The Looe news, event calendar and what's on guide to Looe, with things to do in and around Looe, event tourist information, for fishing and boat hire see the boat hire fishing trips page. The Looe food & drink festival, pictures now on the blog, the Looe festival by the sea, the carnival week and for the second year running the Looe Music festival all here on the Looe what's on / Events page, for the cinema please see the Activities page.

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Looe's Festival by the Sea + RNLI Weekend and Looe Raft Race. Pictures of 2012 festival by the sea can viewed at http://cornwall247.blogspot.co.uk/

Looe's Carnival Week, Pictures of 2012 Carnival can viewed at http://cornwall247.blogspot.co.uk/

2012 Looe Music festival Pictures and Video on the Cornwall247 blog

 

1st June a Looe Music festival Mini Fest at the new Quayside Centre 13:00 - 19:00

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1st- 2nd June 2013 Looe's Festival by the Sea
Grazing on the quay, taste the exquisite food that Looe can only provide.
Looe Raft Race on Sunday see 2011 video of the festival of the sea.

 

 

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June 2013 Farmers Market on the west Looe Quay

Looe Lugger Regatta 2013 the video below of the 2011 Lugger regatta

June 14, 15, & 16 Looe Lugger regatta. Looking forward to the 2013 Looe Lugger Regatta this is a spectacular biannual event it fills Looe Harbour with Luggers form all over the UK and France. they fill the bay in sail a looks like fishing in times gone by.

See Classic Sailing you can book a trip on their sailing Lugger.
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Looe Festival of Food and Drink
Following the great success of Looe’s first food and drink festival last year, TASTE South East Cornwall is delighted to announce the dates for this year… Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June and is guaranteeing a bigger and better event than before. With a larger pavilion hosting more local producers, a more diverse range of produce from in and around the south west, this event is a MUST for any foodie.
As before, taking centre stage will be leading Cornish food and drink suppliers, from the Tamar to The Lizard, Bude to Looe. They will be displaying and offering for sale a plethora of superb produce, from chutneys to cheeses, confectionery to locally landed fish and seafood, speciality beers and mouth-watering meats, from the traditional to the unique.
Chefs from local restaurants, will be staging demonstrations throughout the two days, again using local produce and, where possible, using produce from the suppliers participating in the Festival itself. Recipes will be handed out to those watching the demonstrations and wanting to try the dishes themselves at home.
Catering outlets will surround the pavilion offering hot and cold food for anyone wanting to buy.
The two day event takes place in a purpose built pavilion in the Millpool car park, on the banks of the picturesque East and West Looe River from 10am until 6pm, and entry is free. Access and parking is easy and convenient and transport links are excellent.
TASTE South East Cornwall will be launching an official website, www.looefoodfestival.com

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Saturday 29th June Great Trethew Manor
Charity fun day and beer fest All in aid of Looe RNLI face painting, pony rides, bouncy castle, games and rides, glitter tattoos, stalls, hog roast and bbq, live music and plenty of local ales, grand raffle for the RNLI, St Piran's pirates putting on demonstrations and displays. Free Entry, donations for RNLI, from 12 noon.

PLACE YOUR HANDS ON TICKETS FOR LOOE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2013
27th - 29th September
Place your hands on tickets to see Brit rockers Reef, and The Darkness on Looe beach this autumn.
Looe Music Festival 2013 promises 60 bands, 3 stages … and 1 big party
The Darkness, Reef and Dizraeli & the Small Gods will head a hefty line-up of rock, punk and modern ska talent that includes The Damned, Sham 69, Missing Andy and Simon Townshend fresh from his UK tour with The Who.
Folk fans can look forward to a busy weekend of performances from celebrated folk singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman (making the short journey across the Tamar to take Looe beach by storm on the Saturday night), plus BBC Folk Award winners (Best Folk Duo 2012) Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, singer-songwriter Judy Dunlop, and folk-pop starlet Lisbee Stainton.

If swamp-infested, Latin-American gypsy blues is more your style, Congo Faith Healers are one to catch. Listed as one of The Independent’s Top 10 Bands to see live in London. Carnival outfit Tankus The Henge have a reputation for whipping crowds into a frenzy too. Named as one of Glastonbury 2011’s top 10 bands, check them out for yourself at Looe Music Festival 2013. As always, LMF will be showcasing local talent from Looe, and seasoned performers from all over Cornwall and the South West.
BBC Poetry Slam champion Dizraeli, with world Beatbox champion Bellatrix and a supernaturally gifted 7-piece band make Dizraeli & the Small Gods the ones to see on the Friday night at the beach.

