COMPETITION TO OPEN THIS FEELING BY THE SEA

An essential force within the UK’s new music scene, rock ‘n’ roll tastemakers This Feeling have helped the likes of Blossoms, Catfish and The Bottlemen, Gerry Cinnamon and The Amazons on their way up by booking them for club night shows early in their careers. And now This Feeling Records are in the midst of launching a fresh wave of essential new artists, with the likes of Overpass, Rosellas, Spangled, The Chase, The Facades and The Native all vying to become the next big thing.

Now This Feeling’s passion for uncovering essential new talent continues with the news that they are launching a competition to find two new artists to open their biggest festival to date, This Feeling By The Sea. The festival will be held at Bridlington Spa on August 18th and 19th. The line-up has just been extended with confirmation of Soccer AM legend Fenners as compere across the weekend, as well as DJ sets from Jericho Keys (BBC Radio) on Friday and John Kennedy (Radio X) onSaturday.

This Feeling, Bridlington Spa, Jericho Keys and John Kennedy, will choose two winners: one artist from Yorkshire to open Friday’s festivities ahead of bands including headliners Red Rum Club and The K’s; and another artist from anywhere in the UK to kick-start Saturday’s line-up, which features two album chart-topping favourites, headliners The Lathums and Lottery Winners. The competition offers a rare chance for rising artists to perform in front of a big crowd alongside major artists, all within Bridlington Spa’s stunning 3800 capacity Art Deco Royal Hall.

Artists can enter the competition by submitting an application HERE by Sunday, July 23rd. The winners will be announced on July 29th.

This Feeling’s George Holmes says, “Having been at the forefront of the new music scene for the past 17 years, This Feeling prides itself on bringing you the best new music first. You just have to look at our line up for This Feeling By The Sea, where all the acts playing have done shows in small capacity venues on their way up on This Feeling nights up and down the country. With this in mind, we are looking for a regional act (Friday) and national act (Saturday) to open up each day and have the chance to share the stage with The Lathums, Red Rum Club, Lottery Winners, The K’s and many more.”

Mark Lonsdale, General Manager, Bridlington Spa adds, “We are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity for upcoming bands to play the inaugural This Feeling By The Sea Festival here in Bridlington, where they will join names such as David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Oasis who have previously played heer, as well as this year’s brilliant festival headliners Red Rum Club and The Lathums.”

Remaining tickets for This Feeling By The Sea are availableHERE, priced at £25 for Friday, £30 for Saturday, or £50 for the weekend.

Having recently hosted their own stage at the Isle of Wight Festival, This Feeling will curate further festival stages this summer at Truck (July 21st-23rd) and Y Not? (July 28th-30th).

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