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The Guardian
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Lowestoft to see in Midsummer Day's first light with arts festival
What better way could there be to mark midsummer than staying up all night dancing in the sand dunes and greeting the sun at dawn in Britain's most easterly town? This is how locals and visitors to Lowestoft in Suffolk will be spending the solstice at First Light, a free arts festival now in its fifth year, which runs for just over 24 hours, with a few brief breaks in the programming for sleep. About 40,000 people are expected at the event, which will feature an eclectic array of attractions, from the musical headliners Nubiyan Twist and spoken-word events with the poet Jackie Kay to silent discos and sound baths dotted around the sands. As night falls, the action will transfer indoors with a hedonistic club night from Horse Meat Disco and more ambient musical offerings in a church. The solstice festival came out of a regeneration project aiming to revive the fortunes of the seaside town, led by the designer and Red or Dead co-founder Wayne Hemingway. Hemingway recalls a meeting in which 'someone said their favourite thing was to go down to the beach on Midsummer Day and be there at around 3.50am for the first light in the morning'. 'We said: 'That sounds lovely but why does it mean so much here?' The person responded: 'It's Britain's most easterly town. So that means I'm getting the first light to hit Britain on Midsummer Day, and it feels mystical and like something special is happening to me,'' Hemingway said. Throwing a big party on the town's vast, sandy beaches seemed the ideal way to celebrate this, and for Hemingway one of the most important elements has been engaging the community, with local musicians, schools and choirs all performing. Sign up to Headlines UK Get the day's headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion The town's teenagers were initially dubious of the festival's Balearic vibe. 'They were a bit disruptive,' says Hemingway, 'because they'd not heard this kind of music – they were more into house [music]. The next year, the same lot came back and said: 'Actually, we like this music, we've got into it … can we help you clear up after?' Every year they come back and help. They're about 18 now and one of them is DJing.'
Fashion Network
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Rumble in the Jumble: Traid, Beyond Retro, Charity Super.Mkt link for one-day resale event
The British jumble sale is humble no longer. The mid-2020's version has been elevated to a new status, hence the launch of 'The Super Jumble' - a 'high-energy, large-scale reinvention' that's coming to London for just one day via secondhand fashion pioneers charity Traid, vintage retailer Beyond Retro and, of course, Charity The trio is joining forces for the first time 'to tackle fashion waste in a fun, affordable, and inclusive way' with the event taking place at Mercato Metropolitano in Elephant & Castle on 14 June. The event will feature multiple "rumbles in the jumble" with prices dropping throughout the day, a live DJ soundtrack, MCs, street food and 'thousands' of vintage and secondhand fashion items. The organisers say the one-day festival of 'rummaging, reusing and reimagining' is what 'secondhand fashion can look like' as 'part fashion mission, part Saturday rave, part sustainability statement'. And the target is to attract over 1,000 people through the door. It opens at 09:00 to early-bird ticketholders (£7) with the first 'Rumble in the Jumble' starting at 09:30 with everything priced £7 for 45 minutes until 10:15. Then a second 'Rumble' begins at 10:30 with a £4.50 ticket entry and all items priced £4.50. Noon sees the final entry wave at £2, with every item then priced at just £2 before it closes at 14:00. All sales will be powered by a digital self-checkout system, 'ensuring a quick and seamless experience'. Wayne Hemingway, co-founder of Charity said: 'The jumble sale gave me my start in fashion in the 70s and 80s — the thrill of the hunt, the community, the joy. Super Jumble brings that magic back, but on a massive scale. It's fun, affordable, and a necessary answer to fast fashion's impact on people and the planet.' Maria Chenoweth, CEO of Traid and co-founder of Super Jumble and Charity added: 'The fashion industry is producing more than ever before, and there are enough garments on Earth to clothe the next six generations. Super Jumble aims to keep clothes in use, make style accessible, and increase the UK's adoption of second-hand fashion — all for the good of the planet.'
