Building upon our desire to continue to improve on the success of the Sea Ilfracombe Maritime Festival, in 2019 we were very proud to present what was undoubtedly our strongest musical line up to date but for 2021 we are looking to surpass this with a fantastic line up of musical acts from all genres, styles & tastes.
And all this for FREE!
Saturday 4th September
Music starts at 1145
Ropery Road Stages
These guys are awesome, make sure you don’t miss them kicking off the Festival in their unique style.
Featuring fiddle, melodeon, banjo, guitar, whistle and bodhran, ‘Rakes Adrift’ combine traditional and contemporary music and song to create an exciting and varied sound.
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Good Company are an established, semi acoustic band, providing a mixed genre of music and plenty of fun!
A sea shanty band based in Woolacombe and Mortehoe in North Devon. They are a non profit band raising money for local charities.
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A Keyboard and Electro-Acoustic duo playing an upbeat and tuneful array of pop, rock, indie, new wave, rock n roll and other tunes !
The Press Gang are a group of friends who have a mutual passion for singing songs of the sea and Cornwall. Difficult to describe but a pleasure to listen to, The Press Gang’s primary aim is to have humorous and harmonious fun!
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Having evolved over the years SF has now settled with it’s current line up and they’re all having a bloody good time entertaining folk!! Not to be missed, amazing vocals and tunes to get you moving. Bring your dancin’ shoes!
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Sunday 5th September
Music starts at 1210
Ropery Road Stages
The Press Gang are a group of friends who have a mutual passion for singing songs of the sea and Cornwall. Difficult to describe but a pleasure to listen to, The Press Gang’s primary aim is to have humorous and harmonious fun!
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A group of established musicians from different background influences who have combined to produce an eclectic range of West Coast, Country Rock, Irish and folk songs plus their own original numbers combining their voices to provide a high energy experience. Their sets include numbers by Eagles, Waterboys, Levellers, Doors, JJ Cale, and many others.
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As with all things “live” artists and timings are subject to change, so on the day please keep an eye out for any updates that will be announced on the festival site as necessary.
Rewind to 2019 and 2018!
2019 featued the ever popular sea shanty bands (before they even became a worldwide phenomenon) but an eclectic mix of magical acts saw The Rivals, Such & Vincent, Samba and Sonic Fusion play awesome sets to a marquee full of happy dancing festival-goers of all ages
2018 saw not only the return of the popular sea shanty bands but an eclectic mix ranging from blues, rock, folk, popular acoustic, pop, rock & roll, soul, jazz funk and ska.
Saturday night l2018 saw The Liquidators play to a packed marquee of ska fans whilst folk rock duo Sound of the Sirens closed the festival with an amazing set on Sunday evening.
Sound of the Sirens Live @ Sea Ilfracombe 2018
