Music fans will be celebrating a first this weekend when A Stone's Throw festival brings the party to North Tyneside.
A total of 11 venues in North Shields and Tynemouth will combine to host the inaugural festival on Saturday which is being described as the North East's coastal music trail. They will link around 60 music acts including, in another first, singer-songwriter Sam Tompkins in his debut headline slot.
Salt Market Social will be the headline venue for the one-day-only event while others taking part will include The Exchange; The Engine Room; Three Tanners Bank; Flash House Brewery; Karma Coast; Tynemouth CIU; Barca Art Bar and The Watchhouse Museum. Among those getting the debut festival started will be rapper Berwyn, voted NME best new act, and Newcastle singer-songwriter Heidi Curtis.
