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- Free annual pageant, together with jousting, stalls and dwelling historical past
- Activities for all ages and talents
- A jam-packed day ranging from 11am
Save the date for the return of Tamworth’s standard St George’s Day celebrations, with an thrilling line-up of leisure set to take over the Castle Grounds, with medieval-themed enjoyable for the entire household on Saturday 18 April, from 11am – 4pm.
The FREE annual pageant is among the highlights of Tamworth Borough Council’s spectacular calendar of outside occasions, drawing hundreds of holiday makers from throughout the nation.
The line-up contains pageant favourites together with jousting, a dwelling historical past camp, dragons, archery, fairground rides, neighborhood video games and zorb balls.
The Grand Medieval Joust is again by standard demand. Audiences will be capable of watch the motion unfold as St George competes with knights on horseback take to the principle enviornment to point out off their jousting expertise. Fun shows assured, full of guffaws and motion, trick driving and stunts, with expert performances from gorgeous horses and knights in shining armour.
Look out for ‘The Warriors’ as they placed on a fight show adopted by a session dispelling myths of battle. With massive dynamic and overly dramatic battle scenes, this new for 2026 present, is crammed with humour and myth-busting.
‘The Dragon Princess’ can even be at this yr’s occasion, with tales of how one courageous princess and a not-so-brave knight got here to save lots of a kingdom from a hard dragon. This present includes a large strolling dragon, adopted by a parade from the native scout teams that can end in the principle enviornment to conduct the Scout Promised at 1pm.
The Community Games returns within the grounds providing varied actions from native suppliers and golf equipment. They will carry collectively households in a pleasant setting, to create alternatives for each adults and kids to strive completely different sporting actions no matter age or potential. Complete actions and accumulate stickers to earn your very personal Community Games medal.
Food distributors will probably be on web site promoting scrumptious cold and warm meals and drinks, together with neighborhood and native enterprise stalls promoting treats and artisan objects. Plus, the day wouldn’t be full with out Barkers Fun Fair within the grounds.
Timetable of leisure for the day:
11am: The Warriors
11.30am: The Dragon Princess
12noon: Jousting Battle
1pm: Scouts Promise
1.30pm: The Warriors
2pm: The Dragon Princess
2.30pm: Jousting Battle
Families are additionally invited to go to the citadel between 10am and 5pm (final admission 4pm). General admission payment applies. More info will be discovered on their web site right here: www.tamworthcastle.co.uk.
Stephen Gabriel, chief govt for Tamworth Borough Council, mentioned: “The St George’s Day pageant is among the hottest occasions on our calendar and we’re excited that this yr we get to rejoice with our favorite jousting knights and a few new leisure characters.
“With a lot occurring all through the occasion, it’s straightforward to maintain the entire household entertained for a number of hours with a wide range of medieval-themed enjoyable and video games.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming lots of people to the town during this fun weekend, with the celebrations starting from 11am. Look out for the full programme line-up at St George’s Extravaganza 2026 | Tamworth Borough Council.”
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