Taking place on September 5 and 6 at Coronation Drive, Seaton Carew, organisers expect the Open Jar Tribute Festival is become a landmark event, with total ticket sales expected to surpass 25,000 since its inception three years ago. Music fans are in for a treat with an impressive roster of tribute acts covering a wide range of genres – and the introduction of a dance tent for the first time too. Friday night sets on the main stage will include performances by Scam Fender, Andrea As Dolly Parton, Foo Fighters GB, Subartic Monkeys, Coldplay It Again and Blondie Tribute.
And Saturday’s line-up is equally impressive, featuring Taylored Swift, Stacey Green as Pink, Ultimate Kylie, Copycat Killers, Rule the World (Take That), Joel as Elton John, Ohasis, Queen Greatest Hits, Hart Beatles and Adele Tribute. For those who love to dance, a dedicated dance tent will be pumping out the tunes with sets from N-Trance DJ, Pitbull UK, So 90s Live, Lauren as Beyonce, Party Boppers, Jilted Generation as Prodigy, and Fatboy Tim. Co-organiser Joe Franks said: “When we sell out this year, we will have hit 25,000 ticket sales in the first three years of the tribute festival.
"We never envisaged it would have blown up into the way it has. It took us by surprise. “We would have originally been happy with 2,000 ticket sales a year and thought it would be a huge success.
"It all feels a bit surreal to think that when we were on the stage in September this year there were 5,000 people looking .
