Heavy with wheat, fruit & vegetables, the magnificent Corn Queene will appear in procession in front of the Globe with our company of actors, along with the traditional hobby horse.
Join the procession of music, flags and spectacle through the streets to the historic Borough Market. Leading us is the extraordinary Berry Man, the autumnal Green Man, decked with wild fruits & foliage. See the Borough Market’s bright Market Hall come alive with festivity whilst savouring and sampling the food, cider and apple juice on offer from this famous food market.This year the Lions part heartily welcomes The Fabularium with their boisterous Fabularium Fables the release of their Flock of Sheep into the Market.
See the Ravensbourne Morris dancers amidst the festivities, the time honoured Redding Moreys and Shakespeare’s Goddesses in splendour. Catch the Berry Man and company for a conker fight.
Watch the infamous Execution of John Barleycorn and Dance the Hay with us followed by the traditional stripping of the Corn Queene.
All afternoon a little orchard of young apple trees creates a space for storytelling for children of all ages about food, magic & harvest. Our beloved master storyteller Pat Ryan joins us once again.
At the end of the festivities join us to visit & decorate the extraordinary gates of Crossbones Graveyard in Red Cross Way and contemplate the quiet of the Graveyard with us.
OCTOBER PLENTY is FREE, FUN and PHOTO-FRIENDLY for ALL THE FAMILY.
