What's On in Newcastle

The Lightningbirds - Live @ Billy's — Kick your Friday off early and cheap at Billy Bootleggers, where The Lightningbirds take the stage at 6:30pm for what promises to be a brilliantly scrappy, energetic live set. This is the kind of intimate gig where you are close enough to feel the guitar strings vibrate in your chest, and the door price of £0–£2 means there is absolutely no excuse not to wander in. Grab a drink, grab a spot near the front, and let the weekend begin properly.

The Goodness - Friday Nights @ Billy's — The good times keep rolling at Billy Bootleggers as The Goodness step up at 7:30pm, keeping the live music fire burning for another irresistible set. At £0–£2 on the door, this is grassroots Newcastle at its most welcoming — unpretentious, warm, and full of people who just want a great Friday night. If you arrived for The Lightningbirds, staying on is the easiest decision you will make all week.

Selected's first birthday w/ ADR , Outten & Kai Saunders — One year in and Selected is throwing a birthday party at Revolucion De Cuba Newcastle that means serious business, with a lineup of ADR, Outten, and Kai Saunders ready to deliver a proper night of electronic music from 8:00pm. There is something genuinely exciting about a young night celebrating its first birthday — the energy, the loyalty of the crowd, the sense that something is being built — and this one looks set to deliver all of that in spades. Tickets run from £11–£36, so grab yours before the birthday euphoria sells them out.

Blush - Music For The Alternative - Friday 7th August — For those who like their Friday nights a little darker, louder, and defiantly different, Blush at World Headquarters is the answer — doors at 11:00pm for a night dedicated to alternative music in all its glorious, genre-bending forms. World Headquarters is one of those venues that genuinely understands its crowd, and Blush has built a devoted following by never playing it safe with the playlist. At just £5, this is late-night Newcastle at its most characterful — dress however you like and dance like nobody is watching.