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A room FULL of vintage Boro shirts.  Decades of memories & stories, a whole heap of memorabilia and a chance to meet fellow Boro fans over a pint.

We are delighted to be hosting the second exhibition with the Boro Shirt Museum. The theme of this exhibition will be The Robson Years. We’ll be covering the end of Ayresome, our move to the Riverside, the big signings, the cup finals, his final season as manager and everything in between. We’d love to see you there!

Free entry.  12-6pm.  Visit before, during or after the match!  Only 15 minutes walk to the Stadium.  Food served throughout.  Children very welcome.  #UTB

Get fit the Base Camp way!

Get fit the Base Camp way!

Get fit the Base Camp way!

Get fit the Base Camp way!

We’re working with the amazing team at Women’s Street Watch Middlesbrough to put on a fundraiser for the great work they do.

Join us for a very special  Galentine’s Day event.  There are workshops including:
A polymer clay workshop with @creativevillagecic
A Valentines wreath workshop with @melsbloomers
A Valentines cupcakes decorating workshop with @clares_cakery
A ‘How to do a mindfulness walk with your dog’ workshop with @greatpawsne
Tarot card readings

Some puzzles and mini escape room games with prizes from @projectescapeuk 

Stalls from @knit.happensne, @shop_sabi, @jet_jewellery, @boweorganics, @crystalclearrocks and @meltsbymel, along with treatments by @barefacedbyelle and express holistic treatments by Tdbar Beauty and Holistics plus lots more to be announced!

Tickets are £10 and you’ll get a welcome WSW themed cocktail with your ticket on arrival. You’ll need to bring cash/card for the workshops/stalls etc as they’ll be offering their products/services at a reduced price/special offers/deals for the event.

Self care has no gender so everyone is welcome to the event 

We’ve also got some live music from the brilliant @lozbrick.personal 

 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/galentines-day…

Our first Home Market! After all the uncertainty in the world, home has never been so important. Make yours the best it can be with some one off buys from our Nest stall holders. Vintage pieces, textiles, books, art, plants, candles & much more.

We have the gorgeous Ruffled Flowers from Guisborough; some amazing vintage pieces from Chintzy Vintage; art from Matty Emery; plants from Silver Roots; mirrors and more from Weird Cow plus more still to announce.   We’ll also have the Base Camp Pay What You Feel Bookshop.   Take your pick from  a HUGE range of books and pop what you want in our honesty box.  Or bring along your own books and swap them. We’ll also have loads of interiors magazines for you to browse for inspiration.

Make a day of it and shop for top grade vintage clothing next door in our Vintage Vera Warehouse Sale.

Admission is free and we serve food & drink all day.  We think shopping with a cocktail is how it should be done!

Time to shop the Base Camp way. Free entry. Dog friendly.

A women-only 3hr URBAN COMBAT STREET DEFENSE CLASS with Master Ken Newton

Teaching street smarts and psychology alongside ‘real life’ self defence techniques.

We must create a society where women are safe to walk wherever they like, at any time of day or night. In the meantime, we must learn to empower and protect ourselves – to spot danger, to defend ourselves, and to disable assailants long enough to make good our escape.

Turning fear into anger, anger into action. Role-playing scenarios, building confidence, learning life-saving techniques.

£30 for a 3hr session. One free place to be offered to SARC for every 10 bookings. If you cannot afford £30 please email selfdefense@bflf.com  and we will ensure you don’t miss out.

A women-only 3hr URBAN COMBAT STREET DEFENSE CLASS with Master Ken Newton

Teaching street smarts and psychology alongside ‘real life’ self defence techniques.

We must create a society where women are safe to walk wherever they like, at any time of day or night. In the meantime, we must learn to empower and protect ourselves – to spot danger, to defend ourselves, and to disable assailants long enough to make good our escape.

Turning fear into anger, anger into action. Role-playing scenarios, building confidence, learning life-saving techniques.

£30 for a 3hr session. One free place to be offered to SARC for every 10 bookings. If you cannot afford £30 please email selfdefense@bflf.com  and we will ensure you don’t miss out.

LIVE AND DIRECT!

£6

7pm

It brings us great pleasure to welcome back the wonderful James Leonard Hewitson to Base Camp. James had a fantastic 2021 and kicks off the year with a bang, releasing brand new single STABLE on Feb 16th. James knocked out crowds at End Of The Road Festival & Twisterella last year and had numerous BBC 6 Music radio play. With a killer live band behind him, 2022 promises to be a great year for Hartlepool’s finest.

