We run talking groups for men who have either been through a storm, are currently going through a storm, have a storm brewing in life or just want to meet a good group of people with the aim of improving one another. No referral, no registration and no charge. Even the brew and biscuits are free!

BandJam offers young people the chance to gain essential early skills, ideas and techniques to scaffold their development as musicians.

Bandjam Seniors is for guitarists, bassists & singers ages 12-17 years old, who are looking for professional tuition, and the opportunity to play alongside other musicians.

Join us for a festive fun-filled Family Big Gig with live music from the Apollo Arts band!

Young Producers is a free opportunity for 15-21s who would like to develop skills and experience in the music and events sector.

Join Musinc for a festive fun-filled Big Gig especially for primary schools, delivered by the creative education specialist, Apollo Arts!

From the producers who brought you hit show – Lost in Music! Girls rock your boys as we bring you the biggest glam rock show of a generation!

Let award-winning actor Gerard Logan transport you to a world of invisible, but terrifyingly present, spirits in a spellbinding evening of tales of the supernatural from two of the world’s greatest writers of ghost stories

An evening of beautiful original Christmas choral music and imaginative arrangements of well-known seasonal favourites, performed by Erimus Singers.

Come and celebrate as the all-new for ’23 show rounds off the year with an extra-special festive performance.

Featuring MC Matt Reed, Andrew Bird, Dean Coughlan & Mr Timpkins.

MTH Performing Arts develops skills in acting, voice work, singing and movement. Classes are led in a fun and fast-paced environment, with students expected to work hard to do the best they can.

Our Christmas Concert will include ‘ballads, songs and snatches’ with a mix of Christmas music, some of which will be popular and well known and some less familiar.’

Join MTH Community Choir and North East Opera for an evening of fun and vibrant music!

Amplify is a free performance opportunity for young people aged 12-18 in a friendly and supportive event space.

Bublé by candlelight comes to Middlesbrough Town Hall on it’s 2023 winter tour across the UK featuring the UK’s best Michael Bublé tribute and 10 piece band – Josh Hindle (as seen on ITV’s STARSTRUCK)

Forming in Teesside in 2019, with fans as diverse Sleaford Mods, Garbage and Elijah Wood, Benefits merge noise, hardcore punk, hip hop, industrial rock and electronica to get their point across. Fresh from releasing their debut album ‘Nails’, “…Benefits are something different, something primal and essential that needs to be heard.” NME

Trader Payments for Orange Pip Christmas 2023

Handel’s visionary, ecstatic Messiah; a perfect start to the festive season.

Laughter will echo throughout Middlesbrough Town Hall on Sunday, 17th December, as we gather for a night of side-splitting comedy in aid of The Comedy Support Act. This is an evening of entertainment that is not to be missed!

Led by MD Jeanette Wainwright, one of the largest choirs in the North East will be joined this year by the South Tees NHS choir.

Featuring MC Dave Twentyman, The Noise Next Door, Terry Alderton & Franc Garrity.

The Southmartins are back with support from The Manchester Anthems!

Coming to Middlesbrough this Christmas, a LIVE show with 4 hours of music from the biggest names in pop..performed by the UK’s best tribute artists.

It’s Big Mouth’s legendary New Year’s Eve party at Leonardo’s Hotel!

Expect waltzes, polkas and more in this afternoon of music which takes inspiration from the famous New Year’s concerts in Vienna’s Musikverein.

Classical Café January: Echoes of Espana – Jonathan Parkin (Guitar) Spain and the guitar are synonymous. The guitar is imbued into the fabric of Spanish life and culture, from the streets of Seville to the grand palaces of Madrid.

Superstar guitarist Miloš Karadaglič joins baroque music specialists Arcangelo, led by their dynamic conductor Jonathan Cohen for a real treat of a concert.

By popular demand, Guz Khan adds more opportunities for you to see him on his kick-ass comedy tour!

Sarah Millican is back with a brand new show ‘Late Bloomer’. Come along, laugh at her, with her, beside her.

Tonight you’ll be able to enjoy music from films from the golden age of Hollywood right up to present day blockbusters, including Out of Africa, ET, Beauty and the Beast, Gladiator, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

After the sell-out success of her “The Invisible Mam” show in 2022, and four sell out dates at The Frog and Bucket Hayley Ellis is back with a brand new show “Hayley’s Comic”

From the bowels of Disgraceland, Rock & Roll icons of the afterlife are raised from the dead! Rock & Roll meets Grunge as Elvis fronts Nirvana and gives the band the front man it’s been missing since ’94.

