Continental
Market Parliament Street
9.00am - 5.00pm,
A taste of the continent in York City Centre. Foods,
flavours and crafts from across Europe.
A City of York Council Event
Vikings
of the Next Generation Next Generation Club, Hull
Road, York
10.00am - 3.00pm
Meet the Jorvik Vikings at Next Generation and limber
up for battle in a combined workshop with the Next Generation
Nova Team. After training, mini Vikings are invited
to play giant Viking games and make a Viking mask, shield
or peg doll warrior. Small charge for craft activities.
Access All Areas @ DIG:
Under 5s Get Crafty DIG, St. Saviour's, St. Saviourgate 10.00am - 4.00pm
Included in standard admission charge to DIG. Please
see listing for Wednesday 14th.
Funded by Awards for All.
Viking
Market Barley Hall, off Stonegate
10.00am - 5.00pm, £1 admission
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
Telephone: 01904 610275.
Meet
the Vikings of Coppergate Coppergate Square
10.30am - 4.00pm
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
Archaeology
unleashed! Parliament Street Activity
Area
10.30am - 4.00pm, Free!
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
The
Battlefield at Fulford The Bay Horse pub, Fulford
(on the A19, just south of York)
10.30am, Free!
On the morning of Wednesday, September 20, 1066, the
northern Anglo-Saxon army left York to combat the Norwegian
invaders. Join the walk to the battlefield at Fulford
where this army tried, and failed, to block King Harald
Hardrada. Chas Jones, author of 'The Forgotten Battle
of 1066, Fulford', will describe the battle on a
landscape that has altered little since Viking times.
Wear walking clothes and stout footwear.
Combat through the Ages! Festival marquee, St. Sampson's
Square
10.30am - 1.00pm; 1.30pm - 4.00pm; £2.50 per
session
Drop in for the morning or the afternoon to see a
display of weapons from the movies with Magnus the
Armourer, as well as live presentations of combat
through the ages by the warriors of the Royal Armouries,
including an appearance by fully armoured medieval
knights! Refreshments and craft activities available.
Pre-booking: 01904 543402
Morning
session
10.30am
One-to-one combat.
With the JORVIK Vikings.
11.00am
Two-handed sword combat.
Techniques for the two-handed sword, taken from
fifteenth-century fight manuals. With interpreters
from the Royal Armouries.
11.30am
History vs. Hollywood.
With Magnus the Armourer.
12.00
noon
Have-a-go
sword combat. For children aged 7+.
12.30pm
One-to-one combat:
Women at War. With the JORVIK Vikings.
Afternoon
session
1.30pm
Sword and shield. Royal
Armouries interpreters in plate armour clash with
sword and shield as the Prince of Wales and Henry
Hotspur meet on the battlefield of Shrewsbury,
in Shakespeare's 'Henry IV part I'.
2.00pm
The Art of the Armourer.
With Magnus the Armourer.
2.30pm
Have-a-go sword combat.
For children aged 7+.
3.00pm
One-to-one combat.
With the JORVIK Vikings.
3.30pm
Elizabethan Swordmaster.
Sword and buckler, rapier and dagger techniques
- taken from the sixteenth-century manuals and
demonstrated using scenes from Shakespeare's 'Romeo
and Juliet'.
4.00pm
One-to-one combat:
Women at War. With the JORVIK Vikings.
Access all Areas @ DIG:
Journey of an Object! DIG, St Saviour's Church,
St Saviourgate
11.00am, 1.00pm, 3.00pm. Included in DIG admission
fee.
Special activities for Viking enthusiasts of all abilities
with local theatre in education company Risky Things.
A chance to participate in an exciting and colourful
journey through history inspired by some of our finds
from the past.
Pre-booking essential: 01904 543402. Standard admission
charges apply for a full visit to DIG
- An Archaeological Adventure.
Funded by Awards for All
Design a 'Viking Tunic'
Workshop York Designer Outlet
11.00am - 4.00pm, Free!
Children can join in the fun and create their own
Viking T-shirts. You might even get to try on a Viking
helmet!
Viking
battle drills Parliament Street Activity
Area
11.30am, 12.30pm and 2.00pm, Free!
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th
Access all Areas @ DIG:
Opening the Viking Vault DIG, St Saviour's Church,
St Saviourgate
12.00 noon, 2.00pm, Free!
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
Funded by Awards for All
Park
and Raid: A Comedy Viking Walk West end of the Minster (opposite
Reeds cafe).
7.00pm, £3.50 adults / £3 conc.
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
JORVIK
Warriors Night! JORVIK
7.00pm - 9.00pm, £10 adults / £8 conc.
The peace of the settlement at JORVIK is shattered by
roaming warriors telling tales of battle and adventure.
A selection of Hollywood weaponry will also be on display
in the JORVIK galleries, with a master armourer on hand
to explain his art. A unique after-hours experience.
Pre-booking only: 01904 543402.
ARE
YOU A VIKING? How to Find a Viking: a
new approach to an age-old problem DIG, St Saviour's Church, St
Saviourgate
7.00pm, £2.50 adult, £2 conc
What motivates today's historians to tackle the study
of our Viking ancestors, and what techniques do they
use to shed light on thisremote period in the
history of Britain? The JORVIK Viking Festival presents
some of the latest research in Viking studies. With
John Quanrud, research student, University of Nottingham.
Pre-booking: 01904 543402.
Save £1 by buying a combined ticket for 'How to
Find a Viking' and 'Viking Descendants on the Move',
adults £4, concessions £3
Evening
Viking Walk Exhibition Square
7.30pm, £3 adult, £2 child
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th. A Viking Walk
event.
At Adrinskald's Table
Upstairs at William's Bar,
Goodramgate.
Doors open at 7.30pm,
£7 adult, £6 children. £1 off for
guests in Viking costume!
Come, roaring Vikings, cheer and be cheered by the
raid tales of your
returning. Take a journey from the birth of Loki to
the end of All Worlds with Adrinskald. The food itself
will be talked about for many a winter! An evening
of tales and feasting. Tickets on the door, first
come first served. Pre-booking: 01904 671400. A William's
Bar event.
ARE
YOU A VIKING? Viking Descendants on the
Move DIG, St Saviour's Church,
St Saviourgate
8.15pm, £2.50 adult, £2 conc
Some hundred years ago a large number of the Scandinavian
peoples emigrated to the 'large country in the west'.
Join Dick Midhage of York Anglo-Scandinavian Society
to learn how they travelled there, via Hull and Liverpool,
and how it comes about that one out of 20 Americans
has a Scandinavian background. Pre-booking: 01904 543402.
Save £1 by buying a combined ticket for 'How to
Find a Viking' and 'Viking Descendants on the Move',
adults £4, concessions £3
