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Festival of Bathing Beauties between Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea

Festival of Bathing Beauties 2009

Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea

Bathing Beauties Festival 2009

The UK's only Beach Hut Fesival

18th, 19th and 20th September 2009

 

Festival goes from strength to strength

This year’s festival of Bathing Beauties will be held over three days the 18th, 19th and 20th September instead of the usual two days as the festival starts to grow and take shape as the largest and longest linear coastal art festival in England. The festival will stretch from Mablethorpe with a performance space at Trusville and spread down to Sutton-on-Sea and Sandilands a distance of approximately five miles. A spectacular programme of events is being planned using the beach huts as mini art/craft galleries, exhibition spaces and the coastal landscape as the backdrop for performance, sculptural and installation art.

This year the country’s leading authority on Beach Huts Dr Kathryn Ferry has chose the Festival to launch her new book ‘Sheds on the Beach’

Kathryn Ferry’s love of beach huts inspired her to travel around the coast researching their history and has led to appearances on radio and television, including the acclaimed BBC TV series ‘Coast’. Kathryn has a background in architectural history and worked for the Victorian Society after completing her PhD at Cambridge University. She sat on the judging committee for Bathing Beauties and is the author of Beach huts and bathing machines (Shire, Feb 2009) and Sheds on the Seashore: a tour through beach hut history (PenPress, June 2009). The latter book combines new historical research with the story of her two-month trip around the English coast between County Durham and the Bristol Channel. ‘I made my first visit to the Lincolnshire coast on that journey and the fantastic sandy beaches exceeded my expectations. The pagoda-type huts at Mablethorpe are completely unique and despite having seen some 20,000 huts they’re definitely my favourites.’ Kathryn is looking forward to taking part in this year’s Bathing Beauties festival and will be giving a talk about beach hut history as part of the weekend’s events.
Bathing Beauties to launch her new book ‘Sheds on the Beach’ and will be doing talks and book signings during the festival

The Mablethorpe Tourism Forum who run the event are keen to strengthen the literature and comedy content so any budding authors and poets would be welcomed at his and future events.

Graham Cullen chair of the Tourism Forum said ‘ Although we are gaining a reputation nationally as a premier art event the festival is also a community event so we are keen to encourage our local established or budding artists, authors, poets, actors etc to take part’.

Dancers of all genre are welcome take part in the Festival ‘Longest (linear) Promenade Dance’ in which we are looking to attract as many different dance groups and dance styles to help us dance our way over the five mile stretch of the festival adding to the spectacle and fun of the event .

The Tourism forum is also looking for new committee members to help shape the festival and also volunteers on the day so if you want to take part, help on the committee or volunteer
please contact
Helen Matthews on 07 894 292 641 or e-mail helen.matthews9@btopenworld.com

Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea

Bathing Beauties Festival 2008

The UK's only Beach Hut Fesival

September 2008 Slide Show

Festival of Bathing Beauties 2007 - what happened

Thousands of people of all ages thronged Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea for The Festival of Bathing Beauties on the weekend of 22 and 23 September. The Bathing Beauties Festival filled the beach and the beach huts of Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea with a wild assortment of artistic splendour. Music, poetry, fire performances, film and drama provided a unique and unforgettable experience for one and all. Saturday evening culminated in a fantastic firework display on the Beach. There was be something for everyone.

The Beautiful Beach Hut Competition where private owners of existing huts competed for the Best Exterior Decoration: 1st Prize of £300 was won by Margot Charlton. Margot said she was going to have plaque made to commemorate the event.

One mablethorpe resident who has lived here for 30 years said she has never seen it so busy. The giant deck chair ('In search of Albion') is "so cool" and Left Luggage "are amazing" were some of the comments.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the Bathing Beauties Festival, it was thoroughly enjoyed by myself, my wife & young daughter!!
This is the sort of thing the town needs, I hope it's repeated next year, perhaps with a music festival too!!
Visitors from Nottingham (Monday, September 24, 2007)

'The Festival of Bathing Beauties was a huge success and far exceeded all our expectations, the Tourism Forum in partnership with Mantle Arts, the Town Council, ELDC, Michael Trainor and the Local Community have worked really hard to develop the tourisms offer and extend the traditional season on this coastal stretch through this art and cultural event. Mablethorpe was literally bursting at the seams with visitors who has come far and wide to see enjoy the Festival. Many left late Sunday afternoon asking is it going to be on again next year? The answer is a big yes and it will be even bigger and better it is defintely going to be a permenant fixture on the Mablethorpe Festival Calender.

The highlight was the fire sculpture of beach huts lighting up the coastal sky and a brilliant firework display going off behind them it was amazing.. '
 Helen Matthews. Chairman of the Mablethorpe Tourism Forum (Tue 25/09/2007)
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