Vintage By The Sea is a free family festival celebrating the brilliance of timeless design, fashion, art, vehicles, entertainment and culture in Morecambe. Inspired by the wealth of creativity from the 20th century, Vintage By The Sea is HemingwayDesign’s tribute to the cultural movements of the 1920s to 1990s.
Vintage Marketplace | Routemaster Bus Bar with DJs | Family Workshops | Street Theatre | Pop Up Dance | Arts Exhibitions | Street Food | Melodrome Music Stage | Classic Car Show | Afternoon Teas | Vintage Mobile Cinema | Vintage by the Sea After Party
WIth Kitsch n Sync, Jean and Morag: The Tea Ladies, Viv the Spiv, About Time Dance Company, The Meyer Dancers, The Old Time Sailors
In 2013 we approached Wayne & Gerardine Hemingway MBE with a proposition to bring their Vintage Festival brand to Morecambe, and in a celebration of the Midland Hotel’s 80th anniversary – together we created Vintage by the Sea.
Deco Publique has since co-curated and produced the award-winning festival helping it to become an established name on the UK’s cultural events calendar. Described by The Guardian as one of the ‘Top Five Retro Events in the World’, the festival now attracts 40,000+ visitors per year with thirty-four per cent travelling from outside the region, attracts approximately a million pounds of economic impact into Morecambe and supports full hotel capacity across the district.
The festival perfectly showcases Deco Publique’s ethos – bringing a high-quality programme of performance, art, food, music and markets to Morecambe in a way that intimately integrates with its community and place.
Every September the seafront provides a stunning backdrop for a programme of cultural content inspired by the 1920s to the 1990s – including an exceptional lineup of classic cars, cocktails, vintage and design marketplaces, DJ sets, Best in Show fashion parades, workshops, street food and walkabout performance. The programme develops every year, with highlights including a Battle-of-Britain Memorial Flypast, art trail, Vintage Pooch Parade, a curated music and art programme and an outreach project with The Sands Care Home.
Delivered in partnership with Lancaster City Council – Vintage by the Sea is supported with funding from Lancaster City Council, Morecambe Town Council and Arts Council England.
