With the festival season firmly underway, there’s really no need to spend hours of your life trekking to Reading, Glastonbury, The Isle of Wight or even further afield. Instead, why not celebrate the beauty on your doorstep and the talents of a variety of popular musical acts at the annual Poole Harbour Festival?
The 2018 event kicked off at 5pm on Friday at Baiter Park and will continue until 9pm on the Sunday evening. For the price of your ticket you get 30 live music acts across two stages and 30 stalls of street food, world cuisine, local crafts and produce. If you dance up a thirst, you can simply sashay down to the festival beer tent, serving real ales and refreshing ciders as well as a variety of soft drinks.
The musical line-up for this ever-expanding event is always impressive. 2018 will see a strong mix of tribute acts for artists from the Stereophonics (Stereotonics) to Oasis (Oasish), the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Really Hot Chili Peppers) and Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters GB).
Add to this more than a little sprinkling of fun for the kids; with children’s entertainers, circus skills, cartoon character favourites and storytelling shows to give yourself a weekend’s worth of entertainment complemented by hearty cooking with the iconic backdrop of Poole’s majestic harbour.
- FRIDAY 27th JULY
- 5pm Jeff Keenan Hosting & DJ between the bands
- 6pm Punk On Your Hits
- 7.30pm Foo Fighters GB
- 9.30pm Really Hot Chilli Peppers
- 11pm Finish
- 5.30pm Opening Act
- 7.30pm All Funked Up
- 9pm Xander & The Keys
- 10.30pm Finish
- Main Stage:
- 12pm Opening Act
- 12.55pm Hello Hawaii
- 1.55pm Martyn The Hat hosting & DJ between the bands
- 2.20pm Oasiss
- 4.05pm Stereoironics 6pm Saints Of Sin
- 7.30pm Rat Race
- 9.30pm Filta
- 10.45pm Firework Spectacular
- 11pm Finish
- 1pm Shannon White
- 2.05pm Chris Payn
- 3.50pm Sweet FA
- 5.40pm New Beats
- 7.30pm 27 Days
- 9.20pm Sixteen String Jack
- 10.40pm Finish
- 12-3pm Jules the entertainer
- 3-6pm Krazy Kev
- 6-7.30 pm Kids Disco
- 11am Si Genero playing & hosting between the bands
- 11.40am Inner City Smugglers
- 12.40pm Si Genero
- 1.10pm Mother Ukers
- 3pm Chasing Mumford
- 4.30pm Mungo Jerry and full Band
6pm Finish
- Harry Rocks Bar & Stage:
- 11.20am Opening Act
- 12.30pm Chris Collins
- 2.10pm Wonky donkeys
- 4.10pm Jimmy Hillbillies
- 11am – 3pm Mad For Animals Show
- 2.30pm – 5.30pm Mr Merlin
- 1pm – 5pm Simon Chainey circus skills & family fire show