- Date set for Tamworth Borough Council’s St George’s Day free event
- Popular return of jousting and dragon demonstrations
- Community Games attending for the day
Tamworth’s popular St George’s Day celebrations are back for 2025 with an exciting line-up of entertainment set to take over the Castle Grounds, with medieval-themed fun for the whole family on Easter Saturday 19 April, from 10.30am – 5pm.
The FREE annual festival is one of the highlights of Tamworth Borough Council’s impressive calendar of outdoor events, drawing thousands of visitors from across the country. This year, the event falls on Easter weekend making it an even bigger ‘eggtravaganza!’
The line-up includes all the festival favourites that have led to the event becoming well-known, including jousting, archery, falconry displays, a living history camp, fairground rides and children’s activities.
Returning this year is Epico the dragon as he parts the mists of time, inviting his audience to the land of adventure for non-stop family entertainment.
The Grand Medieval Joust is back by popular demand. Audiences will be able to watch the action unfold as St George competes with knights on horseback take to the main arena to show off their jousting skills. Fun displays are guaranteed, full of laughs and action, trick riding and stunts, with skilled performances from stunning horses and knights in shining armour. Throughout the day, knights will also demonstrate the variety of weapons and combat methods used during medieval skirmishes.
Other entertainment and activities for the whole family include workshops, displays, entertainment, hamsterzorb, food vendors and a medieval encampment featuring equipment and living history demonstrations evident during the period. A large array of different traditional children’s games will include post-mills, hobby horses, peg dolls, ball and cup, stilts, quoits and Nine Men’s Morris.
The Community Games is also in the grounds offering various activities from local providers and clubs. They will bring together families in a friendly setting, to create opportunities for both adults and children to try different sporting activities regardless of age or ability. More details and how to book will be announced soon on Facebook.
Councillor Lewis Smith, portfolio holder for people services, engagement and leisure at Tamworth Borough Council, said: “The St George’s Day festival is one of the most popular events on our calendar and we are excited that this year we get to celebrate during the Easter holidays on Saturday 19 April.
“With so much going on throughout the event, it’s easy to keep the whole family entertained for several hours with a variety of medieval-themed fun and games.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming lots of people to the town during this fun Easter weekend, with the celebrations starting from 10.30am. Look out for the full programme line-up at www.tamworthartsandevents.co.uk.”
This year’s event is kindly being supported by Lightspeed Communications.