West Cornwall Events

GET TWISTED

The GET TWISTED DJ's are back in the Iso for another night of top dancefloor carnage.

Expect the usual Heavy Hitting Basslines, Top Notch Tech House delights and all round quality saturday night Isobar Is Dead tunage that we all love.

DJ VELSO:
Having proven his ability over the last few years DJ Velso is now the newest member of the Littlesouth.com DJ familiy.

DJ &D:
New kid on the block from St Ives!! This boy has some skills and GET TWISTED has been quick to get him booked for our nights, for your dancing pleasure.

Sea, Salts & Sail Festival

The festival spans the 9th, 10th and 11th of July

Sea Salts & Sail is a growing bi – annual festival held in the small harbour village of Mousehole in West Cornwall. It was inaugurated in 1996 by a handful of enthusiasts to celebrate the maritime heritage of West Cornwall and enliven it for todays and future generations. For those lucky enough to know or to have attended in the past it is a great taste of this salty part of the world.

Over the festival weekend the tiny harbour and village is brimming with activity. Even a force 9 southeasterly gale one year did not dampen the spirits of this hardy community, soldering on to cook food, sing songs and dance amongst the spray lashing the marquee.

Regular contributors are the local Cornish Lugger Associations, Beer Luggers from Devon, Gigs, Falmouth working boats, Male Voice choirs, bands, artists, writers, cooks and also the charms of the Kipper Man.

Stithians Show

The largest one-day agricultural show in Cornwall

Lafrowda Day

Saturady 17th July

The roads are closed, the decorations go up and St Just gets into party mood for Lafrowda Day.

There's live music, street entertainers and three magnificent processions. The children at noon, big images in the afternoon and lanterns after dark. The highlight of the week-long community arts festival, the day is showcase for the Work of the Lafrowda Trust.

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BBC Blast in Penzance

Thursday 22 – Saturday 24 July

FREE multi-media workshops and showcase events for teenagers. Use the latest technology, share ideas and creative skills and learn from media-industry professionals in the mobile creative village. 

Highlights include: 

• Freerunning (parkour): Working with professional freerunner Dominic Rott, learn how to take on your environment using strength and flexibility.
• Hone your vocal skills in this singing and performance session with professional actor, Tom Hare.
• Music Business and Dance Career Q&A: Get top tips from a range of entertainment industry professionals.
• Film on the Run - Create a short film in a day, using the parkour workshop for inspiration, and compose an exciting soundtrack.

A selection of work created at the event will be shown at the Blast Talent Showcase on Saturday 24th July at 5.30pm. 

All workshops are free – see website or email: blast-penzance@bbc.co.uk for more info.

Penzance Literary Festival 2011

Penzance Literary Festival, now in its second year, will take place over the last five days of July - Wednesday, July 27th to Sunday, July 31st.

With 80 events this year, located at a variety of venues in central Penzance, and being very much a festival for the local community. The festival features talks and discussions; poetry, drama and writing workshops; performances by story-tellers, poets and singer-songwriters; and creative activities for children. Small venues guarantee a high level of interaction between contributors and audiences.

www.pz-litfest.org.uk

Culdrose Air Day 2010, Helston

Air Day is the only day of the year when the public can step into the world of Culdrose and experience the sights, sounds and smells of a working military Naval Air Station.

Famed for heroic rescues and with frontline helicopter Squadrons supporting the Navy across the globe, Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is home to almost 100 aircraft including Merlin helicopters, Sea Kings and Hawk Jets.

You will be blown away by awesome flying displays, be able to meet the heroic Aircrew who fly our helicopters around the world, get up close to state-of-the art aircraft and learn all about life in the Royal Navy. 

In Quires and Places

A concert with The Rivelin Singers Directed by Frasher Wilson.

St Ives Parish Church 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 in advance (£6.00 at the door) available from the St Ives Tourist Information Centre (Guildhall).

Air Sea Rescue Day

at Lands End

With lifeboat & Royal Naval helicopter exercise at sea,RNLI & Navy Exhibition Vehicles,Sea King Helicopter onsite all day,Rolling Rock climbing wall,Wingwalkers’.

Evening entertainment from 7pm live music with the ‘Cornish Wurzles’ and fireworks at dusk

Visit the website for more information.

Shut up and Play Your Guitar

An evening of guitar based music. Featuring Psychedelica, an up-and-coming young band featuring the guitar talents of Sam Jackson. Sinpusher delivering hard driving rock in the vein of Hendrix, Robin Trower and ZZ Top and the original instrumental rock stylings of The Tracy Story Band.

Tickets available from the Acorn Art's Centre Box Office on 01736 365520 or from Mounts Bay Music.

Horizons - Art Exhibition

Runs until the 30th of August

The retrospective exhibition of John B Anderson’s paintings at Trereife last summer included some early landscapes. To those seeing his work for the first time this show established John Anderson as a serious and prolific painter clearly influenced by modern masters such as Picasso, Modigliani, but with an authentic modernist aesthetic of his own. This new exhibition selected by John’s widow Heather is focused on the landscapes John produced in Lincolnshire from 1975 to 1981

RNLI Summer Sprint

10k & 5K run on Gwithian Beach near Hayle.This unique new event is held during the evening to ensure low tides and a clear beach stretch. Places are guaranteed to sell out fast, with an exclusive 'Summer Sprint' kit bag for every runner, and prizes to be won. All funds raised go towards the South West Lifeguard Appeal, where we are aiming to raise £500,000