A SERIES of riverside concerts are set to take place.

River-inspired performances will be put on by North Tyne Voices as part of a collaboration with Tyne Rivers Trust for the environmental charity’s Native North Tyne project.

The short performances by the Humshaugh-based choir will take place outside and are free to attend. Each performance will last approximately 25 minutes.

The Native North Tyne project was awarded £153,380 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help people to discover the local landscape, as well as the unique and endangered species only found in this part of the Tyne Catchment.

The project has been working with the choir to celebrate what is interesting and unique about this stretch of the river.

Liz Walters, project manager at Tyne Rivers Trust, said: “We’ve been working with North Tyne Voices to celebrate the river in a fun and creative way and we hope that people will come along and join in the celebration.”.

Nick Hayward, of North Tyne Voices, added: "When you cross and re-cross a river, often several times a day, that river is pretty fundamental to your sense of the environment in which you live.

"We are delighted to contribute to the Native North Tyne project with our tour ‘to sing the source and course’ of the river from Kielder down to Humshaugh, and to celebrate a feature of our landscape that has long inspired artists, poets, musicians, story-tellers, song-writers - and, yes, the singers of those songs, like North Tyne Voices."

The trust is looking for other community groups based near the River North Tyne to take part in the project.

The concerts will take place on June 14. The tour starts at Tower Knowe Visitor Centre at Kielder at 11am, followed by the Riverdale Hall Hotel at 1.30pm and ending at the George Hotel, Chollerford at 3pm.

The project will also run bi-weekly, volunteer conservation tasks to improve the River North Tyne. To get involved, contact Liz Walters: e.walters@tyneriverstrust.org or visit: www.tyneriverstrust.org.uk/native-north-tyne