Events
Major events in the Alnwick calendar include:
- A Shrove Tuesday football match, known as Scoring the Hales is played in the Pastures (the fields below the castle) between the parishes of St. Paul and St. Michaels. The ball is fetched from Alnwick Castle in procession, preceded by the Duke of Northumberland's piper. The game is won by whichever team is first to score two "hales" or goals.
- the Alnwick International Music Festival
- the Alnwick Castle Tournament – a mediaeval jousting spectacular in the grounds of Alnwick Castle
The Alnwick Fair was an annual costumed event, formerly held each summer from 1969 to 2007, recreating some of appearance of medieval trading fairs and 17th century agricultural fairs. It has recently been discontinued.
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