The weekend of Aug 2-3 is the EDF Energy Bristol Harbour Festival. The Festival is a free family event with several stages for music and dancing as well as a circus stage and street performances. Ian and I went down fairly early, 11:30 on Saturday to scope out the stages and booths along the harbourside. After meandering about for a bit we went to the cirque bijou stage where we watched a trapeze act, dance, Chinese pole act and a fantastic aerial silk performance. We then went to see the infamous Morris dancers. We have been hearing a lot about Morris dancing which is a traditional type of dancing in England done by men wearing bells on their legs and involving wooden sticks or handkerchiefs. The performance was quite entertaining and the dancer who introduced each dance was quite funny. There was also a traditional horse character, crack, which circled the audience, snapping his jaws and p laying with the crowd. Later in the afternoon Ian and I went back to the festival to see some musical performances. We saw Beth Rowley, a Bristol native who recently released an album and an energetic Irish band called Sheenaigans.
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