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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