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Spotlight On
Our festival is alive with interactive activities, engaging workshops, and captivating events. We’ve crafted a diverse programme in collaboration with some fantastic local organisations, each offering a unique array of activities on dedicated weekends.
Every weekend, a different organisation will take the spotlight with headline events, supported by a variety of activities and events from other local businesses. This approach ensures a rich and varied programme that truly reflects the unique identity of Newquay.
The events are spread across various locations throughout the town centre, offering a range of price options from free to affordable or discounted tickets. For the full festival line-up, individual events and booking details, check out our What’s On page.
Below we put a spotlight on Groundswell’s Cream of Cornish Weekender so you can get to know them a little better.
Groundswell’s Cream of Cornish Weekender
On the first weekend of the festival (1st – 3rd November) join Groundswell’s Cream of Cornish Weekender.
Celebrate Cornwall’s finest home-grown talent with a fantastic lineup of four shows featuring comedy, theatre, live music, and a short film matinee in Newquay.
Groundswell is a dynamic new initiative aimed at uniting and energising the creative community in Newquay. Led by freelance creative director and producer Dicky Souray, Groundswell is dedicated to enriching the local cultural scene. By creating new works and promoting existing ones, Groundswell is enhancing the variety of cultural offerings in the area. Dicky also heads a cultural consortium of partners, including the Experience Newquay/Be Newquay Festival team, working on a cross-sector cultural strategy.
Groundswell is the perfect local organisation to be joining the Be Newquay Festival lineup, and the Cream of Cornish Weekender events are offered on a a flexible ticket structure to ensure everyone can join in the fun.
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! Book your tickets now and enjoy the best of Cornish creativity.
Cream of Cornish Weekender: Micro Movies Matinee
Sunday 3rd Nov, 11am (doors at 10.30am)
Project Eighty Three, Newquay
Curated by Cornwall Film Festival, the Micro Movie Matinee brings you a delectable elevenses kick-back of some of the finest, innovative and adventurous Cornish short films to emerge over the last five years. Suitable for 12+
Tickets: Festival for Free £0 | Festival Fivers £5 | Full Fifteen £15
Cream of Cornish Weekender: LOL-A-DAY Destination!
Saturday 2nd Nov, 8pm
The Dead Famous, Newquay
Rock yourself up for a sumptuous Saturday-night smorgasboard of some of the best comedy to come out of Cornwall in recent years. Suitable for 18+
Tickets: Festival for Free £0 | Festival Fivers £5 | Full Fifteen £15
Cream of Cornish Weekender: Dracula The Vampyr
Saturday 2nd Nov, 2pm
The Underbelly, Downstairs at The Griffin Inn, Newquay
Beware! He is unearthed/ He is coming. Keep your windows locked and gather the garlic. David Mynne bring his hilarious one-man version of the gothic classic with a bite! Suitable 12+
Tickets: Festival for Free £0 | Festival Fivers £5 | Full Fifteen £15
Cream of Cornish Weekender: Kana by Candlelight
Friday 1st Nov, 8pm
St Michael’s Church, Newquay
Join seven-piece female acapella group, KANA.
Tickets: Festival for Free £0 | Festival Fivers £5 | Full Fifteen £15
And if you are coming into town for any of the Cream of Cornish Weekender, make sure you check out the rest of the festival programme for other activities happening.
