With open air concerts, street theatre, family fun and a spectacular parade, South Tyneside promises to be music to the ears of anyone looking to be entertained this summer.
At the heart of the festival are the now legendary Sunday concerts, a sensational series of free open-air music concert performances or £6 for priority tickets.
Viva la fiesta! a carnival parade through South Shields will make its way to the Bents Park, passing through the town before an afternoon of entertainment for all the family in the park.
Sunday concerts can easily attract over 20,000 people to each concert and around 35,000 people to the summer parade.
Join our exclusive sponsors and support This Is South Tyneside Summer Festival.
Key dates relating to the festival have been published, with the full line-up to be announced soon: This is South Tyneside Summer Festival 2025 Acts in previous years have included The Vamps, Boyzlife, Jason Donovan, Sister Sledge, and more.
Sponsorship Packages
Working in partnership with our sponsors we use several innovative approaches to promote your business. These include:
Gold package: £5,000 (plus VAT)
- Your logo appearing on all summer festival advertising including boards, banners, posters and adverts etc.
- An opportunity to provide a slide for the big screen during the Sunday concerts.
- A social media promotion including up to x2 videos. One confirming your business is sponsoring the summer festival and a second video promoting your business and what you do/offer to residents and visitors.
- Appearing in our social media promotion.
- Named in our summer resident newsletter which is distributed to 73,000 households.
- Appear as a named sponsor in our What’s On Guide.
- Logo will appear on regional transport advertising including bus and metro.
- Named on our visit South Tyneside website.
- Be mentioned at the start of each Sunday concert by our compere.
- An opportunity to place 2 large banners (9m x 1m) in Bents Park at the parade and during the concerts.
Bronze Big Screen Advertising Packages
£150 (plus VAT) per Sunday
Big screen advert at one of the Sunday Concerts of your choosing. Advert will appear for approximately 8 seconds and will be shown a minimum of 8 times before and after the concert.
This is South Tyneside Festival is a free festival, organised by South Tyneside Council. Sponsorship packages can be tailored depending on your budget. Please contact communications@southtyneside.gov.uk to discuss sponsorship requirements and packages.
