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Sunrise

Screen on the Sands - 17/06/2022
21:00-23:00

LTJ Bukem

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
22:00-23:00

Summer of Soul

Screen on the Sands - 18/06/2022
23:30-01:30

Wild Beach Camping

First Light Campsite - 17/06/2022
Across the Weekend

First Light 2022 Brochure

TBC - TBC
Digital Brochure

BSL Interpreted Performances

TBC - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Andy Sheppard East Coast

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
18:30-19:15

Juanita Euka

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
17:15-18:00

Charlie Dark

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
19:00-22:00

Mosiah Levi

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
21:15-22:00

Gardens Stage

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
Venue

Sunlight Stage

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
Venue

First Word

First Word - 19/03/2022
Venue

Wellbeing by the Waves

Wellbeing by the Waves - 18/06/2022
Venue

Fishers Gin Beach Club

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
Venue

New Dawn

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
Venue

Planet Positive

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
Venue

Laboratory Media Education: Verse Converse

Seagull Theatre - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Saturday Screenings

Screen on the Sands - 18/06/2022
11:30-01.30

Opening Parade: Winds of Change

South Beach - 18/06/2022
11:00-12:00

The Light Returns

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
12:00-12:15

Fantastic Plastic Collection Arcade

South Beach - 18/06/2022
12:00-18:00, 08:00-12:00

Special Delivery: Lowestoft Postcard Workshop

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
12:00-18:00

Street Art Workshops

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
12:00-17:00

Single-Use-Plastic Surgery

South Beach - 18/06/2022
12:00-18:00

Eva Brighty

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
12:00-12:25

Baby Bounce on the Beach

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
12:00-12:30

The Big Strum

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
12:00-12:30

Art Space on the Beach Workshops

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
12:00-18:00

Life Drawing with Will Teather

Making Waves - 18/06/2022
From 12:00

Festival Fashion Styling Booth with Norwich University of the Arts

Making Waves - 18/06/2022
12:00-21:00, 09:00-12:00

Dance Craze Party

MoonDance - 18/06/2022
12.00-13.00

The John Ward Band

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
12:15-13:00

Tot Rock on the Beach

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
12.30-13:00

Ronan

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
12:30-12:55

Ukulele Simon

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
12:45-13:30

Polis Loizou’s Love Island

First Word - 18/06/2022
12:45-13:45

Slide Action Trombone Quartet

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
13:00-13:30

Tadi The Great

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
13:00-14:30

Storytime on the Beach

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
13:00-13:30, 14:30-15:00

the album: skool edition

MoonDance - 18/06/2022
13:15-13:30, 17:00-17:15

Kosmos

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
13:45-14:30

HighTide Theatre

First Word - 18/06/2022
13:45-15:45

Nic Norton and Alice Morell

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
13:45-14:30

Wooden Roots

Japanese Gardens - 18/06/2022
14:00-15:00

Baden

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
14:45-15:30

N I K A

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
14:45-15:10

Family Yoga on the Beach

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
15:00-15:30

Nic Pendlebury / Electric Counterpoint

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
15:15-15:30

Giant Squid from Myth to Museum

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
15:00-15:45

Special Delivery: Creative Writing Sessions

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
15:30, 16:15 and 17:00

Tyler Nathaniel

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
15:40-16:00

FolkEast present Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys

South Beach - 18/06/2022
15:45-16:45

Mike Garry

First Word - 18/06/2022
16:00-16:45

G/Litter Picks

South Beach - 18/06/2022
16:00-17:00

Effy Mai

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
16:00-17:00

Soul Train Club

MoonDance - 18/06/2022
16:00-17:00

John Green

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
16:05-16:30

Firdevs Eke: From Istanbul to Seville

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
16:15-17:00

Maple Ward

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
16:35-17:00

Rob Auton

First Word - 18/06/2022
16:45-17:15

Shark Tales of the Past & Present

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
17:00-17:45

Havez

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
17:00-18:00

Finn Doherty

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
17:05-17:30

Afraid of Ghosts

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
17:35-18:00

Lewis Buxton

First Word - 18/06/2022
17:45-18:15

Sea Sagas of the North

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
18:00-18:45

Levi Fruits

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
18:00-19:00

Bedtime Stories: Mystery in Moomin Valley

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
18:00-19:00

Danny R & Paul Gillings

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
18:00-18:45

Ryan Redwood

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
18:05-18:30

Jemima Foxtrot

First Word - 18/06/2022
18:15-19:00

TSG

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
18:30-19:00

Daniel Ball

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
19:00-19:30

Watching Birds: New and Old Passions

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
19:00-19:45

Spooky Folk Tales with Suffolk Libraries

