Chester's Midsummer Watch Parade – 21 and 22 June

The Chester Midsummer Watch Parade bursts onto the streets on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June starting from Chester Town Hall square at 2pm on both days. The medieval parade is one of the country’s oldest and most colourful street parades dating from 1498.

The Midsummer Watch characters are based on descriptions from the city archives including the famous family of giants.

The Lord Mayor of Chester, Councillor Sherin Akhtar will join the Sunday parade, said the Lord Mayor:

"This parade has been a firm favourite on the streets of Chester in its current form since 1989, but its origins can be traced back to 1498.

The Summer Watch was originally performed by the City Guilds at Midsummer. It was disbanded in the 1670’s before being revived featuring the Chester family of giants, the father, mother and two daughters, towering four metre figures.

This year welcomes the first of the new giants built by artist Russell Kirk, who also directs and performs in the parade. We have some special guests returning to Chester from Carlisle Council who will be looking after the Antelope and The Bactrian Camel.

Don’t miss the Midsummer Watch Parade, I’d like to thank Russell and the massive cast that includes over 150 school children"

Councillor Sherin Akhtar

For more details visit the CWAC website here

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