Opera Nova presents an afternoon of lighter operatic favourites. Join us for an hour of popular arias, choruses and ensembles performed live and acoustic in Middlesbrough Town Hall.

Internet sensation Joe Altier (Just Joe) front man of ‘Brand New Sin’ and voice of WWE `Big Show` theme is bringing his `Vulgar Display of Piano` to the UK in Feb 2024

Daniel O’Reilly is still boasting one of the largest, strongest, most loyal and fastest growing social media followings in the UK that his fans has grown up with him through the years!

Featuring Paul Tonkinson, Brennan Reece & Khalid Winter

What happens when some of the worlds strongest, fastest, meanest, friendliest and funniest showmen get together for a night of explosive entertainment? You get a BIG TIME Pro Wrestling Experience!!!!

With Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor

You Me At Six celebrate 10 years of Cavalier Youth with very special guests Deaf Havana.

Alongside Wet Wet Wet, Texas, and Deacon Blue, blue-eyed soul pop siblings Hue & Cry were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the Scottish music scene that dominated the charts in the late ’80s.

Host of the global smash-hit podcast Have A Word & star of Live At The Apollo; Adam Rowe is hitting the road with his brand new stand-up tour.

Take three great singers, add a dash of comedy and rousing camaraderie with a pinch of the greatest songs ever written and what do you get? A perfect night’s entertainment with ‘Rat Pack – Swingin’ At The Sands’.

An Audience With Harry Redknapp, Hosted by Ex-Middlesbrough Football Club player Craig Hignett.

An hilarious evening of World-Class stand-up from live comedy’s internationally acclaimed Irish master!

Stylish comedy, music, circus and burlesque in a glitz and glamour extravaganza! A sensational variety show for the 21st Century! It’s cabaret o’clock!

Geoff continues to tread in areas much of comedy leaves well alone. This time around he’s also on a mission. As well as casting his everyman eye over what’s happening in wider society, Geoff is trying to unpick what’s happening with your average bloke.

Viral sensation and all round great guy Vittorio Angelone is one of comedy’s fastest-rising stars

One of the most exciting duos to emerge from the UK in recent times, Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow combine heartfelt musicality, unparalleled virtuosity and vocal harmony

Join us as we recreate the magical 70s taking you on a musical journey straight to the heart of disco! The hits of Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge, Chic and more – lose yourself with us and leave your troubles at home.

Jibber Jabber Jamboree marks Ross Noble’s 21st solo stand-up tour.

Classical Café March: Celebrating female composers A concert of chamber music celebrating talented and inspirational women composers from the 19th and 20th century.

Join Adult Panto Tour for their 5th anniversary show in a Brand New adventure down the rabbit hole to Wonderland!

Gail has just completed 31 sold out shows at The Edinburgh Fringe and is now taking her hilarious stand up show on tour!

Host of hit political podcast ‘The Political Party’ Matt Forde explores the dark comedy horror that is British politics, ahead of the next election.

Featuring MC Matt Reed, Simon Wozniak plus others tbc

The Three Degrees well known for their soulful voices, beautiful gowns, and fabulous stage shows. They are known all around the world for songs like “When will I see you again”, “Dirty Ol’ Man”, “Take Good Care Of Yourself”.

Salt House have been a mainstay of the folk scene for over a decade.

Standing up so you don’t have to take it lying it down anymore, the Pub Landlord is back to make sense of the questions you probably already had the answers to.

A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BIKE RACING ROYALTY. SEE YOU THERE.

Discos for Grown Ups creates fabulous disco nights for ‘grown ups’ who love to dance with people their own age to classic disco, soul and feel good pop from the 70s 80s & 90s

Brand New for 2024, join Fireman Sam and friends for the great camping adventure!

What happens when a cyborg recorder meets a dragoncat? How do you make music when you can’t control your hands? Come and experience Liza Bec’s original stories and soundscapes in this immersive electroacoustic show.

Everybody’s favourite comedian, lovable Patrick Monahan blends a high energy comedy style with hilarious and engaging topical and observational material.

Featuring MC Dave Twentyman, Mick Ferry plus others tbc

They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they’re tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it’s the Horne Section’s Hit Show!

Paul will be bringing his new ‘From the heart’ UK Tour to Middlesbrough Town Hall on 18th April 2024, don’t miss out on what is sure to be a night to remember!

