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Artist News Gigs & Festivals
Belle & Sebastian to mark Bowlie Weekender 20th anniversary by getting on a boat
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 1 June 2018
Belle & Sebastian have announced that they’ll be going on a cruise in August. One of those weird cruises where they take their fans with them.
Dubbed the Boaty Weekender, the four day boat-based festival will sail around the Mediterranean from 8-12 Aug. The name is a sort of play on their former Bowlie Weekender festival, which morphed into ATP, and this event will take place on the 20th anniversary of that holiday camp-based event.
“We have got our hands on quite a large boat, and we’re loading it up with some ace groups for a four day sail round The Med”, say the band. “We want to do it right. Let’s have yoga and cocktails and club nights and themed balls and crèches and quizzes and scrabble tournaments – and gigs”.
“Gigs upon gigs from some of our good friends and favourite acts in rock n roll across five stages throughout the ship”, they go on. “And instead of stumbling home to a damp tent in a dark field, saunter back to a plush bed in your own stateroom on a luxury liner”.
Belle & Sebastian themselves will perform a number of times, and do some sort of Q&A thing, as well as getting involved in other activities. Plus the first 250 staterooms sold will get access to a performance of the band’s ‘Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant’ album.
The rest of the line-up is yet to be announced, but I’m sure it’ll be marvellous. If it turns out to be rubbish, you can always make a swim for it. More details, such as they are, here.
