All gigs free and 9pm-ish start unless otherwise stated.

Riffs urges you to check with venue before travelling
MONDAY 15 AUGUST
TUESDAY 16 AUGUST

DAVE RIDLEY

Stack, Seaburn,  Sunderland               2pm

WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST

ANGEL / BOUCHARD BROS.

Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER         Tickets £20

THURSDAY 18 AUGUST

'SPEAKEASY' WITH   CONNOR THOMAS	Harbour View Pub  Roker  Sunderland         8-10.30pm
GODZZ OF WOR	Angels Place, Church St East, Sunderland

FRIDAY 19 AUGUST

7 SINS	The station, Killingworth
FOUR LETTER WORD	O'Gradys - Redcar
THE PRE-AMPS	Forest Hall Constitutional & Unionist Club, Churchill House, 5 Park Drive, Forest Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 9JN           0191 2661591           Tickets £7 from venue or Mark McCormick on 07791102196                                 7pm
JUSTUZFOR	live lounge park lane suderland             8.45pm
SNOW MOON PRESENTS: ALL OUT ATTACK / SNIDE REMARKS	Tynemouth Social Club, 15 - 16 Front Street, Tynemouth. NE30 4DX     0191 257 7542 £2 door         doors 8pm
GODZZ OF WOR	Magnesia Bank, Camden St, North Shields
STORM CHASER / GUEST VOCALIST	Usworth and Washington Gardeners Club Industrial Road Hertburn Washington   £3.00 door  7pm-Late
DAVE RIDLEY	Ketton Ox, Yarm               7.30pm
T.ROX	The Forum Music Centre. Darlington                 8.30pm                  cc
TUBESNAKE	The Three Tuns, Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD
THE GRAHAM HENDERSON EXPERIENCE	Raob club (the buffs) Ashington
OVERDRIVE	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH

SATURDAY 20 AUGUST

R1G1D D1G1T5	The Grand Hotel, South Church, Bishop Auckland
FOUR LETTER WORD	Malton Rugby Club - Malton
WHOLE HOG	Blackhall Navy Club          cc               8.45pm
MUGSHOT	live lounge park lane suderland     8.45pm
STRAIGHTSHOT	The Coach House, Low Fell
MAD MANNERS	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle
FLEETWOOD MAC TRIBUTE	The Isabella, Blyth
ERIK AND THE VIKINGS	Billingham Catholic Club            8.45pm           £1 non-members
SLEEZE SISTERS / SOLO ARTIST	Usworth and Washington Gardeners Club Industrial Road Hertburn Washington   £3.00 door  7pm-Late
MARIGOLDS	Pelaw Inn Shields Rd, Gateshead NE10 0QD
DAVE RIDLEY	Blagdon Arms, Cramlington                 8pm
TERRY GORMAN	Blake Arms Seghill Cramlington              8.30pm
T.ROX	Elmfield Social Club. Hebburn .Tyne &Wear              8.30pm               cc
TUBESNAKE	The Star Inn, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 1SQ
RUSS TIPPINS BAND	Magnesia Bank North Shields
CONTRABAND	Heaton Buffs club, Heaton            cc
JIMI C	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
JESS McCONNELL	The Step Washington Village Washington Tyne and Wear NE38 7HP               8pm

SUNDAY 21 AUGUST

LOUNGE LIZARDS	Victorian Tap : Battle Hill : Hexham
CALL OFF THE SEARCH	The Welcome Tavern,10 Prospect Row, Sunderland SR1 2DW               3pm
ABSOLUTE FREE	South Durham Social aka Hartlepool Steelies TS25 5RE                5.30pm          £8 door
STARZ	St Peters Social Bar, 377 Walker Rd, Newcastle, NE6 2AB          0191 2655343        8.15-10.30pm
JAY R SKA SHOW	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle           6pm
DAVE ALEXANDER	Billingham Catholic Club            6pm           £1 non-members
TRIP HAZARD NE	Chesters 187 Front Street, Chester le Street, DH3 3AX        5pm
ALCATRAZ HOUSE BAND	Magnesia Bank North Shields           4pm

