Calling all music fans - Stockton is the place to be today.
More than 60 bands will be performing in eight venues in the town centre as part of Stockton Calling.
Headline acts include The Ordinary Boys - famous for their chart-topping hit Boys Will Be Boys - who are performing at The Point in Arc at 9.30pm; The Pigeon Detectives - who will be on at the Ku Bar at 10.15pm; and Nigel R Clark - the lead singer of Dodgy - who will be on stage at Vault at 11pm.
McCormick kicked off the festival at The Storytellers on Prince Regent Street.
Middlesbrough singer-songwriter Steve McCormick - who uses his surname as his stage name - said after his set list: “It’s my first time here. It was brilliant.
“The Storytellers is fantastic, great people to work with.”
McCormick has been a singer for about five years and performs all over the North-east.
Over at The Point in Arc, friends Scott Hastings, Simon Gledwin and Ben Thompson were having a drink waiting for Andy Jones followed by Jamie Farrell to come on stage.
Ben, 23, an IT technician from Stillington, said: “This is our second year and we’re here for the night.”
Scott, also 23, a business travel consultant from Eaglescliffe, said: “We’re starting in the Arc and then going to all the different venues depending on who’s on.”
Simon, 23, who is about to start a new job in accounting and lives in Hartburn in Stockton, said: “It’s a good music scene in Stockton.”
Stockton Calling started in 2010 and has grown from three venues and 30 acts to eight venues and 70 acts.
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