Tamworth’s popular St George’s Day extravaganza is back for 2024 with a new line-up of entertainment set to take over the castle grounds on Saturday 20 April.

Offering family-friendly medieval fun from 11am - 5pm, the free annual festival is one of the highlights of Tamworth Borough Council’s calendar of outdoor events.

The line-up will include 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.

For this year’s programme, families can meet 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 will be 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. 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 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 will also be taking place in the castle grounds, offering various sporting activities for both adults and children from local providers and clubs. With pre-booking open now.

A full programme line-up for Tamworth Castle's St George's Day extravaganza will be available at tamworthartsandevents.co.uk.