Folk Calendar

Marshfield Paper Boys

Every year on 26 December, or the Monday after when that is a Sunday · 11:00 to 12:00

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Saturday 26 December 2026, 11:00–12:00

Free

Sets off from

Market Place

Carols in the Market Place first, then the play is performed at stops along the High Street, finishing at the almshouses.

Marshfield
Gloucestershire
SN14 8NP
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The Boxing Day mummers, in costumes covered with strips of paper, perform a short traditional play in which a hero is killed and brought back to life by a doctor. The town crier leads them along the High Street to perform it again.

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