Riversmeet Arts and Heritage Festival

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Riversmeet Arts and Heritage Festival promises to be a day of folly and imagination where Giants will roam Christchurch and myths are bought to life. Follow the crocodile footsteps to jump into our fantastical past... Through the Paradise Gardens, past the looming Castle, around to the Norman House with a stage in for the very first time, hosting incredible musicians and performers; then along the Mill Stream where you’ll pass sights of wonderment and down to the Quomps for revelry around the Bandstand! Music, theatre, dance and nonsense are the order of the day. Find award winning musicians including Radio 2’s Folk Singer of the Year Chris Wood at the Norman House and puppet shows by the Mausoleum. Help create a new play with Treehouse theatre in the gardens and follow a real life Giant down the river. Race Crocodiles in the stream then jig the night away on the quay.

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Saturday 25th April 2009 2-10pm FREE!!! Christchurch, Dorset Christchurch Castle and Norman House, Mausoleum and Gardens, Mill Stream Walk, The Quomps and Bandstand

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Acts Confirmed So Far...

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Norman House:
Chris Wood – BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2009 and BBC Radio 2 Folk Album of the Year 2009 // The Askew Sisters // Alex Roberts // Language, Timothy! // Dark Dorset // Crocodile Stomp // Mayoral Opening and Quayside Cloggies // ..

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Bandstand:
Tofu Love Frogs // The Hightown Crows // Jack Rabbit Blood // Cash Converted // Surprise Gig // Powdered Cows and the Toy Throat Alarm Clock // State of Undress // The Glow Globes //

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Mausoleum Gardens:
Treehouse Theatre Kids Area //

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Ornamental Gardens:
Raventales Storytelling // Piggery Jokery // The Paper Cinema // Raventales Grown Up Storytelling // ..

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The Quomps and Quay:
Quayside Cloggies // Maypole Dancers // Table Top Circus // Insect Circus Museum // Camera Obscura // Daemons or Doppelgangers // Captain John Pirate workshops // Piddle Brewery Bar // ..

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Walkabout:
Raventales Giants // Joe Jangles // The Pirate Fairies //

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Crocodile making and Race on the Stream // Buskers along the Mill Stream Walk // Fireworks // Christchurch Castle lit up // ..

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Find us
By Foot or Bike:
If you’re travelling by foot or by bike you can find us in the centre of Christchurch next to the Priory. To make sure you see the entire festival find us at the Mausoleum Gardens where you can collect your programme and follow our suggested route.
Or you can drop in on any of the areas where programmes will be available from our friendly stewards and explore at will! ..

By Bus
From Bournemouth and Boscombe
Yellow Buses 1a, 1b and 1c
Wilts and Dorset X12

From Ringwood and Burton
Wilts and Dorset 175 and 176

From Lymington
Wilts and Dorset X12

Around Christchurch
Wilts and Dorset C1 and C2 Circular

For more information please see Yellow Buses or Wilts and Dorset

By Train
South-West Trains operate between London Waterloo, Southampton, Christchurch, Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth. Connecting regional and direct inter-city trains operate from Bournemouth.

By Car
The M3 and M27 provide easy access from London and the South East, and the M40 and A34 provide good access from the Midlands. The A35 links Southampton to Christchurch and continues through the town to Bournmouth, Poole and the South West.

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