Stockton town centre hosted its biggest Gathering Sounds festival to date bringing more than 50 acts across seven town venues. The event ran from early on Saturday afternoon into the night, filling ARC, KU, The Social Room, ARC 2, The Georgian Theatre, The Link and The Green Room with live performances.

Headliners carried strong sets: Somebody’s Child (from Dublin) impressed with their indie songwriting, while Keo showed exactly why they're taking the grunge world by storm, and Brògeal combined folk instrumentation with punk energy in a standout set.

Across the day, local and emerging artists also took centre stage - Cortney Dixon brought gritty DIY pop‑punk from South Shields, Precious Pepala’s vocals drew in the crowd with heartfelt alt‑pop songwriting, Swindled delivered theatrical ho

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