The sun was shining for this year’s Callington MayFest and just in time to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

There was a huge amount to see and do this year; amongst the variety of acts were some who had performed at places such as Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the 2022 Manchester Commonwealth Games and the Fifa World Cup in Qatar.

Crowds gathered to watch a Spanish Flamenco workshop led by Mercedes Romero, the Plymouth Clog group performed a variety of dances to traditional English music played by a live band and Company B, and a jump jive band ruffled some tail feathers on the main stage later in the evening.

Morris dancers joined in on the celebrations; the Tinners Morris from South Zeal, the Barrel Morris dancers from Bude and the Wreckers from St Dominick.

The Cornish Wreckers
The Cornish Wreckers performed a traditional serpent dance. (Tindle)

All-Steps Formation Riding put on a fantastic display of their riding skills on some beautiful horses. Urban Playground – a multi-award-winning physical theatre and performance parkour group – took the crowd on a journey through their story-telling performance based on mining in Cornwall.

Callington MayFest
Urban Playground- theatre and parkour group. (Tindle)

The Barrett’s Privateers, from the Tamar Valley, sang a number of traditional sea shanties, folk and Cornish mining songs for the crowds.

The Barrett's Privateers
The Barrett's Privateers. (Stephen Weymouth)

Local school children made space-themed puppets and took part in the procession which made its way from Saltash Road Car Park through to Fore Street.

Callington MayFest’s major sponsors for this year included The Art Council, The National Lottery, FEAST and Callington Town Council.