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Music and madness!

This summer’s best garden party just got better – we’re thrilled to announce that Evan Dando, Noah and the Whale, Richard Strange, Murray Lachlan Young, Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip, My Window Faces South, The Lani Singers, Dulwich Ukulele Club and a string of other fantastic live music, DJs, cabaret, dance and other acts will also be coming to play at the 2009 Port Eliot Festival.

As summer fast approaches, we’ve booked more music than ever before – from big-name musical legends to fresh new talent, mellow acoustic sets to foot-stomping rockabilly, a nature disco to a full-on 1940s big band and swing get-up!

They’ll be joining musical luminaries Edwyn Collins performing with his wife Grace Maxwell, Jeff Barrett of Heavenly Records and Caught By the River, Gaz Mayall, The Antonius Players, Louis Eliot and Black Friday, Wurlitza, Braga Tanga, Glorious Chorus and cabaret and comedy performances from Found In Translation, Simon Munnery, Arthur Smith, Rick Stroud, Ben Moor, Craig Taylor and Cscape Dance company. Not forgetting, of course, the infamous One Minute Disco (the cult hit of the festival in 2007), they all bring something extraordinarily different to this summer’s shindig.

Caught By The River also have some more musical magic up their sleeves. More on that later, but if you can’t wait then head to their profile page for a few clues…

In the meantime, we’re off to dust off our dancing shoes.

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Monica Ali just confirmed

Monica Ali, author of the highly acclaimed Brick Lane and one of Granta magazine's 'Best of Young British Novelists' has just been confirmed to appear at this year's festival.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Music and madness!

This summer's best garden party just got better – we're thrilled to announce that Evan Dando, Noah and the Whale, Richard Strange, Murray Lachlan Young, Mik Artistik's Ego Trip, My Window Faces South, The Lani Singers, Dulwich Ukulele Club and a string of other fantastic live music, DJs, cabaret, dance and other acts will also be coming to play at the 2009 Port Eliot Festival.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Host of new authors added to the bill

Eight highly acclaimed authors have just been added to the Port Eliot Festival line-up, promising yet more colour to the festival's diverse programme. From a literary pub quiz to a show-and-tell of Judy Garland mementoes; a moonwatching session in the Walled Garden to a comic take on Sartre and Kafka, these authors' performances perfectly reflect Port Eliot's "doing something different with words" ethos.
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Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and public speaker, whose books have sold in millions around the world. Described as a “philosopher ...