Line-up revealed for annual music festival to help Lancaster and Morecambe schools

The line-up has been announced for an annual music festival raising money for schools in Lancaster and Morecambe.

The three-day School Aid event will run from Friday February 14 to Sunday February 16.

Last year's event raised a record-breaking £8040 to be divided between six local schools - West End Primary, Morecambe Bay Primary, Sandylands, St Patrick's at Heysham, St Luke's at Skerton and Castle View on the Ridge in Lancaster.

Morecambe musician Jay Blackburn (below) founded the annual School Aid event in 2018 with Rob Ellershaw from The Exchange after Jay watched a shocking TV news report about the poverty of children in a local primary school.

Since then the festival has gone from strength to strength, with artists performing to raise money to help local schoolchildren in these tough economic times.

School Aid will begin a night of soul, mod and ska music at The Boardwalk in Morecambe on the Friday, brought to you by the West End Soul Club.

This will be followed by two full days of live performances, firstly at The Bobbin in Lancaster on Saturday and then at The Exchange on Sunday.

Phill Hayward and Silent Mark from Beyond Radio will host on the Saturday, and Greg Lambert the host on the Sunday.

Auctions and raffles will raise funds, and local people and businesses have been asked to donate prizes.

Contact Jay Blackburn through the Lancaster and Morecambe School Aid Facebook page.

Read more: Annual music festival raises record breaking £8,040 for Morecambe and Lancaster schools - Beyond Radio

FULL LINE-UP FOR LANCASTER and MORECAMBE SCHOOL AID 2025

Friday February 14

West End Soul Club at The Boardwalk, Marine Road, Morecambe

Featuring DJs Paul 'Soul' Johnson, Steve Jarvis and Jay Blackburn

Mod, soul and ska. Free entry, donations welcome. Raffle. 7.30pm start

Saturday February 15

The Bobbin, Cable Street, Lancaster

Music from David Frederick, Keith Mitchell and Graham Mumford, Jefferson Moore, Jimmy Ward and Paul Corless, Mark Jones, David Woods and friends, The Glass Poppies, The Limes, The Call Up and Kiwi.

Includes auction and raffle. Noon start.

Sunday February 16

The Exchange, Regent Road, Morecambe

Music from One Non Blonde, Terry Ross, Longshot, The Hot Flushes, The Good Souls, Benni Beard, Stuart Michaels, Fuse, Indifferent Monkey, Shelly's Bane, Defined By, Listen Twice, and special performances from West End and St Patrick's Primary Schools.

Includes kids raffle, auction, raffle. Noon start.