BIG Indie Tribute Festival
The Colin Holt Band
The ELO Experience
The Friday Night Club with The Unthanks
The Rifles
The Skids / Theatre of Hate – Co-Headline Tour
The Ultimate 70s Show
Almost Heaven
AZYR b2b Partiboi69
Before the Dog + Monday Night Sex Club + Vynas + Not Quite Royal Blood
Bon Jovi Forever
Bruiser + Suspirium + Your Casket Or Mine
Catch the Sparrow
CINCO SHADES: Josh Pace
DAY TIME DISCO – COUNTRY
Daytime Disco for Grown Ups
Dermot Henry
Dollhaus presents: EDIT 2.0
DREADNOUGHT – Live On Stage
Ferocious Dog – UK Farewell Tour
Gipsy Kings by Andre Reyes
Good Friend Rik
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie
Hear Now presents Sugar Free All Night Long
Hits Out Of Hell – The Legend Of Meat Loaf
Holy Diva
Indie Scene Proposal
INFUSION presents Joe Rolét
inU with Guy J & Jeremy Olander
K-Klass Day Party
King Ayisoba + Ayuune Sule
Last Night of the Proms Concert
Man with a Movie Camera w/ live soundtrack by Ali Renault
Monster Florence
Newcastle International Chamber Music Series: Martinů Quartet
Northern Soul Day Party: Newcastle
Raynes
Remembrance Concert
Ross From Friends And Friends
Shakedown
The Bootleg Eagles – Acoustic
The Grove Punk All-Dayer
The Music of Fleetwood Mac by Candlelight
The Overtones: Jivin Home For Christmas
The Rolling People
The Rosadocs
The Shaking Hand
TOKYO ACID CRU + EGEBAMYASI + Justin Mills
Veritas Festival
Wot Italian? Boothby Graffoe & Antonio Forcione
Writing as a Visual Act with Victoria Doyle
ZombieFest2026
Barnard Castle Band: Remembrance Concert
Birdvox
Bob Wood
Car Bomb
Easington Colliery Band: Last Post, First Light
Elgar's Dream of Gerontius
Employed To Serve & Cabal
Frazer Lambert; Never Settled
Greg Abate with Dean Stockdale Trio
Hels Pattison + support
Mark Olson
Railcard + support (Matinee Show)
Snake Davis & Gareth Moulton
Soul Sundaes
SUNDAY CLUB LIVE with JAMAGOTCHI
THE ENTITLED SONS
Under Earth, Under Arms, We Remember
Barbican Estate
Dublon (Live)
Gently Tender + 60 juno
Morcheeba
New Music Showcase
Water Damage + Geologist
A People's History of Music
Electric Eel Shock
Hannah James & Toby Kuhn
Jazz Jam Sandwich
Joey Wit Band + Chris Norris Band + Beth Blade (acoustic)
Oscar Blue
Skye Newman
Teenage Fanclub
The Home Team + Arrows In Action + True North
Toby Shaer, Archie Moss and Jack Warnock
Yard Act
Cortney Dixon, Champ, Patrick Gosling
Becky Hill: Intimate Show + Guest DJ
Bellowhead: Burlesque 20th Anniversary Tour
Cloudbusting – The Music Of Kate Bush
Coldplace: The World's Leading Tribute to Coldplay
Jill Andrews
LLIVELY Showcase
Polestar Studios
Lo Fidelity Allstars
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto – Royal Northern Sinfonia
Oliver Hunt, Callum McLean, Anna Lou, Sam Bennett
Slackrr
The Forum Open Jam with Ria Robinson
An Evening WIth Baskery
Blank plus Supports TBA
Conor McLain
Embrace
Express Yourself: The Madonna Show
Fresh Thursday // MoonMot + Jack Banjo’s Snackwall
Gimp Fist
Hels Pattison
Claypath Delicatessen
Leo Sayer: Can't Stop Loving You
Look Left: live jazz
Lost In Music – One Night At The Disco
LOTS OF HANDS + SUNDOTS
Malcolm Middleton
Pebbledash
Possessed By Paul James
Ratio: Swingin Through The Decades
The Orb / Ozric Tentacles
Tony & the Kiki
UNIT.90 Thursdays
911: 30th Anniversary Tour
Absolute Amy
AELIUS RISING #5: Polyvinyl, Cherry Knowle, Martin Purvis
American Pie Emo Night ft. Thomas Nicholas Band
Annual Free Convention - Friday
Arctic Numpties
ARRIVAL: The Hits of ABBA
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley
Bongo's Bingo
Bootleg Eagles
China Crisis: Warped 2026
Cloudbusting - The Music of Kate Bush
DIGITAL presents Slapfunk Newcastle
Drunk Pony
Dub Pistols
East Coast Swing Band
East End Dubs
Femme Fatal Fridays
GNOD with Bruise Blood + Man of Moon
House of Fun
Ivan Smagghe All Night Long
Jango Flash
KERRISON COLLECTIVE – Live On Stage
Las Vegas – Black Tie Ball
Nic Cage Against the Machine
Night Tyne Festival Day 1: 1919 + BYE GEMINI
Open Mic Night with Peter Winder
Ray Quinn - King Of Swing
RnB: The Milk Men
Southern Incorporated
Spafford Campbell + Watersmeet
Step Into Christmas
Steve Pilgrim
The Bar Stool Preachers
The Jam’d
The NE Street Band
The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band
Torridon
VixenFest Night 1
Watchers + Judith
Almost Heaven
An Dannsa Dub
Annual Free Convention - Saturday
Bleak Squad
Bongo's Bingo
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Brass in Concert 2026
Curves presents: Jubei, Tyrone, + residents
Cwfen
DACARA & The Mechanist
David Ford's 2026 Songbook
Day Tripper
DIGITAL & Big Fat Rave Presents: 4AM KRU
Eyehategod + Pig Destroyer
Fleeting Rumours
Ghostlamp + Yesterday’s Heroes
Glam Slam 7 – A Prince Party
Jo Whiley’s 90s Anthems
Johns' Boys Welsh Male Voice Choir
K-POP VS POP QUEENS
Night Tyne Festival Day 2: Inkubus Sukkubus + Byronic Sex & Exile + The Golden Age Of Nothing
Rave On – The Ultimate 50s & 60s Experience
Raver Tots
Reverend & The Makers
Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts
Riot Rave
Shakedown
Showaddywaddy
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