Chase Park Festival 2013

Saturday 10th August 2013
Chase Park, Whickham, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE16 4QA, England MAP
£3 adult, £5 family ticket (2 adults, up to 4 kids), FREE to those with a disability (and carers)

Daily capacity: 3,000

Last updated: Wed 27th May 2015

The fourth Chase Park Festival is an accessible music and arts festival showcasing emerging and established North East artists happening on Saturday 10th August 2013 at Chase Park Neuro Centre, Whickham, Gateshead, in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Line-up

The Futureheads will headline with Thumpers, Big Beat Bronson, Symphonic Pictures, Terra T, Child, Tissue Culture, Laura Smith, Natasha Haws, and Sam Fender also confirmed.

Tickets

Tickets are free to people with disability (who need it to be) and their carers / support workers but other tickets are priced £3, £5 for a family (2 adults and up to 4 kids) or a £10 ticket to help with the cost of running next year's event. To buy tickets now, click here.

More info

The whole idea behind the event is to be inclusive for everyone regardless of ability. Factors such as remote locations, high expense, access and poor facilities can often mean many mainstream outdoor music festivals can often exclude people with disabilities. 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.

Using special raised trackways the event is accessible to all and enables people to get to the stage whatever the weather, There is also a drop-off point that aids access to the stage, and to specialised mobility equipment should it be needed. This year there are also British Sign Language interpreters.

There will also be circus demonstrations, DJ workshops, a holistic therapy tent, craft stalls, face painting, and an array of food and drink.

More information will be here when available.