InspiredFirst Light Festival
Official Festival Photographer
First Light Festival is a free annual arts festival on the seafront at Lowestoft — one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Adam Barnes has been the official photographer across multiple years, documenting headline performances, late-night stages, and the quieter moments between sets. Andy Sheppard, Eliza Carthy, Tom McRae, DJ Paulette, a bagpiper at dawn and sculptures by Laurence Edwards on the beach at last light.
The Long Wait — Laurence Edwards, 2026
Andy Sheppard
Blue and Green
Tom McRae
DJ Paulette
Eliza Carthy
From the Stage
Seth Lakeman
Full Throat
Seth Lakeman had them in the palm of his hand
Into the Wind
The Bronze Figures
Alexander Costello Jumping over the Sun
Under the Big Top
Kitty May
Bagpiper at dawn
Cam T
Hair Up
Borrowed Breath by Suffolk sculptor Laurence Edwards
At the Water's Edge
The Stone Head by Laurence Edwards
Beach jazz, flags flying
Mainstage after dark
Brass band on the sand
Smoke and colour on the prom
Singing to the sea
Renowned East Anglian writer, John and Lynne Ward
Mid-Song, Mid-Air
First Light, First Swim
Ashton Jones at First Light Festival
PleasureInc., live at First Light Festival