First Light Festival

Save the date! 🌅 First Light Festival returns on 20 & 21 June 2026 for another midsummer celebration on Lowestoft’s golden sands. What better way to welcome the actual summer solstice than with a weekend of music, dance, art, talks, wellbeing sessions and more...

Lizzie Berchie 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! 🙌 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/lizzie-b…

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

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. 🎟 Book your tickets now 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/moonlit-…

Lowestoft’s own alternative rock band, Like Optimists, 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! 🎸 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/like-opt…

Space East and @CamoLearning bring their fast and fun rocketry workshop to First Light Festival! 🚀 With no previous space flight experience needed, children can design, make and launch a rocket within a few minutes — which they get to keep forever! 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/pocket-r…

Our Cliff Top campervan pitches are now SOLD OUT! 🚐 Some of CampRolo's fully furnished VW campervans are still available, along with campervan pitches at nearby Kirkley & Pakefield Football Club — book now to avoid missing out! 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/festival-campi…

Expect cutting riffs, melodic hooks and blasts of sax-borne unruliness when our 2026 New Dawn headliners @MAGNOLIABAND_UK — a frenetic seven-piece art-punk band from Norwich — take to the Sunlight Stage on Saturday afternoon this First Light! 🙌 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/magnolia/

In case you missed it… One of Britain’s best-loved character comedians, Simon Day (The Fast Show), is bringing a cast of his most iconic characters to First Light Festival for a special one-night performance at The Seagull Theatre. Grab your tickets! 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/simon-da…

Find comfort and contentment in the teepee by the sea… First Light's Wellbeing by the Waves zone offers a back-to-back programme of yoga, dance, music and more 🧘‍♀️ Take a look 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/zones/wellbein…

Get the full First Light Festival experience and spend a night or two under the stars with our Wild Beach Camping! This unique chance to camp on the UK’s most easterly beach is the perfect way to make your midsummer weekend even more memorable. Book now👉firstlightlowestoft.com/wild-beach-cam…

First Light’s famous Silent Disco returns for 2026 to keep the party going into the night at East Point Pavilion! Step inside—headphones on—and switch between DJs, genres, and moods as you immerse yourself in your own personal soundtrack. Book now 🎟👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/silent-d…

Is it boogie? 70s funk? Obscure disco? Or an ode to Burgess?🪩 All these flavours collide to create exactly what the groove doctors prescribed: Another Taste — closing the Sunlight Stage on Saturday 20 June with an unforgettable live set. 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/another-…

It's back and even more in fashion! Charity Super.Mkt returns for 2026 and with it, our Community Catwalk! We're on the lookout for models of all shapes and sizes, ages and genders, to strut their stuff on the runway. Interested? Apply now! 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/community-catw…

Upgrade your First Light Festival weekend with CampRolo’s fully furnished VW campervans! All campervans sleep 4 and come fully furnished with bedding, tableware, picnic chairs, and more… even your festival fairy lights are taken care of! Book now 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/cliff-top-camp…

Powerhouse of soul and jazz, Polly Gibbons joins us at this year’s First Light Festival for an intimate set at the Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club, as part of our Sundown Events line-up. Get your tickets! 🎟👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/polly-gi…

Are you 16–25 and interested in a career in culture? This year at First Light Festival, we’re launching our Event Experience strand — giving young people the chance to get hands-on with the festival team in real production roles. Discover more and apply👉firstlightlowestoft.com/event-experien…

Saturday night only campervan pitches are now SOLD OUT! There are still limited spaces for 2-night stays, so book now, pitch up and enjoy a unique festival weekend by the sea! 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/festival-campi…

NEW FOR 2026! A speciality pic-n-mix of international cabaret and circus will be slapping on their greasepaint, buffing up their sequins, and preparing to amaze at East Point Pavilion as part of our Sundown Events programme. Book your tickets! 🎟️👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/the-wron…

Volunteer at the First Light Festival! We’re looking for a team of enthusiastic people to help bring this year’s festival to life. Gain hands-on experience, meet great people, try something new and be part of an unforgettable weekend. Apply now!👇 firstlightlowestoft.com/volunteer-role…

Simon Day — one of Britain’s finest character comedians and a defining voice of The Fast Show — joins us for a special one-night only performance at The Seagull Theatre as part of this year's Sundown Events! 🎟 Book your tickets now! 👉 firstlightlowestoft.com/event/simon-da…