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Love Rugby Festival celebrating arts and sport to boost town
A festival getting under way in Rugby will celebrate arts and culture along with sport and Love Rugby Festival starts later and runs until 6 July, and one of the highlights will be the Couch to 5K fun run through the town centre on the last day, with the finish line at Whitehall Recreation Borough Council said the festival had been organised to boost pride in the borough and increase footfall in the town coincides with Rugby School's Festival on the Close, and Warwickshire Open Studios' Summer Art Weeks festival.
The council said the run was to celebrate sport and to tie in with the festival's theme of improving people's mental and physical will follow a route that takes them past landmarks such as Rugby School, Caldecott Park and the Clock Tower.
'Celebrating the best'
The festival lineup includes several exhibitions at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a "birthday bash" on Saturday. Displays for children and families include self-portraits and crafted animal figures.A butterfly trail has been organised in Caldecott Park, where people can pick up a sheet and search for 15 colourful, wooden events are being held to celebrate Pride, including a speed-meet, a cinema night and march and picnic, on events include a football festival all weekend, triathlon taster sessions on Monday and Tuesday, and paddlesport at the Rugby Canoe Club on leader Michael Moran urged people to join in, be part of something special and celebrate "the very best" of the town.
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