What’s it all about?
The Montol Festival is an arts and community festival celebrating the midwinter solstice and Cornish traditions of the past, culminating in the main event, Montol Eve on December 21.
The team behind Montol would love as many people as possible to dress up in mock formal and masks and partake in this annual event.
So far we have...
4pm - Sun down procession - Causewayhead
6pm - Main Procession - Starts top of Chapel Street
6.20pm - Midwinter bonfire - Princess May Rec.
From 7pm - The Guise Guilds (times may very) - all over
9.30pm - Carols - Outside the Union Hotel
10pm - Late night procession - Chapel Street
Check the website for up to date info on this years programme.
Did you know?
Traditionally made from ash wood, the lighting of the Yule Log is an old Cornish tradition. A stickman, or woman, is chalked on the log as a symbol of the death of the old year and the birth of the new and then thrown on the fire.
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