Continental
Market Parliament Street
9.00am - 5.00pm
Please see listing for Thursday 15th.
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
Stories and Craft Activities for Children York Central Library,
Library Square
10.00am - 11.30am, Free!
Stories and crafts with a Viking theme, for children
between the ages of 5 and 10. Tickets from York Central
Library Help Desk.
Enquiries: 01904 552815. A York Central Library event.
Viking Market Barley Hall, off Stonegate
10.00am - 5.00pm, £1 admission
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
Telephone: 01904 610275.
Tenth-Century
Traders The Guildhall, off St. Helen's
Square
10.00am - 5.30pm: £1.50 adult, £1 conc,
£4 family of four
Join the throng of traders in this ancient hall, selling
unique and traditionally crafted items including jewellery,
pottery, leatherwork, chainmail and swords.
Meet
the Vikings of Coppergate Coppergate Square
10.30am - 4.00pm, Free!
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th. Look out for
street theatre on a Scandinavian theme!
Archaeology unleashed! Parliament Street Activity
Area
10.30am - 4.00pm, Free!
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
The Trials of the Vikings
Festival Marquee, St Sampson's
Square
10.30am - 4.30pm, Free!
As Vikings invade from around the world, join the
roughest and toughest as the Festival launches the
competition to find the Viking Strong Man 2007 at
our trial of strength. Look out for one-to-one combat
and lifting the maiden, and cheer on your favourite.
Staff from Next Generation will be getting the Vikings
in peak form with advice on training and diet. Throughout
the day would-be Vikings can be transformed into Berserkers,
with expert make-up and costumes. Get a photographic
record of your battle scars! Small charge for Viking
make-up.
Morning
session
10.30am
Make-up and costume
demo for would-be Vikings - get ready for the
trials!
11.00am
–
1.00 pm
Viking Strong Man 2007
trials of strength - the first trials before the
finals on Sunday
Afternoon
session
1.30pm
Viking fitness regime
for battle
2.00pm
Jorvik Vikings Take
up the Challenge
2.30pm
Make-up and costume
demo
3.00pm
Jorvik Vikings Take
up the Challenge
4.00pm
Jorvik Vikings Take
up the Challenge
Sponsored by Next Generation Clubs
Viking Longship! Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire
Museum
11.00am: £3 adult, £2 child Viking Longship is Mick Manning and Brita Granström's
latest book – and it brings Viking history to
life! In this event especially for Jorvik's Festival,
join Mick and Brita who, with words and drawings,
will help you make your own Viking sketchbook. Sail
with a Viking crew. Listen to Viking myths. Visit
a Viking's farm to taste Viking bread – you might
even get to choose your favourite Viking god! Visit
Mick and Brita's website at www.mickandbrita.com to
find out more. Pre-booking: 01904 543402.
In association with York Museums Trust
Living History: Meet
the Vikings Hospitium, Museum Gardens
11.00am - 4.30pm, £1.50 adult, £1 conc,
£4 family of four
Join the Vikings as they demonstrate ancient crafts
including nalebinding, tablet-weaving and coining,
cook traditional foods for the weary warriors and
tell tales of Viking childhood. Festival offer - discount
into the Yorkshire Museum on entry into Living History!
In association with York Museums Trust
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!
Training for Battle Museum Gardens by the Yorkshire
Museum
11.00am - 1.00pm, Free!
Witness warriors perfecting their battle skills before
the terrifying clash. Advanced training skills demonstrated
by seasoned warriors.
In association with York Museums Trust
Treasures
from the Dragons' Friendly Society Kids' Club, City Screen, Coney
Street
11.15am, members £2.50, non-members £3.00,
accompanying adults £3.00
Come back with us on a trip to the Golden Age of children's
television, which wasn't gold at all but black and white
and a bit scratchy. Visit the barn where the Pingwings
lived. Go into the ordinary wood where the Pogles had
their home and meet the magic Plant who told them such
strange and intriguing stories. Then leap forward into
colour and see one of the greatest films made by Oliver
Postgate and Peter Firmin of Smallfilms: The Saga of
Noggin and the Ice Dragon.
See
www.smallfilms.co.uk/ for more information about
their creations.
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
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th February
Funded by Awards for All
Access
all Areas @ DIG: Signed Lecture DIG, St Saviour's Church, St
Saviourgate
1.00pm Viking Filth: The Evidence
Andrew 'Bone' Jones
Come and find out how archaeologists discovered Viking
Age excrement in excavations in York. This informal
talk will also show how ancient filth can provide a
host of insights into the most intimate details of everyday
life 1000 years ago. The whole talk will be translated
using sign language for deaf and hard of hearing people,
and there will also be tactile handling for visitors
with visual impairments. Pre-booking essential: 01904
543402.
Standard admission charges apply for a full visit to
DIG
- An Archaeological Adventure.
Funded by Awards for All
Festival
Battle Spectacular!
Gathering and March to Battle Museum Gardens by the Yorkshire
Museum
1.45pm, March from 2.00pm, Free!
Procession from Museum Gardens, then on to Parliament
Street, Coppergate, Eye of York
The Vikings assemble their army and march through the
city to face their foe. Could this be King Erik's final
hour?
Festival Battle Spectacular! Clash of Weapons Eye of York, by Clifford's
Tower
2.30pm, Free!
King Erik Bloodaxe of Northumbria and his men take
on rivals for the throne. Who will win the day in
the clash of sword and shield?
Please note: the site has limited capacity
Park
and Raid: A Comedy Viking Walk
7.00pm, west end of the Minster (opposite Reeds cafe).
£3.50 adults / £3 conc.
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th.
Festival
Battle Spectacular! The final battle of Erik
Bloodaxe:
Light and Sound Spectacular!
Eye of York, by Clifford's Tower
7.30pm: £6 adult, £5 conc.
Witness Erik's last hours in a spectacular evening battle
with the warriors of Regia Anglorum. Be transported
back into the time of the Vikings in a dramatic recreation
of the Battle of Stainmore and Erik's final journey
to Valhalla, Odin's Hall of the Slain for brave warriors.
Pre-booking: 01904 543402. This performance will feature
light, smoke and sound effects.
Evening
Viking Walk Exhibition Square
7.30pm, , £3 adult, £2 child
Please see listing for Wednesday 14th. A Viking Walk
event.
