Making Waves Looe Music festival 2011
Various Venues, Looe, Cornwall
Fri 23rd to Sun 25th September 2011
Looe will be ‘Making Waves’ in 2011 with the first Looe music festival on 23rd, 24th and 25th September.
The new festival, which is the brain child of local publican and town Councillor Billy Martin, is designed to give a boost to the late summer tourism season with a wide spectrum of music, dance, workshops and entertainment planned.
Organisers of the Making Waves - Looe Music Festival hope this September’s event will be the biggest celebration of music Looe has ever seen. Headlining will be From the Jam, The Blockheads and Ade Edmondson (of Young Ones, Bottom and Dance for Comic Relief fame) and the Bad Shepherds, plus 40 other local bands, dancers and performers.
The Festival has secured sponsorship from Proper Cornish Pasties, Skinners Brewery, St Austell Brewery, Carlsberg and 50 plus Looe businesses.
Fundraiser Billy Martin said, “We are still looking for sponsors and invite businesses to take the opportunity to be in on the ground floor of what we believe will grow to become one of Cornwall major events.”
The festival is set for 23rd , 24th and 25th September with 3 soundstages; West Looe Quay marquee with a Cornish traditional feel, The Rose Garden Marquee, East Looe with an easy listening ambiance and the beach and seafront with an al fresco rock, pop, punk vibe. Music will be concentrated during the day on the 3 soundstages then local pubs, restaurants and cafes will take over in the evening to maximise the benefits to the local economy.
There will also be a host of workshops, street entertainment and dance performances. The weekend kicks off with a processional from East Looe to West Looe where everyone is invited to ‘make some noise’ to welcome a giant pasty followed by a Noz Lowen on West Looe Quay from around 5pm.
Beach / Seafront
- Roy Wood and his Band
- the bad shepherds
- Fraser
- Penndrumm
- Cook and the Case
- Phantom Limb
- Looe School Bands
West Looe
- Seize The Day
- Jennifer Crook
- Bradlee Burchill
- Emma Lauran
- James Shead
- Out of the Box
- Miner Quay
Rose Garden
- Company B
- Hamer & Isaacs
- John Crampton
- Montana's
- State of Undress
- 80 Degrees
- Mr Rollo
Around Town
Beach / Seafront
- From the Jam
- Sandfire Siren
- Cornwall Youth Jazz Orchestra
West Looe
- 2 Tonic
- Grooveyard
- Kath and her Bluegrass Boys
- Aaron Boughtflower
- Southern Jelly
Rose Garden
- Reg Meuross
- Tom Palmer
- Kirsti Robinson
- Unstrung Heroes
- Richard bennet's Roadkill
Around Town
Looe is located on the south coast of Cornwall and is to the west of Plymouth.
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| Fieldhead Hotel Horizons Restaurant | 0.53 | Looe |
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| Greystone Pool Family Run Bed and Breakfast | 2.33 | Looe |
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* Distances are provided for guidance and are calculated 'as the crow flies'. For directions and actual distances by road, please refer to the hotel directions tab for the particular hotel.
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There are plenty of places to eat, drink and be merry in Looe, with many of the local pubs supporting the festival by providing venues for the evening entertainment.
