2024 Penrith May Day Carnival What’s On when

The 2024 Penrith May Day Carnival will take place on bank holiday Monday (Monday 6 May 2024).

The May Day Carnival will include a variety of activities including street stalls, funfair, musical entertainment, cultural demonstrations, static displays and a celebration of the May Queen.

The days events will get underway from 10am with the food fair opening along King street and the funfair in SandGate car park and Great Dockray.

The highlight of the day will take place from 1:25pm with the Procession of the May Queen along Middlegate with the crowning of the 2024 May Queen on the main stage located on Devonshire Street at 2pm.

The entertainment will continue through until 5:30pm with the funfairs open until 7pm on Monday.

To enable the event to take place the town centre roads will be closed between 6am and 7pm on Monday.

The entire length of Little Dockray, The entire length of Market Square, A6 (which includes Middlegate, Devonshire Street, Market Square and King Street), from the junction with the A6 and Brunswick Road to the junction with King Street and Old London Road.

Alternative Route is via Portland Place, Meeting House Lane, Benson Row, Friargate, Old London Road, Roper Street.

Also The entire length of Great Dockray. Burrowgate from its junction with Middlegate extending in a north easterly direction for a distance of approx.145m.

The entire length of Rowcliffe Lane.The entire length of Corn Market. The entire length of Princes Street.

Great Dockray Carpark and SandGate will also be used for hosting the funfairs.

The full day’s schedule for the 2024 May Day Carnival is:


Location

Act

Time

 

 

 

Main Stage Devonshire Street

Bryan Gardiner Family Games

10.15 – 11.15

Langwathby Maypole Dancers

11.15 – 11.45

Eden Dance Group

11.45 – 12.15

Aspire Cheerleading Academy

12.15 – 13.00

Milnthorpe Steel Band

13.00 – 13.30

Crowning of May Queen

14.00

Morpeth Pipe Band

After Crowning

Cumbria Gaita Band

14.30 – 15.15

Aspire Cheerleading Academy

15.15 – 16.00

Milnthorpe Steel Band

16.00 – 16.45

Cumbria Gaita Band

16.45 – 17.30

Cornmarket / Bandstand

Penrith Town Band

11.00 – 11.45

Pete Lashley (Singer)

12.00 – 12.45

Street Beats (Drums and Cornets)

13.00 – 13.45

Vision Duo (Singers)

14.00 – 15.00

Squeeze Box (Band)

15.15 – 16.15

Soul Survivors

16.30 – 17.30

King Street

Food fair

10.00 – 17.00

St Andrews Churhyard

Rob Falcon (Punch and Judy)

12.30 onwards

Sandagte Car Park

Funfair

10.00 – 19.00

Great Dockray

Funfair

10.00 – 19.00

Extras – Roaming Performers

Phillip Lowe Roving (Flautist)

11.00 onwards

Astral Circus (Roving Entertainer)

11.00 onwards

Dianna (Busker)

11.00 onwards

Middlegate 

Procession of the May Queen:

 

BJamba (Drums)

Depart 13.25

Penrith Town Band

Depart 13.35

Eden Valley Players

Depart 13.40

Penrith Players

Depart 13.40

Morpeth Pipe Band (Lone Piper)

Depart 13.45

Lions Head

Depart 13.45

May Queen and Attendants

Depart 13.45

Morpeth Pipe Band

Depart 13.50

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