Bristol Harbour Festival

The biggest event of its kind in the South West and a highlight of Bristol's Sea Britain celebrations, the Bristol Harbour Festival takes place around the city's beautiful harbour and attracts around 180,000 people to the fantastic range of free entertainment.

The harbour side and surrounding squares and streets will be filled with music, circus and street performers, live dance, continental markets, and the spectacular Saturday night illuminated performance and fireworks, making it one of Bristol's special events.

The historic harbour will be alive with a flotilla of tall ships, Navy ships and hundreds of smaller craft, including a replica of the HMS Pickle. The Pickle was the fastest schooner in Nelson?s fleet that brought the news of the victory at Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson to England in 1805. Lord Nelson, played by ex-Royal Marine, Alex Naylor, will be with the ship at the festival to talk about life at sea 200 years ago.

(from Visit Britain)