Merlin Festival simply magic!
Carmarthen was transformed into a magical medieval haven with live music, story telling and roving entertainers at the weekend’s Merlin Festival.
You could say eat your heart out Harry Potter because the great Welsh Wizard Merlin has his own festival in his home town of Carmarthen.
Families from far and wide put on their pointy hats to join the wizards academy and mingle with the dancing dragons in the streets that were ringing with jugglers, jousters and stilt walkers.
Also on the programme were arts and crafts workshops, free face painting, a wizard academy and Epico the Dragon was prowling the streets
The event was staged by Carmarthenshire County Council and supported by St Catherine’s Walk, Merlin’s Walk and King Street retailers.
Executive board member for regeneration and leisure services, Cllr Clive Scourfield, said: “The Merlin Festival is great fun and a wonderful way to celebrate the history and mythology of Carmarthen.
“This year’s event was be better than ever, with colourful events and more interaction for visitors and traders.”
County tourism manager Huw Parsons said: “This event has really captured the imagination and will be with us for some time.
“Merlin’s magic continues to weave its spell with the event attracting widespread advanced publicity in women’s magazines and national newspapers probably because of the success of Harry Potter.
“There is no reason why we shouldn’t capitalise and ride this wave of intrigue into magic and mystical things which are woven into the very fabric of Carmarthen’s history.
“It was brilliant this year to see retailers joining in and making the event even more successful.
“We even had families from Swansea coming down to enjoy the event and the shopping opportunities.”
You could say eat your heart out Harry Potter because the great Welsh Wizard Merlin has his own festival in his home town of Carmarthen.
Families from far and wide put on their pointy hats to join the wizards academy and mingle with the dancing dragons in the streets that were ringing with jugglers, jousters and stilt walkers.
Also on the programme were arts and crafts workshops, free face painting, a wizard academy and Epico the Dragon was prowling the streets
The event was staged by Carmarthenshire County Council and supported by St Catherine’s Walk, Merlin’s Walk and King Street retailers.
Executive board member for regeneration and leisure services, Cllr Clive Scourfield, said: “The Merlin Festival is great fun and a wonderful way to celebrate the history and mythology of Carmarthen.
“This year’s event was be better than ever, with colourful events and more interaction for visitors and traders.”
County tourism manager Huw Parsons said: “This event has really captured the imagination and will be with us for some time.
“Merlin’s magic continues to weave its spell with the event attracting widespread advanced publicity in women’s magazines and national newspapers probably because of the success of Harry Potter.
“There is no reason why we shouldn’t capitalise and ride this wave of intrigue into magic and mystical things which are woven into the very fabric of Carmarthen’s history.
“It was brilliant this year to see retailers joining in and making the event even more successful.
“We even had families from Swansea coming down to enjoy the event and the shopping opportunities.”
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