Ale and Anchor

21/06/2024

Updated🎶🍺⚓️

S U N D A Y (updated)

Swamp Circus: 12pm-4pm

Pensans Morris Dancers: 12pm-12:45pm

Bob Love: 1pm-2:30pm

Kernow King: 3:15 pm-4pm

Martin Bowie Trio: 4pm-5:30pm

Broken Down: 6pm-8pm

21/06/2024

Updated🎶🍺⚓️

S A T U R D A Y (again)

Mark’s Arch Wildlife Encounters: 10am-5pm

Pete Hamilton: 12pm-1:30pm

Storytelling with our own Kirsty: 1:30pm-2pm

Catman & The Mancats: 2pm-3:30pm

Our Atlantic Roots: 4pm-5:30pm

Susannah Sail: 6pm-7pm

Odd Folk: 7:30-8:30pm

Wild Oyo: 9pm-10pm

King Louis: 10pm-11pm

21/06/2024

Sadly, due to wet weather we will be postponing till tomorrow night & to Sunday.

No need to worry though, we will have the ale bar open from 6pm tonight, so do feel free to pop over for a pint of something cold & have a little dance in the rain with us🌧️

Soo for now.. Ale & Anchor starting tomorrow from 12pm with Pete Hamilton Music & Gigs. See you then!⚓️🎶🍺

20/06/2024

A NOTE ON WEATHER🙏🏼☀️

WEATHER FRIDAY‼️

Tomorrow’s weather isn’t on our side so we may have to postpone & to Saturday & Sunday instead.

We will keep you all updated first thing but meanwhile cross fingers & toes for the sun & let’s hope for the best!☀️

For those planning on coming tomorrow regardless, do not worry… we will have our Ale bar open, The Crab Shack cheffin’ up & a fully staffed team to see you all!

Let’s all do the sun dance & hope kernows weather is its usual changeable self🍺⚓️🎶

&anchor

17/06/2024

S U N D A Y (updated)

Swamp Circus: 12pm-4pm

Pensans Morris Dancers: 12pm-12:45pm

Bob Love: 1pm-2:30pm

Kernow King: 3:15 pm-4pm

Martin Bowie Trio: 4pm-5:30pm

Broken Down: 6pm-8pm

17/06/2024

S A T U R D A Y (again)

Mark’s Arch Wildlife Encounters: 10am-5pm

Pete Hamilton: 12pm-1:30pm

Storytelling with our own Kirsty: 1:30pm-2pm

Catman & The Mancats: 2pm-3:30pm

Our Atlantic Roots: 4pm-5:30pm

Susannah Sail: 6pm-7pm

Odd Folk: 7:30-8:30pm

Wild Oyo: 9pm-10pm

King Louis: 10pm-11pm

13/06/2024

For Ales⬇️

Whose excited for next weekend? We are! 🍺🕺

Ale & Anchor Ales🍺🍺

With Ale & Anchor just over a week away we are excited to announce some of the local breweries we are using this year including our own ale from .ives_brewery

Other ales from

We will have ciders from & Skreach

We will also have in the garden on Saturday serving up your favourite cocktails🍹

For friends far and wide (or designated drivers of PZ) we do have some last minute room availability so do feel free to give us a call & get in touch on 01736 73122 💤

06/06/2024

It’s almost been a whole year since the last Ale & Anchor. Sooo you know what that means… This years line up!!🍺⚓️🎶

This year we’ve made sure we start with big Friday night, right through to Sunday evening. We’ve got a great range of local ales, fully stocked outdoor bars, pop-up cocktail offerings from Pocketful of Stones, children’s entertainment on Saturday & Sunday, and food served from the The Crab Shack all weekend. Free entry as ever, all we need now is you and some sunshine!

Keep your eyes peeled for more information on the festival on here & share with your dancing partners🕺

You’re not ready for this year..🎶

14/07/2023

Take us back to all that Saturday festival sunshine ☀️

13/07/2023

ALE & ANCHOR 2023 🍻☀🍽✨

We had a blast, & hope you did too. The garden is just about a hay free zone! Thank you to everyone who performed & those who came & drank the bar(s) dry. Thankfully the weather gods were kind to us after Friday's soggy performance (bravo Mousehole Male Voice Choir).

One thing is for sure, West Penwith knows how to party. 🪩

01/07/2023

No Glass on the Grass. A note on cups...

A note on cups 🍺

The garden is a glass-free zone this weekend. We’re selling Ale & Anchor festival cups from all our bars this weekend. Preferred of course to disposable cups 🚯

It’s festival season, so if you have your own festival PINT cup please feel able to bring and use it this weekend. Some of you may even have A&A or Don’t Wake the Fish ( ) cups from yesteryear hidden in your kitchen cupboards..!

They’re cups for life for a reason so get reusing! ♻️

And we have .co.uk tumblers for wines / spirits / cocktails 🍹

01/07/2023

🎺 Set Times update 🎺

All systems go…! Happy Saturday. Happy July. Happy ALE & ANCHOR 🍺 ⚓️

The sun is shining ☀️ Tad windy but that helps makes the flags look the biz.

Pendans Morris Dancers (Pensans Morris, bordering on morris) have been fantastic. On since 12pm today 🔔

An update to the set list thereafter…

Saturday 1 July:
1pm - Martin Bowie Trio (Bowie Williams Jazz)
3pm - Frankie Davies
5pm-ish - Daisy Rickman
6pm-ish - Catman and the Mancats
8pm - The Odd Folk
10pm - King Louis aka Louis Vanhinsbergh

Sunday 2 July:
11am - Pendans Duo
1pm - James Dixon
3pm - Polly Jones
5pm - The Ceilidh Guizers (Penzance Guizers)

And of course we have Funny Faces Cornwall painting faces (children's) from 12pm-6pm today! 🎨

Huge thank you to Mousehole Male Voice Choir for an ‘ansom start yesterday.

