KNATS
KNATS are a Newcastle jazz group whose music brings together contemporary jazz, groove and the energy of the North East scene. Their approach sits…
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October 19, 2026
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Kraken Waker
Kraken Waker are a Newcastle three-piece built around heavy riffs, groove and hooks, with a sound that sits between hard rock, doom and alternative…
View profileLagos to Longbenton
Lagos to Longbenton are a Newcastle-based Afrobeat and jazz-fusion collective exploring the space between loose improvisation and tight, propulsive grooves. Their music draws strongly…
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Last Case Scenario
Last Case Scenario are an emerging North East act building their experience through grassroots shows and showcase events around the region. Their appearance on…
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Leazes
Leazes are a five-piece alternative indie rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne who have built serious momentum since emerging in 2024. Their sound centres…
View profileLook Left
Look Left are a Newcastle-based jazz trio working across modern jazz and fusion. Their music is built around interaction rather than excess, with the…
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Lost Lot
Lost Lot are a Newcastle upon Tyne alt-country band bringing a distinctly North East perspective to music influenced by Americana, roots rock and contemporary…
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lots of hands
lots of hands is a Newcastle upon Tyne project centred on Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden. The pair first connected through a Newcastle school…
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Lottie Willis
Lottie Willis is a Sunderland singer-songwriter making emotionally direct pop with a strong sense of place. Raised in the city and performing from a…
View profileMajor Accident
Major Accident are one of Darlington’s longest-running punk bands, with a story reaching back to the original late-1970s punk explosion. Founding singer Paul Larkin…
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Martha Hill
Martha Hill is a Newcastle-based singer-songwriter whose music moves between alternative pop, indie and folk-rooted songwriting. Her arrangements can shift from intimate acoustic detail…
View profileMartin Stephenson & The Daintees
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees are one of the North East’s long-running folk-rock and roots bands, formed in the early 1980s and led by…
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Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park are one of Newcastle’s best-known indie-rock bands, with a career spanning more than two decades. Their sharp guitar sound, literate songwriting and…
View profileMe Lost Me
Me Lost Me is the future-folk project of Newcastle-based artist, musician and composer Jayne Dent. The music combines soaring vocals with atmospheric electronics, folk…
View profileMilky Wimpshake
Milky Wimpshake are a lo-fi indie-punk band formed in Newcastle in 1993, built around Pete Dale’s sharp, often political songwriting and the group’s deliberately…
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Minotaurs
Minotaurs are a six-piece band from South Shields whose music moves between acoustic folk, indie pop and post-rock. Formed in 2006, the group built…
View profileMonster Ceilidh Band
Monster Ceilidh Band are a Newcastle folk group who take traditional dance music somewhere much louder, stranger and more modern. Fiddle-led tunes sit alongside…
View profileNano Kino
Nano Kino are a Newcastle four-piece whose music sits between dream pop, shoegaze and groove-led alternative rock. The songwriting grew from a shared love…
View profileNE-O
NE-O is a Newcastle rapper and independent artist who has spent years building his career from the North East. Also known as North East…
View profileNew Eye
New Eye are an alternative-pop band from County Durham, formed in early 2025 after two musical projects came together and quickly found a shared…
View profileNorth Riding
North Riding are a North East Americana and folk band featuring singer-songwriter Hayley McKay and multi-instrumentalist and producer David Neil Crabtree. Their music blends…
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Northern Daughters
Northern Daughters are a Sunderland-based six-piece girl band making bright, emotionally direct pop about friendship, confidence, anxiety, relationships and the pressure of growing up.…
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Northern Hospitality
Northern Hospitality are a Hartlepool-based alternative rock band whose music brings together punk energy, heavy guitar hooks and anthemic choruses. Their sound is built…
View profileNot Now Norman
Not Now Norman are a North East hard rock band built around the songwriting and performances of Taylor-Grace and Zander Brown. Their music pulls…
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