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1 MONTH TO GO! 🌅🎉

The countdown to First Light Festival 2026 is on. Join us for a midsummer celebration on the shimmering sands of Lowestoft’s seafront.

See you on the beach!

#FirstLightFestival

We are very excited to reveal the full local talent line up for the Faber Alt x BBC Introducing Stage at the Lavish Lounge this year 💚 Showcasing the very best emerging artists from East Anglia and beyond, the stage once again underlines BBC Introducing’s commitment to championing the next generation of breakthrough talent, and Latitude’s own deep roots in our regional home.

This year’s BBC Introducing line up spans three days of brilliant new music, with Friday’s line up presented in partnership with the Black Community Regional Programme Takeover (Essex).

Find out more about the latest additions at the link in bio 👆

We have once again partnered with @latitudefest for 2026 to give our New Dawn headliners @magnoliaband_uk, and our Play Break headliners @likeoptimists, a coveted slot at the festival in July! 🙌

Catch both bands live on our Sunlight Stage at this year’s First Light Festival and discover the incredible talent coming out of East Anglia’s thriving music scene.

#FirstLightFestival #LatitudeFestival #MagnoliaBand #LikeOptimists

We have once again partnered with @latitudefest for 2026 to give our New Dawn headliners @magnoliaband_uk, and our Play Break headliners @likeoptimists, a coveted slot at the festival in July! 🙌

Catch both bands live on our Sunlight Stage at this year’s First Light Festival and discover the incredible talent coming out of East Anglia’s thriving music scene.

#FirstLightFestival #LatitudeFestival #MagnoliaBand #LikeOptimists

Did you know First Light Festival is one of the few festivals you can travel to by train and still enjoy a full day on the beach before catching the last train home? 🚆

There are direct train services to Norwich and Ipswich, with onward connections to Cambridge and London Liverpool Street. Once again, @greaterangliauk and East Suffolk Lines will be running a special late-night Saturday service to Ipswich, departing Lowestoft at 23:12. The last train from Lowestoft to Norwich on Saturday departs at 23:20.

For more travel info, head to our website (🔗 link in bio).

#FirstLightFestival

Head to The Battery of Ideas across the First Light Festival weekend, where @spill_festival present Leviathan — an imagined dialogue between Suffolk’s fishermen and the colossal Leviathan, a mythological sea creature and witness to ecological collapse.

#FirstLightFestival #Leviathan #SPILLFestival #Lowestoft

Born and raised in East London, @lizzieberchie is a singer-songwriter and producer who fuses R&B, neo-soul, jazz, reggae and highlife to create her own unique and infectious soulful sound — and we can’t wait to hear it on our Sunlight Stage this First Light Festival! 🙌

With musical influences spanning from Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and Cleo Sol, Lizzie is set to provide the perfect soundtrack for a midsummer evening by the sea...

#FirstLightFestival #LizzieBerchie

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

@danceeast return to First Light Festival with another exciting line up in the MoonDance tent — from Ceilidh and Hip Hop to Afro Dance and Baby Loves to Boogie! 🌕💃

Get your groove on and cut some shapes or simply watch some amazing performances unfold over the festival weekend...

#FirstLightFestival #Moondance #DanceEast

Did you know? We have over 80 artists, bands and choirs from Norfolk & Suffolk performing at First Light Festival! 🌅

PLUS, more than 100 local organisations, businesses and traders will be there too!

#FirstLightFestival #Suffolk #Norfolk

Did you know? We have over 80 artists, bands and choirs from Norfolk & Suffolk performing at First Light Festival! 🌅

PLUS, more than 100 local organisations, businesses and traders will be there too!

#FirstLightFestival #Suffolk #Norfolk

Did you know? We have over 80 artists, bands and choirs from Norfolk & Suffolk performing at First Light Festival! 🌅

PLUS, more than 100 local organisations, businesses and traders will be there too!

#FirstLightFestival #Suffolk #Norfolk

Did you know? We have over 80 artists, bands and choirs from Norfolk & Suffolk performing at First Light Festival! 🌅

PLUS, more than 100 local organisations, businesses and traders will be there too!

#FirstLightFestival #Suffolk #Norfolk

I’ll be serving a lil’ FONK at First Light Festival next month, and bringing the boys, too. Put the date in your diaries and I’ll see you on the beach, bebe ☀️🌊

#funk #soul #jazz #livemusic

When the Saturday sun goes down and night falls on day one of First Light Festival, head to St Peter & St John Church to enjoy a programme of contemporary classical and acoustic music in beautiful surroundings.

Featuring exceptional international and local performers, this wonderfully atmospheric concert brings an eclectic smorgasbord of styles and sounds, transporting you through a magical moonlit dreamscape… 🌕🎶

🎟 Head to the Sundown Events ticket link in our bio to book!

#FirstLightFestival

Lowestoft’s own alternative rock band, @likeoptimists, bring their loud riffs, big hooks and high-energy to the Sunlight Stage for a Sunday morning set that is guaranteed to get the crowd moving this First Light Festival! 🎸

If you love bands like Green Day, Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance, this performance will be right up your street.

#FirstLightFestival #LikeOptimists

Space East and @camouflagedlearning are thrilled to deliver their fast and fun rocketry workshop for all ages at this year’s First Light Festival! 🚀

With no previous space flight experience needed, families and children can design, make and launch a rocket within a few minutes… which they get to keep forever!

#FirstLightFestival #SpaceEast #CamouflagedLearning #FamilyFestival #Lowestoft