Stockton International Riverside Festival
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The Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) is an annual outdoor arts festival
in Stockton-on-Tees
, England
. It includes UK and international performers and expanded in 1991 to include the Stockton Weekender, a fringe event aimed at local musicians and comedians.
Arts festival
An arts festival is a festival that focuses on the visual arts in all its forms, but which may also focus on or include other arts.Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions and are not to be confused with the commercial art fair. Artists participate in the most important of such festival...
in Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It includes UK and international performers and expanded in 1991 to include the Stockton Weekender, a fringe event aimed at local musicians and comedians.