Founding member and bassist of legendary band Prefab Sprout, Martin McAloon performs a stripped-back set celebrating over 40 years of the band’s music. Expect classic songs including Cars and Girls, When Love Breaks Down and The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Alongside his music career, Martin has lectured in music and art and is also an internationally exhibited visual artist working under the pseudonym Feliks Culpa.

A Sunderland supergroup featuring Marty Longstaff of The Lake Poets, Jamagotchi celebrate the very best of 90s pop, indie, dance and rave. Expect wall-to-wall nostalgia, school disco classics and huge singalong anthems.

North East weird-pop ensemble Amateur Ornithologist create densely layered, harmony- filled songs inspired by neurodivergent lives and Victorian fiction. Known for captivating live performances complete with costumes and theatrical staging, the band have earned comparisons to Talking Heads, Prefab Sprout and The Beach Boys.