It’s at this point that we can now confirm that this years festival will primarily take place at Smokey O’Connor’s for the whole weekend.
Smokey’s provides a four-roomed venue that we intend to make use of to the best of our ability. This is a central venue and has good close access for pubs, clubs, accommodation and shops, although parking around the venue is limited.
It’s planned that a new dance floor is to be installed in the ground floor room specifically for the weekend, The 1st floor room is now also available to us for the first time, where we'll find a bit of everything goin' on, and of course the top floor is also available, where a recent extension and refit to the staging of the main Concert Room has just taken place.
We also have a small snug room available to us within the venue as our 4th room, where in the afternoons early evenings we plan to show DVD’s of some classic soul concerts & films. Timely for those that may need a breather. There will also be record bars for those of you wanting to sell and deal records and cd’s, so just let the festival office know if you plan to, and we’ll look to reserve some space.
We're also looking at developing further attractions in and around the town to support this growing festival
Room opening and closing times for Smokey's have not yet been finalised, this is dependant on a closing weekend extension we are currently applying for. More news on this site as and when we get it.
So keep in touch with all the festival information at this site and even join in with some of the forum threads building up towards the 2010 festival;
Essential Modern Soul
Soul-Source
Need to contact the Festival Office
email: nlsf@ seasidesoul.co.uk
(without the space after the @ sign)
This event website will be updated as and when details are confirmed. The programme may be subject to change.
