International  Streetband Exchange Festival with:

Fanfare of the First Night of Love, Amsterdam, https://www.liefdesnacht.nl/

The Fanfare is a colourful and socially engaged Amsterdam ‘street orchestra’ with around twenty five members playing a wide range of wind and percussion instruments. For almost 40 years the Fanfare has been a creating a musical party wherever they go, both in the Netherlands and abroad. A welcome guest at festivals, concerts and celebrations, they have made subtle yet intense presence felt around the world - from Brittany to Slovenia, from Cuba to Turkey, from climate actions at Schiphol Airport to protests in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

The Fanfare is flexible. They can set up quickly and easily almost anywhere. No messing around with mikes and leads: They play indoors and outdoors without amplification. They play a varied and exciting repertoire walking on the street, among a dancing audience or on stage. From canal barge to theatre, from street corner to studio, from Ferris wheel to swimming pool, the Fanfare plays where you want and makes a party of it! They visited and played before in Newcastle in 2003  2010 and 2020.

Storytellers  Streetband, Newcastle upon Tyne, https://storytellersstreetband.com/

Storytellers 8 piece streetband. New Orleans, Jazz, Funk, Pop, and Latin grooves. On the move or stationary. A crowd pleaser! Visual, powerful sound.

They played twice before in the S & S  with a contemporary Mummers within a ceilidh. They can call a ceilidh with a difference. Self written jigs and reels with a brass / wind line up.

Part of Hearin' Heaton massed Choirs and Bands Performance, Heaton Park, 13 July 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxzfcbf92mM and https://www.facebook.com/reel/2832701413594322

Tenth Avenue Band, a colourful and entertaining band who enjoy playing World Music in a range of situations - in the street, at parties, at weddings, on boats, on the beach, in car parks, at largescale events, on processions, you name it and we'll have a go!