FMS-Blog : The Wildly Whimsical, Mostly Musical WebLog
Monday, August 21, 2006
Beached 2006
I had the pleasure this weekend of catching some of the last day's performances at Scarborough's free music festival, Beached 2006. The whole premise of this 4 day event is that anyone can show up to see one or all of the bands and solo musicians do their thing on the main stage, built right on the beach at South Bay, just nearby the Spa Complex, and entire thing is free of charge. As well as an ecclectic mix of local and nationally recognised artists on the stage, other facilities are provided including a licensed bar and many shops selling gig t-shirts etc.
The weather was very changeable yesterday with some heavy downpours at times so, with no umbrella or jacket for protection, I only caught a few of the items that went on during the brief sunny spells. I was lucky enough, though, to see a good friend of mine, Billy Neilson, get up and sing some of his own songs (backed up by bass guitar and drums). It's a pity I wasn't around for the previous few days aswell because there really were many more great musicians playing over the course of the festival. Once again, a great idea, well planned and coordinated - just a shame that the Yorkshire weather didn't behave itself when it came to the crunch. Ah well... there's always next year!!
The weather was very changeable yesterday with some heavy downpours at times so, with no umbrella or jacket for protection, I only caught a few of the items that went on during the brief sunny spells. I was lucky enough, though, to see a good friend of mine, Billy Neilson, get up and sing some of his own songs (backed up by bass guitar and drums). It's a pity I wasn't around for the previous few days aswell because there really were many more great musicians playing over the course of the festival. Once again, a great idea, well planned and coordinated - just a shame that the Yorkshire weather didn't behave itself when it came to the crunch. Ah well... there's always next year!!
