Riverside Festival  2007
What's New?
This year there will be a decidedly 'Eastern' feel to
Gainsborough.  In celebration of the Beijing
Olympics the theme of the 2008 Riverside Festival
is 'Gainsborough Goes Oriental' - when local
residents and visitors alike will be able to
experience a whole host of Chinese traditions.
Gainsborough Riverside Festival 2008
Friends of the Riverside Festival Updates
Festival events planned...
A Chinese Lantern Parade
Art and Crafts
Live Performances
Drama and Dance
Fairground Rides
Food and Drink
Charities and Community Groups Stalls..Celebrating the wealth of services we have
locally..who support, help and involve everyone in their work.
Next Site Update: 1st March 2008
To find out more contact us via e mail:-
The Festival Committee and its Friends

The Festival is now managed completely by the community, but has a Festival
Co-ordinator to undertake the logistics/bookings/planning etc of the weekend, the
salary for the this part time post comes from contributions from Gainsborough Town
Council, West Lindsey District Council and local sponsorship.  The
creativity/ideas/involvement all come from local people many of whom have key roles
on the committee which meets monthly, and also from the Friends of the Festival
which meets approximately every two months.  There is always room for more
community involvement - would you like to come on board and help plan this weekend
extravaganza?  We have lots of fun along the way, and meet wonderful people - some
times there are trips away for instance our Chair has just come back from a festivals
trip to Iceland! (thanks to LCSI funding)

Here are some of the sub committees we have:- marketing/IT and the
website/fundraising and sponsorship/workshops and parade/market stalls/health and
safety and stewarding/performance/artistic input/youth activities/sport and physical
activities/environmental issues/fireworks and music input plus fairground
activities/water activities  - is there one there that you would like to help out with?  Plus
we have a Chair/ Vice Chair/ Treasurer/Secretary (this position is still vacant)
Kites/Lantern Workshops
for Festival Parade 2008