The Coral to headline Chase Park Festival 2017

Chase Park Festival 2017

Saturday 26th August 2017
Saltwell Park, 3 E Park Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 5AX, England MAP
£12.50, £7 to those with a disability (carers go free)

Daily capacity: 3,500

Last updated: Wed 28th Jun 2017

Liverpool's The Coral have been announced as headliners for the seventh Chase Park Festival, an accessible music and arts festival showcasing emerging and established North East acts, and which takes place on Saturday 26th August 2017 at Chase Park Neuro Centre, Whickham, Gateshead, in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Joining them on the day are Newcastle's Little Comets, Teesside's folk indie popsters Cattle & Cane, Sunderland's Boy Jumps Ship, as well as Alex Francis, Vito, and James Leonard Hewitson.

Festival organiser Alistair McDonald said: "We're delighted to secure The Coral as our headline act and I think it shows we are growing as a festival. We're all massive fans of The Coral and they're a brilliant live act. We wanted a lineup that was going to make people sit up and take notice and I think we've done that. Part of the ethos of the event is to provide an event that is accessible to all and to create a create a unique atmosphere, you only do that if you have a great line up that will appeal to people from all walks of life. We also want to give local emerging disabled artists a platform to develop their audiences, so it’s really important that the line up will bring in the crowds."

"I am really pleased to have a strong bill of established and emerging talent this year. We have got the amazing Little Comets just before The Coral, which I think it is brilliant. They are local boys who have made a mark nationally and internationally. We also have Cattle and Cane and Boy Jumps Ship who first played Chase Park in 2012, since then both bands have gone onto bigger and better things, it's great to have them back and continue to share our history."

Chase Park Festival also aims to helping break down cultural barriers and stereotypes often associated with people with disabilities by engaging with the whole community. The festival uses music as the foundation to get people from all walks of life together to enjoy a fun-packed carnival atmosphere.

Tickets are £7 for people with disability and their carers / support workers go free, general admission is priced at £12.50, under 16s tickets are priced at £7 and a family ticket for two adults and up to two children is priced at £33.

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