Live and Unsigned acts to play at Newcastle Green Festival

Live and Unsigned acts are to play at Newcastle Green Festival this summer, after the music contest teamed up with the festivalfor a new partnership. The music and entertainment festival has offered four support slots for the main stage to lucky winners from the Live and Unsigned Area Finals in Newcastle.

As a result of their performances at the Live and Unsigned Area Finals, the acts who were chosen to play Newcastle Green Festival were pop punk band Promo Girl, acoustic singer Peter Skeen, urban rapper/singer Silvar, and acoustic duo Modal Nodes.

The Live and Unsigned Area Final contestants will take to the main stage and takeover the festival for an hour on Sunday 5thJune, to entertain the people of Newcastle and prove that the North East of England really has got bags of talent and star quality!

The Newcastle festival takes place on Saturday 4thand Sunday 5thJune 2011, 12 – 6pm at Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Now dubbed the North’s ‘mini Glastonbury’, Newcastle Green Festival aims to raise awareness of environmental issues along with providing a stage for local talent to perform, all in one of Newcastle’s most beautiful parks. 

Now in its 16thyear, the free festival includes ‘green’ themed workshops, two stages, lots of food, a sensory tent and children’s area, global issues and justice area, a marketplace along with a circus area and healing area.

Over 10,000 bands and acts entered the Live and Unsigned music competition back in January 2011 and battled through auditions to the Live Regional Finals, with the best talent making it through to Area Finals, where Newcastle Green Festival Coordinator Nina Ritson choose four lucky acts to star at the popular festival this summer.

Newcastle Green Festival Coordinator Nina Ritson said: “I have really enjoyed judging Live and Unsigned, and was amazed at the levels of talent of those performing in the live shows.

“As a result of this we’ve chosen four really fantastic local acts for the Newcastle Green Festival and look forward to showing the people of Newcastle that we have the best talent in the UK! Bring on the 5thJune!”

To find out how you can watch the best Live and Unsigned talent in your Area visit www.liveandunsigned.uk.com. For more information on Newcastle Green Festival visit www.newcastlegreenfestival.org.uk