1261 Festival and Parade Day
Returning on Saturday 20th June for its 3rd glorious year the 1261 Festival and Parade Day is only getting bigger and better!
This year we’ve got plenty of returning favourites including Aerial Circus from Lets Circus, Buttonholes from Homestead Grown and the Choose Macc Park Green Party plus a whole host of new workshops, gigs, exhibitions and more!
The Silk Museum will be acting as a Wellness Hub with sensory spaces, writing workshops, music performances and sunflower planting.
Macclesfield Market Hall will be showing off their refurb with a range of activities over the day including crafting with Artspace, caricatures, hanky printing and creative brick building.
Make your way to Market Place via Castle Street where there will be songs from the Voice Box Music throughout the day plus a special performance from Magic Voices Choir.
Once in Market Place you you’ll be able to keep your energy up with a visit to one of the street food vendors before visiting the information stand to collect your programme – this lists all the activities happening as part of the festival plus a handy map in case you’re visiting us for the first time or if you’re heading somewhere new.
Programme secured you’ll be able to plan your day, fitting in as many workshops, exhibitions and performances as possible, we’ve got a few walkabout acts too who distract you along the way.
Don’t forget the Community Parade, which will be heading off from the Town Hall at 11am and looping around the town via Roe Street, past Christ Church and returning along Chestergate. Co-ordinated by Macclesfield Community ArtSpace the theme of this year’s parade is Films!
Looking for some souvenirs to take home? Why not print your own hanky in the indoor market, pick up a Marc Jackson original from our roving cartoonist or craft a bespoke leather belt with Modern Woolfare. Maybe this is the year to pick up a new skill; drop in on a tap-dancing class at Townley Hall, sketch with Becca Smith or the Macc Sketchers or maybe even Sing As You Are in the Silk Museum.
As the daytime event comes to a close we’ve got three(!) parties ready to shepherd you into the evening; visit a Slice of Summer Days at the Depot Car Park until 6pm, Chestergate LIVE just off Market Place until 7pm or the Choose Macc Party at Park Green until 8pm. Each party boasts a variety of live music, food and entertainment so you can settle in with friends over a couple of drinks and debrief after another great day in Macc!
The FREE official programme will be released on Monday 8th June and will be available from Macclesfield Library, the Silk Museum, Macclesfield Community ArtSpace plus lots of other shops and café’s around town plus we’ll be sharing the digital version here and across our socials. Some activities will require booking through our Eventbrite page here, which will also go live on Monday 8th at 9am and some activities at the Silk Museum will be bookable through their website here.