Fashion Network
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Rumble in the Jumble: Traid, Beyond Retro, Charity Super.Mkt link for one-day resale event
The British jumble sale is humble no longer. The mid-2020's version has been elevated to a new status, hence the launch of 'The Super Jumble' - a 'high-energy, large-scale reinvention' that's coming to London for just one day via secondhand fashion pioneers charity Traid, vintage retailer Beyond Retro and, of course, Charity The trio is joining forces for the first time 'to tackle fashion waste in a fun, affordable, and inclusive way' with the event taking place at Mercato Metropolitano in Elephant & Castle on 14 June. The event will feature multiple "rumbles in the jumble" with prices dropping throughout the day, a live DJ soundtrack, MCs, street food and 'thousands' of vintage and secondhand fashion items. The organisers say the one-day festival of 'rummaging, reusing and reimagining' is what 'secondhand fashion can look like' as 'part fashion mission, part Saturday rave, part sustainability statement'. And the target is to attract over 1,000 people through the door. It opens at 09:00 to early-bird ticketholders (£7) with the first 'Rumble in the Jumble' starting at 09:30 with everything priced £7 for 45 minutes until 10:15. Then a second 'Rumble' begins at 10:30 with a £4.50 ticket entry and all items priced £4.50. Noon sees the final entry wave at £2, with every item then priced at just £2 before it closes at 14:00. All sales will be powered by a digital self-checkout system, 'ensuring a quick and seamless experience'. Wayne Hemingway, co-founder of Charity said: 'The jumble sale gave me my start in fashion in the 70s and 80s — the thrill of the hunt, the community, the joy. Super Jumble brings that magic back, but on a massive scale. It's fun, affordable, and a necessary answer to fast fashion's impact on people and the planet.' Maria Chenoweth, CEO of Traid and co-founder of Super Jumble and Charity added: 'The fashion industry is producing more than ever before, and there are enough garments on Earth to clothe the next six generations. Super Jumble aims to keep clothes in use, make style accessible, and increase the UK's adoption of second-hand fashion — all for the good of the planet.'
Fashion Network
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Rumble in the Jumble: Traid, Beyond Retro, Charity Super.Mkt link for one-day resale event
The British jumble sale is humble no longer. The mid-2020's version has been elevated to a new status, hence the launch of 'The Super Jumble' - a 'high-energy, large-scale reinvention' that's coming to London for just one day via secondhand fashion pioneers charity Traid, vintage retailer Beyond Retro and, of course, Charity The trio is joining forces for the first time 'to tackle fashion waste in a fun, affordable, and inclusive way' with the event taking place at Mercato Metropolitano in Elephant & Castle on 14 June. The event will feature multiple "rumbles in the jumble" with prices dropping throughout the day, a live DJ soundtrack, MCs, street food and 'thousands' of vintage and secondhand fashion items. The organisers say the one-day festival of 'rummaging, reusing and reimagining' is what 'secondhand fashion can look like' as 'part fashion mission, part Saturday rave, part sustainability statement'. And the target is to attract over 1,000 people through the door. It opens at 09:00 to early-bird ticketholders (£7) with the first 'Rumble in the Jumble' starting at 09:30 with everything priced £7 for 45 minutes until 10:15. Then a second 'Rumble' begins at 10:30 with a £4.50 ticket entry and all items priced £4.50. Noon sees the final entry wave at £2, with every item then priced at just £2 before it closes at 14:00. All sales will be powered by a digital self-checkout system, 'ensuring a quick and seamless experience'. Wayne Hemingway, co-founder of Charity said: 'The jumble sale gave me my start in fashion in the 70s and 80s — the thrill of the hunt, the community, the joy. Super Jumble brings that magic back, but on a massive scale. It's fun, affordable, and a necessary answer to fast fashion's impact on people and the planet.' Maria Chenoweth, CEO of Traid and co-founder of Super Jumble and Charity added: 'The fashion industry is producing more than ever before, and there are enough garments on Earth to clothe the next six generations. Super Jumble aims to keep clothes in use, make style accessible, and increase the UK's adoption of second-hand fashion — all for the good of the planet.'
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Vintage festival cancelled due to 'rising costs'
This year's Morecambe vintage festival has been cancelled due to "rising costs", it has been announced. Organisers of the event, which has been running for 11 years, said the 2025 edition of Vintage by the Sea had become "unsustainable" due to "pressure to raise the funds needed to match rising costs". The free and not-for-profit annual event, which was co-created by fashion designer Wayne Hemingway, has reportedly attracted more than 40,000 visitors to the Lancashire seaside resort each year. "We hope this is not the end of the festival forever and that the right levels of resources and funding can be secured in the future," organisers added. They said the event had been set up by Deco Publique and Hemingway Design to "celebrate culture, creativity, fashion and design" while also generating more than £17m for the local economy. Thanking everyone who had ever supported the festival, the organisers said it would return "if and when the time is right". They explained that the festival's return following the Covid-19 pandemic "highlighted the extent of cost increases and the infrastructure needs of organising an event of this scale". The event was "an incredible success story for Morecambe" and had been the setting for "countless memorable moments from marriage proposals to visitors choosing to relocate to Morecambe", they added. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to and via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. Thousands expected at Vintage By The Sea Festival Vintage festival handed £16k boost for seaside event Vintage by the Sea Festival
