Sat 10 May 2025 1:30pm

Stockton Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival 2025

at ARC, Stockton-on-Tees

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£41.00

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Fans of the blues rejoice as we welcome you to Stockton Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival.

Line-up confirmed;
Sugaray Rayford | Connolly Hayes | Backbone Blues Band | Ben Poole | Amba Tremain

Tickets are sold for the day; not individual artists. Line-ups may be subject to change.

Appearing:

SugarRay Rayford

Caron Nimoy 'Sugaray' Rayford is an American electric blues singer and songwriter.

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Connolly Hayes Band

UK Blues Awards 2024 UK Emerging Act of The Year nominee ‘Connolly Hayes’ are a newly formed band already creating high expectations and excitement within, and beyond, the blues/rock/soul community, largely on the reputations of the principal members. Jess Hayes emerged onto the South London scene as a teenager having been raised on classic rock and soul by her musician parents and quickly gained a reputation amongst the blues and soul cognesenti. She has also recently enjoyed a 4 chairs turn on ITV's 'the Voice', but more importantly, Jess is finding her own 'voice' with this new project, alongside her friend Frankie Connolly, who himself has gained a stellar reputation as both a great singer and astonishing guitar player. Connolly Hayes aren’t just a duo though, they are a fully fledged band with Richard Clarke, another noted vocalist/guitarist, alongside Beau Barnard on bass and Andy Wilder on drums.

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Backbone Blues Band

Backbone are a tight four/five piece blues outfit of drums, bass, guitars and piano/organ. They play a mixture of fantastic covers and originals, and try to choose their sets to include old favourites alongside interesting, less well known numbers to really get their audiences’ feet tapping. With a tight rhythm section and truly creative keys and guitars to back up gritty, soulful vocals, the sound is punchy when it rocks and delightfully driven when it swings. Backbone have developed a style which allows space for each other in the music and it delivers a really fat and rounded sound, perfect to either dance to, or just sit back and enjoy.

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Ben Poole

Inspired by the Blues, infused with a hard hitting, 'in-yer-face' rock approach and topped-off by virtuoso musicianship, Ben Poole is being talked of as the new up-and-coming UK Blues guitarist; one of the finest to have emerged in Europe for years. Having already played with, and received critical acclaim from some of his heroes; legendary blues artists including Jeff Beck, Gary Moore and John Mayall, it appears that there is no stopping this young and incredibly gifted musician.

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