UPCOMING SHOWS
30.09.21 shiver at gosforth civic theatre for newcastle festival of jazz and improvised music
15-22.11.21 roller trio uk tour
tbc 2022 w/ mark sanders @ PUNKT festival, kristiansand, norway
PREVIOUS SHOWS
2021
23.05.21 w/ mark sanders @ centrala, birmingham, uk
04.06.21 roller tio @ hyde park book club, leeds, uk
2020
18.01.20 roller trio @ hyde park book club, leeds, uk
24.01.20 w/ charles hayward + jack wylie @ the vortex jazzclub, london, uk
30.01.20 duo with james mainwaring @ headrow house, leeds, uk
19.02.20 w/ mark sanders @ the vortex jazz club, london, uk (LINES OF FLIGHT ALBUM LAUNCH)
22.02.20 w/ joshua blackmore’s SiZE @ baby/people, derby, uk
01.03.20 w/ martin archer’s anthropology band @ capstone theatre, liverpool, uk
06.03.20 w/ martin archer’s anthropology band @ sheffield jazz, crookes social club, uk
10.03.20 w/ pat thomas + luke reddin-williams @ fusebox, hyde park book club, leeds, uk
18.04.20 w/ martin archer’s anthropology band, derby, uk
2019
26.01.19 roller trio @ the venue, LCoM, Leeds, uk
16.02.19 roller trio @ middlesborough town hall, middlesborough, uk
25.02.19 roller trio @ jazz in the round, cockpit theatre, london, uk
14.04.19 altimeter @ the golden lion, todmorden, uk
26.05.19 roller trio @ manchester jazz festival, uk
31.05.19 charles hayward, jack wylie, chris sharkey @ the vortex, london, uk
28.06.19 premiere of new work, brimingham symphony hall, birmingham, uk
29.06.19 free movements w/dan nicholls + dave de rose @ SET, london, uk
09.07.19 roller trio @ duketown festival, holland
19.07.19 the geordie approach @ molde jazz festival, norway
20.07.19 roller trio @ the brudenell social club (jazzleeds festival), leeds, uk
21/07/19 solo @ leeds college of music (jazzleeds festival) leeds, uk
04.08.19 altimeter @ the lantern, halifax, uk
15.08.19 chris sharkey + mark sanders @ the vortex, london, uk\
12.10.19 altimeter @ marsden jazz festival, uk
02.11.19 w/ Joshua Blackmore’s SiZE @ ramsgate music hall, uk
15.11.19 w/ Joshua Blackmore’s SiZE @ servant jazz quarters, EFG london jazz festival, uk
21.11.19 roller trio @ cambridge jazz festival, uk
22.11.19 w/ Joshua Blackmore’s SiZE @ cambridge jazz festival, uk
23.11.19 roller trio @ king’s place, EFG london jazz festival, uk
07.12.19 roller trio @ bobik’s, newcastle, uk
08.12.19 roller trio @ open source arts, leeds, uk
2018
07.04.18 chris sharkey / mark sanders 'the orchid and the wasp' premiere @ gateshead international jazz festival, uk
5.5.18 roller trio @ cheltenham jazz festival, uk
31.5.18 molten² & the hockey (chris sharkey, christophe de bezenac, beau stocker), the basement, york, uk
10.5.18 chris sharkey, dave kane, matthew bourne, joost hendrickx @ fusebox, the brunswick, leeds, uk
20.6.18 roller trio @ ghost notes, peckham, london, uk
23.6.18 get in the band @ various venues for great exhibition of the north, newcastle & gateshead, uk
27.6.18 roller trio @ the lescar, sheffield, uk
29.6.18 roller trio @ brudenell social club, leeds, uk
13.7.18 session fries (chris sharkey / alex bonney) album launch, new river studios, london, uk
4.8.18 chris sharkey, alex ward, alex neilson, dave kane @ contra-pop, ramsgate, uk
19.8.18 chris sharkey, jack wylie, charles hayward @ trestle records, one day band event, cafe oto, london, uk
08.09.18 roller trio / dinosaur / leafcutter john @ jazz cafe, camden, london, uk
14.09.18 roller trio @ lancaster jazz festival, uk
21.10.18 roller trio @ the crescent, york, uk
23.10.18 roller trio @ whelan’s, dublin, ireland
25.10.18 roller trio @ siasma tire, tralee, ireland
26.10.18 roller trio @ courthouse arts centre, wicklow, ireland
27.10.18 roller trio @ riverbank arts centre, newbridge, ireland
28.10.18 roller trio @ triskel christchurch, cork, ireland
