St Ives Cornwall - September Festival 2009

St Ives September Festival - Info & Tickets

Tickets are available from St Ives Tourist Information Centre at The Guildhall. To book call their ticket line:
01736 798577

For information about accommodation and the town call their information line:
01736 796297

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.

Luxury Apartment St Ives. Available 19th - 26th September. Sleeps Six. Panoramic Views.

St Ives September Festival 2009 - Music - Theatre - Comedy - Art - Poetry.

See our event calendar below for the most comprehensive listings for September. As well as the gigs at The Guildhall we'll be listing many other smaller events.

Featured Event - Poetry In The Square
Every day in Norway Square performers and festival-goers of all sorts come together for an informal and friendly gathering.

Anybody is given the chance to perform if they want to and time allows.

The word "poetry" is interpreted in the widest possible sense to include music, prose and comedy as well as poetry of any sort.

Hosted by Bob Devereux, Anna Chen and Rod Bullimore - this event in entirely FREE.

Click on the picture for a video that gives you a taste of what its like in The Square. More preview videos coming soon.

Kelvin Bowers.
Click above for a video.

Below is a comprehensive events calendar.
Due to a glitch with Google Calendar its does not always display the festival start date of 12th September. Simply click on "Look For More" to see events from that date.

The Riviera Gallery - Exclusive Limited Edition Prints - Click Above

St Ives September Festival Videos

Poetry in the Square - 2007

Filmed , edited and beautifully produced by Anna Chen.

St Ives September Festival 2009 - 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 2009 - 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.

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

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

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