Tim Peaks

at Kendal Calling Festival 2024

TIM PEAKS TV

Here Comes the Weekend

In the Summer of 2024, my sketchbook and I were invited to Tim Peaks (one of many stages at Kendal Calling Music Festival, in the Lake District, UK) to join the team and document the long weekend of music and more.

Tim Peaks isn’t like any other festival stage, founded by my frequent creative collaborator Tim Burgess (solo artist and frontman of The Charlatans), Tim Peaks is a diner in the woods providing coffee, pizzas and (of course) the best music, to Kendal Calling’s festival goers.

Throughout the weekend there were surprise live sets and DJ sessions, radio shows and TV crews, interviews, games and fancy dress; solos, duets, bands and orchestras!

How did you get here?

My prime task of the weekend was to draw EVERYTHING. From dawn til’ dusk I was around Tim Peaks with my sketchbook in hand and a pocketful of pencils; drawing the performers and their crews, crowds and queues, equipment, instruments, cups and saucers, margheritas, americanos, banjos, beats, bass and brews!

*Actually, I don’t think there were any banjos.

Line drawing of four people playing guitars, with one singing into a microphone, appearing in a music studio or practice room with a wooden wall.

Line drawing of four musicians playing guitars and drums on a stage with cloudy sky in the background.

Line drawing of a woman DJing at a desk with laptop and music equipment, and flowing lines representing music waves or sound.

Outline drawing of a mountain with a house in the foreground where people are walking and sitting, and trees and clouds in the background.

Line drawing of four children playing musical instruments. One on keyboard, one with guitar, one singing into microphone, and one with guitar. There are two apples drawn on the wall behind them.

Sketch of six people playing music, with one person singing into a microphone, others playing guitar, drums, and tambourine, all performing on a stage with lines suggesting light rays.

A sketch of a man standing in front of a bar or counter, talking to an employee behind the bar while another person sits on the other side of the counter. The man is wearing a tank top, patterned shorts, and boots. The background shows shelves and eq

Line drawing of a food truck with a person standing in front of it, serving food. The truck has a window and a menu board, with various items and containers visible inside.

A line drawing of a modern building with flowers on the exterior walls and trees in the background.

ALL Night Party

Once the sun had set and the headliners had headlined, I would get back to my design studio (tent) and catalog the day’s work, scan and clean-up my drawings, share as much as possible on my socials and if the batteries were good enough (personally, and in my MacBook), I’d create colour artwork from my pencil drawings! After the festival, I went on to create the full collection of colour artwork you can see here!

A band of five illustrated musicians performing on a stage with a pink cloud-filled sky and a black and white checkered floor.

A residential house with a dark green exterior, surrounded by trees and bushes, under a blue sky with clouds, and a vintage-looking directional signpost nearby.

A digital illustration of a lively electronic music concert scene at night, featuring a stage with two DJs performing. The stage is illuminated with purple and blue lights, with smoke effects. In the foreground, a large crowd is dancing, depicted as

Illustration of a group of five people socializing indoors, with one person using a wheelchair, all holding drinks, against a warm orange background.

A person playing guitar and another person standing at a keyboard on a stage with wooden paneling, microphone, and musical equipment.

Three men performing music on stage with speakers and equipment, one singing into a microphone, one playing guitar, and the third operating a DJ mixer, against an orange background.

An abstract illustration of a person singing into a microphone, with a stylized face, black hair, a flower crown, wearing a white dress with a bow, and standing on a blue patterned wave against a gradient orange background.

A girl with a flower headband playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone on a colorful stage.

An animated woman with yellow hair speaking into a microphone.

Illustration of a singer performing on stage with a microphone, surrounded by pumpkins and an audience.

Illustration of a female DJ with headphones, mixing music on a DJ controller and laptop, surrounded by abstract sound waves and digital effects.

Illustration of two people sitting on chairs, singing into microphones, with one holding a notebook, in a room with wooden wall background and a black and white checkered floor.

Colorful illustration of an amusement park octopus ride with a blue octopus overhead, and people riding in a green house structure below, set against a pink and orange sky with pink clouds.

Colorful abstract landscape featuring large blue, pink, and orange shapes resembling mountains or clouds, with a sunset sky in pink and orange hues.

Abstract colorful shapes with eyes, featuring blue, green, yellow, purple, orange, and black elements.

Illustration of five faceless people in a row, engaged in different activities, with an orange background and green bushes in the foreground.

Illustration of a group of people performing music on stage with two singers holding microphones, surrounded by other performers playing instruments, against a warm, gradient background.

A digital drawing of a DJ wearing sunglasses, headphones around their neck, and a baseball cap, standing behind a DJ mixer. The background is colorful with swirling abstract shapes and circles in pink, yellow, orange, and teal.

A band of five people performing on stage, playing various instruments including a keyboard, guitars, and drums, with warm orange background lighting.

A cartoon illustration of a six-member band performing on stage with a red background and black speakers, holding various musical instruments including a microphone, guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, and drums.

A DJ with black hair and sunglasses on his head performs at a music event, with people raising their hands in front of a wooden wall background. There's a large illuminated smiley face in the upper right corner.

FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME

With Tim Peaks being a family-friendly party all day long, we had to put something together for the younger folks*, and that’s why we’ve created The Tim Peaks Colouring Book! The only place you could possibly go wild with a packet of crayons, BBC 6Music’s Chris Hawkins and an inflatable octopus!

For more details, downloads and the gallery head over to the Tim Peaks Colouring Book page.

* Not just for young folks!