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7th Jan 7.30pm Film: Akenfield The Quay Theatre, Sudbury 4 / £5 24th Jan 10.00am Health Walk by the River Nayland / FREE 6th Feb 7pm Charles Holland: A House For Essex and Other Stories Firstsite, Colchester / FREE 2nd Mar – 4th Mar Alma Beer & Mussel Festival The Alma Inn, Harwich 6th Mar 2pm Constable’s Skies before & after the Haywain, Talk The Boat House Gallery, National Trust, Flatford 10 / £8 18th Mar 11am Health Walk by the River Shotley / FREE 21st Mar 10am – 12noon Spring Equinox Walk, Essex Wildlife Trust Flatford Mill, Flatford 11 27th Apr 10.30am Health Walk by the River Brantham / FREE 28th Apr 10am – 12.30pm Wildlife Walk Flatford / £8 4th May 12noon Health Walk by the River Sudbury / FREE 12th May – 3rd June Suffolk Walking Festival suffolkwalkingfestival.co.uk 12th May River Stour Trust Lock Opening River Stour Trust, Stratford St Mary / FREE 22nd May 1.30pm Outstanding Landscapes and a Dragon Nayland Village Hall, Sudbury / £5 1st Jun 11am – 4pm Wild in the Stour Valley, an outdoor activity day Mill Acre, Sudbury 5 / FREE 8th – 16th Jun Meadowlark Week 50th Anniversary Kedington Community Centre, Kedington 1 / FREE 15th June 9.30am – 1pm Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Forum Conference Venue TBC / FREE 15th June 10.30am Health Walk by the River Flatford / FREE JANUARY APRIL MAY JUNE JULY FEBRUARY MARCH January to December 2018 21st Jun 10am – 12noon Summer Solstice Walk, Essex Wildlife Trust Dedham Mill, Dedham 9 22nd Jun Solstice Swim Dedham Mill, Dedham 9 21st Jun – 1st Jul Harwich Festival Various venues in Harwich 23rd Jun Electric Boat Gathering River Stour Trust, Bures Recreation Ground 30th Jun 5.30pm East Country Talk, Jules Pretty Constable Hall / FREE 30th Jun 7pm Film: The River Runs Through Us exhibition opening reception and film showing Boat House Gallery, National Trust, Flatford 11 / FREE 4th Jul – 8th Jul Bures Music Festival Bures Recreation Ground, Bures 7th Jul 8pm Film: The River Runs Through Us Barnadiston Arms, Kedington / FREE 7th Jul Party in the Park Clare Castle Country Park, Clare 2 / FREE 8th Jul 8pm Film: The River Runs Through Us Henny Swan, Great Henny 14th Jul Water Frolics, River Stour Trust Dedham 14th Jul 7.30pm Black Sandal Poetry Reading with music from the Columbines North House Gallery, Manningtree 13 / £5 14th – 15th Jul The Priory Craft Fair Clare Priory, Clare / £4 14th – 15th Jul Manningtree Regatta Stour Sailing Club, Manningtree / FREE 20th – 21st Jul Manningtree Beer & Sausage Festival Manningtree 21st Jul Clare Horticultural Summer Show Clare Town Hall, Clare 21st Jul 6pm – 8pm Black Sandal Poetry Reading with music from the Columbines Sea Pictures Gallery, Clare 3 / £5 21st Jul 8pm Film: The River Runs Through Us North House Gallery, Manningtree 13 / FREE 28th – 29th Jul Kedington Steam and Vintage Show Kedington Community Centre and Great Meadow, Kedington 1 / FREE 28th Jul 8pm Film: The River Runs Through Us The Anchor, Nayland / FREE 29th Jul 8pm Film: The River Runs Through Us The Swan Inn, Stratford St Mary / FREE 4th Aug Coracle Regatta River Stour Trust, Bures / FREE 4th Aug All Day Sudbury Regatta, Friars Meadow Sudbury Rowing Club, Sudbury / FREE 10th Aug – 12th Aug Trail Boat Event River Stour Trust, Sudbury 7 11th Aug 2pm Film: The River Runs Through Us The Alma Inn, Harwich 14 / FREE 12th Aug 9am Mill2Mill Swim Dedham Mill Pond, Dedham / £8 16th Aug 1pm – 5pm Meadowlark Week 50th Anniversary Kedington Community Centre, Kedington 1 / FREE 16th – 17th Aug Gig Racing Stour Sailing Club, Manningtree / FREE 1st Sep 1pm – 11.30pm Bobstock Live Music & Beer Festival Kedington Community Centre, Kedington 1 / FREE 15th – 16th Sep Sudbury to the Sea River Stour Trust, Sudbury 7 18th Sep 2pm – 5pm Outstanding Landscapes around Clare Walk Clare Country Park, Clare / £9.50 21st Sep Clare Castle Country Park: Guided Walk Clare Country Park, Clare The River Stour Festival celebrates the river, its culture, communities and surrounding landscape throughout 2018. It provides an impetus to arts, nature, health, environment and businesses in the Stour Valley and beyond, and an ambition to connect both local people and visitors with the rich landscape on our doorstep. River Stour Festival riverstourfest riverstourfestival Festival Partners: Designed by creative.coop 21st Sep 10am – 12noon Autumn Equinox Walk, Essex Wildlife Trust Car Park, Lower Holbrook 21st – 22nd Sep “Spirit of the Stour” Plein Air Painting Competition The Munnings Art Museum, Dedham 8 / £25 + 25% Commission 3rd Oct Munnings Birthday Lecture The Munnings Art Museum, Dedham 8 5th – 7th Oct Harwich International Sea Shanty Festival Multiple Venues, Harwich Dec Valley Farm Opens National Trust, Flatford Exhibitions riverstourfestival.com 18th Nov – 18th Feb 10am – 5pm Grayson Perry Exhibition – u The Life of Julie Cope Firstsite, Colchester / FREE 17th Mar – 24th Mar 10am – 5pm Patrick George Retrospective, Cobbold & Judd Minories Art Gallery, Colchester 10 / FREE 30th Mar – 30 Oct 2pm – 5pm Munnings and the River The Munnings Art Museum, Dedham 8 / £6 30th Jun – 26th Aug The River Runs Through Us Exhibition Boat House Gallery, National Trust, Flatford 10 / FREE 15th June – 13th Aug 10am – 5pm Up River Exhibition Sea Pictures Gallery, Clare 3 / FREE 30th Jun – 25 Aug 10am – 5pm Estuary Exhibition North House Gallery, Manningtree 13 / FREE Saturdays and by appointment Please note Events are subject to change so please refer to our website before booking. riverstourfestival.com Accessibility information for venues can be found on our website. AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER DECEMBER Further events and information are to be found on our website, please visit and find booking details there: The River Stour Festival celebrates the river, its culture, communities and surrounding landscape throughout 2018
