Pickering Midsummer Festival
We’re excited to announce a new festival for Pickering… save the dates to get involved, and join us around the Summer Solstice for a long weekend of books, music, performance and more!
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Midsummer Festival: Old Songs
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringAs the Summer Solstice twilight nears, join us for a haunting evening of stories told through music, words and art by Soft Lap. Author and historian Amy Jeffs, artist Gwen Burns and musician Natalie Brice join in mesmerising harmony to sing these timeless tales of love and death kept alive through generations of telling.
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Midsummer Festival: Amy Jeffs
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church Hallgarth, Pickering, United KingdomSaints legends suffused medieval European culture. Their heroes wonder-working and suffering shaped landscapes, rituals and folk beliefs. Their tales spoke of women communing with flocks of birds, men raised by wolves and severed heads calling from between bristling paws. In Saints, Amy Jeffs retells legends of the medieval saints alongside their histories, drawing on in-depth research from 4th to 16th century cultural sources, illustrated throughout with beautiful paper cutout art.
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Midsummer Festival: Aidan Meighan
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringAcross cultures and centuries, trees have stood as guardians of life, inspiring stories that connect us to nature, spirituality and tradition. In The Folklore of Trees, Aidan Meighan brings these tales together with rich cultural context and intricate illustrations, sharing the myths, legends and secrets of the world's most iconic trees, and the seasonal customs, protective charms and superstitions associated with them.
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Midsummer Festival: Tree Walk
Beck Isle Museum Bridge Street, Pickering, United KingdomExplore the folklore of trees on the Pickering Beck and Castle route! During the approximately two mile circular walk, arboreal devotee and author of The Folklore of Trees will talk about the legends, secrets and myths of the trees on our doorstep. Optional add-on: we'll end the walk with a sandwich buffet in The Forest and Vale Hotel garden, home to a 300+ year old sweet chestnut tree.