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Two of the North East’s greatest – and most life-affirming – football writers and broadcasters on stage with host Rob Nichols from Fly Me to the Moon

Expect chats and laughs, stories, and readings from books including Harry’s The farther Corner and Daniel’s Extra Time. Followed by a Q&A, and meet-the-author book signings.

Harry Pearson used to play football on the High Green in Great Ayton with Jack Charlton’s son. He has lost track of how many books he has written, but his mum says she thinks it is twelve and wonders when he is going to get a proper job. He is a columnist for When Saturday Comes and a regular on the magazine’s podcast. His first book The Far Corner came out the year Boro moved to The Riverside. The belated sequel, The Farther Corner – A Sentimental Return to North-East Football came out in the middle of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, Daniel’s Extra Time is a collection of lyrical sweet-nothings whispered to late goals, local radio commentators, referees falling over and 47 other reminders of why we love football.

Despite its flaws and excesses, modern football is still sprinkled with simple yet beguiling delights. In his previous book Saturday, 3pm, Daniel captured many of them. Now he is back with a further 50 short essays of prose poetry dedicated to the game’s charming, technicolour minutiae.

From club lottos to undeserved wins, and from pitch-invading animals to the roar after a minute’s silence, Extra Time is another romantic celebration of football fandom and its shared joys, habits, eccentricities and peculiarities. It is a salute to keepers going forward for corners, match balls landing on stand roofs and goals scored in quick succession.

These chapters offer a gleeful antidote to disillusionment with modern football, VAR and all. They are reminders of why we care and justifications for our devotion. Each warmly evokes this sport’s blessed capacity to offer escape and diversion. Let us share the delight once more.

Doors & Bar  6pm.  Show 7pm

GAWJUSS (Clue Records) + FRANKIE FIVE ANGELS
Here we go. The witching hour. The Harvest Moon approaches and it’s time to sow those seeds of song.
Gawjuss are a brand new killer diller thriller project from some the finest minds of their generation, Forever Cult/NARCS/Allusondrugs, morphed into a delicious musical soup. Clue Records know what the heck is up and we’re dead chuffed to bring them to up to you for this extra special late night lazarus of a show.
Support from Frankie Five Angels – nobody knows who the flying hell they are or what they’re doing here lurking around our basement.
Free Entry. 11pm. It’s a Friday phenomenon.

It gives us great joy to bring to the North East the first live show from one of THE best new bands in the UK bar none.

Opus Kink are a raucous symphony, a dance party tour de force who are gonna hit Base Camp as part of a first UK-wide tour.
Imagine Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Fela Kuti and Talking Heads having a jam session and you’d be somewhere close.

They recorded their latest single THIS TRAIN with Tim Burgess (The Charlatans). It’s just been playlisted by 6 music and the ride won’t be stopping there.

Support comes from Travis Shaw! Trav conjures sweeping, cinematic atmospheres from the depths of his seaside soul and we’re really excited to have him back at Base Camp.

“Horn-fuelled filth-funk, where punk and jazz combine in grimy circumstances” – Thomas Smith, NME Magazine
“A great band where psych meet soul, very infectious” – Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6

£5 advance // 7pm doors

Music Venue Trust & The National Lottery = The Revive Live Tours

Buy a ticket to this show and bring a friend for free! We’ve all missed music and mates over the last year. Now is the time to #ComeTogether to #ReviveLive music.

The free ticket holder must just need to demonstrate you’re a National Lottery player by showing either a physical ticket or one on the app at the door. This could be a weekly draw ticket or a scratch card and they must be over 18 to purchase and hold a National Lottery product. The original ticket holder must adhere to the age restrictions of the venue.

Shrug are bonafide Teesside music legends. Rocketing around in their Van With Square Wheels for over 35 years, Shrug’s legendary Teesside- status has recently seen them given the keys to Gresham Road. The FIRST band from the west to play in East Berlin, the FIRST band to sing about Archie Stephens and the FIRST band to fight Daleks on TV. We celebrate their world with an exhibition of visuals and artworks from their glorious reign and an extra-special live Shrug performance.

With a brand new album in the bag, everyone’s favourite art-noise rodents Mouses are back in Boro for a homecoming hootenanny, support coming from class Toon Velvet Underground DIY-heroes The Timewasters and recent NARC Magazine cover star Faithful Johannes. Then it’s underground and cult guitar hits, tasty beats and wrap-around visuals from Brighton-based artist and DJ Teddy Faux til late. Plus craft beers cocktails, bar snacks and the usual warm Base Camp welcome til late.

