International Festival of the Sea, 1996
international festival sea maritime festival held around floating harbour english port city bristol held may first series international festival sea since held various united kingdom port key theme bristol festival john cabot pioneering voyage discovery america part festival replica cabot ship matthew dedicated prior reenactment cabot voyage following year vessel taking part included tall ship eye wind pride baltimore rose kaskelot earl pembroke sail training ship royalist made news going aground tricky passage avon gorge approach floating harbour casualty damage sustained ship subsequently refloated unlike annual bristol harbour festival international festival sea ticketed event necessitated cordoning usually publicly accessible harbourside area together nearby part city centre within cordon visitor able view visiting ship boat watch live music street performance entertainment festival brought close firework display festival extensively covered bbc television several live program broadcast event coverage presented peter snow jill dando sandi toksvig additional material tony robinson antony worrall thompson otele bristol slavery politics representation slave trade gallery bristol museum social semiotics pp– doi