Gigging in the North East 1965-1972. A personal perspective by Roger Smith
Newcastle's Club A'Gogo was undoubtedly one of the best clubs the city has ever had, in particular during the period 1962 to 1966. You can read all about the Club A'Gogo in this section together with lots of other great north east venues from the mid sixties to the early seventies
This page is dedicated to the memory of a northeast live music venue that has largely been forgotten since its closure in 1969 – The Blaydon Races Hotel. It’s a great shame that the Blaydon Races has been virtually airbrushed…
The Cellar Club in South Shields is probably best remembered as the venue that on 1 February 1967 hosted one of Jim Hendrix’s few performances in the North East of England. This was the New Cellar Club. A purpose built…
During the mid sixties, Newcastle’s Club A’Gogo was one of the top music venues in the North East. The ‘Gogo’ was to Newcastle what the Marquee club was to London. It is fondly remembered by club goers and musicians alike…
Were you a jazz fan in the late fifties to early sixties or a follower of rhythm & blues in the mid sixties? If you fit into either of these groups and lived in the northeast then you may have…
If you were in a north east band in the mid to late sixties it is likely that that there would be two Newcastle venues on your wish list of places to play – the Club a’Gogo and the Mayfair…
For those post war baby boomers who were in their teens and twenties in the 1960s and who lived within striking distance of Newcastle, nights out in the city couldn’t have been much better. With its abundance of clubs and…
Newcastle City Hall has been the city’s main music venue for over nine decades. Over its lifetime the City Hall has provided the public with a wide selection of music including classical, jazz, brass bands, rock, soul, folk, country as…
