Bristol’s Harbour festival is back for 2023 and it's now just over a month away. With the event set to take place between July 14 and July 16, organisers have put a call out for families, schools and even businesses to take part in one of the most iconic moments of the annual event - the cardboard boat race.
Launches will take place throughout the festival weekend and will set off from the pontoon area near Prince Street Bridge and organisers are kicking the run up to the race off by offering cardboard boat making workshops. The workshops are aimed at schools and business but families can also join in at a public workshop if they pay for tickets.
Organisers shared that last year’s festival saw ‘over 100 cardboard boats boats take to the water, built by 700 school children in Bristol’ and the first boat then went over the line, claiming the £100 prize, was built by children at Ashton Gate Primary school. All of this was part of the ‘My Future My Choice’ scheme.
