Tracks

02/09/2025

Just a reminder that we have the excellent crew from Tees Music Alliance coming to run this music development session on the morning of Last Train Home Festival If you’re interested in a career in the music industry, come down and chat with this panel of experts. Free to attend and top way to start your festival day 🤩

A reminder that before the music kicks off at Last Train Home Festival, we will be welcoming the team from Tees Music Alliance to The Forum Music Centre for a special edition of their On Point music conference.

Join us for a morning of informal roundtable discussions with industry professionals and find out all you need to know to help further your music practice and grow your career.

📆 Saturday 6 September 2025
⏰ 10am - 2pm
📍 The Forum, Darlington

Our speakers include:

- Boo (Tees Valley Artist Of The Year 2025/ Ghetec)
- Henry Carden (Quiet Crown /Twisterella Festival)
- Nicola Coaker (nrthrnbaby )
- Shakk (BBC Music Introducing - North East )
- Tom Salmon (Arts Council England )

Entry is FREE but booking is required, click here to reserve your spot: https://www.tracksdarlington.co.uk/news/on-point-lth

29/08/2025

Fresh from playing huge festivals like Glastonbury & SXSW , Cortney Dixon completes the bill for this year's Last Train Home Festival 2025 . Her hotly anticipated new music deftly blends her down to earth DIY roots with a well crafted aspirational pop glamour, ready to explode in a superbly stylish live set over on the Noisy Daughters main stage.
With a self-produced EP ready to roll on vinyl shortly after, she’s one to watch this year at

Get your ticket to indie pop paradise: bit.ly/LTHFest25

28/08/2025

Tune into Shakk BBC BBC Music Introducing show tonight to hear our Sarah Wilson chatting about this years Last Train Home Festival and Last Train Home Express feat Sunflower Thieves, North Riding and Phil Cox which is coming round faster than a speeding express train! 8pm on BBC Tees &DR200 Enjoy Darlington Hopetown Darlington Creative Darlington Darlington For Culture - the official site Darlington Musicians Share (DMS) Whats On in Darlington

26/08/2025

LTH SUNDAY SESSION // This year we're offering something extra on the weekend of Last Train Home Festival, with a chilled afternoon of live music in the market square.

1pm - 7pm on Sunday 7th September, head down for an eclectic array of artists, including rock and pop classics from Still Into You, jazz fusions from SwanNek, soul grooves from Midnight Library and more

There'll also be family crafts and face painting, and entry is free! Whether you just fancy an afternoon of entertainment, or have been to the day before and need a little music therapy, it'll be a lush way to spend a Sunday.

Big thanks to our partners and funders for making this happen, in particular to our railway partners whose community funds are enabling us to do this - why not take the train down if you're out of town!

23/08/2025

See Anna Stevo perform this sweet bit of songwriting in the golden light of Darlington Hippodrome, as captured by Rob Irish

The full video’s live on our YouTube channel now: youtu.be/W3td8iWiX4E

Anna will be playing Last Train Home Festival too, treat yourself to tickets at bit.ly/LTHFest25

22/08/2025

We’ve been busy once again shooting some special live sessions in the run up to Last Train Home Festival, starting with Anna Stevo filmed in a beautiful corner of Darlington Hippodrome by Rob Irish

The first will go live on our YouTube tomorrow at 11am: https://youtu.be/W3td8iWiX4E

10/08/2025

Lots of good vibes Hopetown Darlington today for Pride! Thanks to our fab artists Jenna Louise Music Cherie D'Avino and Freya Bentley for bringing the tunes! Also to the lush Pop'n'Olly for jumping on stage for some fun for the kids too 🥰🏳️‍🌈 Darlington Borough Council

07/08/2025

Phew! Busy old time at at Tracks HQ! This weekend on Sat we have our Big Little Gigs family music event featuring The Byker Hillbillies Locomotion Sunday sees us over Hopetown Darlington for Pride Picnic and an afternoon of lush live music. Then final plans and promo for Last Train Home Festival and Last Train Home Express launch event! All systems go go go! Bringing bags of beautiful live music to Darlington 🤩🚂🥰😎 Creative Darlington Enjoy Darlington Darlington For Culture - the official site

29/07/2025

SECOND WAVE! More acts added to this year's Last Train Home Festival and the line-up's looking steamy 🥵
Climb aboard on Sept 6th for a stunning showcase of our local scene along with a few guests from afar (as far as Germany and Spain!), descending upon Darlington for an all-out all-dayer.

More info & Tickets: bit.ly/LTHFest25

17/07/2025

What a fabulous project and lovely event celebrating the winners! We were very happy to support brilliant local writers Pam Plumb and Ann Cuthbert in bringing together their Write On Track workshops and competition S&dr200 Hopetown Darlington

✍️ Ann Cuthbert and Pam Plumb run the Darlington based open mic for writers, Stop Write Hear, held first Thursday of every month at Friends’ Meeting House Skinnergate Darlington. So they know there are many talented writers in the local area. Wouldn’t it be a good idea, they thought, to run a writing competition linked to the Bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway?

Read more about Write on Track, which culminated with an awards ceremony here at Hopetown last Friday 👇
https://www.hopetowndarlington.co.uk/stories/write-on-track/

10/07/2025

Once again, we warm up for Last Train Home Festival this year with a cosy evening of live music at Hopetown Darlington on September 4th.
This year we feature the dreamy soundscapes of Sunflower Thieves, locally grown americana from North Riding, and folkish fusions from Phil Cox. It's always a beautiful evening, spent listening to chilled out tunes in a historic atmosphere.

More Info/Tickets: bit.ly/LTHExpress25