See you all soon!

30/06/2023

☔🎺WEATHER UPDATE - FRIDAY🎺🌈

It's been a bit soggy today but we're all set up and ready for the ales to flow. Tonight's schedule now looks like...

✅ Mousehole Male Voice Choir WILL STILL be kicking off the weekend at around 6pm this evening. Get on up to support them and bring a brolly or a poncho just in case.

❌ Catman and the Mancats will now be playing TOMORROW EVENING. It's a bit too high risk for the band's equipment tonight. So they'll now be slotting in tomorrow at an earlier time of 6pm.

See many of you soon. Betty's tasting as good as ever, Skinner's Brewery

29/06/2023

💳💳 CASHLESS IN THE GARDEN 💳💳

Normally this is a reminder to make sure your wallet is packed with paper bills. Not this year! ❌💷 We're going CASHLESS outside at both the Ale Bar and The Crabshack.

CARD ONLY OUTSIDE (Or phones, or watches, etc.)

This should make life easier for everyone. Unless you've just been visited by the tooth fairy. Or you're a leprechaun.

If you're desperately trying to rid of pocket change, you can swap some for a beverage and a smile inside. Or throw your coins in a pot, water them and watch them grow into an invisible, moneyless tree.

29/06/2023

🌟 THE ODD FOLK - Saturday 1 July, 8pm 🌟

It’s been a while but we’re finally heading to a marquee similar to this one as we dust down our instruments and headline ‘s biannual ALE&ANCHOR festival this Saturday. Loads of great acts on over the weekend including our dear friend and quite a few tasty ale’s on offer too. Be nice to see you again. Full band show. 8pm 💙

28/06/2023

FRIDAY 30 JUNE - 6PM ⏰
MOUSEHOLE MALE VOICE CHOIR

Opening the festival weekend is the wonderful, the one and only Mousehole Male Voice Choir. They'll be with us from 6pm on Friday, singing and sipping beer.

Our A&A bars are open from 5pm so clock off early and get down to grab a spot on the lawn.

28/06/2023

Let’s get these ales hoisted! 🍻

Loading up the Ale Bar with hops & apples from a few of our faves…

🍺 Penzance Brewing Company
🍺 Shoals brewery
🍺 Driftwood Spars Brewery
🍺 Sharp's Brewery
🍺 Skinner's Brewery
🍺 Cornish Crown Brewery
🍺 Padstow Brewing Company
🍺 Verdant Brewing Co
🍺 Blue Anchor

🍎 Polgoon Vineyard & Orchard
🍎 Skreach Cider

27/06/2023

Not long now..! 🍺⚓

We've just about recovered from Mazey & Quay Days. You? Yeah, you?

And preparations on site are gathering momentum. Loos are here... Beer lands tomorrow. And we'll all be doing a rain dance until Monday.

Get tagging your friends, foes, and families below. Insist that they follow the page. Drop us a wasson.

More details to come. See you Friday! 🍻 😎

16/06/2023

TWO WEEKS TO GO

⏰ Set your alarms. Times in your calendars. 📅
Here's the music line-up for the weekend 📣🎶

Friday 30 June:
6pm - Mousehole Male Voice Choir
8pm - Catman and the Mancats

Saturday 1 July:
12pm - Pendans Morris Dancers (Pensans Morris, bordering on morris)
1pm - Martin Bowie Trio (Bowie Williams Jazz)
3pm - Frankie Davies
5pm - Daisy Rickman
7pm - The Odd Folk
9pm - King Louis aka Louis Vanhinsbergh

Sunday 2 July:
11am - Pendans Duo
1pm - James Dixon
3pm - Polly Jones
5pm - The Ceilidh Guizers (Penzance Guizers)

And of course we'll have Funny Faces Cornwall painting faces (children's) from 12pm-6pm on the Saturday 🎨

Times subject to small changes but we'll keep you updated 🎺

15/06/2023

A Piskie, a Tiger, and Spiderman walk into an Ale Festival...

We're excited to have Funny Faces Cornwall painting little faces on the Saturday 🎨😻🦄

Saturday 1 July: 12pm - 6pm

13/06/2023

ALE & ANCHOR 2023 🍻⚓

Golowan starts this weekend. Mazey Day & Quay Day next weekend. All a warm up for the main event...!

Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July. Let's get boogying 🕺 🎻🎺

Artwork: Ollie Peatling

07/06/2023

It could only be..! 🪕🎻🎹

Absolutely stoked to shout at the top of our lungs that The Odd Folk will be with us for Ale & Anchor 2023. They'll be coming together in The Old Coastguard garden once more to do their phenomenal folky thing.

7pm-9pm on the Saturday night.

It wouldn't be an EATDRINKSLEEP festival without them and we're already buzzing to throw off our shoes and stomp our feet!

06/06/2023

Who's clocked the date for W.T.W.T.A's next shindig over at Jubilee Pool? 👀

Sunday 2 July: We're thinking pre-party warm-up on the slopes of The Old Coastguard garden seeing off Ale & Anchor 2023. And then a Beryl ride / bus hop / foot stomp over to Lido Sundays in PZ 🌊🍻⛱🎺

Where The Wild Things Are presents

26/05/2023

🎻 🍻 Throwback to our last A&A adventure 🍻 🎻

Who was here back in 2018? We can't quite believe this was half a decade ago - an awful lot has happened since!

It's probably about time we did this again... 👀

The Old Coastguard