CHESTER’S MIDSUMMER WATCH PARADE – 18 AND 19 JUNE
Chester’s Midsummer Watch Parade is back on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June starting from Chester Town Hall square at 2pm on both days. The medieval parade is one of the country’s oldest and most colourful street parades dating from 1498.
The Summer Watch was originally performed by the City Guilds at Midsummer. It was disbanded in the 1670’s before being revived in1989, featuring the Chester family of giants. The Midsummer Watch ‘Family of Giants’ the father, mother and two daughters are towering four-metre figure
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