The first ever Boring by the Sea Festival will emerge in Weymouth this year, featuring appearances from some of British music’s most cherished underground champions.
Taking place on the 29th of June in the Dorset seaside town, three venues will stage 35 acts in total, including Good Shoes, Lightspeed Champion and Let’s Wrestle (pictured).
Of those 35 only around a third or so have been announced thus far and more additions will be made in the coming months. For now, though:
Good Shoes
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Lightspeed Champion
Frank Turner
Let's Wrestle
Sam Isaac
Maths Class
Luke Leighfield
Thomas Tantrum
Jay Jay Pistolet
The Xcerts
"Out of Town Promotions are proud to announce the first Boring By The Sea Festival,” reads a press release from the organisers. “We'll be showcasing not only what we consider the best small time bands in the local area, but our venues and our favourite new bands in the current British music scene.
“The event is entirely independent and avoids any form of sponsorship in order to maintain an intimate atmosphere throughout. By putting on such a big event in our hometown, we hope that we can bring our county into being a major part of the British music scene, having gone unnoticed for far too long.”
Aid the noble effort by snapping up full-day tickets, available for £27 from SeeTickets.com now.
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I love Let's Wrestle to BITS.
Boring By The Sea
That's certainly an inspiring name for a festival.
you would have to assume
this will be yet another festival this year that will feature blood red shoes
i was going to call my club night that
great minds think alike
i dont get it
is it a pun?
your
face is a pun
blood red shoes innit
boring by the sea
The name comes from a Blood Red Shoes song title which we felt was fitting for the location of the festival and the general feeling the youth have towards the town. Out Of Town Promotions.
:'(
I live by the sea
and I don't think it's boring. Am I alone?
Weymouth
More like lamemouth, amirite?
As do I
It's boring here, but I can get the train to Exeter/Plymouth. It's great.
Interesting...
...I might go to this. It's easy to get to for me, and it fits my plan of doing lots of little things this summer as opposed to a big festival.
I'm definitely
going to be going to this, weymouth isn't really that boring, it's just annoying having to travel about 2 hours to see any bands that are actually half decent, so it's great someone is doing something!
i'm going to this
so it is bound to be good
^5