The St Ives September Festival is one of the longest running and widest ranging Festivals of the Arts in the UK. It lasts 15 days and includes all aspects of Art from Music (including Folk, Jazz, Rock, Classical & World) Poetry, Film, Talks and Books. Many of the local artists in the town open up their private studios to allow visitors to see exactly how their art is produced. There is free music in many pubs in the town almost every night, as well as large concerts. The Festival attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world. [1]

St Ives has a 300 seat theatre which hosts some of the September Festival events. St Ives Threatre