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Mouth of the Tyne Festival

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Genre
  
Street Festival

Frequency
  
Annual

Date(s)
  
July

Organised by
  
North Tyneside Council

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Location(s)
  
Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England

Starting in 2004 The Mouth of the Tyne Festival (also known as the MOTFest) takes place every July for a weekend with live music in the town of Tynemouth and South Shields. It consists of live world music, cultural performances, processions and pyrotechnics, as well as art displays. The two-day festival is free, except for an open-air concert which is normally held on the Saturday evening at Tynemouth Priory and Castle.

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Affiliations

The Mouth of the Tyne Festival is organised by North Tyneside Council and supported by Port of Tyne, Kier and TyneMet College, Metro Radio and Isos. in 2014 the festival celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Lineup 2014

  • Nadine Shah
  • Midlake
  • John Cooper Clark
  • Lawson
  • Paul Weller

    • Lineup 2015

  • Lisbon
  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
  • Jack Savoretti
  • The Specials
  • Martha Reeves

    • Lineup 2016

  • Bryan Ferry
  • Nadine Shah
  • Will Young
  • Tunde Baiyewu
  • James Bay
  • Hyde & Beast
  • Tom Smith
  • Lulu (Singer)
  • Lemar

    • Lineup 2017

    Laura Marling

    Elbow

    Tom Odell

    References

    Mouth of the Tyne Festival Wikipedia
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