For bookings, email: BadBobBates@hotmail.com
Live Dates – solo and bands:
2026 dates coming soon….
| Sun 11th Jan | pm tbc | BBB solo | Acoustic showcase stage, Winter Blues Weekender | The Exchange 1856, North Shields | |
| Sun 1st Feb | 7pm | The Bandits | The Vigilant | South Shields | |
| Sat 7th Feb | 8pm | BBB solo | The Half Moon | Ryton village | |
| Sun 8th Feb | 4pm | BBB solo | Comet Social | Low Fell | |
| Sat 14th Feb | 8pm | BBB solo | The Woodman Inn | Claypath, Durham | |
| Fri 20th Feb | 9pm | BBB solo | Mr Ant’s Bar | Hexham | |
| Fri 13th March | 8.30pm | BBB solo | Memory Lane | Seaham | |
| Sat 14th March | 4pm | The Bandits | Billy Bootleggers | Stepney Bank, Newcastle | |
| Sat 21st March | 4pm+ | BBB solo plus Howling Matt and Mick Cantwell | Microbus (anniversary special) | Railway Quarter, Gateshead | |
| Fri 3rd April | 6.30pm | BBB solo | The King’s Arms Hotel (Amore Restaurant) | Berwick upon Tweed | |
| Sat 4th April | 9pm | The Bandits | The Fat Ox | Whitley Bay | |
| Thurs 16th April | 8pm | The Bates Motel | Backstage at The Green | Kinross, Perthshire | |
| Sun 19th April | 5pm | BBB solo | The Lanehead | Ryton | |
| Sun 26th April | 5pm | The Bandits | The Wheatsheaf | Shiny Row | |
| Sun 3th May | 4pm | BBB solo | Vesuvio | Darlington | |
| Sun 10th May | 4pm | BBB solo | Comet Social | Low Fell | |
| Fri 29th May | 7.30pm | BBB solo | Station East | Railway Quarter, Gateshead | |
| Sat 30th May | 8pm | BBB solo | Beamish and East Stanley CC | Stanley | |
| Sun 7th June | 4pm | BBB solo | Comet Social | Low Fell | |
| Sun 14th June | 7pm | BBB solo | Hydes Bar | Norton | |
| Sun 21st June | 4.30pm | The Bandits | The PennyGill | Spennymoor | |
| Sat 11th July | 7pm | BBB solo | First & Last Brewery | Bellingham | |
| Sun 19th July | 7pm | The Bandits | The Vigilant | South Shields | |
| Sun 26th July | 4pm | BBB solo | Comet Social | Low Fell | |
| Sat 8th Aug | 4pm | TBC | Tyne Bar | Ouseburn, Newcastle | |
| Sun 9th Aug | 5pm | BBB solo | The Lane Head | Ryton | |
| Sat 22nd Aug | 7pm | The Bandits | Billy Bootleggers | Stepney Bank, Newcastle | |
| Sat 29th Aug | 1pm | BBB solo | Bellingham Show | Bellingham | |
| Sun 30th Aug | 1pm | BBB solo | Party in The Park, Emily Davison stage | Morpeth | |
| Sun 30th Aug | 2.45pm | The Bates Motel | Party in The Park Cheviot View stage | Morpeth | |
| Sat Sept 12th | 9pm | BBB solo | Angel’s Place | Sunderland | |
| Sun 13th Sept | 5pm | BBB solo | Comet Social | Low Fell | |
| Sun 20th Sept | 4.30pm | The Bandits | The PennyGill | Spennymoor | |
| Sun 27th Sept | 8.15pm | BBB solo | The Cluny (support to Warner E Hodges Int All Stars) | Lime Street, Newcastle | |
| Sat 24th Oct | 9pm | The Bandits | The Fat Ox | Whitley Bay | |
| Sun 25th Oct | 1.30pm | The Bates Motel | The Cluny | Lime Street, Newcastle | |
| Sun 1st Nov | 5pm | BBB solo | The Lanehead | Ryton | |
| Sat/Sun 7/8 Nov | tbc | tbc | Daylight Zombies Club fest | Lindisfarne Club, Wallsend | |
| Sun 22nd Nov | 4pm | BBB solo | Comet Social | Low Fell | |
| Fri 27th Nov | 9pm | Ma Kelly’s Boys (70-76 Status Quo) | Trillian’s | Newcastle |
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