Tamworth’s popular St George’s Day celebrations are back for 2023 with an exciting new line-up of entertainment set to take over the Castle Grounds.

The free annual festival will bring medieval-themed fun for the whole family on Saturday 22 April, from 10am - 5pm.

The line-up will include all the festival favourites that have led to the event becoming well-known, including jousting, archery, a living history camp, stalls, fairground rides and children’s activities.

For this year’s programme, visitors will have the chance to meet an animatronic Ice Dragon and White Walker, inspired by HBO’s award winning series ‘Game of Thrones’; as they roam around the Castle Grounds.

Back by popular demand, The Grand Medieval Joust will entertain festival-goers as St George competes with knights on horseback in the main arena to show off their jousting skills. Plus throughout the day knights will also demonstrate the variety of weapons and combat methods used during medieval skirmishes.

The famous Anglo-Saxon epic poem, ‘Beowulf’, will performed throughout the day using engaging storytelling combined with clever puppetry.

Other entertainment and activities for the whole family include workshops, displays, entertainment 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 mans morris.

The full programme line-up is available at tamworthartsandevents.co.uk