Day 3 at #RockawayBeach 2026 and, after a poor showing in the frustratingly tricky music quiz (at least I got the #JJ72 question right), the afternoon was all about Parisian noise rockers #Chest (who had the longest queue for merch all weekend) & Halifax indie singer #Ellur (whose bad exes make for exceedingly good songs). #indie #altmusic #livemusic #Butlins #BognorRegis

"This is not a love song" sang the legendary @johnlydonofficial in a captivating performance last night @rockawaybeachfest @publicimagelimited_ surpassed all expectations. #publicimageltc #rockawaybeach #butlinsbigweekenders

January 04, 2026 at 05:24PM

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My highlight of Rockaway Beach's second day was Dry Cleaning's set; a noodly, groovy, wig out of a thing, bedecked with bass, riffs & beats although, sadly, Flo's vocals were lost in the mix if you were too near the front. D'oh.. still, moving to the back of the auditorium fixed that. #rockawaybeach #bognorregis #livemuaic #musicfestival

"You keep it, we don't want it" sing @softplayplaysoft could be about their previous name #slaves perhaps....the duo shook the foundations last night here @rockawaybeachfest @butlinsbigweekenders #softplay #rockawaybeach

January 03, 2026 at 09:17PM

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A delightfully jingly jangly set from Prima Queen, a sprinkling of indie rock from Idlewild and a raucous shaking off of any lingering new year's blues courtesy of the excellent Soft Play. There's still music afoot but I'm done for day 1 at RB; I did try with Voka Gentle but, no, not my bag.... #rockawaybeach #PrimaQueen #Idlewild #SoftPlay
First time at #Bognor's Rockaway Beach weekender and I'm wondering why I've never been before; a selection of #alt #indie bands, playing in a slicker version of Number 6's village, scheduled to kick off a new year's gig-going? It's a no brainer... #RockawayBeach
Off to Butlins for the weekend. Woo hoo. Cold, echoey and lots of great bands at the Rockaway Beach weekend... #RockawayBeach #Butlins

JETTY is an incredible cinematic chronicling of Rockaway Beach culture and ecological engineering (you can purchase it for $7 directly from the filmmaker).

It's a meditation on Rockaway and the jetties they're building, Rockaway Beach culture glorious (and sobering). With music by Animal Collective.

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8798-sam-fleischner-s-jetty?srsltid=AfmBOooUJxTKKGpSp_vKUsdW_oD65GwmfBQ5r-X-v2qh-umu2ybK2HDt

#jetty #rockawaybeach #SamFleischner #animalcollective

Sam Fleischner’s Jetty

An absorbing fifty-three-minute meditation on a massive construction project opens in New York on May 14.

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