First Port Eliot Festival Line-Up Announcement

We are extremely proud to give newsletter subscribers an exclusive look at the first major performer announcement for this year’s festival. Tickets are still available in a number of forms - day tickets, weekend tickets, family tickets and our new deposit scheme are all available here. This announcement is just the start - further line-up postings will follow in the coming months.

Public Service Broadcasting, Craig Taylor, Lauren Elkin, Joanna Walsh, Kamila Shamsie, Rimski’s Piano, Count Arthur Strong, Manière des Bohémiens, Simon Munnery, The James Hunter Six, Lily and Meg, Pearl TN, Elvis McGonagall, Murray Lachlan Young, Alexia Coley, JC Death Trap, Luke Sital-Singh, Romesh Ranganathan, Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip, Michael Howells, Brian Selznick, Sarah Mower, Jenny Dyson, Canoryon Lowen, Count Drachma, Son of Dave, Black Kat Boppers, Russell Norman & Luke Bishop (Polpo), Sean Hughes, The Wireless, John Shuttleworth, Tom Parker Bowles, James Flint, Martin Parr, Aileen Wilkie, Christopher Hampton, Shami Chakrabarti, John Yorke, Simon Garfield, Dan Kieran, Rachel Cooke, Alex Bellos, Will Hodgkinson, The Ethicureans, The Sun Runners, Skye Gyngell, Zita West, Sam and Sam Clarke (Moro), Nathan Outlaw, Matthew De Abaitua, Viva Hamnell, Jon Lee Anderson, Rose Prince, The Hemsley Sisters, Mark Diacono, Richard Bertinet, Daniel de la Falaise, Java 5, Benjamin Ranyard, The Odd Folk, Kay Bolitho, Jonathon Jones (Tregothnan), Chris Sherville, Murphy Williams, Sean Borodale, Rose Prince, Rosie Boycott, Nikita Lalwani, Jay Griffiths, Mick Brown, Kipper Williams, Emily Barr, Luke Wright, NJ Stevenson, Tim Pilcher, Tim Lott, Clare Pollard, Matthew Green, David Bramwell, Lucy Cooke, Michael Tyack, Martin Robinson, Andy Wright, Oliver Broadbent, Ben Moor, Mark Vernon, Julian Mash, Tom Hodgkinson, Chris Lintott.

In addition to these names, the full line up for the Caught by the River stage (which includes music and talk from the likes of Gruff Rhys, Jimi Goodwin, Ben Watt, Andrew Weatherall and Don Letts) has already been announced.

For regular festival updates and site news, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For anyone interested in coming to the festival who can’t afford a ticket, there are weekend tickets available for those willing to steward or litter pick. Click here for more information. Finally, for anyone who might be planning on coming to the festival by train - some very good news about the reopening of the Dawlish line.