Free festival in summer

The Audlem RNLI Festival returns for another year and promises to be fun and educational event for the whole family.

Hosted by award winning Overwater Marina, the weekend charity event is being held on the evening of 31st May from 6.00pm and on the Sunday 1st June from 10.00am to 3.00pm at Overwater Marina just north of Audlem.

Saturday

The entertainments begin on Saturday evening with an exciting Cowboy Shoot Out by the Lincoln County Regulators who will be returning for more mayhem on the Sunday.

There will be an exciting Irish Dance performance from The Fraser School of Irish Dance, musical entertainment from local up and coming bands and then California Blue will play into the night with their popular mix of retro 60s and 70s hits for you to dance to. As well as wonderful food the RNLI bar will be open.

Sunday

Sunday will be a fun day for all the family with the return of the ever popular 'around the island' raft race, with homemade rafts promising some entertaining competition from local teams.

On the serious side, Cheshire's services including Fire & Rescue, Police and Police Divers
will be demonstrating water rescues and promoting water safety.

As well displays from the historic Narrowboat 'Saturn', Cheshire Cat Narrowboat Hire, Boat Finder Brokerage and BCMB Boat Management will all be available for information on hiring, owning, or owning a share in a canal boat.

Linda Andrews of Cheshire Cat Training will be offering impromptu mini-training sessions and advice on boat handling. Hook up with Stapeley Anglers who are offering free coarse fishing classes.

There will be something for everyone on land and the water, with fun activities including farm tractor rides, pony rides, falconry displays, a dog agility show, tug of war, duck racing and hula hooping contests, and it's not all just for the kids either!

Rodney Cottrell, event organiser says: "We are so pleased to be able to have an annual event to bring all these people together in such a wonderful environment. I hope it raises loads of money for the RNLI so they can carry on their valuable job of saving lives."

Over the last three years, the Audlem Lass Boat Service with the assistance of Overwater Marina have raised over £12,000 for the RNLI and look forward to raising even more at this exciting event.

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