With Newcastle music fans set to fill their boots at the city's newest festival Tipping Point Live, a new addition to the line-up is set to appeal to younger ears too.
The festival - previously called Evolution Emerging - will play out in the Ouseburn Valley on June 21-22 with more than 30 acts including The Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones and local indie rockers FEVA.
Hosted at various venues, including The Cluny ; Tyne Bar, The Cumberland Arms and Cobalt Studios, the revamped festival - which is co-curated by Maximo Park’s Paul Smith; The Futureheads' Barry Hyde and Mercury Prize-nominated Nadine Shaw - will showcase a mix of names also including local talents Brooke Bentham; Vandebilt; NE Dons and Martha Hill.
And now organisers are adding a Saturday programme of activities to ensure that children can share in the musical atmosphere.
In partnership with local family-focused organisation Chalk and Seven Stories, the national centre for children’s books, it is inviting children to make, create, dance to and listen to music.
And it says they can also "make their own instruments, throw some shapes at a surprise DJ set or immerse themselves in an interactive gig".
Here's what will be on offer around the Ouseburn on June 22.
S aturday Social
Brinkburn Brewery , Hume Street - 11am-1pm
This family event invites children to dance, create a nature crown, craft musical icons out of clay and scribble on the drawing floor.
Noise Lab
Ouseburn Farm , Ouseburn Road, 1pm-3pm
Families can drop in to the farm to make, create and experiment with recycled materials and make their own instruments, such as bassoons and drums and even singing straws.
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Archipelago X Josie Brookes
Cobalt Studios , Boyd Street - 4pm-5pm,
This gig by a Newcastle-based musicians - billed as a dreamy post-jazz trio - invite visitors to join them on an experimental music adventure.
Their gig will include a visual experience thanks to stop-motion animation being created by artist Josie Brookes as she hears the music.
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M ysterious Music and Stranger Stories
Seven Stories, Lime Street - three performances: noon-12.45pm; 1.30pm-2.15pm and 2.45pm-3.30pm.
The attic space of the centre for children's books will be welcoming very young ones for a storytelling and interactive music session with one of Seven Stories ' ‘story catchers’ plus contemporary electronic composer and performer Jeremy Bradfield.
Tickets are £10 (early bird) and £15 standard and must be booked in advance. One child can attend free for every paying adult. See here .
General tickets can grant access to all of Saturday's family activities.
For more information about Tipping Point see here . For tickets see here .
