THE headline artists have been announced for an increasingly popular music festival at a North-East landmark location.

A multi award-winning line-up has been confirmed for the Mouth of the Tyne Festival, a four-day cultural celebration of live music, dance and arts, attracting crowds of up to up to 100,000, in July.

The Northern Echo: Mouth of the Tyne Festival

It features alternative rockers Elbow, plus singer-songwriters Tom Odell and Laura Marling.

All three shows take place in Tynemouth Priory and Castle, overlooking the North Sea and River Tyne.

Elbow, whose new album Little Fictions, is eagerly awaited, plays the opening night, Thursday July 6, followed by English folk singer-songwriter and musician Laura Marling, on her return from a North Amercian tour, on Friday July 7.

Tom Odell, another acclaimed young English singer-songwriter, plays the Priory on Saturday July 8, following the release of his album, Wrong Crowd.

Festival director Steve Bishop said: “We’re thrilled to welcome some of the biggest names in British music to the festival this year.

“The event has special acts in an amazing setting and, as we’re just 8 miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne, with award-winning beaches, it makes a great weekend visit.”

The festival, now in its 13th year, has welcomed a vast range of artists to North Tyneside, including James Bay, Paul Weller, Will Young, The Script and James Morrison.

International street entertainers are again expected to perform in the village for visitors and residents.

Further announcements about artists performing on the Sunday, along with events at the Playhouse, Whitley Bay, and at the Surf Café will follow soon.

The festival is organised by North Tyneside Council, supported by Port of Tyne, Tyne Met College and construction services group Kier.