We have so many fantastic festivals in the network running throughout the year and located across the region in Hartlepool, Redcar, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington.
The festivals include:
Diwali, Middlesbrough - Music & Dance, Food & Funfair, Stall Bazaar & Lantern Parade... all topped off with a Bollywood Firework finale!
Nightfall, Stewart Park, Middlesbrough - A magical family friendly light art trail of beautiful art works, music, performance, storytelling.
Wintertide - takes place around the Headland in Hartlepool, illuminating and animating public spaces, engaging, inspiring and sparking curiosity.
Make and Mend - Redcar – is a day full of craft, colour and creativity, workshops and artists demonstrations - mindful making that’s good for the soul!
Middlesbrough Art Weekender - September - The largest annual contemporary arts festival in the Northeast, transforming the whole town into an exciting creative hub.
Stockton International Riverside Festival – August - four fantastic free days of unmissable street theatre, dance, music and outdoor arts.
Middlesbrough Mela - August - Albert Park - is the North East’s biggest multicultural festival showcasing incredible food, arts and crafts, a funfair, street performers, sports, games and musicians.
Pop Up Pride - Saltburn, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton. A vibrant celebration of the Tees Valley’s LGBTQIA+ community, with performances by local Musicians, Drag Artists and DJs, presented by Curious Arts.
Last Train Home, Tracks Darlington - September – a live music and comedy festival showcasing regional and national artists, boasting five stages over three venues.
The Festival of Thrift – September - Billingham. The UK’s award-winning national festival of sustainability crammed full of live music, dance, theatre, talks, workshops, food, and hundreds of wonderful stalls.
Hullabaloo in the Park – July - An outdoor family festival taking place in South Park in Darlington, including live performances, storytelling, making, adventuring, dancing, singing, playing and more.
Hartlepool Folk Festival – September - a fabulous weekend full of dance, stories, heritage, beautiful views of the North Sea Coast, and one of the best folk music line-ups of the year.
Saltburn Folk Festival – August - set in lovely Saltburn by the Sea - a town-based festival with song, dance, music and stories to engage and interest everyone.
Crossing the Tees Book Festival - July - curated by the library authorities of the Tees Valley region to celebrate all things book, poetry and literature related.
Taste of Africa – Centre Square, Middlesborough – the biggest event of African culture in Teesside full of family friendly music, entertainment, a mini carnival, food and clothing stalls.
What an incredible line up!
These are your festivals based in your communities and we want you to be part of their development, their organisation, and their success. And most of all, we want you to enjoy them!
Enthusiasm, energy, curiosity, an open and friendly attitude, a willingness to share your skills, talents, creativity, wisdom and experience, and a big smile.
There are many reasons to volunteer with the Tees Valley Festivals: to make new friends, to give a helping hand, to celebrate your local community, to learn new skills, to receive free training, to enhance your CV and obtain credits for affiliated courses.
We are also going to be offering an exciting programme of training, from customer service, front of house, and confidence building, to event management, music and lighting production, artist liaison and collaboration, and individual artistic practice and development.