Looe Music Festival or Making Waves, is the latest and greatest festival to shake up the Looe events calendar. With a huge line up of local and national bands, this music festival should be one of the best Cornwall has seen in years.
So for a quick run down of what’s happening and where, read on…
Looe Music Festival dates
23rd to the 25th September 2011
Only a few days away – buy your tickets now (click the read more link below for details).
Looe Music Festival Venues
There are three main music festival stages in Looe:
- Seafront – East Looe
- Rose Garden – East Looe near the Guildhall
- West Looe – on the quayside near the fire station
Bands and musicians will also be performing around the town in various pubs, bars and restaurants throughout the music festival:
- The Globe – Pub opposite train station on Station Road
- The Ship – Pub in Fore Street, East Looe
- The Bullers – Pub in Buller Street, East Looe
- The Fishermans – Pub in Higher Market Street, East Looe
- Tom Sawyers – Bar in Marine Drive, Hannafore, West Looe
- The Sail Loft – Restaurant in Quay Street, East Looe
So, what bands and muscicians are performing?
The music festival organisers have booked some great bands to play in Looe throughout the event. To find out who and where to buy tickets, click the read more link below.
Read more about the Looe Music festival – Making Waves
So here is a list of the bands and musicians performing at the festival. Please let me know if I’ve left anyone out.
- Aaron Boughtflower
- Adrian Edmondson and The Bad Shepherds
- Bird on a wire
- Bradlee Burchill
- Buswell
- Cat’s Eye Morris
- Clare Stokes
- Company B
- Cook and The Case
- Cornwall Youth Jazz Orchestra
- Dalla
- Eclypse
- Emma Lauran
- Encore school of dance
- Fraser
- From The Jam
- George Nixs
- Grooveyard
- Hammer & Isaacs
- Hungry Bears
- Idle Hands
- James Shead
- Jennifer Crook
- Jessica Sweetman
- Joe – Le- Cat
- John Crampton
- John Thorpe
- Julian Piper
- Jumping Out Jazz Band
- Kath and her Bluegrass Boys
- Keltique
- Kirsti Robinson
- Kris Dollimore
- Massed Choirs performing at Looe Community School
- Mercury Moon
- Miner Quay and Friends
- Montana’s
- Mr Rollo
- Oscar Rodriguez
- Out of the Boxes
- Penndrumm
- Pentorr
- Peter Crawford
- Phantom Limb
- Plug 1 and Fat Boy go head to head
- Reg Meuross
- Richard Bennet’s Roadkill
- Rob McGregor
- Roger and Viv Bennet
- Roy Wood and His Band
- Sandfire Siren
- Seeker
- Seize The Day
- Shamrock
- Southern Jelly
- State of Undress
- Steve Harper and The Kingpins
- Ten Zero One
- The Bounce
- The Looe Community School Ensemble
- The Normals
- The Selecter feat. Pauline Black & Gaps Hendrickson
- Tom Palmer
- Tosh and Smoking Aloud
- Unstrung Heroes
WOW, that’s a huge list! I can’t really believe they’re all coming to Looe!
Big names and local musicians too
Depending on your age (this shows mine!) and I guess what music you like some of the artists above will be more well known than others. I particularly remember:
Adrian Edmondson and The Bad Shepherds – Seafront/Beach stage on Saturday starting at 17:30
The Bad Shepherds play punk songs on folk instruments. Songs by The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stranglers, The Jam, Sham 69, The Undertones, The Ramones, The Buzzcocks, The Specials, Talking Heads, Squeeze and others, even Kraftwerk could be in the performance!
Roy Wood and His Band – Seafront/Beach stage on Saturday starting at 19:30
Roy Wood was a very successful artist in the ’60s and ’70s bing part of The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard.
But I’ve also seen,heard and really like Jessica Sweetman, who has a powerful voice and excellent vocal range. As I say, I guess it’s what you like and the great thing about the festival is it caters for all ages and musical tastes.
There literally is something here for everyone during the festival including
- Jazz
- Rock
- Folk
- Blues
- Hip hop
- Punk
- Bluegrass
- Country
- Acoustic guitar
The list is long so it’s best you take a look at the official website to find out more – see below.
Music Festival tickets and more information
So you’re interested – great. Here are ticket prices and buy now links which take you through to the official Looe Music Festival website.
| Venue(s) | Day(s) | Age | Full price | Advance | |
| All venues | Saturday & Sunday | 18 years & over | £40.00 | £35.00 | Buy now |
| All venues | Saturday & Sunday | 14 – 17 years | £10.00 | £10.00 | Buy now |
| All venues | Saturday & Sunday | Under 14 years | *Free | *Free | Buy now |
| All venues | Saturday | 18 years & over | £25.00 | £20.00 | Buy now |
| All venues | Sunday | 18 years & over | £25.00 | £20.00 | Buy now |
If you consider how many bands you can go and see over the festival I think these ticket prices are quite extraordinary – they’re a bargain infact! The fact that the organisers are allowing kids in free (with an adult) and teenagers can see everything for a tenner is great. Hats off to them and I hope they sell out – hint – get your tickets now 🙂
More festival information
To find out more about the Looe Music festival and the bands here is a link to the Looe Music Festival website.
Places to stay in and around Looe
If you want to come to the Looe Music Festival but aren’t sure where to stay or where to park, check out our listing below.
Your Feedback
Tell me what you think about the festival, if you’re going and who you’re gonna see. Leave your comments below. Cheers. Chris.
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