TOMORROW sees the Town Centre Music Festival (TCMF3) kick off for nine days of music and dance to celebrate the achievements and talent of the borough.

TOMORROW sees the Town Centre Music Festival (TCMF3) kick off for nine days of music and dance to celebrate the achievements and talent of the borough.

All-girl teenage band EFX, who have made it through to the next phase of ITV's X Factor, will launch the festival in the Market Place at 10.30am.

Organiser Chris Anson said: “The stage is set for the town's biggest free cultural community cohesion event. It will include over 100 acts covering all ages and styles. Owing to a few cancellations there are some vacant slots daytime midweek, anyone interested in taking up the gauntlet should contact me urgently.”

Chris added: “This year's event once again sees TCMF major funders ComeUnity taking the leading role in supporting the event as they have done in previous years. It is ComeUnity funding that has contributed to the success of TCMF as much as anything else. Funding has always been an issue and is always difficult to obtain.”

Yarmouth-based classic metal Fenrir will make another appearance in the town on Sunday when they take the stage as part of the evening's live music schedule. They are scheduled on at 8pm, following fellow hard'n'heavy rockers Untold from Lowestoft at 7pm. It will be something of a milestone for the band, not only have they never played an open air gig before, it is also the first time their set will be all original material.

There will be a number of performances of dancing from local schools and from the Dusmagrik Young Peoples Theatre.

Vocalists who appeared last year will making another appearance next week including Gaby Starbuck, Anne Kefford and Anna Ross. The bands, including Canine Feline, Aluminium Risk and the others will offer a variety of musical genres.

Chris said: “One of the great things for me about TCMF is seeing fabulous new bands emerge from our community and being in a position to promote them at the festival. All performers over 16 at TCMF3 will receive a complimentary pass to the Friends Tribute Festival being staged at the racecourse on Saturday, July 26 from 11am-11pm

The Friends Tribute Festival features six of the top UK tribute bands featuring the music of Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, David Bowie, Paul Rodgers, The Who and The Cult. The event will run from 11am to 11pm with tickets priced at adults 20 under 18s 15 under fives free.

Chris Anson can be contacted on 07768 260121. All updates on TCMF3 can be found at www.emulive.co.uk

TCMF3 Timetable

Tomorrow

10:25 - Grand Opening

10:30 - Great Yarmouth Together winners EFX

11:30 - Gaby Starbuck

12:20 - Lisa Ambrose

12:50 - Lynn Grove Dancers

13:00 - Wendy Burke school of dance

13:45 - Dusmagrik Young Peoples Theatre Company

14:30 - Freestyle Dance Company

15:15 - The Indie Girls

16:00 - Librarian Girls

17:00 - Over the Sun

18:00 - The Delaney

19:00 - The Howl Project

20:00 - Saigon Kiss

21:00 - Sofa King High

Sunday

11:00 - Wood and the Wire

13:00 - The Jazz Boys

14:00 - Sam Loaker

15:00 - Well Chaps

16:00 - Identity Krysis

17:00 - Hot Fudge Love Machine

18:00 - Jokari

19:00 - Untold

20:00 - Fenrir

21:00 - Six Degrees of Separation

Monday

10:30 - Ormesby Village First School

12:30 - Dick York

14:00 - Cobholm Primary School

16:00 - Floor Boy

17:00 - Stone Black

18:00 - Last Paradagm

19:00 - The Collectors

20:00 - The Interpreters

21:00 - Frock

Tuesday

12:20 - Lauryn Major

13:00 - Rock'n'Roll Rascals

17:00 - Apache

18:00 - Gutterboys

19:00 - Punch the Vicar

20:00 - Crone

21:00 - Lidi Berlins

Wednesday

10:30 - Anna Ross

11:00 - Frank

11:45 - The Indie Girls

12:20 - Heather Chapman

13:15 - Spider Milk

14:00 - Cobholm Primary School

14:30 - The Jazz Boys

15:40 - TBC

17:00 - Lost

18:00 - Washed-up

19:00 - Mama's Dream

20:00 - Insaniac

21:00 - Spot

Thursday

13:20 - Laura Smith

14:00 - Rock'n'Roll Rascals

16:00 - Kelly Jenns

17:00 - Red Button Contingency

18:00 - Ugly Muscle

19:00 - Fletch Cadillac

20:00 - Amagi

21:00 - Churches

Friday 18 Jul 2008

12:00 - Lisa Ambrose

13:00 - Mike Hone

14:00 - St. George's First

16:00 - Kit Cecconi

17:00 - Ten Ten Tackles

18:00 - Snowblind

19:00 - Canine Feline

20:00 - Escape Everyday

21:00 - Serillian

Saturday, July 19

10:30 - Star EFX Showtime academy kids

11:00 - Lynn Grove Dancers

11:15 - Star EFX Showtime academy (Gorleston)

11:40 - Tanya Jones

11:50 - Lynn Grove Dancers

12:00 - Star EFX Showtime academy troupe

13:00 - Yum Yums

13:15 - Graham Stacey

14:00 - Spider Milk

14:35 - Laura Smith

15:10 - Frank

16:10 - Flight to Antarctica

17:00 - Fathead Buffet

18:00 - Tattoo'd Cow

19:00 - Storm

20:00 - Burn the Headlines

21:00 - Aluminium Risk

Sunday, July 20

10:00 - Good Morning Great Yarmouth

11:00 - Samba Magdalena

11:30 - Anna Ross

12:00 - The Hi-Lights

12:50 - Emily Kefford

13:50 - In the Shadow of Elvis

15:00 - Cara Watling: violin

15:10 - Annabelle Thain: piano

15:20 - Faye Ainley: sax

15:30 - Mary Lovett

16:50 - The Wurpy Quade

17:45 - Second Hand Blues

18:40 - Mother Black Cap

19:40 - Rivers

21:00 - Monkey Spanner

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