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What’s on at the festival

Featured events

Duck Race

Image description Sep 6, 2026 Image description3:00 pm
Buy your duck(s), £2 each at Morrisons on 29th August and 5th September or on the quay at the Festival on 6th September. Prizes are £50 first prize, £25 second prize, £10 3rd prize.
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Cardboard Boat Race

Image description Sep 6, 2026 Image description12:30 pm
Registration required
Build and decorate your cardboard boat and paddle against others, either on your own or with a crew, for a chance to win prizes! Decorate in Steampunk style or choose... whatever inspires you.
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Fancy Dress Parade

Image description Sep 6, 2026 Image description12:10 pm
The main theme for this year’s Festival is Steampunk, so let your imagination run riot and dress up to show us what ‘Steampunk’ means to you. Or dress up in whatever inspires you.
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Water activities 2026 (times to be confirmed)

12:00 midday Cardboard Boats Registration Ends

12:15 pm Cardboard Boat Scrutineering and Judging

12:30 pm  Cardboard Boat Race Heats Begin

1:00 pm  Cardboard Boat Race Finals

Take part: You can register and enter a boat. Find out more.

2:00 pm North Devon Yacht Club Bideford Race

2:30 pm Carboard Boat Survivors Race

3:00 pm  Pilot Gig Race

3:15 pm  Duck race

3:30 pm  Water Events Prize Giving at Kingsley Steps

Quayside activities 2026 (times & artists to be confirmed)

12:00 pm  Opening of Festival

12:45 pm  Bideford Phoenix Morris Dancers?

12:10 pm  Fancy Dress Parade

12:15 pm  Bideford Youth Scottish Pipers?

1:15 pm  Applecorers Shanty Group?

2:00 pm  Steve Ellison the best of Saxaphone?

2:30 pm  Samba Baia Drumming Band?

3:00 pm  Chiggypig?

4:00 pm  Prize Draws for Raffle and Lundy Prize

4:30 pm  Closing Ceremony