Fakenham is getting behind its Riverside Festival

It’s looking good for the ever popular Fakenham’s annual Riverside Festival on Sunday 16^th June. The event is held near the town centre by the beautiful river Wensum.

It includes the Great Fakenham Duck Race2024, the Giant Sponsored Duck Race, carboard raft races and a field of fun with bouncy castles, free facepainting, stalls, live music, an exercise area and food. New this year is the arena with fun and games, exercise and dance for everyone to join in with.

Organiser Richard Crook from Active Fakenham, said, “ The response has been great. We have forty one individually decorated giant ducks sponsored by local businesses and we will have the very popular Great Fakenham Duck Race with ducks at only one pound. Going by previous years I am expecting some interesting cardboard rafts and some spectacular manoeuvres and capsizes.

This year we are thrilled to have Platten Fitness and the Fakenham Sports and Fitness Centre running some fun sessions including a tug of war, on the field so bring your trainers or maybe take part in your wellies! We are also very pleased to have the talented Anto Morra back by popular demand to provide some live music.

We keep everything low cost and as accessible and fun as possible. The facepainting is free, the inflatables are only £5 for a whole day wristband and some free wristbands have been donated to schools

It is still not too late to build and enter your own carboard raft or for businesses to decorate and sponsor a giant duck”

Any profits go to the events Active Fakenham organises in the town throughout the year and a donation will be made to local charity Fakenham First Focus.”

Richard added, “This is a great opportunity for businesses which get to promote themselves, as well as helping the town and having some fun.”

There is no parking on site, but free parking is available in Olivet Way. The nearest toilets are a ten minute walk. Ducks will be on sale for £1.00 on the day and on the Fakenham market on Thursday 13^th June. The event in Goggs Mill Road runs from 10.00 until 2.30pm. Details are on the Active Fakenham website and social media.

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2025 Fakenham Giant Sponsored Duck Race

December 18, 2024

Join us for the Giant Duck Race Active Fakenham, in partnership the Fakenham and District Rotary Club, is thrilled to be putting on this event. Join us to watch these ducks. Why your business should join in We hope your business decides to support this community project. We will aim to make the event as much fun as possible and encourage participation and attendance. We will also help promote your duck (and therefore your business). Any money raised will go towards community events in Fakenham and a contribution is also being made to Fakenham First Focus. We will aim to do this by: • listing entries on our website • posting on social media (we do Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) • distributing press and media releases • the event will be photographed and filmed (tbc) and these will be available to you as well as shared on social media and websites - we will arrange a photo shoot at the Bridge in Goggs Mill Road at Goggs Mill Bridge prior to the event. This will go in the local paper. Winners prizes include 1. First Prize TBC 2. A bottle of Champagne For more information and to download the entry form as a PDF HERE or as a WORD Doc HERE Active Fakenham would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring a duck in the 2022 Corporate Duck Race. Any funds raised will go to local events and local charities Aldiss Butcher Andrews Solicitors Carben Construction Dempsey Heating Des Cooper Hairdressers Eastern Daily Press Fakenham & District Rotary Club Fakenham and Wells Times Fakenham Garden Centre Fakenham Infant School Fakenham Junior School First Focus GJL animal feeds Grove Veterinary hospital and clinics H Banham Ltd Hayes and Storr Larking Gowan M D Williamson Carpets Ltd Nod Butcher and Son Original Factory Shop Ploegor UK Soil Fertility Services? Sports & Fitness Centre Stephenson Smart ✿ ☀ ♫

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