Thursday 15th February 2PM – 6:30PM
Join us for the next ‘Taste of Yeovil’ event! We are partnering up with Love Yeovil and Yeovil Country Park to bring you this year’s Lantern Parade with a celebration of the Somerset ‘Wassail’ tradition and many family friendly creative activities here in Yeovil.
2pm – Creative workshops
4.30pm – Lantern Parade
5.30pm – Wassail Ceremony
From 2PM there will be an array of creative workshops to participate in, including charcoal making and print creation, lantern making, drumming workshops, and fireside cooking. These workshops are free of charge and for all ages and ranges of ability so we hope everyone can find something that really makes their night.
At 4:30PM we will hold the popular annual lantern parade, starting at Petters Way and making our way together to Penn Hill community Orchard. Yeovil College art students will be leading the parade with lanterns they have made inspired by food.
After the parade at 5:30PM the wassail ceremony will be held at Penn Hill in Yeovil country park where there will be a blessing of the community orchard.
The term “wassail” comes from Old English wes hál or waes hael, meaning ‘be thou hale‘, which in turn means ‘be in good health’ or ‘be fortunate’, and is traditionally a time to bless the orchards in hope of a good harvest for the year to come! Although historically celebrated on Twelfth Night, modern day wassails are usually held January to February, and we couldn’t resist including this event in the Taste of Yeovil programme!
Don’t forget to dress warm and wear appropriate footwear for a woodland
walk!
Come in to Yeovil Art Space, (Unit 13-15 Vicarage Walk Quedam Shopping Centre, BA20 1EU) OR Ninesprings cafe and collect your free lantern making kit!
This kit includes 10 sticks, tissue paper and an LED tealight, along with a copy of the instructions!
They’re going fast so better be quick!
Of course you may use your own resources to make a lantern for this event, but the kits make the process easier (especially if it’s your first time making one)!
This event has been funded by Abri and Yeovil Town Council and is part of the Taste of
Yeovil programme and the wider Story of Yeovil project which has been generously funded
by National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Story of Yeovil is coordinated by Yeovil Art Space on behalf of the Yeovil Art and Heritage Working Group and aims to gather stories from diverse perspectives in the town’s heritage and history through creativity and storytelling.
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