The Largs Regatta Festival is coming to town and includes a live music spectacular to enjoy with Voice star Jeremy Levif headlining.
On Saturday, August 24, there will be live music from Jeremy Levif, VLs and The Lovelles in the marquee from 5.30pm.
Jeremy Levif is a French pop-rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and a four-chair turner, semi-finalist of the Voice UK on team Will.I.Am in 2021 . He was also a finalist of The Voice France in 2023 on Team Vianney.
His first two albums Come Hail Or Storm (2017) and C’est La Vie (2021), have been well-received both in the UK, France and internationally.
He has opened for Scottish Celtic-rock band Skerryvore, worked with Danny O’Donoghue from the Script and played with his musical hero, Jamie Cullum in 2019.
In 2024, he was invited to perform in front of 60,000 people at Murrayfield Stadium before the Scotland v France Six Nations rugby match.
Tickets for the live music spectacular are available from here
The festivities kick off on Friday August 23 with the Saturn Sails Loft Party and RNLI Ceilidh on Friday evening.
The RNLI Ceilidh starts at 6.30pm in the marquee and gives you the opportunity to celebrate 200 years of the RNLI and 60 years of the Largs Lifeboat.
Live music by the MacFadyen Sisters, ticket price of £20 includes food from The Bay Fish & Chips and the Scottish Pizza Company. You can raise money and have a party at the same time.
Tickets can be bought from Largs Yacht Haven Marina Office (card preferred) or from the RNLI Shop at Largs Lifeboat Station (cash only).
Children's fun in the Regatta Marquee on Saturday afternoon includes indoor bouncy castle, face painting and an entertainer.
And for boatowners at the marina, there is the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Treasure Hunt.
Each boat will receive a goody bag with clues to the 'treasure' you need to find and photograph. Fantastic prizes up for grans including a Scott's voucher, a bottle of Geraldo’s gin, and more.
The treasure hunt is open to both yachts and motor vessels.
There will be a packed schedule of competitive sailing across the festival week.
A spokesperson said: "We are the only regatta to combine dinghy racing, keelboat racing, round the islands racing, motor boat entries, white sail, all ages, all stages of experience, kids entertainment, charity events, live music and a sail loft party.
"Racing is open to keelboats, dinghies and catamarans of all classes.
"Racing takes place over the course of two weekends. On Saturday, Keelboats race in the area to the north of Cumbrae while dinghy racing takes place around the Largs Channel.
"For non-racers, we also hold a Cruise in Company (open to all yachts and motorboats) led by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.
"On Sunday, the famous Round Cumbraes Race is a long-distance race around Big Cumbrae for the dinghies and catamarans, and both islands for keelboats. There will be a midweek series for keelboats and dinghies
"And on the following Saturday, it is the famous long running Scottish Two Handed Race."
For more details, go to http://largsregattafestival.com
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