In the past he’s brought Duran Duran, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and even the Village People to play live on a large patch of grass next to the sea. This year, Peter Taylor is responsible for attracting global superstar Shania Twain to the Lytham Festival as one of the headliners for the five-day event which will see more than 100,000 music fans take over the town. “The nearer to the event it gets, the more exciting it gets,” said Peter, who along with business partner Daniel Cuffe runs Cuffe and Taylor, the festival promoters.
“But it also gets more nerve wracking. “It doesn’t help that you have done it all before; things change and evolve and you have to look at it with fresh pair of eyes every year.” This year’s festival on Lytham Green runs from Wednesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 7 and features a typically diverse line-up ranging from Hosier to Courteeners and Madness to James complete with an orchestra.
“Lytham is not a genre-led festival, we’re not a rock festival, a pop festival or an indie festival - Lytham is a festival in a beautiful town with music that is accessible to everybody,” said Peter. “We try to put something in there which will appeal to the masses and also something a bit more eclectic. “It’s all about mixing it up and keeping the audience fresh.
” For 2024, Lytham Festival will be hosting some of its biggest shows to date with capacity on certain nights having been increased to around 25,000. “The festival has certainly grown,.
