First Light Festival 2024

If you are looking for something to do in Suffolk over the midsummer weekend, then head to Lowestoft and enjoy a fantastic range of entertainment and activity. With a variety of stages, tents and venues all based around the beautiful beach front at Lowestoft, there is something for everyone, of all ages, to entertain, learn, make and do.

A panoramic view of a beach covered in people, small marquees, and flags. To the left is a large white marquee. There are grasses and plants with yellow flowers in the foreground.

See you on the beach - 22-23 June 2024

Join us at First Light 2024 for a shimmering midsummer celebration in the UK’s most easterly town with a packed programme of inspiring performances over the whole festival weekend – from a Balearic breakfast on the beach with DJ Colleen Cosmo Murphy to late-night comedy with Shaparak Khorsandi and the best spoken word with Hollie McNish.

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Festival Camping on Sale Now

Make the most of your weekend and sleep under the stars in the sandy dunes of Lowestoft’s South Beach. Wild Beach camping and campervan tickets are now on sale.

Full festival programme has been announced and you can find out more on the First Light Festival website.

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