Aldworth Giant Fair this week

Sunday 17th June is the day hen in tradition fashion, the village of Aldworth will celebrate its giants with music, pageant and feasting. Musicians and performers travel miles to the fair where hundreds of people will gather in the flag-lined streets. Despite the village’s rural location and rustic English charm, the event will see performances by fire breathers, stilt walkers and colourful, exotic performers from Africa and Europe alongside the traditional morris dancers, folk musicians, mummers troupes and storytellers.

The centrepiece of the event at 2pm is a colourful parade where children from schools across the county mount a vivid procession through the village and down the country lanes to the ancient church, bringing the gifts they have made for the giants.

This year a folk orchestra made up of children from across the country will perform a concert for the Giants of Aldworth Church and in a nod to the Olympics, this year’s Giant Far will also feature Giant Games – non-athletes need not be afraid; giant long jump and giant strong man competitions have been eschewed in favour of fete favourites such as a giant buzzer and wire and enormous quoits.