Underdog Rock Friday - Slam Dunk Festival Takeover | WIN FESTIVAL TICKETS!

UNDERDOG X SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL 2026 TAKEOVER
📍 The Middlesbrough Empire
📅 Friday 17th April
⏰ 10PM – 3AM
🔞 18+

Slam Dunk season is coming… and we’re kicking things off with a massive festival takeover party at the legendary Middlesbrough Empire! 🎉

Join us for a night packed with MOSH, EMO, RIFFS, PITS and RETRO GAMING as our DJs spin all the biggest anthems from the Slam Dunk Festival 2026 lineup and beyond.

💥 WIN SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL TICKETS + MERCH VOUCHERS ON THE NIGHT! 💥
We’ll be giving away festival tickets and merch vouchers during the party — so bring your crew, hit the pit and you might just walk away festival-ready.

💥 £1 ENTRY TICKETS | £1 DRINKS 💥
Start the weekend properly with cheap entry and drinks while we drop the biggest rock, pop-punk, emo and hardcore bangers until 3AM.

🔥 Expect:
• Huge singalong anthems
• Wall-to-wall riffs and breakdowns
• Mosh pits & festival energy
• Lasers, flames and full party chaos
• All the best tunes from the bands on the Slam Dunk lineup

🎸 Expect tracks from artists like:
A Day To Remember, Alexisonfire, All American Rejects, Architects, Asking Alexandria, Bad Omens, Beartooth, Bilmuri, Blink-182, Bullet For My Valentine, Boston Manor, Bring Me The Horizon, Creed, Dayseeker, Deftones, Don Broco, Electric Callboy, Enter Shikari, Fall Out Boy, Falling In Reverse, Funeral For A Friend, Green Day, Ghost, Holding Absence, Hot Mulligan, Hot Milk, Ice Nine Kills, I Prevail, Knocked Loose, Kublai Khan TX, Korn, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Malevolence, Motionless In White, My Chemical Romance, Neck Deep, Nickelback, Paramore, Pierce The Veil, Spiritbox, Sum 41, Slipknot, System Of A Down, Stand Atlantic, State Champs, Stray From The Path, Sleep Token, Taking Back Sunday, The Story So Far, You Me At Six, While She Sleeps + loads more.

🎧 Requests always welcome – if it riffs, screams or makes you sing your lungs out, we’re playing it.

🕹️ GAMING ZONE
Need a breather from the pit? Head to the lounge and challenge your mates on retro games or giant board games in our chilled hangout area — perfect for some dancefloor downtime.

♣️ THE VENUE
The mighty Middlesbrough Empire has hosted incredible shows from the likes of Bullet For My Valentine, You Me At Six, Brand New, Alkaline Trio, Reel Big Fish, Dragonforce, The Hunna, Deaf Havana, Hot Milk, Frank Turner, Boston Manor, Bury Tomorrow, Loathe, Hawthorne Heights, Basement, While She Sleeps, Mallory Knox, Moose Blood, Skindred, Soil, The Darkness, Black Veil Brides, Bowling For Soup, Mayday Parade, Enter Shikari and many more.

⚡ Come early for the newest tunes, heaviest breakdowns and the biggest festival warm-up party in Middlesbrough.

£1 Tickets are limited — grab yours now.