SHOPPERS, office workers and visitors are being invited to bring their sandwiches and flasks to a series of free lunchtime concerts to be held throughout the summer.

The New Orleans Wanderers launched the series of ten concerts to be staged in Victoria Square, Middlesbrough, on Friday. Other acts confirmed for the summer series are Big Sigh and the Yawns, The Baghdaddies, Jazz Girl and the Noel Dennis band. Musicians and dancers taking part in the Billingham Folklore Festival will also perform.