See BBB live as solo, duo or full band 

All live dates currently cancelled      

Live streams coming up:

Friday 19th June, 8.15, Tynedale (virtual) Beer Festival.  Starts 7pm and runs through evening.  Similar set up Saturday 20th June.  https://www.facebook.com/tynedalebeerfestival/ 

Others just as I fancy – keep an eye on www.facebook.com/badbob.bates

Live dates still in book – likely to be cancelled:

Sat 25th July     7-9pm         Oil City Shakers (duo) Ryton Rugby Club Beer Festival, Barmoor, Ryton

Sun 5th July             6pm     BBB Solo, The Half Moon, Ryton

Fri 17th July                          BBB Solo, Corbridge Pele Tower, Market Pl, Corbridge NE45 5AW

Sat 1st Aug                           Ma Kelly’s Boys at The Star Inn, Westgate Road, Newcastle centre

Fri 7th August                      Ma Kelly’s Boys at Trillians, Newcastle

Sun 9th Aug            5pm      Oil City Shakers (duo), The Quakerhouse, Darlington

Sat 29th Aug                          Bad Bob Bates and Chris Gooch double header songs, noise, stories and then some, The Scarth Hall, Staindrop

Sun 30th Aug          6pm     MKB, Benton Ale House, Benton

Sat 12th Sept                        MKB, Crook Hotel. Crook

Sat Sept 19th                        Ma Kelly’s Boys plus other 2 tribs, Queens Hall, Hexham with We Are Champion – A tribute to Queen and RIFF RAFF AC/DC tribute

Fri 27th march                     BBB Solo, Mr Ants, Hexham

Sun 27th Sept         6pm     BBB Solo, The Half Moon, Ryton

Sat Oct 3rd                           Ma Kelly’s Boys, The Grand Hotel, Bishop Auckland

Sat Oct 17th                         BBB Solo, The Barrels, Berwick

Sun 1st Nov            6pm     BBB Solo, The Half Moon, Ryton

Sat Nov 7th                          Ma Kelly’s Boys, Backstage at The Green, The Green Hotel, Kinross

Sat 14th Nov                        BBB solo, Ziggy’s, Fowler street, South Shields, NE33 2LR

Sat Nov 28                           Oil City Shakers (duo), Frog and Ferret, Spennymoor