PANDAFEST 2024 IN CORNWALL TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY 5 AND SATURDAY 6 JULY 2024. PANDAFEST 2023 IN LANIVET, NEAR BODMIN, WAS SADLY CANCELLED SO THIS WILL BE A WELCOME RETURN FOR THIS MUCH-LOVED FESTIVAL…
Are you going to PandaFest 2024? Did you go to any of the previous PandaFests, in fact? Well, you won’t have gone to PandaFest 2023 as that was sadly cancelled but PandaFest 2024 is slated for Friday 5 and Saturday 6 July 2024 so, fingers crossed, this edition of the festival will go ahead and hopefully be the best one yet.
This celebration of local food, local drink and (mostly) local bands and music acts in Lanivet, near Bodmin, has only been going for a few years so the chances are that you may have missed it. So far. But fret ye not, PandaFest 2024 is hopefully going ahead, which will help it cement itself as one of Cornwall’s must-experience annual festivals.
Firstly, let’s clear up the name. Lanivet is famous for growing loads of bamboo for the pandas up at London Zoo and there are panda-themed motifs all over the village. So the organisers chose the unique name as both a nod to the village’s heritage and as a statement of its grassroots (or should we say bamboo-roots?) nature.
Secondly, what’s on at PandaFest 2024? Well, in short, some of Cornwall’s best food and drink traders are expected to give you taste sensations over two days while some of the best bands in the region get you working those calories off. Watch this space for the lineup as and when it is announced by the organisers.
PandaFest 2022 was a barnstormer, with the likes of Tinchy Stryder, James Haskell, Mark Hill, William The Conquerer, Beans on Toast and The Countrymen on the bill. Some of the other awesome acts that have played the fest over past years include Mad Dog McRae, Wille and the Bandits, The Velvet Hands from St Austell and ‘audacious young Cornish band’ The Rezner.
Camping is, of course, also the order of the weekend or just pull up a campervan or five and then prepare for the fun to begin. Eat like a pig, drink like a fish, party like an animal and then chill out like, well, like a panda while listening to those sweet, sweet live acts! Fingers crossed that 2024 sees the return of this awesome Cornish music festival.