Newcastle in the mid to late sixties had a vibrant night life which, outside of London, was probably the best in the country for wining, dining, dancing, music and gambling.…
Category: Venues
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
The Blaydon Races
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…
Blue Note
The Blue Note Club at 174a Roker Avenue, Sunderland was a popular venue in the mid sixties but it was fairly short lived. Although some of the top touring bands…
Cellar, South Shields
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…
Club a’Gogo
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.…
Downbeat Club
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…
el Cubana
The first time I visited the el Cubana was in 1965 as a member of the Kylastrons. It was a well known venue in the North East and beyond. It…
Mayfair Ballroom
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…
Marimba Coffee House
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…
Newcastle City Hall
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…