Music at The Georgian Theatre and Arc

Friday 15th May

Loosely Acoustic - Radio Dynamics + Be Quiet. Shout Loud

The Georgian Theatre, 8pm, £3 adv / £4 door

‘Loosely Acoustic’ goes electric for one night only as part of the Infinity Festival weekend! Radio Dynamics make a speedy return to the Georgian with their catchy pop rock at its best.

Also on the bill are Be Quiet.Shout Loud, heavily influenced by the best of the 80’s and 90’s with a disco beat - this lot will get your feet tapping!

Friday 15th May

The Animals + support

ARC, 8pm, £17.50

Rock’n’roll Hall of Fame members The Animals relive the sounds of the 60s. A part of the budding, homegrown UK blues scene of the early 60s and one of the most noteworthy bands of the British Invasion, The Animals formed in Newcastle and their brawling, blues-based rock’n’roll reflects their upbringing.

Saturday 16th May

Green Dragon Yard

1pm - 6pm, FREE

A free afternoon of music in the Green Dragon Yard to celebrate the Infinity Spring Festival with the Middlesbrough Jazz & Blues Orchestra’s Dixieland Octet, Serious Sam Barrett, the lovely Barbara Helen and much more.

Barbara Helen

1pm - 1.30pm

Echoes of Joni Mitchell with nods to such as Don McLean - new acoustic to traditional folk to Appalachian groove, Barbara’s work has a refreshingly cool maturity often missing on the regional scene” ...The Link Magazine Jan' 09 CD of the month.

Serious Sam Barrett

1.50pm - 2.20pm

Amazing blues and folk from "Serious Sam Barrett, a man so talented he'll never be famous" www.rocklouder.co.uk

Los Yobos

2.40pm - 3.20pm

The best Western Swing, Outlaw Country, Fiddle tunes, Electric Blues and Proto Rock 'n' Roll in the north of England!

The Cornshed Sisters

3.35pm - 4.15pm

Beautiful harmonies from these "sisters" from up the road.

Middlesbrough Jazz and Blues Orchestra's Dixieland Octet

4.30pm - 5.30pm

Round off your day with the best jazz and blues show tunes from the best that Middlesbrough has to offer.

Saturday 16th May

Loosely Acoustic - Kathryn Williams + Henry Priestman + Andy Jones & the Norton Rockets + Suzanne Elizabeth Marron

The Georgian Theatre, 8pm, £3 adv / £4 door

The second of our ‘Infinity Spring Festival’ nights and a real star performer hits the Georgian Stage.

Kathryn Williams oozes talent - last time she played at the Georgian she had been performing earlier in the evening at the Sage at Gateshead on the bill with Suzanne Vega. Ex-Christians Member, Henry Priestman also joins the bill. His debut solo album ‘The Chronicles of Modern Life’ is having massive TV and radio coverage - this evening certainly promises to be one to remember.

Saturday 16th May

Yusa

ARC, 8pm, £13

Cuban singer-songwriter Yusa heads to ARC as part of WorldFest 2009, performing tracks from her latest offering Haiku. Yusa’s previous releases have resulted in BBC World Music Award nominations as well as winning er the coveted Cubadisco award.

Booking details

The Georgian Theatre - 01642 674115 or www.teesmusicalliance.org.uk
ARC - 01642 525199 or www.arconline.co.uk