Tag: Wrecking Ball Arts Centre

10cc drummer Paul Burgess has joined forces with Craig Fletcher and Jez Smith from John Lee’s Barclay James Harvest along with singer-songwriters Clive Gregson and Neil Cossar in a new band The Guilty Men. The band are set to play their first live dates after releasing their debut album Invisible Confetti in the fall.   […]

Neil Young is 80 in November 2025 and to mark the work of the music legend, Yorkshire musicians will be celebrating his two early seventies masterpieces, After the Goldrush (55 years after its release) and Harvest, in a series of nights of acoustic music which will be again raising funds for local charities. https://heymind.org.uk/

Purple at back at Wrecking Ball in 2025 Playing 2hrs of Deep Purple classics such as Highway Star, Perfect Strangers and many more. Join us for this special concert. Not to be missed…

Multi-award winning musician and songwriter / Freddie Mercury Scholarship Winner / PRS Guitars artist Leoni Jane Kennedy performs an acoustic tribute to Rush.

A rare opportunity to see David Gedge of The Wedding Present playing their songs in an intimate setting! This show will feature David on acoustic guitar with Wedding Present guitarist Rachael Wood on the electric, and showcase a different approach to performing tracks from the band’s extensive catalogue. The Wedding Present were formed in Leeds […]

So prolific was Frank Zappa’s output, that it is nearly impossible to present a representative sample of his work in just one concert. Over the course of his life, and since his death in 1993, over one hundred official Zappa albums have been released, alongside countless bootlegs. These range from 60’s psychedelia with the Mothers […]

So prolific was Frank Zappa’s output, that it is nearly impossible to present a representative sample of his work in just one concert. Over the course of his life, and since his death in 1993, over one hundred official Zappa albums have been released, alongside countless bootlegs. These range from 60’s psychedelia with the Mothers […]

The title is still under-wraps but Hollie is back with a brand-new book tour in Autumn 2025. A Sunday Times bestselling author, chatter and poetry lover, expect strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in her much-loved poetry as she reads from this brand-new collection about love, loss, wolves and warm morning croissants. Here, she will […]

Martin Barre renowned guitarist best known for his long-standing role (43 years) as lead guitarist in the iconic rock band Jethro Tull is coming to Hull! Barre’s extraordinary guitar skills and innovative techniques have made him a legendary figure in rock music. Martin will tell his story of his musical journey, from his early days to achieving global success […]

Curved Air is a unique band, synthesizing an eclectic blend of musical styles into an instantly identifiable sound. Curved Air’s hits include “It Happened Today”, “Vivaldi”, “Marie Antoinette” and “Backstreet Luv”. Curved Air founder member vocalist Sonja Kristina leads a skilled and talented new line-up, bringing their unique music to an existing and new fanbase […]

Soft Machine : One of the greatest UK avant/jazz-rock bands of all time. Their work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band who were contemporaries of, and shared stages with, Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, all the way to being one of Europe’s best known ‘fusion’ groups, has influenced several […]

SCREAMING TARTS PRESENTS… The Frank & Walters (acoustic duo show). Saturday November 22nd 2025. Wrecking Ball Arts Centre, Hull. Paul Linehan is one of Ireland’s most talented and inspirational singer-songwriters. For nearly 30 years he has penned and performed hundreds of songs with The Frank and Walters which have captured the hearts and minds of […]

Country music has a way of bringing people together, and Jess and the Bandits are proof of that. Frontwoman Jessica Clemmons, a powerhouse vocalist from Houston, Texas, joined forces with a group of talented British musicians to create a bold, infectious country-pop sound that has captivated audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. The band […]

Our second Soul Session All-dayer  Sat Nov 29th 2025  3pm-11pm EARLY BIRD TICKET  £5

With a show that takes in the full range of the duo’s career together, as well as drawing extensively from Paul Simon’s solo career, this is live entertainment at its very best.

Dr Robert and Matt Deighton come together on The Instant Garden. Every so often an album appears that surprises and delights and somehow defies categorization. Such is The Instant Garden.  Dr Robert (The Blow Monkeys) and Matt Deighton (Mother Earth, Oasis) have conjured up a garden full of earthly delights and mysterious depths.  It’s really […]