My festival year always used to start in April with Live at Leeds City, however, last year they decided to move that festival to the Autumn, and so the honour of opening my all-day gigs calendar goes to Stockton Calling. I’ve been here before, for the first 2 ‘Gathering Sounds’ Festivals, and it’s pretty much the same format. Open all your music venues from 1pm to 11pm and each hosts 6-9 artists for the price of 1 ticket for all, it’s 1st come 1st served, so when the venues are full to capacity you can’t come in – Even if you are Press! Stockton-on-Tees gets more than its fair share of criticism, but I found the place so warm, friendly and full of eager music fans deliberating over who they are going to see next. The venues are plentiful and in short distance to each other, loads of great ...