J brown vibe1/30/2024 ![]() ![]() HC: Tell us what is going on over the two-day festival?ĭB: A fantastic mix of local acoustic musicians including artist such as Jamie Williams, songstress Bex & Freida, close harmony group ‘The Harmonettes’, James Morgan the pirate songwriter, Serena Grant, Indigo 90’s cover band, East Creek Union old time American Quartet and Irish traditional toe tapping group The Hooligans. HC: How has the festival developed from last year?ĭB: Mainly people have started to hear about us and become more interested in the event, we have applied for Arts Council Funding and are hoping to hear back soon about additional funding support for things such as an Art Trail and Beach Yoga Workshops. We are also allowing local glass artist Red Flower Glass to sell her beach jewellery at the festival kiosk and are expanding the Sandcastle competition as the tide will be out during the two days of the music. ![]() HC: What did you learn from last year which you will implement for 2022?ĭB: We are offering more theming at the festivals such as BreezeFest Cocktails & Merchandising. HC: How many came in 2021, was that possible to calculate?ĭB: I believe our footfall over the three days was about two to four thousand peopleĭB: We have streamlined the festival to two days this year but hope to attract a similar number as we are pushing advertising as well as making T-shirts with the band names on the back to help expend our reach and visibility of the festival. AJ and Black Cactus Studio are also a great local business who support up and coming musicians some of whom are performing at the festival too. We are also working with a local studio Black Cactus who are providing PA equipment and a sound engineer which is awesome as I had to use my own small rig last year and it will be nice to have a more serious system for arOsts to use. The eco shop ‘Loving-Life Unsealed’ are sponsoring us in the form of providing reusable cups for our festival which is a great opportunity to work with them and also try and be more environmentally conscious. HC: What was the feedback from the local businesses as surely it was good for tourism?ĭB: Yes local businesses were very interested and this year we have gained a sponsorship from one of them. HC: What was the feedback from the public?ĭB: Very positive and many people said they hoped it would be an annual event The project kept myself and festival co-founders Kevin & Nicki sane over lockdown too and gave us something to get our teeth into! They were also very happy with the free ice cream we provide on top of payment. They said they loved the overall vibe and opportunity to play down on the beach on a sunny day. HC: How excited were you on the first day when you realised it was all going well, or should I say how did you feel when it was over and a success?ĭB: I was very pleased by the success of our first year and everybody gave us some lovely feedback including the artists who played. We added in activities such as the sandcastle competition, face painting and artist portraits to further expand the festivals accessibility to locals. The idea was to help foster community activities again and we were inundated with artists who wanted to play as they had been starved during lockdown of gigs. I approached Kevin & Nicki who run the SeaBreeze kiosk and we all decided to organise it together. HC: Now in its second year, how did Breezefest come about, what was the inspiration?ĭB: It all started after the lockdown ended as a nice way to get people out and experiencing live music again. David J Brown, a songwriter and musician of twenty years, as well as a teacher based in Clacton organises Breezefest, a two-day music festival which takes place on 20-21 st August – let’s find out a bit more….
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