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             A Right Royal Proclamation:

Fiery Jack’s Festival of Historical Re-Enactment and Entertainment is Back!

My Lords, Ladies, Sires, Squires, Dames, Damsels, Peasants and Paupers. We are BACK by popular demand! So come and camp with us again! Bulwarks Camp, Porthkerry Leisure Park, near Barry, South Wales is the stunning setting for Fiery Jack’s Festival of Historical Re-Enactment. This educational entertainment extravaganza, supported by CADW and MG Cardiff, takes place from Friday 12^th – Sunday 14^th August and offers a unique experience for all the family.

Organizer, Fiery Jack, said: ‘This is a really fun, family-focused festival with two days filled with a dazzling array of activities, from ferret racing to the vintage Fairground, which should appeal to all ages. Children and grown-ups will love wandering through the Medieval Market with its amazing selection of traditional goods and wares; meeting all the characters in full costume in the Living History Camps including the Victorian barber surgeon;  Gilbert Savage the Executioner; Pete of Swanick with his battle stories; and the only ‘have a go’ trebuchet in the UK! And of course I need to boast about the only jousting company in the UK who performs real full-contact Jousting, 15th century style,  with two teams of Knights in full plate amour worth up to £25000 per suit. In between, there’ll be much magic, mayhem and merriment with our three jesters. With them, anything can happen …and probably will!’

As if that’s not enough, several well-known re-enactment groups – Cardiff Castle Garrison, Cosmeston Medieval Village, Cosmeston Manor Archers and The Tempus Experientia -  will also be on site to re-create the day-to-day lives and historic moments of times long past.

With two full days of rollicking, rowdy, ribald, rumbustuous entertainment and three nights of on-site camping available for all the family, the evenings need to be pretty special too. There is a fantastic and eclectic range of performers which on Friday night includes Cardiff Burlesque’s FooFoo - erotic, comic, cheeky and dark; with comedy from Alf 5 Foot of Fun ; sultry, sleazy swing from 4-piece jazz outfit The Sauce and dance-inducing gypsy folk from Pigfoot; on Saturday night, Josephine Shaker will don top hat, tails and tap shoes;  music will be provided by the Top Shelf JazzBoys, restoring the era of the monical, whose crooning melodies and rakish banter serve up an exhilarating cocktail of kazoo solos, anarchic misconduct and safari suits! Sharing the evening with the Jazz Boys, is the rocky rootsy ‘fiddlesome’ band State of Undress from Dorset with their high-energy performance of original music and traditional songs described as ‘a blend of roots, rock, country, Celtic flavourings and a full-bodied melodic musical assault’! Add in one of the UK’s newest and most exciting magic performers, Jasper Blakeley and his alter-ego Kockov, the only performer in the world licenced to play Russian Roulette with colt 45 revolvers producing an unforgettable piece of live theatre; then a performance on Sunday from Under The Driftwood Treewith their alternative percussion instruments and their bohemian sound, plus Fiery Jack’s own band Fishy Folk and you have all the ingredients for a week-end that is sure to go down in history! Evening-only tickets are also available.

And if you do need to escape for a moment’s peace and tranquility, Bulwark’s Camp is a mere five minutes stroll to the beach. You can watch the sunset, whilst sipping a drop of Ale or sweet mead, before returning to the fray!

So, if thee be fair, of fine standing and full chivalrous, and of a heart to prove thine honour, then for a few gold coins, thou mayst purchase tickets for this fayre from the camping ticket page on this website!

Fiery Jack’s Festival of Re-Enactment, Bulwark’s Camp, Porthkerry Leisure Park, Rhoose, Barry CF62 3ZP from Friday 12^th – Sunday 14^th August. Tickets ( weekend, day and evening prices – Under 13s free entry) available