1261 Festival and Parade

Organised by Macclesfield Town Council and taking place on Saturday 20th June,  we’ve got plenty of returning favourites including Aerial Circus from Lets Circus, Buttonholes from Homestead Grown and the Choose Macc Park Green Party plus a whole host of new workshops, gigs, exhibitions and more!

This year the Silk Museum at Park Green will be acting as a Wellness Hub with sensory spaces, writing workshops, music performances and sunflower planting, perfect for little ones.

Macclesfield Market Hall will be showing off their refurb with a range of activities over the day including crafting with Artspace, caricatures, hanky printing and creative brick building.

Make your way to Market Place via Castle Street where there will be songs from the Voice Box Music throughout the day plus a special performance from Magic Voices Choir.

Once in Market Place treat yourself to some foody treats with a visit to one of the street food vans before visiting the information stand to collect your festival programme – this lists all the activities happening across the day plus a handy map in case you’re visiting us for the first time or if you’re heading somewhere new.

Programme secured you’ll be able to plan your day, fitting in as many workshops, exhibitions and performances as possible, we’ve got a few walkabout acts too who distract you along the way.

Don’t forget the Community Parade, which will be heading off from the Town Hall at 11am and looping around the town via Roe Street, past Christ Church and returning along Chestergate. Co-ordinated by Macclesfield Community ArtSpace and involving many community groups and schools, the theme of this year’s parade is Films!

Looking for some souvenirs to take home? Why not print your own hanky in the indoor market, pick up a Marc Jackson original from our roving cartoonist or a bespoke leather belt with Modern Woolfare. Maybe this is the year to pick up a new skill; drop in on a tap-dancing class at Townley Hall, sketch with Becca Smith or the Macc Sketchers or maybe even Sing As You Are in the Silk Museum.

As the daytime event comes to a close we’ve got three(!) parties ready to shepherd you into the evening; visit a Slice of Summer Days at the Depot Car Park until 6pm, Chestergate LIVE just off Market Place until 7pm or the Choose Macc Party at Park Green until 8pm. Each party boasts a variety of live music, food and entertainment so you can settle in with friends over a couple of drinks and debrief after another great day in Macc.

The FREE official programme will be released on Monday 8th June and will be available from Macclesfield Library, the Silk Museum, Macclesfield Community ArtSpace plus lots of other shops and café’s around town. Some activities will require booking through our Eventbrite page here, which will also go live on Monday 8th at 9am and some activities at the Silk Museum will be bookable through their website

And to top it all off the FREE to ride buses will be running throughout the day.

For more information on future events sign up to the Town Council’s mailing list, or check out the What’s On Page - both can be found on the homepage of the website www.macclesfield-tc.gov.uk