Shake & Stir Returns To Southbourne

Photography: Paul Thompson

Shake & Stir Festival is returning to Fisherman’s Walk in Southbourne, Bournemouth, England on the 25th and 26th of June. The popular annual festival features vintage fashion, local traders, and live music playing the sounds of the 1920s, 1970s, and everything in between. This year, the celebration will also be raising money for the Friends of Fisherman’s Walk.

Shake & Stir Festival has delighted visitors for almost a decade, attracting 22,000 people last year. The festival’s popularity is thanks in part, to the range and quality of the live music, vintage-themed workshops, and classic car displays. Perfect for vintage lovers, families, holidaymakers, and locals alike, the Shake & Stir Festival will showcase musical highlights including Swing Unlimited Big Band, Phil Halley, and The Comments, Be Bop A Lula – Gene Vincent Tribute, Andy Kennet as Elvis and Andy Shailer – Crazy Rhythm Jukebox in the DJ vinyl booth with MR D DJ Dave Norrell as MC extraordinaire on the bandstand.

Mandy Polkey, Managing Director of Stir Events who has organized this year’s event, commented: “Community is such a massive part of Shake & Stir, it’s the heritage and origin of the festival, so I’m really excited to see the vintage lovers and local community celebrating together.”

The Best Dressed Vintage King and Queen Competition also return, sponsored this year by The Grove Tavern, and The Show and Shine Car Show will be sponsored by Bournemouth Mortgages. Both days will include a vintage fashion show with Mickey and Minnie – characters from Little Gizmos for the children as well as face painting, fair rides, and stalls.

The much-anticipated Greatest Bartender live final will take place on Sunday afternoon, sponsored by BAHA and supported by the Wonky Table, the competition will see the top three finalists creating their very own cocktails in front of a live audience.

“With live music stages and over 80 local and artisan traders getting involved through performances and stalls, it will be the fabulous, fun-filled weekend we know and love.”

To find out more information about Shake & Stir, visit the website: https://www.shakenstirfest.com/

Sponsors of 2022’s Shake and Stir Festival include Bootleg Liquor (priority sponsor), Comm Group – Care and Hospitality, Warrior Agency, Party Boutique, Yellow Buses, Helpful Hounds Assistance Dogs, Vivien of Holloway, Oak Photography, Pumpkin and The Tribe, Hot Radio, Pullford Press, Bournemouth Mortgages, The Grove Tavern, Phoenix Digital, BAHA, and The Wonky Table.

For more information contact [email protected]

About Stir Events
Founded in 2019, Stir! Events Ltd. is an Events Management company led by Managing Director, Mandy Polkey.
The business operates as a collaborative initiative, combining Mandy’s extensive history in economic development and live events – with the capabilities of credible partners from across the UK’s South Coast. From the incredible traders, performers, and vintage communities that make our events so special… to our network of designers, marketers, equipment providers, sound specialists, council members, BIDs, Trade Groups, and so on.

Mandy, who was President of Bournemouth’s Chamber of Trade and Commerce (2014/15) has operated as a Council Economic Development Officer for Poole, Bournemouth, Ferndown, Christchurch, and other locations. She is also behind the popular vintage event ‘Shake & Stir Festival’ which has been revving up fans of vintage and retro music, vehicles, dancing, fashion, and lifestyle living for over nine years.