FOR the second year running a new venue will be opened up by the innovative Worthing Summer Busk during the daytime on Saturday.

The Montague Quarter shopping mall arcade ‘makes its debut’ with its generous acoustic and atmosphere which benefits unamplified performers to striking effect.

Here, instrumental ensembles and singing groups will receive their best town outdoor showcase yet, and with a variety of musical offerings.

Meanwhile, the two open air venues will be doing their normal stuff. South Street Square will host the small groups and solo artistes while the Montague Place Bandstage and foreground will have the electric bands and the dance.

This will be the 17th music and awareness-raising charity flag day of the Worthing Churches Homeless Projects in the town centre.

Shoreham-by-Sea is one of the towns covered by WCHP and Shoreham Allstars for the first time are generously partnering in staging the event with their mobile bandstage.

Some of the people who study music and performance at this young musicians’ collective, which serves Worthing, Shoreham and Lancing, will be in action on the day.

It is a day of generosity, with the public responding from their pockets and getting behind the voluntary statement made by the area’s musicians in support of the homeless and WCHP’s continuous work. Of the 18 different performing acts, 15 will be for the first time at the Busk.

This year, the Worthing Children’s Parade will pass by the open air venues during the morning.

The St Paul’s venue, which made its own first appearance in the Summer Busk last year, will host some music separately for WCHP in its cafe during the daytime on July 21.

The Worthing Summer Busk line-ups for Saturday (times approximate) –

Montague Quarter Arcade

10am Gennaro Fiondella & Dan Gilmore – international music on evocative accordion and trumpet

11am Seven Singers – folk and madrigal

11.30am The Featherstone Jazzmen – trad: still the most fun and feelgood jazz

Derek Little (reeds), John Davidson (trombone), Dave Cummings (banjo) Godfrey Sheppard (bass)

12.30pm Secret Shore Singers – Worthing’s authentic sea shanty vocalists take you back in time

Led by Emily Longhurst

1.30pm The Smiley Boys – ‘A Utopia of Ukeleles’ (the new collective noun) in full-on strum action

2.30pm Ken Pumphrey – voice, guitar, harmonica, and his countless songs from our life soundtracks

Montague Place Bandstage

10.30am: Northbrook Met Theatre Dance

11am: Children’s Parade passes through

11.15 – 12noon: Shoreham Allstars – young musicians

12noon – 12.30: Host Recordings – 3 solo artistes

12.30 – 1.30: Junkyard Sons – 6-piece, all original blues-rock

1.30 – 2.00: Jean Butterworth School of Dancing

2pm – 3.15: 168 No Sleep – 4-piece, favourite pop, R&B, rock

3.15 – 3.45: Northbrook Met Theatre Dance

3.45 - 5pm: RG Winfield Blues Band – 4-piece, classic blues & rock

South Street Square

12noon Peter Hammerton – a guitar, a voice, a passion, and stacks of strong nostalgic pop and rock

1pm Celtic Shore – folk trio of Irish heritage: Al Campbell (guitar, vocals) and Mary Campbell (bodhran, vocals), and guest from Shenanigan, Simon Buck (fiddle, mandolin)

2pm Shoreham Allstars young artistes to be announced

3pm Off The Rails – easy-listening duo of Tracey and Neil Martin (vocals and guitar)

4pm Mostly Jazz – Jax Perry’s chilled jazz vocals.