Post by valerie davenport on Sept 28, 2007 8:19:05 GMT -5
John Lennon festival opens
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The festival celebrates John Lennon
A festival celebrating the legend of John Lennon is opening in a remote Scottish village.
The John Lennon Northern Lights Festival is a three-day event in Durness, a hamlet the Beatles superstar used to visit on childhood holidays.
An eclectic mix of contemporary music, poetry and performance will descend upon the isolated corner of the Scottish Highlands in memory of the late musician.
Highlights include music from singer King Creosote, poetry from Carol Ann Duffy and a talk from Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird.
More unusual offerings are a dance floor in Britain's biggest sea cave, and a mobile cinema screening Beatles films.
There are 1,100 tickets available, and organisers predict it will be "one of the most extraordinary festivals ever to be staged in the country".
As well as spending time in the area as a youngster, Lennon returned with his son Julian, wife Yoko Ono, and her daughter Kyoko in 1969.
Durness is the largest village in the north-western corner of Scotland, with a population of 400.
It is in the most sparsely populated region of Western Europe, and attracts tourists with its unspoilt beaches and abundance of wildlife.
Fri 28 Sep
PA Entertainment
The festival celebrates John Lennon
A festival celebrating the legend of John Lennon is opening in a remote Scottish village.
The John Lennon Northern Lights Festival is a three-day event in Durness, a hamlet the Beatles superstar used to visit on childhood holidays.
An eclectic mix of contemporary music, poetry and performance will descend upon the isolated corner of the Scottish Highlands in memory of the late musician.
Highlights include music from singer King Creosote, poetry from Carol Ann Duffy and a talk from Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird.
More unusual offerings are a dance floor in Britain's biggest sea cave, and a mobile cinema screening Beatles films.
There are 1,100 tickets available, and organisers predict it will be "one of the most extraordinary festivals ever to be staged in the country".
As well as spending time in the area as a youngster, Lennon returned with his son Julian, wife Yoko Ono, and her daughter Kyoko in 1969.
Durness is the largest village in the north-western corner of Scotland, with a population of 400.
It is in the most sparsely populated region of Western Europe, and attracts tourists with its unspoilt beaches and abundance of wildlife.
Fri 28 Sep
