- Open to public?
- Open to public, no booking required
- Hosted by:
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Shaftesbury Town Council - Date:
- 6 May 2023
- Location:
- Shaftesbury Town Council, Town Hall, High Street, SHAFTESBURY, Dorset ALC, SP78LY, United Kingdom
- Find out more:
- https://www.shaftesbury-tc.gov.uk/kings-coronation-events/
Saturday 6 May – King’s Coronation Community Festival
4pm til late, Wincombe Recreation Ground
Kicking off the weekend in style, we will be welcoming a host of local musicians to entertain the crowds at our Community Festival, alongside a variety of food and drink establishments. Headlining the event will be local band Jarmarca, ably supported by Belle Street, Conor and The Reel Deal. Gritchie will be providing the pop-up bar and the Scouts will be doing a BBQ. You are also more than welcome to BYO picnic.
Sunday 7 May – Crown Hunt
11am-2pm, St James’ Park
Perfect for the little ones, our Crown Hunt will take place in the newly reopened St James’ Park. We’ve hidden 1,000 wooden crowns in the grounds of the park and Shaftesbury Abbey – find five to win a special Coronation prize!
Please register via Eventbrite as places are limited. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crown-hunt-tickets-608393440157
Thanks to members of the British Royal Legion who have supported this event and to Shaftesbury Fairtrade for sponsoring the chocolate prizes.
Monday 8 May – Byzant Ceremony/Maypole Dancing (Steps in Time)
11am, Town Hall
Members and supporters of the Gold Hill Museum will be re-enacting a Byzant Ceremony.
The colourful and lively procession will start at the Town Hall and then make its way down Gold Hill to Tout Hill and then onto Enmore Green; the location of the springs that once supplied most of the town’s water.
The symbolic rent for access to the springs will behanded over, and in the case of the mace-like Byzant, returned to the representatives of the town. Other elements of the payment in kind included a calf’s head, a pair of gloves, a cask of ale, and bread.
The original Byzant can be viewed in Gold Hill Museum.
Steps in Time will also be doing Maypole dancing as part of the ceremony.
