After two successful years at the ICA, London’s celebration of Cornish music and art Kernow In The City returns on 10th March for its third year, in a new home – the Rich Mix arts venue in Shoreditch. Port Eliot favourites Murray Lachlan Young, Louis Eliot & The Embers (above) and The Loose Salute are joined by fresh Cornish talent Rosie Vanier, Crowns and indie-folk troubadour Ruarri Joseph.

There will also be a film showcase and contributions from visual artists – plus proper Cornish pasties and the region’s finest ale. The perfect way to celebrate St Piran’s Day.

Tickets £10 in advance from Rich Mix / 020 7613 7498 or £12 on the door.

And if you want to grab a taste of Louis Eliot & The Embers‘ rip-roaring hoe-down good times before heading to the show at Rich Mix, you can download their track ‘Runaway Night.’

Former frontman of Kinky Machine and Rialto, Louis and his brilliant band The Embers serve up a “winning blend of rustic charm and urban cool…a savvy pop brain with the lyrical articulacy of a Costello or a Weller” (Uncut).

It’s all go here behind the scenes, putting together this year’s line-up – which we’ll be telling you about very soon. Our 2012 EarlyBird tickets sold out in record time and standard tickets are also selling fast, so if you want to secure your tickets for this year then why not snap them up now?

If you want to be the first to know about the 2012 line-up and receive other exclusive news and offers, be sure to sign up to our email newsletter in the top right of this page.

We look forward to welcoming you to Port Eliot again this summer.

Seeing as you’ll be coming here for a mini holiday, we thought we’d pull together a mini ‘brochure’ to whet your appetite for the stunning surroundings in which you’ll be cutting loose this July…

You can also take a look through our extensive photo galleries to get a real flavour of what Port Festival Eliot is all about.

Estuary view by Kev Howard

Signpost at Port Eliot by Fiona Campbell

Port Eliot House by Kev Howard

Campsite early evening

The Bellini Boat Bar

The Round Room at Port Eliot by Bill Bradshaw

Port Eliot aerial by Bill Bradshaw

Viaduct at Port Eliot by Bill Bradshaw

Boathouse Sculpture Park by Kris Emmerson

The Boathouse

Dre Wapenaar's Tent Village Revisited at Port Eliot by Bill Bradshaw

Lantern parade on Port Eliot Estuary by Bill Bradshaw

Lazy afternoon by the river at Port Eliot by Bill Bradshaw

Magical Port Eliot by Yancy Hilton

Bizarre art at Port Eliot by Fiona Campbell

>> Click HERE to listen to Louis Eliot & The Embers’ ‘Runaway Night’.
>> Right-click on the link above to download a *FREE* MP3 of the song to your computer.

We asked a few of our friends what they are enjoying reading at the moment and here are their replies…

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Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
Joan Didion, Blue Nights

Simon Prosser, festival co-director and publishing director of Hamish Hamilton
Michel Houellebecq, The Map and the Territory

Craig Taylor, editor, Five Dials magazine
Michael Lewis, Boomerang
Jonas Hassen, Khemiri Montecore

Tom Hodgkinson, The Idler
Sarah Bakewell, How To Live: A Biography of Montaigne

Jeff Barrett, Caught by the River
Roy Wilkinson, Do it for Your Mum
Mike Carter, One Man and His Bike
Sara Gran, City of the Dead
Nick Hand, Conversations on the Coast
Geoff Nicholson, The Lost Art of Walking

Next issue: recommendations from the Port Eliot Festival Production Office…

What are your recommendations? Share them on our Facebook page or via Twitter (using #PortEliotReads) and we may feature them on our website or this newsletter.

Those long, lazy summer evenings may be slipping away, but fear not – we have some news to lift your spirits as winter approaches: the Port Eliot Festival 2012 dates and EarlyBird tickets are now out!

While it may be a bit premature to start dusting off the cool box, you can at least put 19th-22nd July 2012 in your diary and snap up your EarlyBird tickets before they sell out!

A limited number of 500 EarlyBird tickets for the 2012 festival are now on sale, available on a strictly first come, first served basis. Buy yours now to save £30 on the full Adult Weekend ticket price (full price will be £150), or £15 on Child Weekend tickets (full price will be £75).

Although the festival has grown in profile and reach in the last few years, we have decided to keep it the same size. Only 5,000 tickets will be on sale for the whole festival – so buy yours now as they’re sure to go fast…

If you haven’t already, why not sign up to our email newsletter (top right corner of this page) to keep up to date on all the news, line-up details, special offers and plans for 2012 as they unfold? You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the inside track on everything Port Eliot.

Looking forward to seeing you all again next summer.

Kate Winslet reading at Port Eliot Festival 2011 / photo: Michael Bowles

What was your highlight of the 2011 festival? Share your photos and short films with us in our photo and film competitions – and you might just win yourself a pair of tickets for next year’s festival…

Read more about the competitions below… or click here to browse the first album in the 2011 photo gallery.

PORT PICTURES
Two pairs of tickets for the two best festival photographs. Email your entries to editor@porteliotfestival.com before 31st August 2011.

PORT SHORT
A pair of tickets for the best short film (90 seconds or less) shot at the festival. Post your films to www.youtube.com/PortEliotFestival – emailing editor@porteliotfestival.com with the video title and your contact details. Whether shot on a mobile phone or full digital video set-up, we’re looking for wit, style and originality. Closing date: 31st August 2011.

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Legendary punk poet and performer John Cooper Clarke’s brand of social commentary is still as sharp and witty as ever, and is sure to tear up the stage this year. Having supported and inspired acts such as Sex Pistols, Joy Division and New Order, his passion continues to influence artists including Noel Gallagher and The Arctic Monkeys. As well as a performance on our cabaret stage, he’ll be giving a limerick masterclass in the Idler’s Academy.

“John Cooper Clarke is a true original. Catch him if you can.”
The Scotsman

www.johncooperclarke.com
www.facebook.com/johncooperclarke

After sell-out gigs around the world, Frank returns to the UK this summer with an eagerly anticipated appearance at Port Eliot, where he’ll be showcasing tracks from his new album, England Keep My Bones. Frank’s unique brand of folk songwriting, catchy melodies and punk passion has gained him an impressive international following and a US deal with Epitaph Records, whose sister label, Anti, is home to Nick Cave and Tom Waits.

“Frank Turner’s music is a revelation to me I can’t stop listening to it.”
Brett Gurewitz, Bad Religion guitarist

www.frank-turner.com
www.twitter.com/fthc