FESTIVAL INFO

From Thursday 24th of June until Sunday the 27th, Penzance harbour in Cornwall will be the venue for “PZ 2010”, a traditional boat festival, running in tandem with the well established and much loved Golowan Festival. Owners and crews of traditional style boats are invited to come and enjoy the atmosphere and pageantry of the Golowan festival from this scenic harbour arena, situated in the heart of historic Penzance, with music, dancing, cabarets, a multitudinous variety of entertainments and ample opportunities to sample local cuisines and beverages in the waterfront hostelries. There will be sailing opportunities, with a race and a parade of sail for the energetic souls who wish to explore the beautiful waters of Mounts Bay, and for those who wish to sit back, relax and soak up the atmosphere, most of the world will seem to pass by their harbour viewpoint at some time during the weekend. The event can be incorporated as a stopping-off point for those vessels heading for the Sea Salts and Sail Festival at Mousehole, The SeaFair Haven event at Milford Haven, or  the Breton Douarnenez 2010 sailing festival.

There will be stalls, The Kipperman, (smoking fish on the quayside), maritime craft displays, exhibitions and opportunities to meet and mingle with other crews at a crew supper. Penzance is home to a variety of heritage and traditional boats (luggers, gaffers, pilot gigs, ketches, crabbers and toshers), the owners of which, look forward to welcoming friends old and new, to historic maritime Penzance. High water on Thurs 24/06/2010 is at 16.12 with gates opening 2 hours before high water until 1 hour after.