09.11.18 roller trio @ the vortex, london, uk
10.11.18 roller trio @ ramsgate music hall, uk
16.11.18 roller trio @ klub zak, gdansk, poland
06.12.18 johnny hunter quartet, wharf chambers, leeds
20.12.18 bussey/mainwaring/sharkey, the domino, leeds
2017
29.01.17 audio conversation w/ ed v3ctor @ KMAH radio, uk
04.02.17 survival skills (dj set)/ strobes / cameron vale @ fusebox:circuitbreaker, brudenell social club, leeds, uk
16.02.17 survival skills @ fuse arts space (BBC radio 3 broadcast)), bradford, uk
26.02.17 chris sharkey trio @ jazz club @ the brunswick, leeds, uk (afternoon show)
15.03.17 survival skills @ tech wednesday, old red bus station, leeds, uk
22.03.17 chris sharkey trio @ jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
26.03.17 chris sharkey trio @ the brunswick, leeds, uk
02.04.17 roller trio @ the chapel, leeds, uk
05.04.17 chris sharkey trio @ the jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
13.04.17 survival skills @ the strongroom, london, uk
20.04.17 chris sharkey trio @ the jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
27.04.17 - 01.05.17 the geordie approach spain tour
09.05.17 - 14.05.17 roller trio south korean tour
21.05.17 roller trio @ the chapel, leeds, uk
24.05.17 chris sharkey trio@ jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
26.05.17 roller trio @ the basement, york, uk
28.05.17 - 02.06.17 aldeburgh young musicians recording project, aldeburgh, uk
14.06.17 chris sharkey trio @ jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
21.06.17 strobes @ glasgow jazz festival, uk
28.06.17 chris sharkey trio @ jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
01.07.17 roller trio @ narc fest, newcastle, uk
14.07.17 survival skills @ edinburgh jazz and blues festival, uk
15.07.17 - 24.07.17 smoove and turrell european tour, croatia / italy
01.08.17 future currents (alex roth, chris montague, chris sharkey) @ manchester jazz festival, uk
18.08.17 andy sheppard's saxophone massive (musical director) @ halifax piece hall, uk
27.08.17 chris sharkey trio @ ushaw jazz festival, uk
01.09.17 dave kane's magic ya-ya band @ seven arts, leeds, uk
15.09.17 roller trio @ sheffield, uk
27.09.17 - 09.10.17 the geordie approach japan tour (yokohama, kofu, osaka, oita, tokyo, kobe)
25.10.17 - 30.10.17 strobes european tour (austria, holland, belgium)
17.10.17 future currents @ efg london jazz festival, uk
17.10.17 chris sharkey/dave de rose/dan nichols/george crowley @ vortex, efg london jazz festival, uk
19.10.17 w/ club inegale house band, efg london jazz festival, uk
2016
09.01.16 survival skills @ fusebox / the fox and newt, leeds, uk
22-27.02.16 the geordie approach portugal tour - lisbon / coimbra / porto
08.03.16 guest speaker @ jazz north education conference, leeds, uk
11.03.16 survival skills @ fusebox / the fox and newt, leeds, uk
13.03/16 ensemble workshop @ aldeburgh young musicians, aldeburgh, uk
29.03.16 ACV @ schmazz, newcastle, uk
15.04.16 w/ world service project @ gateshead international jazz festival, uk
17.04.16 make it / break it live workshop @ gateshead international jazz festival, uk
18.04.15 w / world service project @ brudenell social club, leeds, uk
01.05.16 shiver @ cheltenham jazz festival
09.05.16 shiver / three trapped tigers @ brudenell social club, leeds, uk
06.05.16 w/ world service project @ king's place, london, uk
07.05.16 w/ MA @ the vortex, london, uk
21.05.16 survival skills @ cube cinema, bristol, uk
25.05.16 survival skills @ fat out's burrow, salford, manchester, uk
29.05.16 survival skills @ the old police station, gateshead, uk
05.06.16 survival skills @ DSFL, london, uk
06.06.16 survival skills @ green door store, brighton, uk
