Longwave — two nights on the shingle

Two nights on the shingle

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14 and 15 November. Four hundred people, one stage in a boat shed and one outside under a tarpaulin, on a beach that is dark by half past four. Bring the coat you would wear to walk a dog in February, not the one you would wear to a festival.

See the four passes

A crowd lit from the stage, arms up, in the dark.

The place

A working boat yard, eleven miles from the nearest station and two from the nearest pub. The shed holds three hundred; the tarpaulin holds the rest and leaks in one corner that we have marked.

There is no parking on site. The shuttle runs from the station every twenty minutes from two in the afternoon until one in the morning, and it is included in every pass on this page.

A packed room seen from the back, lit in one colour.

Stage lights cutting across a dark hall.

54° 58′ N
1° 36′ W

Four ways in

The outside stage under a tarpaulin at dusk.

Friday

£38

One night, both stages
Shuttle from the station
Doors 18:00
Last shuttle 01:00

Conditions

A performer lit from the side on a small stage.

Saturday

£44

One night, both stages
Shuttle from the station
Doors 16:00
Last shuttle 01:00

Conditions

Both nights

£70

Friday and Saturday
Shuttle from the station
Re-entry on both days
Saturday breakfast in the shed

Conditions

The shed doors open onto the beach at night.

Local

£24

Both nights
Postcode checked at the gate
No shuttle, you live here
Sixty of them, then they stop

Conditions

Before you come

Weather: It is a beach in November. The outside stage runs in rain and stops in wind above force seven; if that happens the programme moves into the shed and the day gets shorter, and there is no refund for weather.

Getting there: Train to the town, then the shuttle. There is no parking, no drop-off inside the gate and no taxi rank after midnight — the shuttle is genuinely the only way back.

Refunds: Full refund up to six weeks before. After that you can pass the ticket to somebody else yourself; tell us the name and we will change it once, free.

Age: Sixteen and over inside the shed, all ages under the tarpaulin until nine. Bring something with your date of birth on it even if you think you look older.

Accessibility: The shed floor is concrete and level; the ground between the two stages is loose shingle and hard going. Phone us and we will walk you through it honestly before you buy.

What is not included: Food, drink and anywhere to sleep. The town has two hotels and both sell out by September, which is the single most useful sentence on this page.