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We're looking for solo artists to take part in Herne Bay Rocks 2008 - a showcase for local talent that runs during the Festival week. Each night three acts perform in a great Herne Bay venue for their chance to win the competition. The winners perform on the Festival's main stage on Saturday 23 August as part of Rock around the Clock and receive £500 worth of studio time and cd's.
Want to enter? Contact David Shepherd on 07740 163795 or email tastysound@aol.co.uk
About Herne Bay Festival
Herne Bay Festival is a multi-arts community festival held every August and packed with free family-friendly activities and entertainment. Ten days of fantastic free events with live music, street performance, family fun, creative commissions, competitions, cultural treats and seaside frolics. There's lots to see, do and enjoy.
The festival aims to:
- celebrate and promote Herne Bay
- engage with it's local communities
- create artistic and cultural opportunities
- programme high quality arts and entertainment
- showcase new music within an eclectic live music programme
- celebrate and reinvent seaside traditions
- enhance a positive image and increase a sense of pride in the town
Annual Highlights
The Festival opens with a procession through the town on the first Saturday. The March of the Giants is a feast of sound, colour and celebration featuring the East Kent Giants and led by Herne Bay's own Giant Lily. Everyone is welcome to join in and there are workshops for the procession held in the town.
Herne Bay has an increasing reputation on the local music scene and the Festival has a thriving live music programme. Herne Bay Rocks is a great showcase for local talent, over five nights five pubs host a free gig, with three local bands performing for their chance to win a place on the main stage at Rock around the Clock, a programme of free live music at the Clocktower Plaza each Festival Saturday that attracts thousands to the seafront stage.
Seaside Frolics is a programme of events and activities held on the beach, pier and prom that celebrate traditional seaside fun and the Great British Seaside! It includes festival favourites the Sandcastle Competition, Monster Crab Catching, Pebble Pictures and of course, Punch and Judy.
Previous programmes
To download the festival programme, right click the link below and choose "save target as" or "save link as"
Herne Bay Festival Programme 2007 (Adobe Acrobat PDF 5.56mb)