1/2/3.06.16 residency with gawain hewitt @ chapel FM, leeds, uk
24.06.16 frozen music collective present 'Ravner' feat. kari bleivik @ centre for life, newcastle, uk
11.07.16 survival skills / moon hooch @ brudenell social club, leeds uk
28.08.16 tall ships commission premiere, blyth, uk
22.09.16 survival skills @ rich mix, london, uk
04.10.16 survival skills / monocled man @ servant jazz quarters, london, uk
08.10.16 ellery eskellin / matthew bourne / chris sharkey @ marsden jazz festival, uk
10.10.16 ellery eskellin / matthew bourne / chris sharkey @ the con cellar bar, london, uk
12.10.16 ellery eskellin / matthew bourne / chris sharkey @ the lescar, sheffield, uk
13.10.16 ellery eskellin / matthew bourne / chris sharkey @ 7 arts, leeds, uk
14.10.16 ellery eskellin / matthew bourne / chris sharkey @ the jazz cafe, newcastle, uk
22.10.16 w/ dave kane band @ derby, uk
02.11.16 survival skills / strobes @ servant jazz quarters, london, uk
15.11.16 future currents (chris sharkey, alex roth, chris montague) EP launch @ Iklectik, EFG london jazz festival, uk
17.11.16 chris sharkey + leafcutter john @ vortex, EFG london jazz festival, uk
19.11.16 make it / break it @ royal festival hall, EFG london jazz festival, uk
06.12.16 survival skills / dave kane / epic toe birth @ black cygnet (the white swan), leeds, uk (curated by matthew bourne)
2015
15.01.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Pleasure Grounds, Caroline Street Club, Shipley, Bradford, UK
26.02.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Fuse Art Space, Bradford, UK
09.03.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Proof Positive, Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London
12.03.15 Shiver @ The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
13.03.15 duet w/Zoe Gilby, Newcastle, UK
14.03.15 Souls Are Software Objects, Frozen Music Collective Experiment #3, Live Art Bistro, Leeds, UK
22.03.15 SUPERSONICS Norway Tour, Bergen, Norway
24.03.15 SUPERSONICS, Suldal, Norway
25.03.15 SUPERSONICS, Meland, Norway
26.03.15 SUPERSONICS, Førde / Øystese, Norway
29.03.15 SUPERSONICS, VossaJazz, Norway
10-11.04.15 Supersonics @ Stavanger Concert house, Norway
30.04.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Santiago, Leeds, UK
04.05.15 Supersonics @ Cheltenham Jazz Festival, UK
05-06.05.15 Supersonics @ MaiJazz, Stavanger, Norway
The Geordie Approach Spain Tour 2015
13.05 - Club Filloa - Coruna
14.05 - Taberna Alabanda - Madrid
15.05 - Sala Santinel - Bilbao
16.05 - Magia Roja - Barcelona
17.05 - La Bobeda - Zaragoza
19.05 - CC El Matadero - Huesca
23.05.15 Shiver @ The Windmill, Brixton, UK
08.06.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, UK
01.07.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Sudtirol Jazz Festival, Italy
02.07.15 Shiver @ Sudtirol Jazz Festival, Italy
03.07.15 Shiver @ The Facemelter, The Black Heart, Camden, London, UK
05.07.15 Shiver @ Love Supreme Festival, Brighton, UK
09.07.15 Shiver @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
18.07.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS / MELMANN DM @ Fuse Art Space, Bradford, UK
The Geordie Approach UK Tour
7.10.15 The Old Police House, Gateshead
8.10.15 Kazimier Garden, Liverpool
9.10.15 The Sebright Arms, London
10.10.15 Royal British Legion, Marsden Jazz Festival
14.10.15 Caroline Street Club, Saltaire
15.10.15 Chapel FM, Leeds
18.10.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ Bradford Playhouse, Recon Festival
12.11.15 Terry Riley's 'In C' with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead
20.11.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS+DAN NICHOLLS @ The Vortex, London for EFG London Jazz Festival -> LATE SHOW <-
