Here’s some of the highlights to pop in your diary.
5. Kubix Festival pop day, Herrington Country Park, July 15
Kubix Festival returns to Herrington Country Park with a whole summer of music. On July 15, a pop and dance day features Blue, Sugababes, A1, 911, Five, N-Trance and more. Photo: submitted
6. Summer Streets Festival, Cliffe Park, Roker, July 15 and 16
Community arts and music festival Summer Streets has announced it will be returning to Cliffe Park, Seaburn on July 15 and 16. The free family festival has a host of acts include The Young’Uns, north east folk favourites who have won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award three times. They’ll appear on the evening of Saturday, July 15.
Sunday’s headliners are The Original Pinettes, an all-female brass band from New Orleans, who are performing thanks to a partnership with Durham BRASS. The ground-breaking party band have previously performed with Arcade Fire and Katy Perry. Photo: Tim Richardson
7. Wannasee Festival, Herrington Country Park, July 16
A wave of tribute acts will be taking over a city park as part of a festival celebrating some of the biggest names in music. Tributes to The Beatles, AC/DC, Queen, KISS, ELO, Oasis, Pink, Robbie Williams, Adele, Kings of Leon, Blondie, Elvis and more will perform at the Wannasee Tribute Festival, which takes place at Herrington Country Park on Sunday, July 16, 2023.
The one-day festival is being brought to the city by the team behind Kubix Festival who are staging two weekends of large-scale events at the park. Photo: submitted
8. N-Dubz, July 21, Herrington Country Park
As well as festival days at Herrington Country Park, Kubix is hosting an evening with N-Dubz plus Bad Boy Chiller Crew and Nathan Dawe on Friday, July 21, 2023. With a huge outdoor headline production, promoters say it's something “never seen in the area before.” N-Dubz perform inbetween the two Kubix events Photo: submitted