Keep Your Eyes Open - The North East's arts & culture dispatch

Alt. Music Promoters – Helping Or Hurting Local Bands?

By Emma Carter on May 24, 2013 in Music

We talk to bands and promoters alike to see if music’s middlemen are a help or a hinderance to the region’s aspiring alternative musicians

Sod The Tories – John Scott @ The Stand

By Adam Clery on May 24, 2013 in Stage

A comedy coalition of North East talent comes together to discuss the month’s big talking points, with a slight emphasis on that government you all like

The Jazz Man – An Island In A Stream Of Modern Culture

By Adam Clery on May 24, 2013 in Film

With the future of the Jazz Cafe still in limbo, a documentary charting the last years of its owner is on its way to our screens

Evolution Emerging – Interactive Venue Map & Stage Times

By Adam Clery on May 24, 2013 in Music

Heading down to Evolution Emerging this weekend? We’ve predictably plotted all the venues, bands and stage times down on a map for you to play around with

Tusk Festival Announce Line-Up

By Lee Fisher on May 24, 2013 in Music

Bringing to the Star & Shadow Cinema the kind of cutting edge experimental music rarely heard outside the pages of The Wire, Tusk announce the first wave of artists to appear at the October festival

The Last of McGuinness – Director Q&A @ The Stand

By Emma Carter on May 24, 2013 in Stage

One of Britain’s greatest professional wrestlers speaks honestly and startlingly baout his retirement from professional wrestling, in a special Q&A night at The Stand