This week’s Wednesday Freebies section consists of topics on- a) Nottingham’s Riverside Festival has free events awaiting you.; b) Kids Week offers free tickets and activities for kids, over the month; c) Get free beauty products from Glamour Beauty Club. Also, check out for more freebies in our blog section everyday.
Nottingham’s Riverside Festival has free events awaiting you
Nottingham’s biggest event of the summer has lots to offer this weekend, to keep the whole family entertained. The Riverside Festival 2017 is taking place this weekend from 4th to 6th August, offering anything from have-a-go archery to dragon boat racing, plus fireworks display, music, rubber duck race, great food and much more, all to enjoy over the three days. The annual festival is expecting over 100,000 people to attend this year. Join the free activities on the banks of the River Tent.
The line-up includes live music, street food, markets, try-out sports zones, craft fairs and a fun fair too. The Riverside Festival fireworks display will be on Saturday eventing at 10:30pm. Music will be performed across 3 stages, offering acid jazz and funk music, from Saturday, with more artists for folk, jazz and world music joining. The Folk Stage will have Cupola: Ward and Lucy Ward, Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, Sam Kelly and Lost Boys. World music at the Monument Stage has Son Yambu, Zee Guveya, Dev Joshi and Zing Zong Allstars. The 17 musician on the city’s own dedicated orchestra at the Jazz Stage, are sure to close the festival with a bang.
The Children’s Zone area will host creative fun on Saturday, from noon to 8pm; and on Sunday from noon to 6pm. It includes making your own kite, festival hat-making, clay flower and puppet theatre. Nottingham Playhouse will have a Cinderella-themed den with a panto dame reading to kids fairy tales. There’s also a Nottingham Scouts activity centre and a circus skills workshop. On Sunday (6 August) Dragon Boat racing will be held from 11am to 4pm, along the river, with also the charity rubber duck race at 4:30pm.
Saturday night has the fireworks display with a shuttle bus transportation arranged from Tent Bridge end. There will be road closures and diversions from Thursday to Sunday.
Portfolio holder for Leisure and Culture, Councillor Dave Timble. at the city council, said they are expecting great numbers this year, are immensely proud of the city council for holding such great free events for the joy of Nottingham people. This was his favourite event and this year’s festival and fun weekend is sure to be a massive success, with such variety in a packed programme for everyone, he added.
Kids Week offers free tickets and activities for kids, over the month
The annual London theatre initiative, Kids Week, run by the Society of London Theatre, has begun this month, offering free tickets, on more than 35 shows, for children. The idea started in 1998 and this year it’s going to be the 20th Kids Week. It has reached more than 1.2 million children and families over the years.
Kids Week this year has issued nearly 160,000 tickets and more than 60,000 tickets are remaining to the performances, across the month. The initiative also offers a great range of free activities and events. In addition, Kids Week tickets holders can avail a number of Kids Go Free deals on hotels, dining and tours. Kids Week encourages young people with a chance to experience live theatre and as an audience development initiative is one of the longest running in the world.
The President of the Society of London Theatre, Kenny Wax, said theatres all over London are giving free tickets to children with full paying adults, during this month. He believes nothing can spark a child’s imagination more, than a magical live performance.
There are many varied productions, from comedies to thrillers and musicals to plays, over the summer holidays, with some 60,000 tickets still available, he added. Tickets for Kids Week are available along with a list of shows and information, at the website- kidsweek.co.uk.
Get free beauty products from Glamour Beauty Club
To get free samples of beauty products, sign-up to the Glamour Beauty Club. Just complete an online beauty profile and you’ll get delivered at your doorstep, free beauty products. Sign-up as a member and you get specially selected products that match your requirements, but members have to provide a feedback on every item received.
Registration is simple and simply answer a few questions to help determine what products you require and they will be sent in Glamour packaging, free of charge, to you. This is part of Glamour Magazine’s new product testing programme, aimed at beauty junkies, involving products as and when available and which matches your online beauty profile. Free sample products will also be sent when there’s a new product launch, but matching the info you’ve put online.