Joining James on the lineup are the legendary Pellethead! I’ve got my name in lights, I’m gonna tread the boards, gonna be a bus conductor, a dustman. Pellethead are a pure, unadulterated force of nature – totally one of a kind.

Shoegaze-pop kings Sorry Escalator will hurl you into a magical lucid dream of fractal, shimmering sound. Influence can be heard from My Bloody Valentine to Yak to Melody’s Echo Chamber.

Yes!

Thrilled to announce that Brooklyn-based singer songwriter Annie Keating is bringing her European tour to Middlesbrough on Sunday April 10.  Annie will be playing her sublime alt-country americana with a blistering four-piece band at one of the first of our new Sunday afternoon sessions. A must for fans of Lucinda Williams, John Prine and Bonny Rait.

Talent spotted by BBC Radio’s Bob Harris, she has performed at leading festivals – Take Root (Netherlands), Glasgow Americana Festival, Maverick (UK), Buscadero (Italy) NXNE and The Brooklyn Americana Fest. Sharing the bill with the likes of John Hiatt and Bon Iver, Annie has toured internationally in a dozen countries and in 2021 released a fifteen song tour de force – her 10th album Bristol County Tides – that shows her at the peak of her powers.

One of the most refreshing female acts to come down the pike in a long while. Deep and provocative songs — Maverick Magazine

Keating is building the reputation her talent deserves — The Telegraph

Annie Keating is the epitome of what it means to be a truly successful singer/songwriter – American Songwriter

We’ve also got THREE super special support acts that we’ll be announcing in the next few weeks.   Doors & bar 3pm.   Sharing platters available. Annie on stage at 6pm and so much good stuff in between!  Sundays don’t get much more civilised than this.  Sit down show so tickets are limited.

Irish Times: ”Music as beautiful as this doesn’t need words.”
Echoes and Dust: ”Yucatan may be the most essential band on the planet.”
Gigslutz: ”This is melancholy as a force of rejuvenation.”

Finally awake. A glimpse through gaps in the curtains reveals the all-conquering splendour
of nature, a totem for the poetry within and a beacon of insurmountable awe. As winter mist
rolls away from the summit, the residue of the morning lingers lightly on leaves and the
elegantly solemn sound of Yucatan begins to play. A soundtrack to the movie of each and
every day, each beat the step of fragile human feet beneath the magnificence of that which
cannot be created, nor destroyed.

Yucatan’s sound, drawn from influences as varied as Radiohead, Hans Zimmer and Burt Bacharach, owes as much to
the imagination as it offers in return, drawn equally from life in at the edge of Wales’ mountains as the vibrant streets of Barcelona and the glowing skies of Reykjavik. Equally a people’s band and musicians’ band, Yucatan receives the continued support of The
Charlatans’ singer, songwriter and author, Tim Burgess, having supported the legendary band on their UK tour in late 2015. Burgess is effusive when asked about Uwch Gopa’r Mynydd, saying:
“Such a good album. There’s a magic to Yucatan’s music. A kind of uplifting melancholy that
takes you to beautiful places.”

Entering a second year of touring, Yucatan has become an identifiable feature of major
festival line-ups in the United Kingdom, including the Isle of Wight Festival, Festival
Number 6 and Kendal Calling, expanding their reach to once again include wider Europe
during 2016, recalling the warmth of audiences in Poland, France and others on previous
tours

Delighted to welcome The Chapin Sisters to Boro for an intimate gig at Base Camp on Wed 27 July.  Masters of blood harmony, the siblings hail from a proud musical legacy which includes their Grammy award winning uncle Harry and father Tom. Lilting voices, complex vocal harmonies, and haunting folk-influenced melodies combine with a dark, lyrical content.

Moving seamlessly between their own deftly crafted songs, familiar country classics, pop covers and traditional folk, it’s spine-tingling stuff.

Support comes from The Ocelots, 24-year-old twins Brandon and Ashley Watson. Formerly based in Ireland, now in Leipzig, Germany, the brothers have crafted their songwriting and musical experience together to produce a forceful blend of rich harmonies and bare, raw acoustic folk. Their music perfectly embodies the breezy effortlessness of early Bob Dylan, and Simon & Garfunkel and has earned them over 1.5 Million listens on Spotify.

Limited tickets so please buy early!  Doors 7.30pm Show 8pm