Four of this band of five have worked in The Waiting Room veggie restaurant. A village that works, cooks and makes music together. Hats off. Eaglescliffe in not quite so shit Stockton South showing the world how to do it.

Local boys Gone Tomorrow moving things up a couple of gears at Eaglefest at the local social club. Proud and loud at 4:45. Front man Ben doing a cracking job as usual

Lee Andersin... 30p can't even do his own leaflets properly. This country...

No guarantee that Aerial & Mathias will do this one today at Eaglefest but it would be kind of nice.
I may even song along!
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Before today's music festival another 100 leaflets posted for this fella. He's the reason why I can currently eat cake. Getting plenty of steps in!
I believe in Mayor Jamie Driscoll. I'm hoping enough of the North-East voters do too.
VOTE JAMIE DRISCOLL FOR NORTH EAST MAYOR ON MAY 2ND!

Downtown Eaglescliffe.
The calm before the storm of today's music festival. The Eagle has landed. Launching in 3 hours.
Eaglefest is go.

Morning.
Hartlepool scenes.
A bracing stroll round the oldest bit of Hartlepool up at the Headland part of town.

#Top15FaveAlbums
Day 13.
The sprawling 10 year retrospective of 'Decade' by Neil Young. So many sublime moments.

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Sally is terribly biased but rightly so.
L & me were also at the Cathedral today & also had some scran in one of last year's fringe festival venues- Cafedral, just across Palace Green.

Durham Fringe Festival is back for our 4th year, featuring over 250 performances over 5 days (24-28th July).

This year we're shining the spotlight on dance, supported by our partner Dance City!

Tickets are dropping 2nd May - mark your calendars.

Tomorrow is the first full Willson Williams outing & I'm there for it.
I've seen Kathryn recently MrWishyWashy 🎸 's gaff & at Peterlee 75 too & saw Dan Withered Hand again Claypath Deli last year.
Am really looking forward to seeing the two of them perform together at Eaglefest.

I last saw Mark Mark Askew Twisterella Festival in October. He hadn't been too well due to heart issues but was improving he thought. I persuaded him to go & see Dilettante as he'd not seen them before. Loved their performance. He took this photo that day. He's much missed.

Looking forward to catching up with some of the musicians at Eaglefest & also seeing some old musos too including Andy Lochrie & dave rose
Will also raise a glass of something to Mark Askew who we lost earlier this year & who would have been there. A fellow The Burning Hell fan. 🎶

Glorious #Peterlee .
Where I started my 30 years working for #Durham County Council in Adult Care Social Work & Safeguarding. I used to visit this piece by Victor Pasmore quite often for a bit of a breather.
The new town named after a miner's leader was 75 years old in 2023.

The best way out of poverty is to get a good, well paid job.

As North of Tyne Mayor, I’ve created 5,377 jobs. They’re all backed by our Good Work Pledge that ensures a real living wage, and decent terms and conditions.

Our free, flexible training courses mean that everyone…

Depends which election...
NTH-EAST MAYOR Mayor Jamie Driscoll JAMIE DRISCOLL- Independent.
Durham County Council- One Independent who is standing again & does a great job plus one other tbc.
General Election-Probably Green or Lib Dems due to behaviours of The Labour Party & Labour North.

The Green Party candidate who pulled out of the Tees Valley mayoral election has told me she did it because she doesn't want to split the progressive vote and allow Ben Houchen to win.
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New exhibition opens in Wallsend Saturday afternoon, curated by Concrete Collective

Full details on their IG

Get to our April shows! Tickets available in bio link and pinned tweet (+ Kelan 6 May, Wolf Eyes 4 June, Jim Haynes , 24 June)

Formal announcements soon:
Abigail Toll (25 May)
Andrew Nolan (17 June)
Felisha Ledesma (22 July)
+ our full program for Sonic Arts Week!

.Children North East is the oldest independent children’s charity in the North East. Their support is especially needed now as so many kids face poverty, family breakdowns and school pressures. It was really inspiring to see how dedicated they are in ensuring that kids get the help they…