21.11.15 Workshop for EFG London Jazz Festival, Royal Festival Hall
06.12.15 SURVIVAL SKILLS @ The Vortex, London
13.12.15 Shiver @ Jazz North East, The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle
2014
05.01.14 - 16.01.14 The Geordie Approach 'Noisebucket' Tour, Norway
29.01.14 - 22.02.14 The Geordie Approach 'Noisebucket' Tour, Norway
20.03.14 Shiver / Polar Bear @ Band on the Wall, Manchester
21.03.14 Shiver / Polar Bear @ The Wardrobe, Leeds
22.03.14 Shiver / Polar Bear @ Thekla, Bristol
26.03.14 Shiver / Polar Bear @ Komedia, Brighton
29/03.14 Shiver / Polar Bear @ Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
02.04.13 Shiver / Polar Bear @ XOYO, London
03.04.14 Shiver / Polar Bear @ Oxford
06.04.14 SHIVER EP 2 RELEASE and Gateshead International Jazz Festival show W/ Special Guests
28.04.14 SHIVER @ Jazz In The Round @ The Cockpit, Marylebone, London
17 - 26.05.14 The Geordie Approach Tour Slovakia / Hungary / Russia
17.5.14 Skif festival, St Petersberg, Russia
19.5.14 Chinese Pilot Jao Da, Moscow, Russia
20.5.14 FUGA, Bratislava, Slovakia
21.5.14 TABACKA, Kosice, Slovakia
22.5.14 RUZOMBEROK, Bardejov, Slovakia
23.5.14 CHRISTIANIA, Presov, Slovakia
24.5.14 LUC, Trencin, Slovakia
25.5.14 TBA, Vienna, Austria
28.05.14 Solo @ Emulsion Festival @ Village Underground, London
28.05.14 w/ Dan Nicholl's Strobes @ Village Underground, London
11.06.14 Shiver @ Proof Positive, Servant Jazz Quarters, London
23.06.14 w/ Space F!ght @ Manchester Jazz Festival
29.07.14 Shiver @ The Vortex Jazz Club, London
30.08.14 Shiver @ ArcTanGent Festival, Bristol
18.09.14 Frozen Music (AV installation) @ Recon Festival, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
19.09.14 Frozen Music (AV installation) @ Recon Festival, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
21.09.14 DORS @ Splinter, Newcastle
23.09.14 DORS @ Derby
24.09.14 DORS @ Lescar, Sheffield
25.09.14 DORS @ Lost Voices, Liverpool
26.09.14 DORS @ Freedom Principle, Manchester
27.09.14 Shiver @ The Windmill, Brixton
28.09.14 Shiver @ Wharf Chambers, Leeds
02.10.14 Shiver @ The Central Bar, Gateshead
03.10.14 Ways of Seeing (audio/visual installation) @ Leeds College of Art for Light Night 2014
04.10.14 Shiver @ Nottingham Contemporary
Oct 12-27, 2014 The Geordie Approach Japan Tour
16.10.14 The Geordie Approach @ Super Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan
17.10.14 The Geordie Approach @ Nagoya, Japan
18.10.14 The Geordie Approach @ Nu-Things, Osaka, Japan
19.10.14 The Geordie Approach @ Big Apple, Kobe, Japan
23.10.14 The Geordie Approach @ At Hall, Oita, Japan
25.10.14 The Geordie Approach @ Velvet Sun, Tokyo, Japan
01.11.14 SURVIVAL SKILLS (solo) @ Power Lunches, Dalston, London
04.11.14 Shiver @ The Kazimier, Liverpool
07.11.14 w/Space F!ght, MIRA festival, Barcelona, Spain
15.11.14 2pm The Geordie Approach presents 'SUPERSONICS' @ Kings Place, London Jazz Festival
15.11.14 Shiver / Strobes @ Servant Jazz quarters for London Jazz Festival
20.11.14 SURVIVAL SKILLS (solo) @ Royal Festival Hall for London Jazz Festival
21.11.14 Shiver workshop @ Leeds College of Music
28.11.14 Shiver @ Fusebox at the Fox and Newt, Leeds
05.12.14 w/Smoove & Turrell @ Transmusicale Festival, Rennes, France
07.12.14 Shiver @ Splinter, The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle
2013
07-21.01.13 The Geordie Approach School Tour, Haugesund, Norway
25.01.13 w/Mark Sanders, Andy Champion + Corey Mwamba @ FuseBox, Fox and Newt, Leeds
28.01.13 - 02.02.13 Take 5 Residency, Bore Place, Kent
04.02.13 - 09.02.13 The Geordie Approach 'Spiel', Stavanger, Norway
12.03.13 Solo + quartet with Matthew Bourne, Adam Betts and Tom Rogerson @ Proof Positive , Servants Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London
