Around the festival...

Programme

Sponsors

Bristol City Council

Event organised
by Bristol City
Council Arts
& Culture

Photography Competition

If you took photos at the festival, why not enter our photography competition with the chance of a £250 cash prize, plus runners up prizes. Click here for the details.

Fireworks

An estimated 50,000 people watched the Saturday night firework show - one of the highlights of the festival.

Harbour Festival Fringe

The three fringe venues - Thekla, Louisiana and Grain Barge - had bands on throughout the weekend.

Festival Programme

50,000 copies of the programme were distributed around the Bristol area and at the festival.
Watch the Film of the 2009 Harbour Festival

The film of the 2010 festival will be uploaded soon - come back and have a look to see if you're in it !

On the water

This year’s festival will see a fabulous flotilla, including several stars of the recent BBC series ‘The Boats That Built Britain’ - the Matthew (Bristol’s famous replica of the ship that took John Cabot to the new world in 1497), HMS Pickle (a replica of the ship that brought news of the Battle of Trafalgar to the mainland) and the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters.

For full programme information, see left column.

Other vessels include the Irene, built in 1907 and the last West Country trading ketch still under sail, and the Kathleen & May, a popular 31m-schooner and regular visitor to the festival.

Activities on the water throughout the day will include the popular Newfoundland dogs display, Boat Club Challenge, RNLI rescue display, steamboat parade, Pyronaut displays and sailing lessons.