Name: Lammas Festival 2013
Start: 2013-07-27
End: 2013-07-28
Location: Western Lawns, Eastbourne Seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex

Lammas Festival 2013

Saturday 27th to Sunday 28th July 2013
Western Lawns, Eastbourne Seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4UH, England MAP
FREE

Daily capacity: 1,000

Last updated: Tue 16th Jul 2013

Eastbourne's annual free festival of music dance and entertainment is back for a 13th year on the Western Lawns on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July 2013. With folk music, morris dancing, traditional giants, carnival and a Grand Parade plus live bands every afternoon, and evening plus a Ritual celebration of Lammas expected at around 5.30pm, on the beach on Saturday.

Line-up

Saturday: Carol, Si McLean, The Equatorial Group, Gadzooks! it's Lackadaisy!, Matt Cooper, Alchemy, and of course the Ritual celebration of Lammas.

The ceremony starts with the dance 'John Barleycorn' performed by Hunters Moon Morris, symbolising the cutting of the corn and showing the cycle of life, death and rebirth.

All day events include stalls, crafts, kids fun, storytelling, tarot, birds of prey, pole lathe demonstration, Matthews Mousetown, Morris Dancing with Hunters Moon, Gong Scourers, Black Brook, Royal Sovereign & Pentacle Drummers.

Sunday: Blueshift Jazz Band, Mr Weston & The Ironing, Black Strap Molasses, What The Funk, Open-Air Celidh with The Howlers.

All Day events include Morris Dancing with Hunters Moon Morris, Mythago, and Spirimawgus, Lifeboat Demonstration, stalls, crafts, storytelling, tarot, pole lathe demonstration, Birds of Prey & Matthews Mousetown.

On site

There will also be a beer tent and craft stalls open all day on the Wish Tower Slopes plus storytelling, puppetry and children's activities.

Charity

The festival will be making a collection in aid of the R.N.L.I. Last year they raised £1663 taking their total since the festival started to over £10,500.