14.03.13 Duo w/Matthew Bourne supporting Marc Ribot @ Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, UK
17.03.13 TOKYO DOORBELLS @ Sela, Leeds, UK
07.04.13 Andy Sheppard's Saxophone Massive, The Sage Gateshead (Gateshead International Jazz Festival)
11.04.13 Eastern Europe Jazz/Improv workshop performance, The Sage Gateshead
18.04.13 Take5 Europe band @ Banilieues Bleues, Paris, France
21.04.13 TOKYO DOORBELLS @ Sela, Leeds, UK
30.04.13 Take5 Europe band @ Jazztopad, Wroclaw, Poland
16.05.13 The Geordie Approach @ Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
17.05.13 The Geordie Approach @ Seven Arts, Leeds, UK
19.05.13 TOKYO DOORBELLS @ Sela, Leeds, UK
06.06.13 The Geordie Approach @ Albacete, Spain
07.06.13 The Geordie Approach @ Madrid, Spain
08.06.13 The Geordie Approach @ Malaga, Spain
09.06.13 The Geordie Approach @ Seville, Spain
11.06.13 The Geordie Approach @ Aveiro, Portugal
28.06.13 LE QUAN NINH / PAUL DUNMALL / MATTHEW BOURNE / CHRIS SHARKEY /DAVE KANE / COREY MWAMBA @ The Fox And Newt, Leeds, UK
11.07.13 The Geordie Approach @ Jazz in the Goethe Garden, Lisbon, Portugal
12.07.13 Take Five Europe Band @ North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
14.07.13 Jambone @ The Sage Gateshead
18.07.13 Take Five Europe Band @ Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
26.07.13 Solo Guitar @ Match & Fuse Mini Festival @ The Vortex, Dalston, London
29.07.13 Take Five Europe Band @ Manchester Jazz Festival
02.08.13 'Dors' (Sharkey, Christophe De Bezenac, Eve Risser, Yuko Oshima) @ Manchester Jazz Festival
13.09.13 'Dors' @ Festival de Jazz de Colmar, France
18.09.13 TOKYO DOORBELLS @ Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
04.09.13 w/ Silence Blossoms @ Fusebox, Fox and Newt, Leeds
12.10.13 Batteries (Sharkey, Corey Mwamba, Andy Champion, Mark Sanders) @ Marsden Jazz Festival
15.10.13 Collider @ Axis Arts Centre, Alsager, Crewe
16.10.13 TOKYO DOORBELLS @ Wharf Chambers, Leeds
23.10.13 Shiver @ The Central Bar, Gateshead
24.10.13 Shiver @ Fusebox, Fox & Newt, Leeds
25.10.13 Shiver @ The Vortex, Dalston, London
10.11.13 'Originality/Creativity' Workshop @ Sage Gateshead
16+17.11.13 'Way In To The Way Out' @ London Jazz Festival
17.11.13 Shiver secret gig @ London Jazz Festival (SSSSHHHHHHHHHH)
24.11.13 Dors @ London Jazz Festival - Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer - 1pm
24.11.13 Take 5 Europe Band @ London Jazz Festival - Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer - 3pm
25.11.13 - 11.12.13 The Geordie Approach 'Noisebucket' Tour, Norway
27.11.13 w/ Marilyn Crispell, Petter Fadnes and Gunhild Seim @ Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
2012
19.10.12 The Geordie Approach: Are You FREE? Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
20.10.12. The Geordie Approach: Moonride festival. Kosice, Slovakia
22.10.12. The Geordie Approach: Jazz in Zeltweg. Zeltweg, Austria
23.10.12 The Geordie Approach: Zahrada. Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
24.10.12 The Geordie Approach: Mika Tivador. Budapest, Hungary
25.10.12 The Geordie Approach: Stanica. Zilina-Zariecie, Slovakia
26.10.12 The Geordie Approach: A4 Bratislava, Slovakia
02.11.12 trioVD @ Kazimier, Liverpool
16.11.12 w/Ihan Ersahin Band @ Charlie Wright's, Hoxton, London (London Jazz Festival)
7.11.12 trioVD @ Bishopsgate Institute(LondonJazz Festival)
18.11.12 trioVD w/East London Creative Jazz Orchestra @ The Barbican (London Jazz Festival)
19.11.12 trioVD @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
28.11.12 trioVD @ The Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
01.12.12 trioVD @ The Sage Gateshead
03-14.12.12 The Geordie Approach School Tour, Haugesund, Norway