The opening day of the Whitehaven Weekender focuses on arts and culture as the two day festival gets underway.

Running from 11am to 5pm (17:00) the harbourside will ring out with multiple acts that will take visitors away from it all and for free.

Justice in Motion’s CODE brings together physical theatre, dance, parkour, aerial acrobatics and live music.

A powerful outdoor production that places the audiences right in the middle of the action.

Following a story shaped by the realities of County Lines and Knife Crime, it’s fast-paced and thought-provoking.

Coventry outdoor theatre group The Fabularium will be performing There Be Monsters! where the audience is taken on a quest with the hapless but noble knight Don Quixote and his long-suffering, fortune seeking side-kick Sancha Panza on their epic quest to revive chivalry, confront monsters and seek to right what is wrong or accidentally wrong what is right.

The performance will take place in five different locations around the harbour.

Visitors to Whitehaven are invited to dine with Levantes Dance Theatre for High Tea (With A Twist!).

A charming love story featuring two performers in matching costumes.

The performance serves up aerial dance, acrobatics and theatre above a beautifully laid tea table with humour, elegance and a touch of mischief keeping viewer entertained and delighted.

Dutch dry-land synchronized swimers, the Van Dunk Brothers will be performing their Olympic Games, World Championships and Burnley Baths Swimming Gala Gold Medal winning routine.

Armed only with their trunk of trunks they will have people laughing alone the harbourside.

If swimming is not your deal the Liver Cottage mobile kitchen with Hugh Fearn and Lee Whittingstall will be presenting live cookery demostrations like no other.

The Vortexes will be drifting around with their internationally booked performance that has seen them entertain royalty in Abu Dhabi and Buckingham Palace, as well as fashion shows in Paris.

Not all those announced are travelling so far with Cumbria’s Handpicked Prouctions providing creative activities and Rock With promoting local music at The Hub.

The artists have been announced for the hub with Char opening the stage at 11am and then closing it at 4:30pm (16:30).

Paul and Johnny take over at 11:30am before Amy Florence stars at 12:30 and then The Window View perform at 2:00pm (14:00).

Taking to The Hub stage at 3:30pm (15:30) Charlotte and Frazer before it closes with Char.