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Coastal music extravaganza, A Stone’s Throw Festival reveals the first wave of acts for their third and biggest event to date
A Stone’s Throw Festival returns for the third time on Sunday 25th May and recently dropped the first wave of acts for their biggest event to date. For those new to the festival, the first two events featured over 100 artists, creating a coastal music trail between Tynemouth and North Shields. This trail transformed coffee shops, event warehouses, CBD dispensaries, and working men’s clubs into vibrant music venues, showcasing acts like Sundara Karma, Sam Tompkins, Pip Blom, Berwyn, Lauren Hibberd, and Heidi Curtis. 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, while live brass bands performed on the upper deck.
This year, A Stone’s Throw Festival will take place solely in North Shields at The Exchange 1856, King Street Social Club, Salt Market Social, Three Tanners Bank, and The Engine Room. The Go North East bus service will once again be included in the ticket price and will run an even quicker service between the participating venues.
The event is headlined by post-punk powerhouses Shame, and also features Bristol alt-folk riser Katy J Pearson, Australian psych-fuzz favourites Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Newcastle’s very own Du Blonde, thrilling rockers Man/Woman/Chainsaw, and indie stalwarts Swim Deep. Additionally, it will showcase a host of the North East’s finest talent, including Brògeal, ERNIE, Home Counties, Keyside, Lizzie Esau, Amelia Coburn, Callinsick, Cortney Dixon, False Heads, Humour, Look Terrified, Make Friends, Pearly Gates, Projector, Samxemma, Scustin, Slate, Sun King, The Manatees, Tight Collar, White Flowers, and more.
Founder Anthony Thompson (Notion Live Events) adds: “Now in its third instalment, A Stone’s Throw has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2022. 2025 will see the event hone in on North Shields as part of the town’s 800th year celebrations and we’re buzzing to be bringing such a high calibre set of acts to venues which typically find themselves under utilised. Seeing the local community support the event has been awesome but to shine a light on the local area, by welcoming international attendees has been immensely encouraging. We look forward to continuing the growth of the event in 2025!”
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
