With music, visual arts, poetry, literature, theatre and cinema, this festival usually opens with a ceilidh on Saturday night, followed by tribute band nights and a Youth night (Wednesday) culminating in a Festival Ball on the last Saturday of the festival.
The preliminary programme of artists playing has been announced:
Sat 06 Sept The Bootleg Beatles, The Guildhall
Sat 06 Sept The Excelsior Jazz Band, The Western Hotel
Sun 07 Sept Spectacular African Dance & Music with Dade Krama, The Guildhall
Mon 08 Sept Cherish The Ladies, The Guildhall
Tue 09 Sept Killer Shrimp, The Western Hotel
Tue 09 Sept With The Beatles - A Magical Mystery Tour, St Ives Arts Club
Tue 09 Sept The Acorn Choir, The Guildhall
Wed 10 Sept Orquesta Tipica Imperial, The Guildhall
Thu 11 Sept The Chris Dean Big Band, The Guildhall
Fri 12 Sept Love Train, The Guildhall
Sat 13 Sept Livewire, The Guildhall
Sun 14 Sept Ensemble Bash, The Royal Cinema
Sun 14 Sept Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, The Guildhall - SOLD OUT
Sun 14 Sept Charles Shaar Murray and "Buffalo" Bill Smith, Western Hotel
Mon 15 Sept Seth Lakeman & Friends, The Guildhall - SOLD OUT
Tue 16 Sept Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick, The Guildhall
Tue 16 Sept With The Beatles - A Magical Mystery Tour, St Ives Arts Club
Wed 17 Sept Viram Jasani & Kiranpal Singh Deoora, St Ia Church
Wed 17 Sept Isambarde, Nicola Clarke The Guildhall
Thu 18 Sept Nerina Pallot, The Guildhall
Thu 18 Sept The Whitetop Mountain Band, Western Hotel
Fri 19 Sept Legend, The Guildhall
Sat 20 Sept The Blues Band, The Guildhall
You can buy tickets for some Guildhall events here. Nicola Clark is performing at The Queens Hotel on Wednesday 17th September. Singers of shanties and sea songs Hanging Johnny, will be playing various venues around the town on the opening day - Saturday 6th. The Lifeboat Inn have gigs listed - Dave Rich Band (Thursday 11th) and Fragile Sanity (Saturday 20th). Also on Saturday 20th - The Flocking Bustards at The Queens Hotel and Killer Shrimp are playing at St Ives Jazz Club on Tuesday 9th.
Ticketed gigs take place at The Guildhall but artists are also booked for The Western Hotel which hosts a full programme of regular events (many of which are free entry), including afternoon jam sessions, evening acoustic sessions, open mic' nights, a Blues Club and St Ives Jazz Club.
Other attractions include visual arts exhibitions, classes and shows at local theatres, poetry led by Bob Devereaux, poets and musicians perform in The Square daily during the festival fortnight - or in the Salthouse Gallery if wet.
You should consider booking your accommodation early as most places fill up quickly for the festival fortnight.
More information will be here when available.
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