STOCKTON CALLING has revealed the first headline acts for its 2027 return, with Red Rum Club and Adult DVD confirmed to lead two of the festival’s stages next Easter.
Taking place on Saturday 27 March 2027, the multi-venue festival will once again bring established names together with some of the UK’s best new and emerging artists for more than ten hours of live music across Stockton town centre.
And organisers have kicked off the 2027 line-up with two bands arriving in Stockton on the back of major years.
Liverpool six-piece Red Rum Club will headline the main stage at ARC, while Leeds six-piece Adult DVD, fresh from the release of their debut album, will top the bill at The Georgian Theatre.
The announcement is the first taste of the 2027 line-up, with further headliners and dozens more artists still to be revealed.
For Red Rum Club, Stockton Calling comes as the band continue a rise that has taken their unmistakable brass-driven indie from Liverpool’s grassroots venues to major stages across the UK.
Fronted by Fran Doran, the six-piece have carved out a sound of their own, built around huge choruses, cinematic guitars and the soaring brass that has become one of the band’s signatures.
Across a run of acclaimed records and years spent on the road, the band have steadily built a fiercely loyal following, earning a reputation as a live act capable of turning increasingly bigger rooms into something that still feels intimate.
That journey has accelerated considerably in recent years.
A huge 2025 saw Red Rum Club perform at festivals including Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, Tramlines and Y Not, tour with The Wombats and play an 11,000-capacity hometown headline show at Aintree Racecourse.
The band are currently back on the road for another major UK tour and will play London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on Thursday 8 October – the night after their Stockton Calling headline appearance is announced.
Their Stockton date will bring them into the heart of ARC for a headline set that promises to be one of the biggest moments of next year’s festival.
Across town at The Georgian Theatre, Adult DVD arrive at a very different but equally significant point in their story.
The Leeds six-piece have rapidly become one of the most talked-about new names coming out of the UK’s alternative scene, building a reputation around a sound that combines hook-heavy indie, synths and electronics with the pulse of ’90s acid house.
The result is music designed as much for movement as it is for the traditional indie gig – bringing together guitars, electronics and dancefloor energy in a live show that has increasingly taken them beyond the venues where they first made their name.
On 25 September, Adult DVD released their self-titled debut album through Fat Possum Records, meaning the record will have been out for less than two weeks when their Stockton Calling headline appearance is announced.
It follows a breakthrough period which has seen the band receive support from BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music, with single Real Tree Lee landing on the BBC 6 Music A-List. Adult DVD were also named among Rolling Stone UK’s Ones To Watch for 2026, while their increasingly busy live schedule has taken them far beyond their Leeds beginnings.
The band have completed debut tours of the USA and Japan, appeared at SXSW and played festivals including Glastonbury, Green Man and End Of The Road.
Their Georgian Theatre headline slot will give Stockton Calling audiences the chance to catch the band in an intimate setting at a point when their profile is growing quickly both at home and internationally. It is exactly the kind of booking Stockton Calling has built its reputation on – putting established festival favourites alongside artists whose biggest moments may still be ahead of them.
Tickets are on sale now.
For tickets and info, head to: https://www.stocktoncalling.co.uk/
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