All Entries Tagged With: "Cornwall"
GREENWAY PRO 2010 WINNERS LIST
Despite being greeted by small conditions, the 100 strong field of Men and women surfers were as keen as ever to get in the water and battle it out for the huge cash prizes on offer and the title as the 2010 Greenaway Pro champion. The small and bowly conditions offered contestants rides with enough [...]
WIN ANDY WHITBY IN BUDE TICKETS
One of the UK’s finest hard dance DJ’s, Andy Whitby heads to the North Cornish coast in Sept for his first ever show in Bude on Fri 17 Sept. He is one of the most in demand DJ’s on the circuit right now, with an army of dedicated fans and a loyal following where-ever he [...]
ACOUSTIC DUB REGGAE ARUBA RED SW TOUR
Last seen in Cornwall supporting reggae artist Natty at a sellout show in Falmouth the fresh, soulful and rebellious songstress Aruba Red (who is touring in the right part of the world considering she is aptly named after a female pirate legend) is due back in the South West for a string of dates at [...]
BELIEVE THE HYPE – PURE NIGHTCLUB IN NEWQUAY CLOSES
It made a big splash when it launched in Newquay, Cornwall back in 2009 on the site of the former Tall Trees, promising a real superclub experience, but Pure Nightclub has finally bitten the dust. An announcement on it’s website said: PURE prides itself in delivering excellent customer service and a memorable experience on a [...]
REVIEW: LEOPALLOOZA 2010
Now in it’s fifth year, Leopallooza is a festival which takes place just outside Bude. Run by a bunch of dedicated mates who know how to throw a bloomin’ good party, the festival is growing year on year and is just getting better and better. Tickets are priced at a truly bargainous £20 (which includes [...]
WIN SURFING LESSONS IN CORNWALL
We’ve teamed up with the Ripcurl ESF school, based in Newquay, to offer you the chance to win two days surf coaching for two people (four lessons for two people). You’ll be standing up and catching waves in no time. To find out more about the school see www.englishsurfschool.com To enter the comp, simply email [...]
247 South West / August 2010
We catch up with 90′s rave band, Leftfield, ahead of their only Cornish show this summer at the massive Boardmasters Festival in Newquay in August. We also catch up with The Quails from Teignmouth over a few ciders and venture out to Falmouth’s Dr Sketchy for naked drawing, burlesque girls and more. All the other [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SEE PROFESSOR GREEN
Pop rapper Professor Green is set to headline this year’s Falmouth Week, after storming to success with the Inxs sampling I Need You Tonight, which Zane Lowe dubbed as the Hottest Record in the World in February. The Professor, who’ll play in the middle of Falmouth Week, on Wednesday 11th August, is currently smashing the [...]
Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra kickstart Summer Surgery campaign in Newquay
The Surgery’s Aled Haydn Jones will be heading to Newquay to broadcast a special live show marking the start of the latest social action campaign across both radio networks, The Summer Surgery – a one stop shop for advice this summer on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. From Sunday 25 July to Thursday [...]
iPONY, PIPPA MARIAS AND CUBS PLAY TRURO WIG AND PEN
Friday 16 July will see yet another exceptional night of live music in the basement of Truro’s Wig & Pen featuring local bands iPony and Cubs along with a very special performance from one of London’s hottest new acts Pippa Marias. After some timeout and recording their album with Dare Mason at his VIP Studios [...]
GUITARIST ESTEBAN ANTONIO UNVEILS NEW CORNISH-MADE TRIPLE-NECKED, 17 STRING GUITAR.
Ground-breaking composer and Flamenco guitarist Esteban Antonio is playing at the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth this month to celebrate the launch of his awesome new three-necked, 17 string guitar. Dubbed as one of the greatest guitarists of our century by the music press, Antonio found the standard guitar was just not enough for him and [...]
247 HALL OF FAME: COMPETITION WINNERS
Here is a list of all those lucky readers who won some awesome prizes in our fab competitions… A-Team goodie packs (Aug 2010) Greg Newman, from Bristol, Jamie Lynde, from Plymouth, Jon Richards, from Swindon and Laura Barker, from Bath Catapult T-shirt (Aug 2010) Sarah Rees, from Llanelli, Wales Mother of Invention DVD (Aug 2010) [...]
Boscawen Park sees the return of Gig on the Green on Sun 2 August
This years event organisers are encouraging revellers to park in the Truro City car parks and hop onto the free shuttle bus service which is being supplied by the King Harry Coaches. Three classic coaches will be running all day from 11:30am – 9:30pm with pick up points outside of Truro Bus Station on Lemon [...]
Newton Faulkner returns to Cornwall this Autumn
The massively popular Newton Faulkner will headline the Hall For Cornwall on Monday 26th October. This date will support the release of his follow up album, “Rebuilt by Humans’, with which he hopes to repeat the success of his triple platinum, No.1 debut album, Handbuilt By Robots. Tickets are only £16 in advance. from www.hallforcornwall.co.uk [...]
Lovin’ the One Eyed Cat
2009 see’s Cornwall’s super hot club night Love Riot embark on a tour of the county’s finest venues with some of the biggest DJ’s & Live Acts in House music. Their first stop see’s the Love Riot crew take over a beautifully restored gothic chapel right in the heart of Truro’s city centre – The One [...]
247 Cover girl in FHM High Street Honey’s final
Our August 08 cover girl, Charlotte Thomson has reached the final 10 in the national FHM High Street Honey’s model search, no mean feat when you consider over 13,000 girls entered! She is the first girl from Cornwall to ever get this far so now she really needs your help (and votes) to win the [...]
COSMO JARVIS – SW Mini Tour
It’s early days yet but Cosmo Jarvis possesses days in abundance. Born in 1990 in Ridgewood, New Jersey and growing up in the wilds of Devon, England. Cosmo Jarvis is a composer, lyricist, video maker, actor, singer and multi-instrumentalist who will endear himself to you as a cross between Jilted John, Kurt Cobain, Prince, and [...]
Berties, Newquay having a re-fit
One of Newquay’s oldest clubs, Berties is undergoing a refit at the moment to update the venue and should be reopening on Fri 21st March. They aren’t giving away any clues to what they are doing but the images on seem to show they are not holding back! Visit their Facebook page to get on [...]
