St George's Day

 

St George's Day celebrations

When: Saturday 20 April 2024, 10am to 3pm
Where: Wardown Park Bandstand 

This St George’s Day prepare for a day of action and adventure, with the History Knights in Wardown Park.

• Test your skills at the crossbows
• Mount your steed in our hobby horse races
• Test your nerves in our family joust and inflatable sword tournament
• Try on your knight and princess outfits
• Head off on a dragon quest whilst our medieval musicians and storytellers enchant and entertain
• Take part in medieval world activities, delivered by the History Knights team.
  

• Hand-held wooden cross bows (suitable for small children as well as adults)
• Soft archery
• Family joust/melee inflatable sword battle
• Play table with action figures and toy castles
• Craft table
• Archaeology trays
• Search for the king’s treasure
• 'Off With Their Heads' coconut shy
• Dragon quest
  
• Dress up in a range of costumes for both children and adults
• Story-telling of a mixture of English and African folk tales as well as stories of St George and Luton's medieval past
• Medieval musicians
• Medieval herbs and plants with Bedfordshire Wildlife Trust hosting a touch and smell table/exhibition - learn about our natural environment and how herbs and plants were used as medicines, foods and dyes