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Old Gaffers Festival Free

Friday 312.00pmJune
2011

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Old Gaffers Festival Free

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GRAND OPENING at 12 noon on Friday 3rd June by LORD GRADE OF YARMOUTH, CBE

During the Festival, Yarmouth's picturesque harbour will be filled with life and colour with more than 100 visiting traditional sailing, steam and motor vessels, including the cream of the Old Gaffers fleet.

On shore there will be a huge range of attractions keeping the thousands of visitors entertained from morning til night all weekend. Click here to see pictures from past Festivals.

Keep an eye on this site, which will bring you details of the spectacle and fun to be enjoyed by the participants and visitors to Yarmouth this year.

This year's events include:

* Street Entertainment<br>
* Live Music<br>
* Spectacular Classic and Gaff-rigged Boats in the Harbour<br>
* Exciting Racing for Gaff-rigged Boats within sight of the shore<br>
* Visiting Classic Vehicles<br>
* Craft Fair and Market<br>
* Flower Festival<br>
* Lifeboat Demonstration<br>
* And lots more …..

On Friday at 6.30 pm our left field DJ

ROB DA BANK

will host another spectacular evening with

The Correspondents

and

Mr B - the Gentleman Rhymer

Saturday's great tribute evening starts at 6.30 pm and features

The Bog Rolling Stones and The Silver Beatles supported by Nova Casper as Tina Turner with her dancing girls

Tickets for each evening are £8 each but numbers are limited BUY NOW! from the Wightlink booking office in Yarmouth or Lymington or from the kiosk in Yarmouth bus station

Click on the buttons on the left to find out more about what will happen this year.