Saturday 10th May
9.30am – Waking Jack & Jill at the Tithe Barn. Help us wake Jack and Jill and their beasts from their year long slumber. Be ready to make lots of noise. See Bathampton Morris Men and Armaleggan perform the festival’s opening dances.
5pm – Closing parade in the Riverside Park and Tithe Barn with Jack & Jill, hundreds of dancers, musicians, beasts and bands. Dress in green and join the parade. Map here. Join a mass circle dance to speed Jack and Jill on their way. A real spectacle and not to be missed.
5.45pm – Stripping Jack at the Tithe Barn. Traditionally Jack is stripped of all his greenery by everyone present. Keep your leaves safe to ensure we have a good Summer. As always Holt Morris will perform our traditional closing dance, the very unusual and ethereal ‘Signposts’.
