KID Creole and the Coconuts will headline the North-East’s annual fiesta of Latin culture.
The 1980s hitmakers will top the bill at the 2015 ¡Vamos! Festival on Tyneside in June.
Mexican wrestlers, Peruvian street artists, Mardi Gras party-goers, world music premieres, and flamenco dancers will feature as the festival celebrates its 10th anniversary between June 4 and 14.
Organiser Nik Barrera said: “We’ve come a long way in the last ten years and built up a huge following - and in 2015 the festival’s going to be hotter than ever.
“We’re extremely excited about our line-up for this year, and we’re delighted to have Kid Creole and the Coconuts hosting our Summer Evening Party on Saturday, June 13, with a special Latino set.”
This year the event – funded by Newcastle University, Arts Council England, the Mexican Embassy and Instituto Cervantes - is expanding.
A Mexican-themed Mardi Gras parade will fill Newcastle’s Northumberland Street with sound and colour on Saturday, June 6.
The festival will culminate in a beach party at Tynemouth with sound of Havana Club 5.
Visit vamosfestival.com for details and seetickets.com/go/kidcreolevamos to book tickets.
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