Rockney heroes Chas & Dave will close the weekend in style supported by the pioneers of ‘oom-pop’ the lederhosen-clad, London-based Oompah Brass. Last year sold out … don’t miss the boat. Gertcha tickets for Looe Music Festival now at looemusic.co.uk.
see website for the latest information www.looemusic.co.uk and facebook page www.facebook.com/looemusic

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The Zip at Adrenalin Quarry, in South East Cornwall, is the UK’s biggest ever zip wire. Longest at 490m; highest at 50m; fastest at 40mph. Twin parallel wires cross the flooded depths of the old quarry, sheer cliffs rise on either side. No need to book The Zip is the only place in the UK where you can just turn up and jump. No fuss, no pre-booking.
New Ride the Giant Swing Perched at the top of our cliffs, The Giant Swing hangs 50ft off the ground, 150ft over water. You’re hoisted to 80° then plunged 3-at-a-time over the lake. Just when you think there’s no turning back, you pull out of the dive, briefly experience zero gravity, before doing it all again – backwards.
Coasteering Coasteering at Adrenalin Quarry is unique. We’ve got The Blob... Your friend sits on the end of a 12x3m inflatable tube. You climb up the floating tower and jump onto the tube. Your friend shoots up into air, down in water. You’re next. It’s a massive hit here for 2012.

Adrenalin Quarry Ltd Lower Clicker Road Menheniot, Near Liskeard Cornwall PL14 3PJ (sat nav friendly) Tel: 01579 308 204
website: www.adrenalinquarry.co.uk e-mail: info@adrenalinquarry.co.uk

Two great wildlife video's, most was filmed in the Looe area

‘Cornwall - The Wild Peninsula’ follows the wildlife of Cornwall throughout the seasons of the year. Most visitors to Cornwall spend their time here visiting the fantastic beaches and tourist attractions, the locals know of another Cornwall - the one where an incredible amount of wildlife lives right here, on our doorsteps. This film is a celebration of those wild treasures. Quite a bit of the film was shot in the Looe area.

link to the Amazon page for 'Cornwall - The Wild Peninsula' a 60 minute DVD
McMurdie - Wildlife Cameraman www.petermcmurdie.co.uk

The Friends of Kilminorth Woods is a community based wildlife and conservation group that runs events throughout the year. Our group has a growing membership and a family feel.
We endeavour to cater for all age groups and abilities.
website: www.friendsofkilminorthwoods.co.uk/events.htm

The Jolly Sailor Inn

Princes Square, West Looe Folk Night Tuesdays, Shanty Night Thursday and Open Mike 1st Saturday every month

Tom Sawyers Hannafore Open Mike sessions every other Thursday please see website for more information.

The Looe Lions Car Boot Sale every Sunday morning throughout the summer months June- July to September weather permuting between Looe & Polperro at West Waylands farm. www.looelions.co.uk/carboot

Looe Voluntary Marine Conservation Volunteers.
Marine events, rock pool rambles, seal & marine life surveys, beach cleans talks, social events.
web site: www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk  Cornwall wildlife trust Events Guide
Looe wildlife web site: Looe Voluntary Marine Conservation Volunteers

The Looe Pirates Buccaneers and Wenches - every Tuesday in the streets of Looe In the summer season

Boconnoc Steam Fair in the beautiful grounds of Boconnoc Estate www.boconnocenterprises.co.uk/events.html  Liskeard Steam & Vintage Club www.lsvc.org

Walkaboutwest offer a professional guiding service on Bodmin Moor or across Cornwall. Mark Camp is a fully qualified Blue Badge Tour Guide and is one of only a handful of guides accredited to guide at Cornish Mining World Heritage sites in the county.
For Mark the moors mean open space and an abundance of history. He rarely has a day on the moor when he does not find something new to look at and his quest to document all of the prehistoric sites on the moor has led to him walking to some very distant corners of it. Mark Camp Walkaboutwest Trenewan Cottage Trenewan Looe Tel:01503 273060
Web site: www.walkaboutwest.co.uk  e-mail: walkaboutwest@btinternet.com

This is just one of the events Looe is famous for