MONDAY 22 AUGUST
TUESDAY 23 AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST
THURSDAY 25 AUGUST

'SPEAKEASY' WITH EASTON JAKE GUILLORY

Harbour View Pub  Roker  Sunderland         8-10.30pm

FRIDAY 26 AUGUST

THE REVOLUTIONAIRES	The station, Killingworth
LOUNGE LIZARDS	Blues at the Bay : Cleveland Bay : Yarm Road : Eaglescliffe
FOUR LETTER WORD	Bill Quay Summer Festival - Bill Quay Cricket Club        Tickets £5
WHOLE HOG	Potters Wheel Sunniside
THE SUGAR Bs	live lounge park lane suderland             8.45pm
GODZZ OF WOR	Tees-riders MCC Rally Tunstall Riding Centre, Nunthorpe            Tickets £18
TERRY GORMAN	Milbourne Arms Holywell Village           8pm
THE WOLCOTT BAND	Usworth and Washington Gardeners Club Industrial Road Hertburn Washington   £3.00 door  7pm-Late
DAVE RIDLEY	David Lloyd Clubs,  Sunderland                 6pm
7 SINS	Magnesia Bank North Shields
CITY ROAD SURVIVORS	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH

SATURDAY 27 AUGUST

FOUR LETTER WORD	The Voyager - Guisborough         5pm
EAST COAST MAINLINE	The Grand Bishop Auckland
ELECTRIC SHEEP	live lounge park lane suderland             8.45pm
SNOW MOON PRESENTS: GALLAGHER'S GREEN / VALLEY 59	Tynemouth Social Club, 15 - 16 Front Street, Tynemouth. NE30 4DX     0191 257 7542 £2 door         doors 8pm
GODZZ OF WOR	Pied Piper Orchard Way, Ormesby, Midds,             8.30pm
BEER MONKEYS	The Coach House, Low Fell
BARKING BILLY AND THE SCRAPYARD DOGS	Blackhall Navy Club    8.45pm    c/c
THE COSMICS	The Isabella, Blyth
SCEPTRE	Billingham Catholic Club            8.45pm           £1 non-members
TEMPEST	The George & Dragon, Heighington
7 SINS	New Hartley residents club Bristol Street new Hartley whitley bay NE250RS
THE 280s / SOLO ARTIST	Usworth and Washington Gardeners Club Industrial Road Hertburn Washington   £3.00 door  7pm-Late
ECHO PARK	Pelaw Inn Shields Rd, Gateshead NE10 0QD
TRIP HAZARD NE	Bebside Inn Front Street, Bebside, Blyth, NE24 4HT
DAVE RIDLEY	Rams Head, Langley Park                    8pm
MAGGIE MAY Shirley Bassey tribute	Forest Hall Constitutional & Unionist Club, Churchill House, 5 Park Drive, Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 9JN    0191 2661591 Tickets £5 available from venue or Mark McCormick 07791102196 Barbecue 3pm.   Artist 6pm
BLAKK SABBATH	Magnesia Bank North Shields
CONTRABAND	Dirty Habits ,Whitley Bay
GRAHAM HUNTER	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH

