The Isle of Man Queenie Festival gets underway on the 29 June and promises a stunning musical line up over the whole weekend, with something for everyone.
On Friday, Port Erin beach will be transformed into an entertainment zone as the Sure Beach Party kicks of the festival from 6pm till late.
Samba Mann will bring their usual melodic summer beats to the beach to gets things moving and shaking. Next up is an acoustic set by Rory Malone, teenage singer song writer from New Zealand who is currently touring the UK. Things will then start to get a bit livelier with a performance of Mr Eliminator and the Deadly Vipers who will bring their high octane originals mixed with the underground classics of the 1960s to create a sound so cool it could kill you!
Local veterans Switch have reformed and will close the evening with an exciting and wide ranging set of covers including The Foo Fighters to Frattellis, from The Killers to Kooks and Kaisers, as well as The Arctic Monkeys and Muse, not forgetting Girls Aloud!!!
Saturday’s line up at the Marine Weekend is packed full of music with more bands than we could care to mention. Nigel Williams, Simon Campbell, Josh Dillon, Clara Barker, King Chiaulle and the Fecktones plus others will take to the two stages of the Port St Mary festival site.
Not forgetting the Ceilidh on the Quay taking place on Saturday evening from 7.30pm which will see a line-up featuring local favourites the Manx Calor Gas Band and duo Strengyn perform along with headlining act and Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, The Demon Barbers!
In addition there’s the Seafood Extravaganza on Saturday night, held in the quayside Marquee with the emphasis on fine food but still with cracking local band Skeet performing on the night, the evening looks positively mouth-watering!
Sunday has an equally enticing musical line up with more local talent taking to the stages for the final day of the festival. More musical highlights include Nick Barlow & The Bad Noise, The Mollag Band, Dicky Best and Tony Knowles, Hiccups and Matt Kelly and his non Facebook Friends plus many others!
As well as music the festival weekend has plenty for everyone including, food, arts and crafts, cooking demonstrations, marine touch tanks, fishing and boat trips and promises to be a great value weekend for all attending
This year’s Isle of Man Queenie Festival takes place between 29th June and 1st July. For more information on the festival visit: www.queeniefestival.com or call 834494.
