Viking Festival 2009

 

Viking Festival

I am finding my duties as chair of the Largs Viking Festival  are keeping me very busy! This year’s festival is beginning to take shape, and we have some really big attractions.

Viking Festival 29th August – 6th September 2009

 

 

 

 

The Festival has already secured two top line attractions.

On 29th August, Tommy Smith, renowned Scottish Jazz  saxophonist ( website here ), is appearing with the trio, Arild Andersen Tommy Smith Paolo Vinnaccia. Arild is Norwegian, fitting nicely with the Viking concept and Paolo is Italian, which also fits well with Largs’ large Italian influence.  The show is on Saturday 29th August at 8pm. Tickets are £17 and £15 and can be purchased from Vikingar! 01475 689777 and The Magnum 01294 313010.

The other main attraction on the opening day is an air display by the new Eurpfighter/Typhoon. This plane is the RAF’s latest and most advanced airplane. The display is doubly exciting in that the pilot is a local man from Skelmorlie, and an ex-pupil of Largs Academy.

The Festival will have other events including  the ever popular Viking Village, Coninental Market, Craft Fair, Burning of the Longship and the Battle Re-enectment at the Pencil and othe music events.

A Mediteranean Cruise?

This smashing photo on the Millport website…

http://www.s1millport.com/news/does-aida-the-painted-cruise-ship-remind-you-of-anything.html 

was taken by Conway MacCulloch. With the great weather we’ve been having, you could convince yourself that it was taken in the Med or the Agean. In fact the background shows the botton tip of Bute and the top of Arran.