Great Expectations for The Riverside Dickens Festival Silver Jubilee 25 years of Wit and Wisdom

This year, the main days of the Riverside Dickens Festival will be February 24 and 25 2018 on the Main Street Pedestrian Mall near City Hall in Historic downtown Riverside between University Ave. and 11th Street.  Now in its 25th year, the literary festival emphasizes the 19th century works of authors of England and America, with Charles Dickens being the central figure. Through drama, art, music, dance and cultural events, the festival portrays the life and times of another era. The featured book of the year is Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations.”     New at the Festival this year: “Mr. Pickwick’s Predicament”, An interactive Murder Mystery at Pickwick’s Pub Night Fundraiser Miss Havisham’s Escape Room Séance:  Dialogue with The Dead Soirees Mystique:  A Delightfully Diabolical Deception! BrassWorks