Everybody welcome to join this years carefully curated Cakes and Ale + Festival
in honour of the 850th Anniversary of St Edmund of Abingdon c1175-1240.

Please ‘pick and choose’ to come along to any of the events Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th.
They are all free except where indicated.

Buy any of the indicated tickets at the door or by scanning the QR code.

Opening Prayer and Welcome
9:00: Gather for Prayer at Christ Church (Northcourt Rd, Abingdon) with special
guest Will Donaldson, former chaplain of St Edmund Hall, Oxford University

9:15: Process to Our Lady and St Edmund of Abingdon Church to arrive by 9:30
10:00: St Nicolas’ Church: The life and legacy of St Edmund Talk by Will Donaldson
9:45 – 10:45: Labyrinth at St Michael’s Church (Park Rd, Abingdon): Moving into Stillness
Circle Dancing with Elizabeth Mitchell. Taster £3 donation
10:45: St Nicolas’ Church: Medieval Recipe Cake by Debbie Garrod
11:00: St Nicolas’ Church: Lost Abbey of Abingdon Walking Tour, Dr Philip Kenrick
11:30: St Nicolas’ Church: Drunk Monks and a Lake of Beer!
AngloSaxon Beer-Making talk by Dr Hannah Caroe, Archaeobotanist.
10:00 – 12:00: Market Place: Cake Stall in aid of The Gerontius Amenity Fund
12:00: Market Place: Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers

All day (from 10:00): Market Place:
Town Crier, to announce today’s events
Celebratory art and craft gifts for children
Ulfhrafnar Medieval Re-enactment and Mead Making Demo
Showcase of Local Singers and Musicians
Bucket Collection for The Abingdon Bridge

10:00 – 4:00 pm South Aisle at St Helen’s Church
Imagery displays and beautiful music
Prophetic Art Reni Vas, Sarah Fry, Steve Walters.
Art & Photography by Martin Wackenier of Added Ingredients.
Iconography by Joanna Tulloch, Rosemary Smith

12:00 – 2 pm: Lunch Break One Planet Abingdon ‘café’ CEC (under the Museum)
Loose Cannon Special 850th Ale
Abingdon Museum – pop in and enjoy our amazing museum
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1:00 pm: St Nicolas’ Church: Repeat of The life and legacy of St Edmund
Talk by Will Donaldson
2:00 pm: St Ethelwold’s Garden In the footsteps of St Edmund
Walk with Anne Dodd
2:30 pm: St Ethelwold’s Garden Biodiversity Walk with John Killick
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Salvation Army HQ, W St Helens St Salvation Army Drop-In
Learn about the Salvation Army’s vital work and mission.
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: St Michael’s Church Festival Recital
Romantic Piano Music in the Church by Markus Gabriel Ecseghy. Tea and Cake to follow.
Book using QR code overleaf or at the door: £15 to include refreshments.
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Market Place: Karvara Up and Coming Local Indie Band
4:30 pm: St Nicolas’ Church & Market Place Bell Ringers Quarter Peal

7:00 pm St Michael’s Church Ceilidh Dancing + cake, ale.
Melobo Band & The Vale Islanders
Book using QR code overleaf or at the door:
£15 to include first drink and cake; £10 for under 18’s.
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Sunday 17th May
12:00 – 4:00 pm: South Aisle at St Helen’s Church Imagery Display:
Prophetic Art, Photography, Iconography
5:30 pm: Choral Evensong for St Edmund of Abingdon (c.1175 – 1240)
led by Dr Peter Foster, Director of Music, St Helen’s Church Please do come along