A female-first headline acts line-up at the UK’s only free beachfront festival. This year’s full line-up & event programme spanning music, art & culture, comedy, science and much more, returning to Lowestoft’s South Beach across Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June 2024.
Championing local and emerging talent alongside a plethora of international artists with inclusivity and sustainability at its heart, First Light is making its name as the ultimate showcase for cosmopolitan creative talent, accessible to all. This year sees First Light shine a light and showcase a programme of incredible female-led talent including headliners from across the music and entertainment industry with, DJ and broadcaster Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, one of the country’s finest comedians Shaparak Khorsandi and award-winning poet Hollie McNish.
2024 also sees their first partnership with Latitude festival, whereby one chosen act from those selected to perform on the New Dawn stage at First Light, will be given the opportunity to also perform at Latitude festival.
MUSIC:
SUNLIGHT STAGE: The musical hub of First Light, right on the beach, enjoy international names alongside emerging new talent with the sand between your toes:
Headliner, DJ Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy: A pioneer of the resurgence of vinyl and true music aficionado, Colleen’s standing in the global dance music community has never been higher. She will be playing an evening set on the Sunlight Main Stage on Saturday 22 June. On Sunday 23 June, Colleen Cosmo Murphy will bring a Balearic Breakfast set to the Dawn programme as we welcome the early morning sun, on Lowestoft’s South Beach.
Another Taste: Rotterdam based, Another Taste, takes to the stage for the final sundown session to close the first day of the festival’s beachfront programme. Is it boogie? Is it 70’s funk? Obscure disco? Or an ode to Burgess? It’s neither and it’s all. Indefinable yet universal.
Spirit of Sundaze Ensemble: Spirit of Sundaze Ensemble is a live music project led and curated by Secretsundaze, a party, record label and dance music community founded over twenty years ago by DJ/production duo James Priestley and Giles Smith.
Coco Maria: One of the most unique and uncompromising DJs in the world, Mexican born Coco María is a selector, curator and radio host with impeccable taste. Specialising in Brazilian, South American, Central American and Caribbean Wax.
Young Gun Silver Fox: One for the ever-growing ‘AOR’ audience out there, (for those not in the know, ‘Adult-Oriented Rock’ is one of the fastest growing music sectors right now) and this set is the epitome of what has led their audience to love this genre. The forces behind Young Gun Silver Fox are Andy Platts and Shawn Lee, two of the UK’s most prolific and versatile pop music linguists.
Slambovian Circus of Dreams: Hailing from New York, Slambovian Circus of Dreams has been colouring ‘outside the lines’ of the Americana genre with their fantastic stories and performances since forming 20 years ago in the Hudson Valley. Their Woodstock-tinged psychedelia has a hint of southern rock, Celtic and British folk combined with solid song writing.
Hackney Colliery Band: ‘One of the greatest live bands that we have in this country’ (BBC Radio 2) hits the main stage for a powerful set of fun, accessible yet adventurous music. Bringing the party to the beach, this 9-piece juggernaut of brass, drums and electronics sounds like no brass band you’ve ever heard.
Karma Sheen: Hailing from London and making a big impression on the East Anglian music scene, KARMA SHEEN is spearheaded by Sameer Khan. Having released their debut self-titled album in 2023, the group have solidified their reputation for captivating performances fuelled by a plethora of electrified folk instruments.
Amaraterra: Based in London, fast-paced dance-crazy party-driven pizzica and tarantella roots band from Salento and Southern Italy.
DJ IN THE DUNES: Female-led line-up of formidable DJ talents all playing in the Dunes stage, including: Purple City, Ben Osborne - Noise of Art, Bamboo DJ’s, Pillow Princess ft Effy Mai & Alina, The Hemingways, Thomas & Vialli and curator, Levi Fruits.
NEW DAWN: Young and Local Musicians Invited to Play at First Light & Latitude Festival, a new collaboration for 2024.
Building on the success of the New Dawn project, now in its third year, the festival has once again invited young musical talent-from Lowestoft, Suffolk and Norfolk aged 14-25 to apply to play over the solstice weekend. The selected New Dawn musicians will perform on the New Dawn Stage and at the East Point Pavilion, with a chosen act on the Sunlight Stage, the festival’s main stage. First Light’s new collaboration with Latitude Festival will offer the exciting opportunity to a chosen New Dawn & Playbreak act to perform at Henham Park over the weekend of 25-28 July.
PLAYBREAK SHOWCASE: This year's Playbreak headline act and recipient of Latitude performance opportunity, Cam T, is gearing up for plenty of new song releases and sold-out shows - definitely one to watch.
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