Leicester Old Town Festival - Roman edition

In 2025 Leicesters Old Town Festival took on a Roman flavour with a Roman encampment on Jubilee Square featuring a life sized forum and exploring Leicester`s Roman past. Alongside the Romans the usual fun of the festival could be found at the @LeicesterCathedral Gardens with St George and his Dragon (inferno) FACT: St George was a solider in the Roman Army !. We start our day in a fiery way with Inferno the dragon breathing smoke and meeting visitors. Then from New Street we hear the unmistakable sound of bells as Leicester Morris arrive and perform a traditional dance in the Cathedral Gardens. After the excitement of the dance we move to the relative calm of the @LeicesterMuseums Guildhall where a Roman style mosaic is being created inspired by those soon to be displayed at @JewryWallRoman160AD (Re-Opening 26th July 2025). A brief march with a passing troop of Roman Soldiers brings us to Jubilee Square where Bill Brookman and Christine Parsons of www.billbrookman.co.uk welcome us into the square. In the Roman encampment we see various displays of helmets and a demonstration of metal jewellery making, there's fun for the children too with the, very loud, centurion school. An informative and educational talk from Roman soldiers through the years engages young and old before chariots of a slightly more modern variety arrive in the form of the Ride Leicester bike ride with decorated pedal powered vehicles of multiple configurations. It`s back to the Cathedral for another performance by Leicester Morris with the spectacular backdrop of the Leicester Cathedral and it`s newly completed extension.