| Festival facts | It's the second year of the Mouth of the Tyne Festival Natacha Atlas is known for her fusion of Arabic and North African music Eliza Carthy has been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize twice and won Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2003 The Real Thing had a number one hit in the 1970s with You To Me Are Everything |
The Mouth of the Tyne Festival launches into its second year and it brings a selection of world class entertainment on both sides of the Tyne. The festival takes place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 July in Tynemouth and South Shields.
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There's live music, street theatre and amazing one-off performances. Tynemouth Front Street will be transformed into a cabaret, jazz and circus area with performers entertaining the crowds all weekend. In South Tyneside, the focus will be on Bents Park and South Marine Park with fantastic acts offering something for all the family. Open air evening concert The highlight of the festival is a special ticket-only open air evening concert (Saturday 15 July) at Tynemouth Priory. The Afro-Cuban All Stars (Buena Vista Social Club), Natacha Atlas, Eliza Carthy, Ratcatchers and Bellowhead will perform in the dramatic setting of the Priory.
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The Afro-Cuban All Stars pay homage to Cuban music from across the decades. Band member's ages range from 13 to 81! There is even more live music in Tynemouth Priory (free entry) on Sunday 16 July featuring 70s superstars The Real Thing. Were you at the 2005 Mouth of Tyne Festival? Send you festival pictures to BBC Tyne! Check out BBC Tyne’s guide to what’s on in Tynemouth and South Shields during The Mouth of the Tyne Festival: Saturday 15 July Tynemouth Front Street 11:45 Children’s Pageant
12:05 Sakoba Dance
13:00 Hopla Circus
13:45 Okupa Mobil
14:30 Hop Hop
15:20 Okupa Mobil
16:10 Hopla Circus Front Street Static 12:00 Bread and Butter Theatre Co.
12:45 Bombaybaja
13:30 Hoodwink
14:15 Fairley Famous Family
15:00 Bread and Butter Theatre Co.
15:45 Hoodwink
16:30 Fairley Famous Family Front Street Installations (both days) 12:00-17:00 Metro Boulot Dodo and 12:00-17:00 State of Play (behind Front St.) Front Street Walkabout Swank ‘Be Prepared’, Artizani ‘The Lifeboats’ and Swank ‘Price Check’. Jazz Stage 12:00-13:45 Bourbon Street Stompers
14:00-15:45 Rae Brothers
16:00-17:45 Ruth Lambert Quartet Tynemouth Priory 18:00-23:00 Afro Cuban All Stars – TICKET ONLY (Tickets are available from the Sage Gateshead) South Shields Gypsies Green to Bents Park 12:00-13:00 Opening Procession Bents Park – Music Stage (45 minute sets) 13:00 Wildcats and Friends
14:00 The Rhythm Method
15:00 Bombaybaja
16:00 New Rope String Band
17:00 Elaine Palmer
18:00 The Caffrey Brothers
19:00 Wildcats of Kilkenny
20:00 James Taylor Quartet South Marine Park 12:15 HANG
13:00 Heir of Insanity
14:00 Boomfanfare
15:00 HANG
15:30 Boomfanfare
16:15 Heir of Insanity Baseline Circus Tent 12:00 Cirque Troc
13:30-15:30 Bassline Circus
16:25 Cirque Troc
19:00-21:00 Bassline Circus Comedy Walkabout (throughout the day) Artizani, Fair Play, Bee and Foley and Bangditos “2CV” Show. Evening Finale (Gypsies Green to Harbour Drive) From 21:30 Compagnie Off Sunday 16 July Tynemouth Front Street 12:10 Hopla Circus
12:55 Cirque Troc
13:45 Mimbre
14:30 Hip Hop
15:25 Bread and Butter Theatre Co.
16:05 Cirque Troc Front Street Static 12:00 Bread and Butter Theatre Co.
12:45 Excelsior
13:30 Fairley Famous Family
14:15 Bread and Butter Theatre Co.
15:00 Fairley Famous Family
15:45 Excelsior
16:30 Fairley Famous Family Front Street Walkabout Fair Play, Bee and Foley, Artizani and Mimbre ‘Fables’. Jazz Stage 12:00-13:45 Charleston Six
14:00-15:45 Rae Brothers
16:00-17:45 Bratislava Hot Serenaders Tynemouth Priory (free entry to castle all day) 12:00 Caffrey Brothers
13:00 La Sonera Calaveras
14:00 The Coal Porters
15:00 Baghdaddies
16:00 Bourbon Y tequila
17:00 Wildcats of Kilkenny
18:00 The Real Thing South Shields Bents Park – Music Stage (45 minute sets) 12:00 The Baghdaddies
13:00 Bourbon Y Tequila
14:00 The Real Macaws
15:00 La Sonera Calaveras
16:00 The Coal Porters
17:00 RootID
18:00 Osibisa South Marine Park 12:00 Hoodwink
13:00 Boomfanfare
14:00 Hoodwink
15:00 Boomfanfare
16:00 Bangditos 2
12:00-17:00 State of Play Baseline Circus Tent 12:00 Okupa Mobil
13:30-15:30 Bassline Circus
16:15 Okupa Mobil Comedy Walkabout Swank, Artizani 2, Krape Twinz and Chilli Road Band Sailing Regatta Tynemouth Sailing Club and South Shields Sailing Club. All day Event programmes are available from Tourist Information Centres. | 
