Blog – Lupton Music Festival

Lupton House

What a Fantastic venue and location to hold a two-day Music Festival

The Lupton Trust was formed by a group of local people to breathe life back into Lupton House – an old empty school, gardens and woods in Brixham. By pooling the communities’ enthusiasm, skills, expertise and knowledge to deliver an environmentally sustainable space for the whole community; enabling local people, groups, charities, arts and environmental projects to grow, develop and learn within a magical setting in the heart of Torbay.

Lupton House is a Grade II* building set in beautiful parkland on the outskirts of Brixham. To the south of the main house there is a formal Italianate garden also listed. A private residence for several generations Lupton House is dedicated to the regeneration of the local community and its historical site, Lupton Trust leads various highly successful volunteer run projects and was awarded the Big Society government award in 2013.

In its short life Lupton House has become a thriving centre for the community and has now become financially self-sustaining through a combination of renting space including private hire, weddings, community events, workshops, shop and a cafe.

The building is maintained primarily by our extensive group of volunteers but also by payment in kind from tenants. The project is underpinned by an environmentally sustainable plan for the building and grounds which will include minimising the environmental impact of the organisation and those using its facilities.

A fire early this century added to the deterioration of the building. Lupton House is now been restored to an elegant and luxurious venue and is open for weddings, concerts, family celebrations, public events and workshops to the benefit of all.

ABBA tribute

We have booked a top ABBA tribute band for the 2021 Lupton Music Festival, more details will be announced soon.

The Darkside of Pink Floyd

More than just an ordinary Pink Floyd tribute band, The Darkside of Pink Floyd entertain audiences with a fantastic light show and passionate performances. Now recognised as one of the top tribute shows in the UK.

Due to the demand for their faithful reproduction of Pink Floyd’s classic music, The Darkside of Pink Floyd are a regular feature at major National music venues, festivals and theatres. They were also the first band to play a live public performance inside the prehistoric caves of the world famous Kents Cavern and they’ve had five sell-out concerts deep underground at Carnglaze Caverns as part of their highly acclaimed ‘Echoes of the Past’ tour.

The band are regulars at the World’s Biggest and Best Tribute Festival, having played and headlined, to capacity crowds at Glastonbudget for the last six years. The show has received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike…

“the best Floyd show I’ve seen in 25 years . . and I’ve seen them all” – Brighton Magazine.
“WOW . . Absolutely fantastic ! Put them on your must see list” – BBC Radio Cornwall.
“A more intense tribute band than The Darkside of Pink Floyd is hard to imagine” – The Stage.

…and some lovely words from a fan in Devon, “saw these guys at the BMAD festival last summer, I’d gravitated to the beer tent drawn by the opening chords of Floyd’s Speak to Me that some enlightened soul was apparently playing through the PA. Not until inside did it become apparent that this was not the CD but being played live on the stage! The band was The Darkside of Pink Floyd, and they were stunning, delivering a cultured, authentic and beautifully produced set of Floyd classics to a packed and enthusiastic audience that just kept growing throughout the performance as people young and old were drawn to the large stage. You will have to travel a long way to see a better Floyd Tribute”.

The Darkside of Pink Floyd have been playing sell-out shows and are currently on their latest, extensive tour of the UK. The touring show now has an all new, fully automated laser light and classic Floyd video show. Come and get ‘Comfortably Numb’.