Gainsborough Riverside Festival
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Gainsborough Riverside Festival is an annual community Arts/Heritage event that runs on the second weekend of June in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
on the banks of the River Trent
. The day begins around noon with a community parade along the banks of the river and entertainment is provided throughout the day until 10:30pm when the day is brought to a head with an extravagant fireworks display.
Entertainment is provided throughout the day courtesy of local bands, musicians, community groups and street performers. There is also a market for community groups and organisations usually accompanied by a continental market running along the riverside to the town centre.
Art is exhibited on the day along the riverside provided by local artists and groups.
The festival which is themed diiferently each year has run since 2002 has in the last seven years attracted visitors in five figure numbers.
The theme in 2002 was Viking
.
The theme in 2003 was Elizabethian/Tudor
The theme in 2004 was "Groovy Gainsborough
"
The theme in 2005 was "Gainsborough goes Wild"
The theme in 2006 was "Caribbean Calypso, Gainsborough goes Bananas
"
The theme in 2007 was "Gainsborough makes Waves, a Seaside Celebration
"
The theme for 2008 was "Gainsborough goes Oriental".
The theme for 2009 is The English Civil War. "Gainsborough the rematch
"
The theme for 2010 was "water, wind and willows"
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...
on the banks of the River Trent
River Trent
The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...
. The day begins around noon with a community parade along the banks of the river and entertainment is provided throughout the day until 10:30pm when the day is brought to a head with an extravagant fireworks display.
Entertainment is provided throughout the day courtesy of local bands, musicians, community groups and street performers. There is also a market for community groups and organisations usually accompanied by a continental market running along the riverside to the town centre.
Art is exhibited on the day along the riverside provided by local artists and groups.
The festival which is themed diiferently each year has run since 2002 has in the last seven years attracted visitors in five figure numbers.
The theme in 2002 was Viking
Viking
The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
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The theme in 2003 was Elizabethian/Tudor
The theme in 2004 was "Groovy Gainsborough
Counterculture
Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. Counterculture can also be described as a group whose behavior...
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The theme in 2005 was "Gainsborough goes Wild"
The theme in 2006 was "Caribbean Calypso, Gainsborough goes Bananas
Calypso music
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...
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The theme in 2007 was "Gainsborough makes Waves, a Seaside Celebration
Seaside resort
A seaside resort is a resort, or resort town, located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.- Overview :...
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The theme for 2008 was "Gainsborough goes Oriental".
The theme for 2009 is The English Civil War. "Gainsborough the rematch
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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The theme for 2010 was "water, wind and willows"