Beached & Musicport collaborate to bring back Scarborough Fair

The Yorkshire Coast's live music event Beached, along with long-standing music event promoter Musicport have come together to present the return of the historic Scarborough Fair at the 6,500 capacity Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th August 2011.

There are no acts confirmed, attendees can expect a line-up fusing indie, pop and rock as well as folk and world music plus much more across the 2 days. Acts are to be announced on Wednesday.

The 2011 Beached Reunion will bring to Saturday's Scarborough Fair an array of the best in new music with a line-up including many previous headliners and a focus on local and breaking talent.

Sunday's Scarborough Fair will be programmed by Musicport festival and Graeme Merifield of Wychwood Festival to bring the best in world music and offering a line-up crammed with the most talented and established names.

Tickets will go on sale on Monday 25th July, priced at £15 for Saturday, and £25 for Sunday. For a limited time from Wednesday 20th July until Sunday 24th July, local residents will have the opportunity to exclusively purchase early bird tickets for Beached on Saturday at £10 only. eFestivals will have links to buy tickets once they are available.

Mike Lynskey, Festival Organiser of Beached since 2001 said, "I'm so happy we've been able to bring Beached back. It's been a huge part of my life and was a very hard decision in 2009 to call it a day. We were approached by Apollo who run the Open Air Theatre at the end of 2010 to put Beached into the venue, and we've been working since then to put the show together. I'm very happy to be part of the brand new Scarborough Fair and look forward to many more years of Beached>/i>."

Jim McLaughlin, Festival Director of Musicport added, "We're delighted to be involved in the weekend in such a great venue and to be working alongside Mike & the Beached team. All the acts we'll be putting on are artists that have astounded audiences at our festival so we know that Scarborough is in for a real treat and a day to remember."

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