St Ives Cornwall - September Festival 2008

The 2008 Festival will run from Saturday 6th - Saturday 20th September.

We will be featuring news of gigs and events as soon as we have details.
An initial programme has been published for gigs at St Ives Guildhall - details below.

We've also got videos and pictures from the 2007 Festival.
Please do send in any pics or links to videos and we will feature them here.

St Ives September Festival 2008 - Info & Tickets

Tickets are now available from St Ives Tourist Information Centre at The Guildhall.

Call 01736 798577 to buy tickets.

Debit and credit card sales incur a £1.00 per ticket booking fee.

You should consider booking your accommodation early as most places fill up quickly for the festival fortnight. The Hotels & Guest Houses and Apartments & Cottages pages of this site have details.

For more information about St Ives you can buy the new guidebook for the town online by clicking on the link on the right. This is much more than the average guide - as well as practical info. about accommodation and travel there is extensive coverage of the arts scene in town. We also have an alternative guide on DVD - SNOTTON TV.





Nerina Pallot





St Ives Guidebook Click Above For More Info.

St Ives September Festival 2008 - Gigs

Latest News:

St Ives Guildhall Gigs

Saturday 6th September 2008
The Bootleg Beatles, £24.00.

Sunday 7th September 2008
Dade Krama, £16.00.

Monday 8th September 2008
Cherish The Ladies, £16.00.

Tuesday 9th September 2008
The Acorn Choir, £6.00

Wednesday 10th September
Orquestra Tipica Imperial, £16.00.

Thursday 11th September
Big Band Night, £16.00.

Friday 12th September
Love Train, £14.00.

Saturday 13th September
LiveWire, £12.00.

Sunday 14th September
Show of Hands, £16.00.

Monday 15th September
Seth Lakeman, £22.00

Tuesday 16th September
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, £16.00

Wednesday 17th September
Isambarde, £12.00.

Thursday 18th September
Nerina Pallot, £15.00.

Friday 19th September
Legend, £14.00.

Saturday 20th September
The Blues Band, £22.00.

Other Gigs

Singers of shanties and sea songs - Hanging Johnny - will be playing various venues around the town on the opening day - Saturday 6th September.

The Carrie Mann Quartet are at The Queens Hotel on Sunday 7th September. Nicola Clark is performing there on Wednesday 17th September.

The Lifeboat Inn will no doubt be staging music on most days. Gigs listed so far are Square One (Coldplay tribute band) on Saturday 6th September, Dave Rich Band on Thursday 11th September and Fragile Sanity on Saturday 20th September.

Also on Saturday 20th - The Flocking Bustards at The Queens Hotel.

Killer Shrimp are playing at St Ives Jazz Club on Tuesday 9th.

As ever The Western Hotel will be staging a full programme of gigs - several acts are already booked .... more details here soon.

St Ives September Festival 2008 - Exhibitions and Art Fairs

Made In Cornwall Fair

A sale of high quality handmade arts and crafts by local artists and craftspeople - all produced locally under the Made in Cornwall Scheme. Pieces will include woven and felt textiles, bags, iron work, cards and jewellery.

Salvation Army Hall, The Wharf.

Thursday 18th - Saturday 20th September 2008

Tate St Ives

Early St Ives: Paintings
Adam Chodzko: Video, Installation & Mixed Media
St Ives Collection Displays: Paintings & Sculpture

Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach

24th May - 21st September 2008

St Ives Bay Studio

Robin Pickering - landscapes and seascapes in pastels and oils.
"In both landscapes and seascapes, the sense of location is tangible. The viewer feels the light, the wind, the heat of a specific time and place.” ... Anna Searle.

St Ives Bay Studio, The Wharf

4th - 21st September 2008

St Ives September Festival 2008 - Map & Venues

Below is a map of the main Festival venues.

The map is interactive. Use the + and - buttons to zoom in and out.
Hold down your left mouse button and drag to move around.
Click on the placemarkers for venue details. Hit F5 to reset.

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St Ives September Festival 2008 - Travel

You can hire a car locally if you need one, from St Ives Car Hire - see the link on the right.

If you need a taxi call DJ Cars on 01736 796633 or 01736 798103.
Use the image on the right to visit their website.

There are regular flights into Newquay Airport from London Gatwick, London Stansted, Edinburgh, Leeds, Dublin, Cork and other airports. If you need a taxi to St Ives DJ Cars are likely to work out cheaper than the local airport taxi firms - contact them for a quote.

Road Trip St Ives
Take a look at the video below - a drive from Carbis Bay down into St Ives, finishing at The Island.
Filmed , edited and beautifully produced by Anna Chen.

Poetry in Norway Square
Led by Bob Devereaux, poets and musicians perform in The Square daily during the festival fortnight - or in the Salthouse Gallery if wet.

Take a look at the videos below to see some of the 2007 and 2006 performances.

Filmed , edited and beautifully produced by Anna Chen.

Poetry in the Square - 2007

Poetry in the Square - 2006

St Ives festival 2006

SNOTTON TV - An Alternative Tourist Guide to St Ives
“The Jewel In the Crown Of Cornwall” lurches from the sublime to the ridiculous in this spoof documentary providing fifty one minutes of original comedy adventure in one of Britain’s favourite tourist destinations.

Written , produced and filmed entirely on location in town and described as “The Alternative Tourist Guide to St Ives,” SNOTTON TV takes a tongue in cheek(s) look at the rich diversity of characters and locations to be found in one of Britain's most famous and picturesque seaside resorts.

The film was shown at St Ives Arts Club during the 2007 Festival to a great response. You can buy it online here by clicking on the link below.

The clip here is an extract from the full movie. The running time on DVD is 51 minutes.

Buy SNOTTON TV DVD

Open Studios
Each year local artists invite visitors to come and see them working and their work. Some of the studios are closed to visitors for most of the year and only open on the nominated days during the festival.

Take a look at the videos below to see some of the 2007 and 2006 open studios.

Filmed , edited and beautifully produced by Anna Chen.

Open Studios 2007 - Jo McIntosh, Textile Artist

Open Studios 2006 - Porthmeor Studios

Shopping - St Ives Bling
No visit to St Ives is complete without indulging in a little shopping.
The video below gives you some guidance.

Anna Chen

Many thanks to my friend Anna Chen, writer, performer and filmmaker, for filming, editing and producing many of the films featured above.

Please visit Anna's YouTube site and main website.
If you liked the movies please rate them and comment them on YouTube.

Anna is a regular visitor to St Ives and you may see her performing sometime at St Ives Arts Club.

Anna Chen on YouTube

Anna Chen Website

Gigs: Nerina Pallot | Show of Hands | Seth Lakeman | LIvewire

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