Cosmic Pirates - 18/06/2022
19:00-20:00

Salena Godden

First Word - 18/06/2022
19:00-19:45

NWRVR

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
19:15-20:00

Secret Night Gang

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
19:45-20:30

Elvis McGonagall

First Word - 18/06/2022
20:00-20:45

Joe Durant

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
20:15-21:00

Nadia Kadek

New Dawn - 18/06/2022
20:15-21:00

Les Spaine

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
21:00-22:00

Luke Wright’s Late Night Dance Floor Fillers

TBC - 18/06/2022
20:45-21:45

Jake Raywood

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
21:15-22:00

Kid Hyena

Gardens Stage - 18/06/2022
22:15-23:00

Our House presents LTJ Bukem Afterparty

Mossy's - 18/06/2022
23:00-03:00

Moon Dance Silent Disco

MoonDance - 18/06/2022
23:00-03:00

Wild Paths presents The Beach Sessions

Beach Club - 18/06/2022
23:00-03:00

Joe Wells

First Word - 18/06/2022
23:15-00:00

RIVER

Screen on the Sands - 18/06/2022
23:30-01:30

To The Moon

Screen on the Sands - 18/06/2022
23:30-01:30

Marcel Lucont

First Word - 19/06/2022
00:15-01:00

Suki Silvertongue: Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups

First Word - 18/06/2022
01:00-02:00

The Feathered Thorns

First Word - 18/06/2022
02:00-03:00

Dawn

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
Kicks off 03:45

Sunrise Coastal Trail and Sportive

South Beach - 18/06/2022
4.00-12.00

Nic Pendlebury / Dorian Reeds

Sunlight Stage - 18/06/2022
05:30-05:45

Dawn Light performed by the First Light Ensemble

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
06:15-07:00

Kate Fox

First Word - 19/06/2022
07:30-08:30

Pop Chorus

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
07:30-08:00

The Vibettes

Gardens Stage - 19/06/2022
08:00-08:45

Grace Wells

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
08:00-08:25

Ben Osborne

Beach Club - 19/06/2022
08:00-12:00

Art Deco Trio

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
08:30-09:15

Izzy & Ollie

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
08:30-08:55

Brigitte Aphrodite: Living Legends (and Dead Ones Too)

First Word - 19/06/2022
08:30-09:30

Baby Loves to Boogie

MoonDance - 19/06/2022
09:30-10:30

First Kite

Cosmic Pirates - 19/06/2022
08:30-11:00

Protecting the Planet

Planet Positive - 19/06/2022
09:00-09:45

Storytelling with Marina Theatre

Cosmic Pirates - 19/06/2022
09:00-12:00

Drop-in Street Art

Cosmic Pirates - 19/06/2022
09:00-12:00

Character Design: Expressions with Dan Kelby

Making Waves - 19/06/2022
09:00-12:00

Pearll

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
09:05-09:30

James McDermott: Manatomy

First Word - 19/06/2022
09:30-10:00

Shanties

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
9:45-10:30

Club Origami

MoonDance - 19/06/2022
11:00-12:00

Teen Spirit, Activism, Action

Planet Positive - 19/06/2022
10:00-10:45

Piers Harrison-Reid

First Word - 19/06/2022
10:00-10:30

Owl & Wolves

Gardens Stage - 19/06/2022
10:00-10:45

Charlotte Gray

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
10:05-10:30

Rachel Long

First Word - 19/06/2022
10:30-11:00

Mitchel Phillips

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
10:35-11:00

Coronation Kings

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
10:45-11:30

Ecologies and Imagination

Planet Positive - 19/06/2022
11:00-11:45

Luke Wright

First Word - 19/06/2022
11:00-12:00

Pakefield Singers

Gardens Stage - 19/06/2022
11:00-11:45

The Marijanovic

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
11:05-11:30

Jehenna

New Dawn - 19/06/2022
11:35-12:00

Group A

Sunlight Stage - 19/06/2022
11:45-12:00

Alexander Costello

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Easterly Artists

Japanese Gardens - TBC
Across the Weekend

Association for Suffolk Museums

Science Dome - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Campervan Pitches

First Light Campsite - 17/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Cefas at Planet Positive

Science Dome - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Excelsior Open Boat

South Pier - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

First Light Writes

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

The Big Festival Mural

Making Waves - 18/06/2022
12:00-21:00, 09:00-12:00

Gainsborough’s House: Camera Obscura

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Digital Animation and Gaming with Norwich University of the Arts

Making Waves - 18/06/2022
12:00-21:00, 09:00-12:00

Incredible Oceans

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Interstellar Ideas on the Green

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Makers’ Market

Japanese Gardens - 18/06/2022
Venue

Sculptures on the Beach

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Soul Space on the Sands

Wellbeing by the Waves - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Street Food

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Suffolk Wildlife Trust Sound Hide

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Natural History Museum at Planet Postive

Science Dome - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Rovers

South Beach - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Wild About Kirkley

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
Across the Weekend

Deckchair Talks

Planet Positive - 18/06/2022
Throughout the Day

Get Involved

Find out how you can be part of this year’s projects.

Opening Parade Community Workshops

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Playbreak Callout

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Join In: The Big Strum

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New Dawn Callout

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Volunteer at First Light Festival

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Kirkley Youth Voice

Your town, your way!

Aged 15-25 and living in Kirkley? Wish there was more for your age group?...

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