It sold out well in advance and this year's Mouth of the Tyne festival definitely lived up to the hype with an amazing four days of live music.
Following in the footsteps of previous headliners like Paloma Faith, Elbow and James Bay, it was the job of North Shields musician Sam Fender to kick things off on Thursday, before Jack Savoretti delighted in the rain on Friday night, Rick Astley transported his capacity audience back to the 80s on Saturday evening and The Proclaimers brought the curtain down on the event in style on Sunday.
As well as the main stage, crowds enjoyed performances Mouth of the Tyne from songstress Ruby Turner and Nadine Shah at Playhouse Whitley Bay.
Street food vendors were kept busy with thousands of hungry mouths to feed and festival-goers keen to stay fuelled up for the duration of the four day event.
North Tyneside Elected Mayor, Norma Redfearn CBE, said this year’s festival which sold out in record time had again exceeded expectations.
She said: “Once again the festival has been a resounding success. As well as a wonderful array of top music acts performing on the main stage, residents and visitors have enjoyed great food, colourful street performances, and a warm welcome from people and businesses in North Tyneside.
“I’ve really enjoyed going out and about to meet and talk to some of them and it was great to see how much people were clearly enjoying themselves.
“More than 100,000 people attended the festival, which brings an estimated £1 million boost for our local economy and supports our commitment to make North Tyneside a great and prosperous place to live, work and visit.
“Sadly that’s it for another year but I’m confident this year’s festival will live long in the memory and provide a platform for us to continue to grow the event when it returns next summer.”
