Good Friday Heptonstall Pace Egg Plays 2027

Heptonstall Pace Egg Play is a traditional Mumming Play performed in Heptonstall’s Weavers Square on Good Fridays, attracting hundreds of visitors to the village. The Pace Egg play is not unique to Heptonstall but it is one of only a few still performed today.

Performance times

(2027 times are currently TBC. The times below were for 2026, for illustrative purposes.)

11.15am Heptonstall Pace Egg
12.30pm Heptonstall Pace Egg
2pm Heptonstall Pace Egg
3pm Midgley Pace Egg
4pm Heptonstall Pace Egg

The Hillmillies Morris Team will be dancing between plays

Collections will be taken for: Multiple Sclerosis Society, Heptonstall Community Assets and Heptonstall Public Toilets Appeal

The organisers reserve the right to change the times of, or cancel, any performances.

In the play St George takes on contenders such as Bold Slasher, the Black Prince of Paradine and Hector. The costumes, in particular the strange headgear comprising a towering edifice garlanded with flowers, peculiar to the Calder Valley; are as much a part of the fun as the action. Violent sword fights predominate but, as ever, good triumphs over evil.

Visitors are asked to not bring their cars into the village as parking is very limited. There are regular buses to Heptonstall from Hebden Bridge and visitors can walk up to Heptonstall via the Buttress, the steep cobbled pathway by Hebden Bridge Town Hall. (Please note this is a demanding walk!)