Bardfest '26: Giants and Kings
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The Cerne Giant, Eadwold, Hercules, AngloSaxon ancestors - An afternoon of poetry and evocative retellings of ancient stories
Join Rebecca Danicic, Fourth Bard of Dorchester (Caer Dur 2025–26), and Peter Roe, Grand Bard of Dorchester (2024–29), for an afternoon of poetry, stories and spoken word.
The Bards will present a layered palimpsest of Cerne Abbas and the Giant - myth and history, Hercules and Eadwold, landscape and legend - woven through original verse and evocative retellings. Expect wit, gravitas and a living bardic tradition brought vividly to life beneath Dorset’s most iconic chalk colossus.
Performance just under an hour. (Parental Guidance)
£10 on door (cash).
Refreshments by donations. Book stall.
Join Rebecca Danicic, Fourth Bard of Dorchester (Caer Dur 2025–26), and Peter Roe, Grand Bard of Dorchester (2024–29), for an afternoon of poetry, stories and spoken word.
The Bards will present a layered palimpsest of Cerne Abbas and the Giant - myth and history, Hercules and Eadwold, landscape and legend - woven through original verse and evocative retellings. Expect wit, gravitas and a living bardic tradition brought vividly to life beneath Dorset’s most iconic chalk colossus.
Performance just under an hour. (Parental Guidance)
£10 on door (cash).
Refreshments by donations. Book stall.
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Where is it happening?
Puncknowle, Dorchester, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherKevan Manwaring
