SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER MOVES TO BUTLINS MINEHEAD
Southport Weekender, one of Europe’s best loved indoor festivals, which without a doubt has been indispensable to the soulful music scene over the past 24 years is moving! After a phenomenal 21 year residency at Pontins in Southport, dubbing it the longest running event at the centre’s since 1990, Southport Weekender are excited to announce their move to a fantastic new location, Butlins Holiday Resort in Minehead, Somerset for their 2011 festival on May 6-8.
“This will be our 5th different location for the Weekenders since we began way back in October 1987. Most of our events have been held at the Southport Pontins Site and we will forever cherish the memories, the many magical moments that have taken place there, along with the thousands of life long friendships made. However, there is always a time to move forward and grow, so to be given the opportunity to host The Weekender at the fantastic Minehead, Butlins site is very exciting and a move we look forward to embracing. I have absolutely no doubts that the wonderful crowd who have supported us over 24 years and the many new people who will be joining us will absolutely love it. We cannot wait!” / Alex Lowes (Southport Weekender)
”We are delighted that the Southport Weekender is coming to Butlins Minehead and we are looking forward to welcoming all of the weekender guests here in May for their exclusive event. Change is always a challenge for such established and respected events, but we are absolutely committed to supporting and hosting the Southport Weekender and all of its guests as the event grows and moves forward in its new home here at Minehead” / Richard Swift (Butlins, Minehead)
Initial tickets for Southport Weekender’s May 2011 festival sold out in just 2 weeks of going on general sale! But now with the event move to Butlins, which sports a larger capacity now sleeping 6000 party people on site, the festival will be putting up a further 1500 tickets on sale! There is a vast range of accommodation on offer, from 2-berth upwards to 8-berth, with a choice of self catering and room only.
Prices are £175 pp For self Catering & £165 pp for room only.
TICKETS GO ON SALE AS OF FRIDAY 28TH JANUARY 2011 AT 1PM GMT
AVAILABLE FROM WWW.SOUTHPORTWEEKENDER.CO.UK or 0844 879 7210 or +44 1207 549 223 (from overseas)
Butlins is a truly beautiful landscaped resort situated near the rolling hills of Somerset on the edge of Exmoor, with lovely beaches and the harbor town of Minehead. The resort offers 4 purpose built venues that will play home to the Weekender’s legendary and lavishly decked out Powerhouse, Beat Bar, Funkbase and Connoisseurs Corner music arenas. As well as the venues, the resort itself has a variety of fantastic facilities including; the amazing Splash Waterworld, Multi Sports Courts, Cinema, Go Carting, Funfair, 10 Pin bowling, a range of dining outlets including Burger King, Pizza Hut, Costa Coffee & more, Shops including Spar supermarket, bakery, launderette, newsagent and Hairdressers, Bumper Boats and 3 other on site pubs among other facilities to enjoy.
THE DJ LINE-UP CONFMIRMED SO FAR:
With May’s event taking place over the 6.7.8, the SPW team get ready to lay on yet another World-class line-up for a devoted crowd from all over the globe. At the time of going to press the team have barely completed 75% of the line-up, but with many more to follow they are pleased to announce the following:
DERRICK CARTER
KERRI CHANDLER
JELLYBEAN BENITEZ
DJ SPEN
DIXON
DJ SPINNA
DAVID RODIGAN
KARIZMA
THEO PARRISH
THE UNABOMBERS
BENJI B
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE
RUB N TUG
JOY ORBISON
RONNIE HEREL
SHORTEE BLITZ
SNOWBOY
KEV BEADLE
DJ BIGGER
TERRY JONES
ANDY DAVIES
MIKE STEPHENS
BOB JEFFRIES
STEVE WREN
DJ SWERVE
STEVE BUTLER