SUNDAY 28 AUGUST

FOUR LETTER WORD	The Stainton Inn - Middlesbrough
DWANE'S CHARITY BIKE RIDE	South Durham Social aka Hartlepool Steelies TS25 5RE           live music from  6.30pm         FREE
YELLOWSTONE	live lounge park lane suderland             5.30pm
ECHO PARK	St Peters Social Bar, 377 Walker Rd, Newcastle, NE6 2AB          0191 2655343        8.15-10.30pm
TERRY GORMAN	Juke Shed 16 Union Quay North Shields            8pm
REVIVAL DUO	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle           4pm
CHARITY GARDEN PARTY BUSKERS followed by HOPE CITY ROCKERS	Billingham Catholic Club            12-5.30pm           £1 non-members
ACOUSTIC KEYS	Pelaw Inn Shields Rd, Gateshead NE10 0QD         6pm
PANIC BUYERS	Gunners Club .Mary street.  Sunderland                 1.30pm
DAVE RIDLEY	Bournmoor Cricket Club                     2pm The Royal,  Trimdon                         4.30pm
ON THE ROCKS	The Big Jug Durham           5pm
THE GRAHAM HENDERSON EXPERIENCE	The Black and Grey, Morpeth         8pm
ELECTRIC SHEEP	Magnesia Bank North Shields                  4pm
CONTRABAND	Old fox ,Felling                4pm
ALISHA LEE	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH          3pm

MONDAY 29 AUGUST

THE PRE AMPS

Magnesia Bank North Shields                 4pm

TUESDAY 30 AUGUST

ELECTRIC BOYS

Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER         Tickets £16.50

WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST

THURSDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

PARADISE ALLEY	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
'SPEAKEASY' with ROD SINCLAIR AND ANDREA HARRIS	Harbour View Pub Roker Sunderland            8-10.30pm

FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

MEGADETH	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
ALIBI	The station, Killingworth
JUSTUZFOR	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
THE AVERAGE JOES	live lounge park lane sunderland

SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

BLAKK SABBATH	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
SOUL STREET	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle
REPERTOIRE DOGS	The Isabella, Blyth
STICKY FINGERS	South Durham Social aka Hartlepool Steelies TS255RE              8.30pm           £3 door
CONTRABAND	The Grand Hotel Bishop Auckland
MIKEY GATTO	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
RENDEZVOUS	live lounge park lane sunderland
SOPHISTICATE	The Ox Inn Stanley

SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

KEV FINNEGAN

Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle           6pm

MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER

'SPEAKEASY' with CHRIS JAMES and MARTIN FLETCHER

Harbour View Pub Roker Sunderland            8-10.30pm

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

FURY / BOZ / PHOENIX LAKE	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
PROPER BOYS	The station, Killingworth
DARLINGTON RHYTHM 'N' BLUES FESTIVAL	Darlington Town Centre and various venues           www.enjoydarlington.co.uk
LOUNGE LIZARDS	Lindisfarne Social Club, West Street, Wallsend
THE GRAHAM HENDERSON EXPERIENCE	The Ox and Plough, Washington
CONTRABAND	Peterlee club, Peterlee                cc
LONGSIGHT	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
GIROSCOPE	live lounge park lane sunderland

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

TOXICITIES     (SOAD trib)	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
CONTRABAND	The Isabella, Blyth
THE GRUMPIES	South Durham Social aka Hartlepool Steelies TS255RE              8.30pm           £3 door
PISTOLEROS	The Grand Hotel Bishop Auckland
DARLINGTON RHYTHM 'N' BLUES FESTIVAL	Darlington Town Centre and various venues           www.enjoydarlington.co.uk
LOUNGE LIZARDS	White Swan, Newgate Street, Morpeth
GODZZ OF WOR	Coach & Horses, High St, Wrekenton
TERRY GORMAN	Chichester Arms South Shields
CONTRABAND	The Isabella, Blyth
EMMA LOUISE BENNETT	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
REPLAY	live lounge park lane sunderland

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

MOVING PICTURES     (Rush trib)	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER     Tickets
BOY GEORGE TRIBUTE	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle           6pm
DARLINGTON RHYTHM 'N' BLUES FESTIVAL	Darlington Town Centre and various venues           www.enjoydarlington.co.uk
CALL OFF THE SEARCH	The Black and Grey, 80 Newgate Street, Morpeth, NE61 1BU                8pm

MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

'SPEAKEASY' with AL HARRINGTON and JIM MACARA

Harbour View Pub Roker Sunderland            8-10.30pm

FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

T.REX trib	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
THE FORCE	The Three Tuns, Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead
WHOLE HOG	The station, Killingworth
GODZZ OF WOR	Lambton Arms, Front St, Chester Le St
KINDRED SPIRIT	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
SOUND DIVIDE	live lounge park lane sunderland

SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

PARAMORE UK	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
THE FORCE	The Turbinia, Sid Chaplin Dr, Newton Aycliffe
STEREO TYPICAL	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle
BLUES BROTHERS TRIBUTE	The Isabella, Blyth
PORCELAIN HILL (USA) / THE FALLING DOVES	South Durham Social aka Hartlepool Steelies TS255RE         7.30pm       Tickets £15/£17 www.ents24
TOXIC	The Grand Hotel Bishop Auckland
FIZZYFISH	Druridge Bay Camp out   https://www.facebook.com/druridgebayCampout/
THE GRAHAM HENDERSON EXPERIENCE	The Coach House, Low Fell
THE FRESH AIR STEALERS	the mill house, north tce, crook
JOHNNY TAYLOR	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
THE BRIT PACK	live lounge park lane sunderland
TERRY GORMAN	The Wheatsheaf Whitley Rd Forest Hall NE12 9SU

SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

GRAND SLAM / SONS OF LIBERTY	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER                Tickets £16.50
JUST SO	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle           6pm

MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

SCREAM OF THE BUTTERFLY

Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER

WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

NOVICHOK	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
LOUNGE LIZARDS	Black Bull, Bridge Street, Morpeth
'SPEAKEASY' with THE DJOOKS	Harbour View Pub Roker Sunderland            8-10.30pm

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

FALLEN MAFIA	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
THE FORCE	The Voyager, Anderson St, South Shields
9TH AVENUE	The station, Killingworth
FIZZYFISH	The Lambton Hotel Chester le Street
GODZZ OF WOR	Ox & Plough, Raby Rd, Oxclose, Washington
THE GRAHAM HENDERSON EXPERIENCE	Steels Club, Sunderland                     cc
THE ADDICTION	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
NEXT STOP VEGAS	live lounge park lane sunderland

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

THE FORCE	New Lodge WMC Wakefield Rd, New Lodge, Barnsley              CC
ANDROMEDA	The Isabella, Blyth
THE FLYING OYSTERS	South Durham Social aka Hartlepool Steelies TS255RE              8.30pm           £3 door
RUSS TIPPINS	The Grand Hotel Bishop Auckland
JASON ISAACS	Forest Hall Constitutional & Unionist Club, Churchill House, 5 Park Drive, Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 9JN     0191 2661591 Tickets £6 available from club.                  7pm
GODZZ OF WOR	Blackhall Navy Club, East St, Blackhall                     cc
CONTRABAND	Anglers Arms ,Choppington               4pm
GARY SPALDING	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
FLATBACK FOUR	live lounge park lane sunderland
CALL OFF THE SEARCH	The Central, 128 Front Street, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, NE64 6AA

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

MALACHY	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER              Tickets
WELLER TRIBUTE	Flying Scotsman Forest Hall Newcastle           6pm
GODZZ OF WOR	Penny Gill, Cheapside, Spennymoor             4.30pm

MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

HURANOVA

Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER

WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

THE CRAWLING

Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER

THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

BLACK ROSE / MILLENNIUM	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
'SPEAKEASY' with THE MICK CANTWELL TRIO	Harbour View Pub Roker Sunderland            8-10.30pm

FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

DEBORAH BONHAM BAND	Trillians Rock Bar, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER         Tickets £13.20   Door £15
THE FORCE	Billingham Catholic Club, Wolviston Road, Billingham               CC
REDWINGS	The station, Killingworth
GODZZ OF WOR	The Olde Durham SC,  St Aidens St, Hartlepool
ON THE ROCKS	The Penny Gill Spennymoor
CONTRABAND	Murton legion club ,Murton                 cc
MIDNIGHT HOUR EXPERIENCE	The Garden Farm, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. DH2 3EH
WICKED DOGS	live lounge park lane sunderland

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