Join Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club for a free community festival packed with boat launches, thrilling skiff races, live music, storytelling, craft workshops, exhibitions and RNLI demonstrations.
Watch Dame Katherine Grainger, Olympic medal winning rower, launch two new boats and cheer on local skiffs racing in the bay. Enjoy performances from the Newhaven Choir, Castle Chorus, the Edinburgh Ukrainian Choir and the Grassmarket Guitar Band.
Hear seafaring tales from storyteller Jan Bee Brown and explore Newhaven’s maritime past in the Tides of Time exhibition. Share your own coastal memories with our Oral History team.
Get hands-on with craft workshops at the Heart of Newhaven and learn essential knots!
For festival updates, visit Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club’s Facebook page.
Seafaring Spirit: Celebrating Newhaven’s Coastal Community
Join Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club for a free community festival packed with boat launches, thrilling skiff races, live music, storytelling, craft workshops, exhibitions and RNLI demonstrations.Watch Dame Katherine Grainger, Olympic medal winning rower, launch two new boats and cheer on local skiffs racing in the bay. Enjoy performances from the…
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Event details
10am - 4pm
26th April
Newhaven Harbour
Pier Place
Edinburgh
EH6 4LP
and
Heart of Newhaven
4 - 6 Main Street
Newhaven
Edinburgh
EH6 4HY
Free
Heart of Newhaven Community Centre has accessible toilets and the exhibition/workshop space there will be an accessible, ground level venue. Newhaven Harbour is also an accessible venue.
Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club
Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club
The Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club is based in Newhaven, Edinburgh. In 2010 we built and launched a skiff “The Wee Michael”, named after the famous “Great Michael” launched at Newhaven in 1511. Since then we’ve become a regular sight rowing out on the Forth.
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