North Tyneside Together Festival: Times, dates and more to know about the free family festival

A free family festival with live music, entertainment, stalls and children’s activities is returning to Northumberland Square, North Shields on Saturday, September 2.

North Tyneside Together celebrates diversity and multiculturalism, and local organisations and groups will be performing and putting on activities for everyone to get involved with. Festival goers can enjoy a range of international food too, with burgers, noodles, Greek and vegan choices on offer.

The event will be held in Northumberland Square between 11am and 4pm.

It’s part of a bigger day of celebration in North Shields, as Elected Mayor of North Tyneside, Dame Norma Redfearn DBE, will be opening the new Transport Hub and public square. Singers from North Shields will be performing on a stage next to the new square.

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The history and heritage of North Shields will be celebrated, with free activities, exhibitions and performances organised by Heritage Action Cultural Partners, in and around Howard Street.

The full timetable of scheduled events across the weekend is as follows:

Main Stage

11:15am - North Tyneside Steel Band

12pm - Introduction and welcome from the Elected Mayor

12:15pm - True Colours Theatre

12:45pm - Ukraine Flash Mob

1pm - Kanvee Adams

1:15pm - Fit Step

2pm - Voices of Virtual Choir

3pm - Love over Gold

Marquees and Library

11am – 3:30pm - Community Art - Main marquee

11am – 3:30pm - Face Painting- Childrens’ marquee

11am – 2pm - Storytelling and craft for 4–7 year olds - North Shields Library

11am – 12:30pm - Ukrainian doll making workshop – Childrens’ marquee

12:30pm – 1:30pm and 2:30pm – 3:30pm - Lego fun – Childrens’ marquee

1:30pm – 2:30pm – Pebble painting workshop – Childrens’ marquee

Transport Hub schedule

10:30am - Linskill Community Choir

11am - Official opening with Elected Mayor, Dame Norma Redfearn DBE

11:15am - Emma Robson, North Shields singer (45 minutes)

12pm - Big screen - Of Mice and Women - A Digital Dolly: The significance of the Wooden Dolly throughout her 200-year history in North Shields, with New York Primary School

Big screen - Don’t Look the Other Way: A documentary made with year 5 pupils at Waterville Primary School telling the story of slavery and abolitionists in North Shields

12:15pm - Dan Mason, North Shields singer

1pm - Big screen - Victor Noble Rainbird - Broken Dreams

Documentary exploring the life of North Shields artist Victor Noble Rainbird, with Wellfield Middle School

1:15pm -Paul Reed, North Shields singer

2pm - Big screen - Hard Times and Petty Crimes

What social conditions and crime were like in early 19th century North Shields, with Christ Church Primary School

2:15pm - Big screen - North East Film Archive footage of North Shields

2:30pm - Paul Reed, North Shields singer