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Dragon Parade Day
It’s time for the Dragon Parade at Pontefract Castle! Make some noise and join the party.
We’ll have lots of fun free things to get involved with throughout the day.
DRAGON PARADE CRAFTS
Get crafty and make your own dragon kite for the parade! Make your own mini instrument to join the parade band.
At 10am to 11am we have a relaxed SEND bookable session of the crafts. SEND groups are welcome at all our events, but we are running this for visitors who prefer a more relaxed atmosphere.
The same crafts are available drop-in from 11am to 2pm!
DRAGON PARADE – 2PM
Join Ilbert the Dragon on a parade around Pontefract Castle!
Dress up in your own dazzling dragon outfits. Bring along the new crafts you’ve made to join the party.
It’ll be roarsome!
MEET ILBERT AND JOHN TURNER, TOWN CRIER
Weather depending
STORYTELLING WITH DAVE THE KNIGHT
Join Dave the Knight for storytelling on the bailey!
Hear tales of a lazy king waking a sleeping dragon by digging in the mountains. Discover how a knight and a princess worked together to send the beast back to a peaceful sleep!
FACE PAINTING (IN THE BANDSTAND)
Get your face painted for free! Will you be a dragon, a knight, a fairy or something else entirely?
We’ll have lots of fun free things to get involved with throughout the day.
DRAGON PARADE CRAFTS
Get crafty and make your own dragon kite for the parade! Make your own mini instrument to join the parade band.
At 10am to 11am we have a relaxed SEND bookable session of the crafts. SEND groups are welcome at all our events, but we are running this for visitors who prefer a more relaxed atmosphere.
The same crafts are available drop-in from 11am to 2pm!
DRAGON PARADE – 2PM
Join Ilbert the Dragon on a parade around Pontefract Castle!
Dress up in your own dazzling dragon outfits. Bring along the new crafts you’ve made to join the party.
It’ll be roarsome!
MEET ILBERT AND JOHN TURNER, TOWN CRIER
Weather depending
STORYTELLING WITH DAVE THE KNIGHT
Join Dave the Knight for storytelling on the bailey!
Hear tales of a lazy king waking a sleeping dragon by digging in the mountains. Discover how a knight and a princess worked together to send the beast back to a peaceful sleep!
FACE PAINTING (IN THE BANDSTAND)
Get your face painted for free! Will you be a dragon, a knight, a fairy or something else entirely?
All activities are free and drop-in, excepting the SEND relaxed Dragon Parade Crafts, running between 10am - 11am.
DRAGON PARADE CRAFTS: 11am - 2pm
DRAGON PARADE: 2pm
MEET ILBERT AND JOHN TURNER, TOWN CRIER: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 3pm
STORYTELLING WITH DAVE THE KNIGHT: between 10am and 1pm
FACE PAINTING: 10am - 3pm
DRAGON PARADE CRAFTS: 11am - 2pm
DRAGON PARADE: 2pm
MEET ILBERT AND JOHN TURNER, TOWN CRIER: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 3pm
STORYTELLING WITH DAVE THE KNIGHT: between 10am and 1pm
FACE PAINTING: 10am - 3pm
Pontefract Castle
Castle Chain West Yorkshire WF8 1QH
Thu 28 March