
For the third year running, children from Wellfield Middle School brass band took part in the Big Gig 2025 at Newcastle’s Vertu Arena, along with over 1,000 other children from schools across Newcastle, North Tyneside and beyond.
The theme this year was “Sounds of the 70s” with 10 great hit songs, including: Crocodile Rock; Dancing Queen; Sweet Home Alabama; I Will Survive; We Are Family; and Rockin’ All Over the World!
Our band played along to accompany the many children singing, all supported by a professional live band. We had a groovy, rockin’ time, as you see from the photos!

A new idea this year was the chance for a few children to stand on the rostrum and feature as “soloists”. Our very own Sophie and Emilia were selected by random ballot to represent Wellfield Middle School and here is a short clip of them playing at the start of “Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder:
More photos from the day








