The two-day festival includes family fun days, magic shows, movies and live music, and culminates in a firework display on the river.

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At this point, it could go any way, growing into a really fascinating show full of deep mysteries, or taking the easy road and becoming just another attempt to recapture the old magic of shows like X-Files.

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To me, game shows were the place to go to see magic and happiness occur on a daily basis.

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