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Bruges Canalside Festival
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When:
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15 - 23 Aug 2008 (annual)
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Where:
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Bruges
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| Costs: |
€11.50-€13
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| Opening Hours: |
9pm-12am
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Bruge's beautiful waterways undergo complete transformation this summer, as the city stages a series of impressive historic performances and pageants along its illuminated canalside for the annual Reiefeest.
A staggering 600 musicians, singers and dancers turn out in elaborate costumes to perform scenes that recapture the spirit and the atmosphere of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance Era and The Baroque Age. Strolling from one canal to another, visitors encounter Bakelandt's band of thieves, a 19th-century wedding party and the flight of Charles II to Bruges after Cromwell banished him from Britain.
All performances aim to portray elements of Bruge's fascinating history.
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