Hector Gannett plus Pete Williams & Andy Wellings

Hector Gannett plus Pete Williams & Andy Wellings comes to The Glasshouse as part of its Christmas 2026 programme. Find the date, venue details and official ticket information.

October 6, 2026

Hector Gannett are back at The Glasshouse on Friday 27 November, and this one looks like much more than a straightforward album run-through.

The North East band bring The Great Shakedown to Sage Two, joined by special guests Pete Williams and Andy Wellings. The record has pushed Hector Gannett into bigger territory, with brass, choir and even church bells recorded at Christ Church in North Shields becoming part of the sound.

Hector Gannett return to Sage Two

Anyone who has followed the band around the North East will already know they can move comfortably between intimate songwriting and something far more expansive. Sage Two should give them the room to show both sides.

The Great Shakedown is their most ambitious work to date, and hearing those arrangements translated into a live setting is the real draw here. Rather than stripping the record back, this feels like an opportunity to give the songs the scale they were built for.

The addition of Pete Williams and Andy Wellings makes the evening even more rooted in the region’s music scene. It also gives anyone heading to The Glasshouse that night an alternative to Tony Hadley’s big-band Christmas show over in Sage One.

There’s plenty of Christmas programming around the venue over the following weeks, but Hector Gannett’s date stands out as one for people who want a North East band at the centre of the night rather than an overtly festive show.