Explore Culture

Colchester Cultural Events

Dates:

Jun 5, 2010 - Jun 6, 2010

Booking information:

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Description:

Colchester’s first History Fayre of the modern era took place in 1989, and commemorated the 800th anniversary of the granting of a Royal Charter to the town in 1189. Since then our Medieval Fayres have become a tradition, and are now famous as major public events in the Eastern Counties.
 

The first Oyster Fayre, an annual, event was in 2003. This has now grown so big that we feel that we can call it The Colchester Medieval Festival  & Oyster Fayre. Each June we will stage a full medieval style fair, with many of the peripheral activities that this major annual event of the period would have offered. It remembers a time when folk from the countryside and neighbouring villages would travel to the ‘Big Fair’ in the town. We set our fair in the period 15th to 16th century. 
We are not be able to offer the traditional street fair in the town, due to the limitations of the High Street, so we gather together on Lower Castle Park all the colour and activities of an historic, traditional country fair that we can muster.