Summer Music festival set to get underway Published on: 10 June 2016 A Night at the Movies and Twisted Opera are just some of the highlights of this year’s Summer Music Festival. Student showcase The , organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ music students, kicks off on Tuesday (14 June) with a free concert. , a showcase for talented folk and traditional music students and headlined by Pons Aelius, will take place at The Strawberry pub, in Â鶹´«Ã½ city centre. On Wednesday, will highlight some of the best contemporary music, from the acoustic to the avant-garde and the electric to the experimental. The free event will take place in Bar Loco. Improvisation and exploration will bring a modern perspective to Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci in the event at the Pink Lane Jazz Café on Thursday . from early Renaissance Viol compositions to contemporary ensembles will be performed at St Thomas the Martyr Church on Friday. The festival concludes with Â鶹´«Ã½ Chamber Orchestra bringing the sounds of the big screen to life during on Saturday. Student opera singers Best yet Festival chairman Callum Elliott said: “We're really proud of the line-up for this year’s festival. “We think it’s the best yet. We have a more diverse programme, more venues and two free events. I wouldn't miss it - even if I didn't have a hand in organising it. “A Night at the Movies is definitely not to be missed and if you like folk music you should definitely check out Pons Aelius headlining at Bespoke Folk. Keep your ears open for Haythen Mohammed at the ICMuS Introducing event too. You’ll be happy you did.” Dr Simon McKerrell, Head of Music at Â鶹´«Ã½ said: “The Summer Music Festival shows just how talented our students are. This year’s line-up is really impressive and I’d urge anyone who is interested in music to go along and see some of the best up and coming musicians.” Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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