MOCK TUDORS // HOUSE PROUD // GOOD NEWS

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKET LINK Mock Tudors are South Yorkshire’s answer to Buzzcocks meet The Sweet. Mock Tudors’ frenetic glam infused garage-rock oozed from the basement of ‘Delicious Clam’ in Sheffield in January of 2022. Since then the band have released a set of EP’s alongside a bootleg LP, toured extensively with the likes of The Bug Club […]

SLALOM D // SPLITBOX // CLAUDIA

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKET LINK Local punk heroes SLALOM D return to pop recs, alongside melodic york punks SPLITBOX and local grunge riot grrls CLAUDIA

POP flix presents: Kneecap the Movie w/support from Seizure

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKET LINK This September we bring you Kneecap, the story of the now infamous trio of West Belfast rappers, Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, and DJ Próvai to Pop Recs. This […]

King Ink – Poetry and Spoken Word Open Mic Night

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

King Ink CIC is a home for Sunderland’s hidden poets. Our open mic night (second Thursday evening of each month) is the biggest in the region. Each event is completely […]

Fred Fowler’s SALE of the CENTURY

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

You are invited to a special sale of paintings, prints, drawings and papercuts by Fred Fowler. This is a unique chance to snap up an artwork from Fred’s amazing collection. […]

Sunderland Lit & Phil Society

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKETS Future of the Sunderland Gaming Industry Join the Lit & Phil society for another evening of discussion and intrigue. For more info head to their website.

Teen Market

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Head on down to the Teen Market and buy cool handmade goods from Sunderland’s young creators at this pop-up craft event.

SENSER // DJ Ant Chapman

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKET LINK Senser exploded onto the scene amidst the chaos of free festivals, squat parties, and political unrest, forging a sound that defied easy categorization. Their politically charged lyrics and […]

Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks + Special Guest Tahmina Ali

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKET LINK With the release of his new book The Door-to-Door Poet (Eye Books) set for September 2025, as well as a new programme on BBC Radio 4 following swiftly […]

Stages At The Venues: Distant Listening // A23a // BDGR

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKETS While Stages Festival lights up Sunderland, Pop Recs is hosting the weird, the wired and the downright uncompromising. On Sat 27th Sept, three acts step sideways into the fringe: […]

MODERN NATURE // LIVE // POP RECS // SUNDERLAND

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

TICKET LINK When Modern Nature toured their last album, 2023’s No Fixed Point In Space , it became apparent to Jack Cooper – the band’s main creative force – that they were already pulling away from the free, open ended approach they had spent five years working towards; almost as if the music had become […]

INKTION : AN EXPLORATION IN INK – Hannah Gawne

Pop Recs 172 – 175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Join us at Sonny’s / PopRecs in Sunderland on Friday 3rd October (6.30 – 8.30pm) for the opening of Hannah Gawne’s new show Inktion. Hannah will be showing a collection of amazing new print work across the venue and the cafe. This will be our 6th show with PopRecs and as always, we’ll have good […]