Canal Events & Festivals 2014 - 2015

Blisworth’s waterfront will be full of trade boats and stalls selling everything from cheese to boat oil with 2 trip boats operating both days. The Playboat ‘Funion Bargee’ will also be moored and providing free play sessions. Saturday August 9th & Sunday August 10th 11am - 5pm both days *FREE MOORING *FREE PARKING *FREE ENTRY *FREE WALKS & TALKS

Come and join a week of FREE fun packed activities and discover the Rochdale Canal. Activities include guided walks, bike rides, canoe and angling taster sessions, boat rides, wildlife workshops, art and photographic competitions, fun days and much more

This annual festival is based around City Road Lock and Basin and along the tow path to Packington Park. There will be a variety of stalls, fun-fair, music, refreshments, boat trips and viewing of Community Boats. 11.00 a.m. to 5 pm, adjoining City Road Lock, Islington.

The Black Country Boating Festival - a boat gathering and community festival held in the Bumble Hole Nature Reserve, Windmill End, Netherton. Narrowboats of all kinds, Live Music, Real Ales and Ciders, Boat Trips, Trade and Charity Stalls. Free entry and Free Parking 10am - 5pm Daily. Entry Forms and more information available at www.bcbf.com

Family event for all ages, static narrowboat display, working boats, live entertainment, children's rides and entertainment, charity and trade stalls, canal boat rides, crafts and arts displays, animal displays, static engines, model railway exhibition, food and real ales and much more.

Fireworks on the night of the 1st. Real ale bar, barbecue, bonfire and live music as well. Come by boat, (Engine Arm Junction on the BCN Old Main Line, just above Smethwick Locks), by train (two hundred yards from Smethwick Rolfe Street Station, or by car to Smethwick Enterprise Centre, Rolfe Street, Smethwick B66 2AR.