To celebrate 120 years since the first pageant took place in Sherborne, a 120th Anniversary Pageant will be taking place, fittingly, in Pageant Gardens over the weekend of 13th, 14th and 15th of June.
Friday 13th June – the celebrations will commence at 1pm, with a parade of Primary School children, from 5 local schools, walking from the top of Cheap Street, moving down onto Half Moon Street, into Digby Road and finishing in Pageant Gardens.
Each school will be focussing on a specific historical event linked to Sherborne in the last 500 years and will showcase their event in a performance in the gardens, with all acts finishing by 2:30pm.
Saturday 14th June – Sherborne Summer Festival will take place from 12-10pm with local bands and musicians alongside craft, food and alcohol stalls. Admission is free.
Sunday 15th June – Garden Fete with Abbey 104, bring a picnic and listen to local artists play from 10am. The Sherborne Market will also be on, so plenty to do in the town.
To read more about the history of Sherborne’s first pageant, how it started a ‘pageant trend’ across the UK and the creation of the gardens we all know today, as a result of it, have a read of June’s Sherborne Times
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