Pete Best, the Beatles’ first drummer, will be the main attraction of the 17th edition of the Estartit Beatles Weekend festival, from July 4th to 9th.
Best was part of the group between 1960 and 1962. Born in India, but moved to Liverpool at a young age, his mother, Mona Best, owned the Casbah Club, a meeting place for the young man and where the Quarrymen, John Lennon’s first group, played before The Beatles. When the group was created, it contacted Best. In the summer of 1962 Best was replaced by Ringo Starr and the headliner of the Beatles Weekend continued with its musical career.
The Pete Best Band concert will take place on Saturday 8th July on the Molinet.
Concerts, exhibitions, presentations, documentaries
Other groups that will perform at this year‘s edition of the BW are the Rubber Soul; the choir Les Veus de l‘Estartit; the Vintage Rock Band; and Javier Godoy ‘Beatlejohn‘. There will also be two exhibitions, one dedicated to original Beatles memorabilia and another on the Beatles‘ connection to classical music.
Activities around the Beatles and their music will also include book presentations, commented auditions, documentary screenings and the traditional boat trip to the natural park of the Medes Islands with live music.
The Beatles Weekend is organized by the Decentralized Municipal Authority of l‘Estartit with the collaboration of the Diputació de Girona (Regional local authority of Girona‘s province).
