A Stone's Throw Festival

Debuting in 2022, A Stone’s Throw’s first two events have featured 100+ artists, swarming Newcastle's coastline and forming the first North East coastal music trail between Tynemouth and North Shields, with the likes of Sundara Karma, Sam Tompkins, Pip Blom, Berwyn, Lauren Hibberd and Heidi Curtis all on the bill. Transforming coffee shops, event warehouses, CBD dispensaries, and working men's clubs into fully fledged music venues for the day, the festival also collaborated with Go North East and North Tyneside Council to provide an open top double decker bus service, transporting wristband holders from venue to venue, whilst live brass bands performed on the upper deck.

Now taking place solely in North Shields, A Stone’s Throw will be run in association with the council-led scheme NS 800 (a year-long calendar of exciting events that celebrates North Shields past, present and future), as part of the town’s 800th year celebrations. The Go North East bus service will once again be included in the ticket price, and will run an even quicker service between the 5 participating venues The Exchange 1856, King Street Social Club, Salt Market Social, Three Tanners Bank and The Engine Room, ensuring the festival is primed to provide another refreshing, unique and memorable music festival experience.

A Stone’s Throw Festival have announced Lanterns On The Lake as their first opening party headliners for 2025’s edition, with the band set to play King Street Social Club, North Shields on Saturday May 24th. Taking place the day before Sunday May 25th’s multi-venue festival, Lanterns On The Lake will be heading to the musical hotbed of North Shields on Newcastle’s stunning coastline, with the 2020 Mercury-nominated quartet primed for their first North East show in almost two years.

Performing at this year’s third edition will be Shame, Katy J Pearson, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Swim Deep, Brògeal, ERNIE, Home Counties, Pit Pony, Keyside, Lizzie Esau, Amelia Coburn, Callinsick, Cortney Dixon, False Heads, Humour, Jordan Langley, Josh Webb, Look Terrified, Make Friends, Pearly Gates, Projector, Samxemma, Scustin, Slate, Skinner, Stannington, Sun King, The Manatees, Tight Collar, White Flowers, and more.