Chalke Valley History Festival to return in full this year
"It promises to be more exciting and interactive than ever before"
The Chalke Valley History Festival in Wiltshire is set to return in full this year.
It hasn't been held in it's usual format since 2019 due to the pandemic.
An event was held in 2021, but it was a shortened version of what we normally expect.
The festival in Broad Chalke, just outside of Salisbury, will look at history through entertainment, shows and discussions.
Also back for 2022 is the Chalke Valley History Festival for Schools, which will run for two days and will offer a curriculum-based programme of events designed to encourage pupils to learn about history through a series of immersive activities and engaging talks.
It will run from the 20th to the 26th of June.
Festival Chair, James Holland, said:
“There really is going to be an incredible range of history on offer this year. Our talks and discussions have traditionally been the backbone of the festival and, once again, we have among the very best historians around coming to speak. But more than ever we are offering a much wider programme that includes lots of live music, a reconstructed Iron Age round-house, vintage funfair and some truly stunning and original living history displays, from Restoration-era horse racing to a forensic reconstruction of how Richard III lost his life at Bosworth. There will be so much on offer for children and families visiting together and I really do think this is our very best programme ever.”
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday 3rd May.