Come curious – leave inspired. The Friday Night Club with The Unthanks is back, and this week we’re giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to June’s edition.
Hosted and curated by Tyneside music pioneers The Unthanks, the lineup features dead good art rock and dream pop band Mesadorm, collaborative pianist Elaine Brennan, who composes live soundtracks to silent films in real time, alt.folk singer and cellist Ceitidh Mac plus Dr. Katie Liddane discussing seventeenth-century ‘witches’ in the North East.
Need to know
The prize is two tickets to see The Friday Night Club with The Unthanks on Friday 5 June in Sage Two.
The competition will close at 12pm on Wednesday 6 May and the winner will be contacted via email after this time.
Tickets cannot be exchanged for a different show.
Only one entry per email address will be counted.
Past winners
BAFTA Games In Concert – S. Lowery, Washington
Tinariwen – Mr J Hall, Jarrow on Tyne
Max Cooper – unclaimed
Riverside Ragas: Ustad Shahid Parvez and Shashank Subramanyam (Spring Giveaway with GemArts, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and Dabbawal) – Anonymous
The Friday Night Club with The Unthanks – Mrs E. de Quadra
Mogwai – anonymous
Jurassic Park in Concert – Mrs V Flannigan, Gateshead.
Lucy Rose – Mr D Ward, Newcastle.
Transatlantic Sessions – Mr. M. Elders, Sedgefield
The Unthanks at 20: An anniversary special with Royal Northern Sinfonia – anonymous
The Best of Tubular Bells I, II & III – L.Blake, Cullercoats
Caribou – unclaimed
Kate Rusby – Mr D Ball, Blyth
Afternoon Tea and Rumours – unclaimed
Jamie Lawson – unclaimed
Björn Again – Mrs. A Hutchinson. Darlington
Emma-Jean Thackray – A. Atkinson, Howden-le-wear.
A Christmas Gaiety – A Queer Holiday Extravaganza – winner contacted
Orchestral Qawwali Project – Unclaimed
Afternoon Tea and Tracks – D Brown
Nadia Reid – Mr P Makepeace, Blyth
Black Country, New Road – Mr C Allison, Sunderland
Jake Xerxes Fussell- S. Holland, Newcastle
Al Stewart – Farewell tour – anonymous.
GemArts Masala Festival: Blossoming – Eeshar Singh with Royal Northern Sinfonia – Mr C Holmes, Newcastle
Altern 8 – Anonymous
New Worlds Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends Vanessa Perez and Mira Wang – anonymous
Father John Misty – Anonymous
Riverside Ragas: Qawwal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers – S Pugal, Newcastle
Cat Power Sings Dylan ’66 – J Heaviside
Patrick Wolf – T Teasdale Durham
Oti Mabuse – anonymous
Ani DiFranco – unclaimed
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – I Crosbee, Sunderland
Hawkwind – Mr T Trotter, School Aycliffe
Kamasi Washington – Unclaimed
Holi Festival celebration competition – Anonymous
Andy Fairweather Low and The Low Riders – Mrs C Joy, Stockton
Martin Kohlstedt – Anonymous
Max Cooper – T Teasdale Durham
Transatlantic Sessions 2025 – anonymous
Christmas at The Glasshouse with Matt Baker – Unclaimed
A Jazzy Christmas: Paul Edis and Friends – Mrs E. Mckenna, Gateshead
Hayden Thorpe and Propellor Ensemble Perform Ness – TBA
BBC Big Band – ‘A Swinging Christmas’ – Unclaimed
Kate Rusby – Winter Light Tour – Mr I Scott, Gateshead
Gruff Rhys & Bill Rider Jones – F.Collinson
Sinfonia of London Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Shostakovich – anonymous
Tea and Pastries in our Cafe – C.Said
The Cramlington Train Wreckers – not claimed
Fairground Attraction – anonymous