St Ives September Festival
 

THE 2025 ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE from Saturday September 13 until Saturday September 27

We will once again be presenting an exciting 15 days of music and arts all over our beautiful town by the sea in Cornwall.
The new venue for headline music events will be St Ives Theatre which is currently in the final stages of a major renovation project. With a seated capacity of 312, it promises to be an amazing place and, for the first time, September Festival-goers will be able to book numbered seats so it will be first come first served to reserve the best ones! 
The Festival will once again be launched with the first of two vibrant Saturday afternoons of Aspects-sponsored Street Entertainment from noon on September 13 followed by two weeks of events including music, poetry, films, exhibitions, talks,walks, workshops, Open Studios and so much more . . .with free admission to many of the events.
We have updated the website for 2025 and will be announcing lots of exciting events in the New Year so keep following the Festival website

JOIN THE 2025 ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL

If you would like your music or arts event to be part of the 2025 September Festival email us at info@stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk and we’ll get back to you.

THANKS FROM THE 2024 ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL . . .

The St Ives September Festival would like to thank everyone who joined us this year for our annual 15 days of  music and arts.
The Festival burst into life on Saturday September 14 with the first of two vibrant Saturday afternoons of Aspects-sponsored street entertainment and ran until Saturday September 28.
Next year the 2025 Festival will take place from Saturday September 13 to Saturday September 27 and we hope to see you all return – along with lots of September Festival newbies!
It was always going to be a bit different this year with The Guildhall – the town’s largest venue – closed for redevelopment but other venues filled the gap and were rewarded as more and more “sold out” notices went up as the Festival progressed.
The full houses began on the opening night with Tango In The Night’s Fleetwood Mac tribute show at St Ia Church and continued at the Church and the Arts Club, where the film Catch The Wind: St Ives in The Sixties (pictured right) sold out four times, and St Ives Jazz Club who packed the Western Hotel to capacity for all their three nights. Several of the guided walks were also fully booked.
It was great to see the big-time return of pub and bar music to the Festival with many other free events, including lunchtime music and poetry in Norway Square (pictured left) attracting excellent support.
Special thanks to all the performers, participating venues, all the volunteers and stewards  . . . and to everyone who attended and supported the events.

READ THE 2024 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME . . .

CLICK HERE to read the 8-page full-colour 2024 Festival programme from the St Ives Times and Echo to discover what the September Festival is all about and what sort of delights to expect.

TAKE A FESTIVAL TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE . . .

Join us for a nostalgic look at the history of the St Ives September Festival by clicking on to our new FESTIVAL HISTORY page where you can view some of the posters, programme covers and memorabilia from previous years.
Sadly, we don’t have very many items so if you have some and can help us please scan or photograph and email them to info@stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk and we will be delighted to add them to our collection.

THE ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL NEEDS YOU!

More than 250 events which make the St Ives September Festival are co-ordinated by a small organising committee. Three new recruits have joined us this year and we are always delighted to hear from anyone willing to help the Festival continue to improve and progress.
Particularly enthusiastic people with ideas they would like to bring to the Festival and develop.
“We are very flexible, there are no set times or hours and you can basically contribute and work on what appeals to you,” is the message from the Festival.
Interested? Email info@stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk tell us what you can offer and we’ll get back to you.”

SPECIAL THANKS TO:-

All our wonderful sponsors – Tregenna Castle Hotel and Resort, St Ives Town Council, St Ives BID, Aspects Holidays, St Ives Brewery, St Ives Rotary, Carbis Bay Holidays and Greenwood Wilson accountants. If your company or organisation would like to enjoy the benefits of sponsoring the St Ives September Festival please email us at info@stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk and we’ll get someone to talk to you.

The dates for future years’ September Festivals are:
2025: 13th – 27th, 2026: Sept 12th – 26th, 2027: Sept 11th – 25th

ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL SPONSORS