Sweeps Festival for 2016 will be held on Saturday 30 April, Sunday 1 May and Monday, 2 May.
The festival celebrates the traditional holiday chimney sweeps enjoyed on the 1 May each year. Locally, they used to mark the occasion by staging a procession through the streets of Rochester.
Hundreds of Morris dancers decend on Rochester for a festival of traditional morris dancing and music
You can find our more about the Rochester Sweeps Festival here
http://www.medway.gov.uk/leisurecultureandsport/events/sweepsfestival2016.aspx
