Alice Armstrong Brings Award-Winning R&B to The Forum Darlington

Alice Armstrong at The Forum Darlington brings one of the UK’s rising independent R&B voices to Borough Road on Friday 9 October 2026. Presented by Darlington Rock & Blues Club, the show gives Armstrong a full-band setting for a catalogue that reshapes classic rhythm and blues ideas with a contemporary edge.

The Forum describes Armstrong as a multi-award-winning independent artist with a live style that moves between heartbreaking ballads and more upbeat, rocking material. Her appeal is not simply about revisiting older blues and R&B sounds. Instead, she uses those foundations as a starting point, pairing a powerful vocal delivery with humour, personality and a performance style designed for a live room.

Alice Armstrong at The Forum Darlington

The Darlington date runs from 7.30pm until 11pm, with tickets priced at £18 in advance. The show forms part of The Forum’s regular Rock & Blues Club programme, which continues to bring established and emerging blues, soul and R&B artists to the town throughout the year.

For Armstrong, the format should suit the material particularly well. A full backing band gives the quieter songs room to build, while the more rhythm-driven tracks can push harder without losing the focus on her voice. That balance between ballads and more energetic numbers is a big part of the live description surrounding the show, and it should give the set more shape than a straight run of blues standards.

The Forum is also a strong fit for this sort of gig. Its main room is large enough to give a full band some weight, but still compact enough for the personality of a frontperson to carry across the room. For people who follow the venue’s blues programme, this looks like one of the more contemporary entries in the autumn run.

The show takes place at The Forum Music Centre in Darlington. Tickets and the latest event information are available from the official Forum event page.

Details were correct at the time of writing. Please check The Forum and Alice Armstrong’s official channels before travelling in case timings or admission information changes.