Australia’s most anticipated men are heating up the town Magic Men’s “FEEL THE MAGIC” showcases it’s most talented men in a heart-stopping live performance.

16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices with one aim: to make classical music wickedly funny and fantastically exhilarating for everyone, young and old.

Expect to be enveloped in music, woven through magical stories and teased into thinking about your relationship with the world around you.

A rare treat as one of today’s greatest pianists and a real Mozart specialist, Angela Hewitt, plays not one but two of his Piano Concertos; music of invention, delicacy and ever-flowing melody.

Undr the Cosh Live first took to the road in 2019 and has since sold out venues across 15 different cities, bringing the cult heroes of football to fans and we are delighted to welcome them back to Middlesbrough Town Hall!

Classical Café May John Hutchinson (Violin) Daniel Peter Silcock (Piano)

Brian Downey on drums needs no introduction…… Hailing originally from Dublin, Brian enjoyed his first taste of success in Ireland with the top 20 hit ‘Morning Dew’ before forming ‘Orphanage’ with Phil Lynott.

Matt is a comic, and like many comics he was excruciatingly lonely… until five years ago, when he met the girl of his dreams, fell in love, and experienced four years of absolute hell.

Join us for an exclusive UK event as we welcome Ginger Alden, the woman who captured Elvis Presley’s heart during his final year, for a series of captivating shows.

Georgie Carroll is best known as the UK born, Australia based Nurse turned comedian as she grafted 20 years on the healthcare front line before swapping the pen torch for the spotlight.

Fresh, optimistic and convivial, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is the centrepiece of our season-closing concert, which finishes with Beethoven’s graceful yet high-voltage Symphony No. 1

By popular demand, the legendary Brutus Gold & The Love Train return to Middlesbrough Town Hall.

This year join London’s world-renowned Science Museum as they bring you this brand-new stage production aimed at igniting your curiosity, fuelling your imagination, and inspiring you in new and exciting ways.

Johns’ Boys Male Chorus is one of the most decorated British male choirs in history. The choir will perform music of all styles and genres including, opera, musicals, hymns and current chart singles.

Andy Bennett first gained fame as the guitarist and keyboardist for the popular British rock band Ocean Colour Scene where he spent over a decade recording a number of the hits that helped to establish OCS as one of the most exciting and innovative bands

Featuring an incredible cast of West End singers and awesome live band. Join us for a ‘Landslide’ concert, jam packed with Fleetwood Mac hits as you’ve never heard them before!

Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.

Cillian literally burst onto an unsuspecting world during Britain’s Got Talent in 2023 and immediately captivated the hearts of the entire nation, reaching the top three in the final.

Come and delve into a range of books with Charlie Cook, brought to life with puppetry and enchanting songs, and perhaps you will be able to help his sister discover the wonderful world inside a book!

Spend an evening in the extraordinary company of Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE – ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’ – as he goes beyond his record-breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth.

Ladies & Gentleman! Gary Meikle is back yet again with another self-written, self-deprecating show to leave you all short of breath again.

This amazing building has been host to rumours of hauntings since for decades.

Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that has literally been yonks in the making –

Scouting For Girls will make their Middlesbrough Town Hall debut as part of their tour ‘The Place We Used To Meet Tour – Part 2’ which will see them play thirty-one shows across the UK and Ireland in Autumn 2024!

One of the country’s best-loved and most popular comedians Paddy McGuinness has announced a major UK tour, his first since 2016!

Triple BAFTA winning stand-up sensation, Mo Gilligan, returns with his highly anticipated World Tour… In the Moment.

Britain’s most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’ returns with his hilarious one-man show featuring his trademark audience readings, the story of his meteoric rise and some spooky treats to make your hair stand on end.

The UK’s favourite science team are back and more explosive than ever!

Direct from London’s West End – a thrilling and intriguing night of psychic mediumship! Boasting a worldwide celebrity client list, Stuart brings his quick-witted humour, sensitivity, and compassion to the stage.

Join Sky Sports legend Jeff Stelling, anchor man of Sky Sports Gillette Soccer Saturday for over 30 years, as he is interviewed live on stage by his Sky Colleague, Bianca Westwood.

Roy Chubby Brown returns to Middlesbrough in 2025

If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy. Jimmy Carr is going back on tour with his brand-new show ‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’.

Hilariously dark, passionate and way too personal, this is classic Gilbert, squeezing every last drop out of life’s latest curveballs…with a little help from an old adversary.