Sea Ilfracombe Maritime Festival Music – here to rock you!
From shanty songsters to rock ‘n roll, blues and soulsters, this year’s festival stage brings you the most eclectic mix of local, national & internationally acclaimed musicians!
HEADLINER Saturday 2nd Sept: The Dambuskers
The notorious four-piece fiddle-fronted, high-energy, Celtic rock band, The Dambuskers are coming to “Rock You”, so be prepared to dance yer socks off and sing yerself hoarse!
https://www.dambuskers.com HEADLINER Sunday 3rd Sept
Jim Crawford
Brit blues international phenomena and consummate finger picker & slide guitarist
http://www.jimcrawford.org.uk/home.html
Weekend line-up (in no particular order)
Press Gang
Our acclaimed Cornish cousins, Press Gang, will have you on your feet with their witty and shanties and songs of the sea – a truly rousing repartee! http://pressgangcornwall.co.uk/home/4569197438
Chris Millington
Traditional and contemporary songs, powerfully delivered, inspired by the North Devon coastline and local stories of smuggling, wrecking and piracy
https://www.reverbnation.com/chrismillington
Rakes Adrift Rousing jigs, reels and toe-tapping fiddle, melodeon, banjo, guitar, whistle and bodhran that combine to give us Rakes Adrift! https://www.facebook.com/Rakes-Adrift-502181266505996/ The Last Rancheros Rockin blues ‘n country from this dynamic local trio - guitar, harmonica, dobro, harmonies. https://www.facebook.com/events/1166561383363205/ Anchors Aweigh Sea shanty songsters based in Woolacombe and Mortehoe, the ever-popular Anchors Aweigh are also a non profit band raising money for local charities around North Devon. https://www.facebook.com/pg/AnchorsAweighDevon/about/?ref=page_internal Tight Corner A stylishly individual Covers Band, cool masters of Reggae, Soul, Rock, Country, Blues &Jazz https://www.facebook.com/TightCorner/app/2405167945
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