Catch me at Caerphilly Castle this week!
This week I’ll be at the launch of Wales’s first ever Kids’ History Festival, at Caerphilly Castle.
Wales plays host to an array of music, art and literature festivals every summer — and this August, a celebration of heritage will join the programme as Cadw presents a new history festival for families…
Targeted at children between the ages of 4-16, the Festival will officially open at Caerphilly Castle on Thursday, 01 and Friday, 02 August — offering everything from Lego castle building workshops to feminist history lectures and even medieval character sketching lessons…
The ‘Grand Opening’ weekend at Caerphilly Castle will offer a huge range of different activities, experiences and workshops for families to enjoy across the first two days of August, including: medieval character sketching lessons, Lego castle building workshops*, a medieval games emporium, medieval entertainment from Fiery Jack the Jester, sword school, face-painting and musical performances — medieval style. Festival-goers in Caerphilly can also step into a giant arts-and-crafts tent, where they’ll have the opportunity to paint a huge cardboard castle, take part in the creation of an enormous dragon mural and make their very own medieval shield, sword or crown using recycled waste.
Meanwhile, visitors will also have the chance to take part in regular interactive story-telling sessions with children’s author, Mike Church, and listen to an inspirational talk about women in Welsh history with Cadw Archaeologist, Erin Lloyd Jones — at 1pm inside the Castle’s Great Hall…
Read more about the event at Caerphilly Castle and the Kids’ History Festival here:
https://cadw.gov.wales/about-us/news/first-look-kids-history-festival-comes-to-waless-historic-sites
See you there?
