The Newcastle Comedy Festival has attracted some of the biggest names in British comedy over the past few years.  However, until now the event has only been held in indoor venues across the city.  Now the organisers of the event are planning on changing this by holding a large open-air concert as the highlight of this years event. 

The centre-piece of the the festival is to take place at Exhibition Park, with marquees holding around fifteen hundred people.

The festival is part of a multi-million pound programme of events to be held in Newcastle up until 2010, aimed at boosting the area following the disappointment of losing out on the Capital of Culture title to Liverpool.

We'll give you more details of the event when we have them.