Free entry. 8pm.

Batton down the hatches, three of the best bands from Darlington are coming to town. It’s an invasion! It’s a coup! They’re taking care of business in Base Camp for one night only!

Featuring BBC Introducing backed matchbox pop rock of MR MATTHEW FISHER, passionately raw, soulful and virtuoso rock from SCRUFFY BEAR, and menacing gloom garage rock from the enigmatic WAX HEART SODALITY.

Gender Roles are coming to Base Camp on October 21st as a part of their Rock Refresh UK Tour!

The last time they played Boro was a pre-pandemic show at Heelapalooza in 2019 – a year that saw them release their debut album PRANG, followed by a string of chaotic sell-out shows across Europe and a Maida Vale Session with Annie Mac.

Here’s what Kerrang said about them:
“While it’s the immediate catchiness of their grunge-flavoured alt-punk that hits you first, closer inspection reveals jittery math-rock riffs, the occasional heroic guitar solo and hints of the quirkily expansive attitudes to songwriting often found in the works of Biffy Clyro or Steven Battelle. PRANG is a party you won’t want to leave early and Gender Roles are only just getting started.”

This a 14+ event and tickets are £7

Join us and get involved at the launch of a new, free, Tees Valley wide, citizen powered newspaper, written by the people of the Tees, for the people of the Tees.

After an amazing first year of championing the causes, culture and community of the Tees via our flagship online platform; TheTees.Online, we’re excited to launch a new printed community newspaper for the Tees.

Join us for a day of performances and discussions that inspire, challenge and educate ourselves and others on ways to create a better Tees area for everyone.

Featuring:
Live music and performances from some of the Tees’ finest musicians, poets and artists featuring The Lulas, Gone Tomorrow & Brad Robinson.

Talks and discussions with leading figures from local media, culture, causes, campaigns and business.

A marketplace of local traders, organisations and causes.

FREE EVENT.

M.A.D House is the brand new creative collective brought together by Scrannabis and Too Common.
M.A.D stands for music, art and design. So whether you’ve got an idea for the next viral banger, need to lay something down in
the booth or you need an eye-catching new logo designed for your new business, we’re your go to guys! With collectively over 12 years experience in their respective fields the team over here at
mad house have plenty of contacts in a multitude of fields surrounding media and design. So whether we’re helping you create content in house for a set fee, or simply pointing you
in the right direction you know that its going to be the right move for you as a customer!

Not only do we do all this but here at M.A.D House we like to shine light on some of the incredible artists we work with and admire in the local ‘sceNE’.

For this date of the tour we have none other than the incredible –

Badmind

One of BBC introducing Newcastle’s Top Tips for 2021 Badmind is nothing short of an incredible band. With uplifting melodies and a stage presence that’ll get the most boring of feet grooving, we would have been stupid not to take them on the road with us!

Eyeconic

the name pretty much speaks for itself. A northeast rap legend, Middlesbrough local, and an all-around great guy. Eyeconic owns the stage where ever he goes. With hard-hitting, and truly relatable lyrics he’s sure to bring the party vibes to Base Camp.

£7.50 adv tix.

Heelapalooza 2021

Rescheduled date due to COVID

This year we’re doing it a bit differently… We reckon multi venue festivals might still be a bit tricky so we’re basing ourselves at the mothership Base Camp and celebrating some of the freshest and finest artists from all across the North for 12 glorious hours.
Venus Grrls /Mt Misery/ Zela /Tall Talker/ Jack Fox/ Moon Wax/ Motel Carnation/BigFatBig/ Straight Girl/ Leopard Rays/ Marketplace/ Eyeconic
Be quick, capacity is more limited than usual.
If you have tickets for 2020s event that didn’t go ahead, they count for this years Festival too!

Bands from 12 noon til 12 midnight.

Les Miserable, J Dangerous, Bobby Portrait & Ecciehomo are the brains and brawn behind London based punk-outfit Italia 90.

Since releasing their First EP on Fierce Panda Records, the band have toured all over Europe and the UK, developing a reputation as a fearsome live outfit, they are politically-charged, socially-conscious, cockney rebels.

Italia 90 were due to fly over the America to play the illustrious SXSW festival before the pandemic hit.

Doors 7pm.