The Gig Cartel - Venues: Stockton ARC

A beautifully intimate setting in a modern, cutting-edge arts centre, ARC has gained a reputation for providing a wide variety of audiences with an extraordinarily eclectic range of music. Exciting new artists rub shoulders with established acts in a venue capable of catering for both shoulder-to-shoulder, standing rock gigs or gentle, acoustic, all-seated affairs.

In recent years, ARC has played host to the likes of Booker T, Frank Turner, Julian Cope, Badly Drawn Boy, Vintage Trouble, Imelda May, The Zombies, Eliza Carthy and Steve Harley amongst countless others, and combines a vibrant musical programme with its commitment to contemporary comedy, theatre and cinema.