This past weekend, the two-day camping festival, Hootenanny Fayre, took place at the beautiful Port Eliot Estate in St. Germans, Cornwall. The Hootenanny Fayre included artists, Blue, Cascada, Chesney Hawkes, Girlz Out Loud, Daisy Clark, and Good Old Fashioned Lover Boys. The Festival had four different headliners throughout the weekend on the main stage and second stage, both nights, including artists, Olly Murs, Sugababes, and two tribute bands, Born Gaga, and Take A Chance On Us (ABBA). The main stage is also located near the entrance with a view of the Estate.
The Hootenanny Fayre was hosted by Tunes Festivals, which organizes live music events, food, fairs, festival camping, and unique locations. Tunes Festivals started ten years ago, based in Perranporth beach, Cornwall, creating ‘The Watering Hole’, the UK’s only bar on the beach that offered live music. They have since expanded to Devon, UK, with a festival on the beach, Wales, Exeter, Cornwall, and Port Eliot Estate, a beautiful Estate where you can book house tours and walk the gardens where the festival is held.
The Hootenanny Fayre and Tunes Festivals not only provided live music and amazing food all weekend, but they also offered a quieter wellness section hosted by a social media creator and fitness expert, Tehillah McGuinness. The wellness section is a way to escape the chaos of a weekend-long festival and participate in silent disco, yoga, and a sound bath.
The social media creator also interviewed artists, staff, and festivalgoers with Tunes TV for backstage content. During the Hootenanny Fayre, she interviewed Girlz Out Loud, learning how the group only met recently and still had an amazing performance, also explaining what each individual artist brought to their group and the festival experience. The festival also held a silent disco after-party both nights near the second stage at the entrance of the gardens of Port Eliot. Tunes partners with Thatchers, Corona, and Korev for all festivals.
The Hootenanny Fayre was new this year for Tunes Festivals; however, the Port Eliot Estate hosts two other festivals every year, with the upcoming Wild Gardens festival on July 17-20, with last-minute tickets still available here. The final festival of the season is happening during the bank holiday, on August 21-24, called Tunes In The Park. Tickets can still be bought here.
