Friday 22 June | Folk Night |
7.00pm – 8.00pm | Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley - superb contemporary folk tunes |
8.00pm – 9.00pm | The Weavils - hot brass and cool guitars |
9.00pm – 10.30pm | Ceolta - Irish Jigs and Reels |
Saturday 23 June | |
12noon – 1.00pm | John and Ailsa Booth – Folk |
1.30pm – 2.00pm | Grand Procession of Boats plus Watch Northwich Town Bridge swing open - Built in 1899, the bridge was the first electrically-powered swing bridge in Great Britain, and the first bridge in the UK to be built on floating pontoons to counteract mining subsidence. Designed by Colonel John Saner. |
1.00pm – 2.00pm | Marc Curzon |
2.00pm – 2.30pm | Opening Ceremony |
2.30pm – 3.00pm | Roberts Bakery Band |
3.00pm – 4.00pm | Dave Thompson – Blues |
4.00pm – 5.00pm | House of Cain - Blues Band |
7.00pm – 8.00pm | 8 Ball Truth - good old rock 'n' roll |
8.00pm – 9.00pm | James Davison - blues singer |
9.00pm – 10.30pm | Beaver - R&B Band |
All Day | |
Wild Over Waterways | A fun activity for children to learn about our canal and waterways heritage. This activity entertains and encourages children to learn more about their environment and how to stay safe around water, as they hunt for canal and waterway clues around the festival site. |
Sunday 24 June | |
8.00am onwards | Car Boot Sale |
11.00am – 12.00noon | Broken Cross Boat Club Auction - Broken Cross Boat Club will be selling and auctioning many useful and perhaps not so useful items. Bring along your unwanted waterways related items for the auctioneer to sell to raise funds for the restoration and maintenance of our waterways. |
11.00am – 12.00noon | IWA Fun Dog Show |
12noon – 1.00pm | Pacific – Indie Band |
1.00pm – 2.00pm | Bostock Brass Band |
1.00pm | Duck Race on the Dane - Come along, choose the winner and experience the thrill of the race, all in aid of charity and sponsored by the local Rotary Club. |
2.00pm – 3.00pm | Circusology Workshop and Chris Topper Puppets. |
3.00pm – 4.00pm | Bostock Brass Band |
4.00pm | Awards, Presentations and Raffle |
4.00pm – 5.00pm | Circusology Workshop and Chris Topper Puppets. |
All Day | Face Painting and Children's Craft Workshops |
Around the Festival Site | |
Diamond Jubilee Mugs | To celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee an exclusively designed pottery mug has been made by the Stoke on Trent pottery. The mugs will be transported to the festival site via the 200 year old Trent & Mersey canal and historic Anderton boat lift using the classic narrow boat 'Lindsay'. Repeating the traditional route used for the working boats serving the potteries, delivering salt from Anderton and returning with finished pottery goods for export via the Weaver. These exclusive mugs, available for sale at the festival, bear the Diamond Jubilee emblem designed by young designer Katherine Dewar winner of the Blue Peter competition who will be our special guest on Saturday. |
LS Lowry Boat Trips | Take the grand tour of the River Weaver on board our trip boat the LS Lowry, with regular tours departing from Town Bridge Northwich. (charges apply – Saturday and Sunday only). |
Bell Boats | Come and try your skills paddling on the river in a safe and fun environment. These boats offer a great opportunity to get afloat on the river. Working together as a team to explore the river from a very different perspective (free activity – Saturday and Sunday only). |
Art from Rubbish | A schools activity sponsored by the Inland Waterways Association, with local school children creating works of art from everyday objects normally considered to be rubbish. These wonderful creations will be on display at the festival site over the weekend. |
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