Performance
Covent Garden May Fayre & Puppet Festival
14 May 2023
Regular hours
- Sun, 14 May
- 11:00 – 17:30
Free admission
St Paul's Church, garden
Address
- Bedford Street
- Covent Garden
- London
England - WC2E 9ED
- United Kingdom
Event map
Covent Garden's 48th annual May Fayre & Puppet Festival, celebrating Mr Punch’s 361st Anniversary.
About
Punch & Judy Professors and Puppeteers from all over the country and abroad gather to perform in the Garden of St Paul’s Church on the second Sunday in May near the spot where Samuel Pepys first recorded sighting Mr Punch in May 1662.
A family friendly event with a line-up that includes a host of talent in the puppetry tradition, as well as folk music, a brass band, maypole-dancing, clowns, food and stalls provided by local community groups and charities.
All are invited to celebrate Mr Punch’s birthday and the art of puppetry.
Performances start at 11am and the festival will end by 5:30pm.
