Town gearing up for festival fit for a King

Porthcawl Elvis Festival

THE WORLD’S largest Elvis Presley festival will return to Porthcawl next month to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the death of the king – and it will include an Elvis themed coastal walk.

Organisers of the Porthcawl Elvis Festival are this year planning something even more eye catching than the usual.

To celebrate the anniversary, this year will involve a six-day, 90-mile “coastal walk” to kick off the programme, and, as usual, will feature fans and impersonators of the late superstar from across the country.

Organisers say the 2017 event, between September 21-24, will be bigger and better than ever.

Aside from the usual highlights of shows, the programme will also include

Many of the events are free but some of the events, including the Porthcawl Elvis gospel show vary and range from £6 upwards.

Event organiser Peter Phillips said: “As an art student in 1977, listening to the news of Elvis’ death from Radio Luxemburg on a car radio, I can honestly say that I had no plans to produce the world’s largest Elvis festival in a small Welsh seaside town.

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