Bristol in pics: Harbour Festival and graduations

Music is a huge part of the Bristol Harbour Festival, with Eva Lazarus performing for the crowds on Saturday

Bristol is known for its festivals, particularly in the summer, and this weekend the biggest event in the city returned.

Temperatures soared on Friday as the Bristol Harbour Festival kicked off with an evening of live music.

It is also graduation season for our two universities, and good news for one of the biggest primary schools in the city.

Brave souls: The biggest event that takes place in the city - the Bristol Harbour Festival - began on Friday. One of the mainstays of the annual celebration of the city's waterways is the cardboard boat race, which many crews took part in on Saturday (above and below).

The Harbour Festival continues with plenty of events on Sunday.

Studies over: It's graduation time and thousands of students from both UWE and the University of Bristol have been putting on their robes and mortar boards for the ceremonies to honour their academic studies.

A new venue: For the first time, UWE is holding its graduation ceremonies at Bristol Beacon, with some 6,000 graduates expected to pass through the doors to celebrate this month.

Go west: Off Piste Ski Trip - the largest black winter sports group in the UK – swapped snowboards for surfboards with 60 people from London spending time at The Wave in Bristol this week. Off Piste was set up to encourage more members of the black community to try skiing and snowboarding, and is now looking at other sports where black communities are under-represented.

Taking their time: Kingswood RFC Titans hosted what the club believes is the largest walking rugby festival in the world on 13 July, with 44 teams from 34 clubs participating - 450 players in total.

Slower sport: It has been seven years since the club began walking rugby events. Multiple prizes were handed out on 13 July, including the fair play trophy to the Silver Ravens from Nailsea & Backwell RFC.

Those summer nights: Some 5,000 fans gathered to watch England take on Spain in the final of Euro 2024 on Sunday night. Sadly for them, and millions of others up and down the country, Gareth Southgate's men lost 2-1 to a late goal.

Expectant: The stadium, home to Bristol City and the Bristol Bears rugby team, was one of the most popular spots to watch the games as England made it to their second successive European Championship final.

Well done: Bridge Farm Primary in Whitchurch has a Banksy, not something every school can boast. Now it can add an excellent Ofsted report to its list of honours after inspectors rated the school "Good" in all areas this week. Some 630 pupils attend the school, and head teacher Joy Mounter was praised for her leadership of the staff.