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Good Friday Heptonstall Pace Egg Plays 2025
Event description
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
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 before and between the Plays. 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!)
Event details
- This event is at Heptonstall
- Tickets are free
- This event runs from 18 Apr 2025 - 18 Apr 2025.
