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Blast away the January blues by getting together to celebrate the Orchards that provide us with tasty fruit.
What is a Wassail?
The ancient English tradition of Wassailing involves drinking hot apple juice or mulled cider, food, songs, and ‘blessing’ the trees in the hope of a good harvest.
Wassailing has been going on for donkey's years, with the first recorded mention being in 1585 in Kent.
People would go about the Orchards, pouring cider on the roots of the trees and hanging bits of toast in the branches as an offering to the birds.
Then they would make noise, singing, and banging pots and pans together to scare away any bad spirits in the orchard.
It may all sound a bit strange, but we hope our Wassail will be a fun and lively nod to this ancient tradition, and a chance to get together for some mischief in the gloom of January.
What to expect
We'll meet under the open top barn in Meanwood Valley Urban Farm and make our way to the Orchard together.
There'll be plenty of songs to join in with, and the MVUF choir will treat us to some Wassail classics!
Kids very welcome.
Food & Fire
We will provide a hot vegetarian meal and hot drinks around the fire once the Wassail is finished.
Please select 'Food' as an add-on when you're buying your ticket so we can get an idea of numbers.
What to bring
This event will be entirely outside, so you’ll want to be dressed in warm clothing and footwear suitable for the outdoors and uneven ground.
Wassailing outfits are very much encouraged! Here are some photos for inspiration.
You may want to bring a pot and a wooden spoon to make some noise with!
Weather
If the weather's looking too grim, we'll postpone to the following Thursday 16th Jan, same time. We'll try to give you as much notice as possible.
Contact number
Please call 07873157076 if you can't find where to go on the day.
Accessibility
There are toilets at the farm.
Due to the uneven ground this event is not wheelchair accessible.
There will be loud noises.
This event is Pay As You Feel. Please select 'Food' as an add-on when you're buying your ticket so we can get an idea of numbers.
Tickets on our Eventbrite page.