For bookings, email: BadBobBates@hotmail.com
Live Dates – solo and bands:
2026 dates coming soon….
| Sun 31st May | 3pm (event doors at 2.30pm) | BBB solo as part of Jon Strong memorial event | Ignition at The Venue | Stanhope Street, South Shields | |
| Sat 13th June | 7pm | BBB solo | The Ale Gate | Alnwick | |
| Sun 14th June | 7pm | BBB solo | Hydes Bar | Norton | |
| Sat 20th June | 8pm | BBB solo | Repas 7 by night | Berwick upon Tweed | |
| Sun 28th June | 4pm | BBB solo | The Lounge | Blyth | |
| Fri 3rd July | 7pm | BBB solo | The Tavern | Rowlands Gill | |
| Sat 4th July | 4pm | BBB solo | Firebrick Brewery | Blaydon | |
| Sat 4th July | 7.30pm | BBB solo | The Board Inn | Stella | |
| Fri 10th July | 9pm | The Bandits | Blackhall Navy Club | Blackhall, nr Hartlepool, TS27 4HA | |
| Sat 11th July | 7pm | BBB solo | First & Last Brewery | Bellingham | |
| Fri 17th July | 9pm | BBB solo | The Tipsy Angel | Wooller | |
| Sun 19th July | 7pm | The Bandits | The Vigilant | South Shields | |
| Sat 20th June | 8pm | BBB solo | Repas 7 By Night | Berwick upon Tweed | |
| Sat 25th July | 6/7pm | BBB solo | Tune Valley Tap Room | Stocksfield | |
| Sun 26th July | 4pm | BBB solo | Cosmic Social | Low Fell | |
| Sat 1st Aug | 7pm | BBB solo | The Together Lounge | Consett | |
| Sat 8th Aug | 4pm | TBC | Tyne Bar | Ouseburn, Newcastle | |
| Sun 9th Aug | 5pm | BBB solo | The Lane Head | Ryton | |
| Sat 15th Aug | 8pm | BBB solo | Rebels Bar | East Boldon | |
| Sun 16th Aug | 4pm | BBB solo | The Lounge Bar | Amble | |
| 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 5th Sept | 7pm | BBB solo | The Board Inn | Stella | |
| Sun 6th Sept | pm tbc | The Bates Motel | Maryport Bowling Club | Maryport | |
| Sat Sept 12th | 9pm | BBB solo | Angel’s Place | Sunderland | |
| Sun 13th Sept | 5pm | BBB solo | Cosmic Social | Low Fell | |
| Sun 27th Sept | 8.15pm | BBB solo | The Cluny (support to Warner E Hodges Int All Stars) | Lime Street, Newcastle | |
| Thurs 8th Oct | 8pm ish | The Bates Motel | Support to the Billy Walton Band, Cluny 2, TBC | Newcastle | |
| Fri 16th Oct | 8pm | BBB solo | The Tanners Arms | Alnwick | |
| Sat 17th Oct | 9pm | The Bandits | The Vault Yard | Sunderland | |
| 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 | |
| Sun 8 Nov | tbc | tbc | Daylight Zombies Club fest | Lindisfarne Club, Wallsend | |
| Sun 22nd Nov | 4pm | BBB solo | Cosmic Social | Low Fell | |
| Fri 27th Nov | 9pm | Ma Kelly’s Boys (70-76 Status Quo) | Trillian’s | Newcastle | |
| Sun Dec 6th | 5pm | The Bandits | The Wheatsheaf | Shiney Row |
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