Events list 2010

Looking for something to do this Easter? Its going to be a fun packed Cuckoo Festival weekend here in Marsden! From duck racing to Punch & Judy, live bands to street parades, canal boats to may poles – we have it all! Below is a list of events to help us celebrate the Cuckoo legend:

Friday

Time Event Venue
11:00 Marsden Centre Guided Walk (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
19:00 Catch The Cuckoo Walk (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
20:30 Folk Night To Be Decided

Saturday

Time Event Venue
All Day Craft Fair United Church
All Day Refreshments United Church
All Day Vintage Engines, Classic Motor Cycles St Bartholomew’s
All Day Stalls & Street Entertainment Argyle Street/Peel Street
All Day Children’s Rides Wessen Court
All Day Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Wessen Court
All Day Bradshaw Mummers Theatre Group Wessen Court
All Day Maypole Dancing Wessen Court
All Day Trueman Bell Organs United Church
11:00 Junior Band United Church
11:00 Westwyns Pony Rides To Be Decided
11:30 Clog/Morris Dancing Argyle Street/Peel Street
12:00 Marsden Junior School Choir Marsden Mechanics Hall
12:30 Colne Valley Black Belt Academy Marsden Mechanics Hall
13:00 Marsden Belly Dancers Marsden Mechanics Hall
13:00 Fab Faces Facepainting Marsden Mechanics Hall
13:00 Story Telling Marsden Mechanics Hall
13:00 Find The Cuckoo’s Nest Marsden Mechanics Hall
13:15 Punch & Judy (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
14:00 Marsden Silver Prize Band (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
14:15 Punch & Judy (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
15:00 Grand Cuckoo Procession (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
15:30 Wheel Barrow Judging Wessen Court
16:00 Duck Race Mellor Bridge
16:30 Lemon Pie Rock Band United Church
19:30 Ceilidh with Enoch’s Hammer Marsden Mechanics Hall

Sunday

Time Event Venue
10:30 Cuckoo Festival Service United Church
13:00 Story Telling Walk to Tunnel End (outside) Marsden Mechanics Hall
15:00 George and the Dragon Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre