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Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival Returns Home

August 26, 2020/in Bluewater Vacation Rental Blog /by Trish Forant

Emerald Isle Beach Music Returns Home

Back by popular demand, The Town of Emerald Isle is excited to announce the return of the Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival this Saturday August 27th from 11am-5:30pm.

It’s been 17 years since the last Beach Music Festival was held in Emerald Isle at the Holiday Trav-L-Park. Typically held in May as a way to kick off the summer; the festival will return as a way to bid it farewell as a last hoorah to the summer. The new 2016 event promises to match the great times of the festivals of the 1980s and 1990s. What originally began in 1979 as a shag inspired dance festival with notable headliners like The Chairman of the board and The Embers will now add some newer sounds to the stage. Many of the acts play a variety of music from Blues to Rock, Country to Top 40. Drawing from its last festival in 1999, The Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival had an audience of 10-12k people, which meant Emerald Isle could no longer accommodate the parking and crowds it drew due to the massive growth of this seaside community. After several attempts to revive the festival at other locations in the years that have followed it was clear that fans of the festival wanted in moved back to Emerald Isle. Mayor Frank Rush has mentioned that the event has been brought up in several town meetings over the past few years and felt like it was a good time to reintroduce it to the area.


“We’re also excited to have the festival on the beach strand itself, with the stage constructed atop the dunes, facing the ocean, with the audience on the beach. It should be a great day in Emerald Isle, and encourage everyone to enjoy it with us! It’s free to the public!”

Frank Rush, EI Mayor


Sammy O’Banion




Spare Change




Hip Pocket

LINE UP


  • 11:00 Sammy O’Banion

    Sammy O’Banion and Mardi Gras Band is a high energy Shag band that plays Beach, Rock & Roll, Oldies and other types of music.

  • 11:30 Spare Change

    Rock, Country, Beach, Funk, Rap and Classic Rock.

  • 12:30 Too Much Sylvia

    Beach, Motown, Funky 70’s, Retro 80’s and Top Hits

  • 1:30 Jim Quick & The Coastline Band

    A melding of the genres that make up the musical culture of the South, including Country, Blues, Soul, Southern Rock and Jazz.

  • 2:30 The Fantastic Shakers

    up-tempo dance and rock to the smooth easy listening

  • 3:30 Hip Pocket with special guest Danny Woods, formally from Chairman of the Board

    Mix of Today’s hits and popular 70’s, 80’s and 90’s tracks including Rock, Blues, Top 40, Country, Beach Music

  • 4:30 The Tams

    Classic Beach, Rhythm and Blues




 The Fantastic Shakers


Jim Quick and The Coastline Band




The Tams




Too Much Sylvia




Video from EIBMF circa 1980

Additional Festival Information


Food trucks and vendors will be set up in the parking area of the Western Ocean Regional Access

Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival t-shirts will be on sale at the gazebo for $20

Coolers permitted, no liquor allowed. Alcohol will not be sold at the event.

No tents or umbrellas are permitted within 100 ft. of the stage

PARKING:

  • Parking is permitted along the grassy NC 58 right of way (similar to parking for the annual Emerald Isle St. Patrick’s Festival), and visitors should make the short walk along Islander Drive to the Western Ocean Regional Access.
  • If you are staying in Emerald Isle, we encourage you to walk along the beach to the Western Ocean Regional Access, or walk or ride a bike along the Town’s multi-use path.
  • Handicapped parking only is available at the Western Ocean Regional Access.
  • Traffic will flow one-way on Islander Drive, Louise Avenue, and Boardwalk Avenue on the day of the festival.  Drop-offs are permitted along Islander Drive, but the driver must return to the NC 58 right of way to park.

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