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Events

Hawick Reivers Festival 2005

Date Thursday, March 24, 2005 19:30 - Sunday, March 27, 2005 24:00
Location Various, Hawick
Cost Various - some events are free
Contact Information & full programme from 01450 372001 or http://www.teribus.com/reivers05.htm

This exciting and unique festival celebrates a well-known and romanticised period of history when the borderlands of Scotland and England were the home of cattle thieves and outlaws - the Border Reivers.

This festival brings this 16th century reiving period to life with re-enactments and historical events. It also evokes the spirit of those times through music and the arts and a spectacular procession and fireshow.

  • Thursday 24 - concert celebrating Hawick's cultural legacy.
  • Friday 25 - guided walks & ceilidh
  • Saturday 26 - street events, 16th century market, dramas, crafts, workshops; torchlight procession & fireworks; music club.
  • Sunday 27 - literary & music workshops; Easter service.

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