Each year a wreath is laid at the grave of James Hammett, one of the martyrs, in the churchyard of Tolpuddle parish church.
The main festival events are held outside the Martyrs' Museum on the western edge of Tolpuddle village. The main speeches and performances take place on a small stage in front of the Tolpuddle cottages and museum, with audience space on the green. The adjacent field, as well as having camping space, has a marquee, Workers Beer Company bar and merchandise stalls.
tolpuddle, martyrs, festival, rally, annual, festival, held, village, tolpuddle, dorset, england, which, celebrates, memory, tolpuddle, martyrs, event, celebration, trade, unionism, labour, politics, organised, dorset, committee, national, union, agricultural,. The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and Rally is an annual festival held in the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset England which celebrates the memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs The event is a celebration of trade unionism and labour politics organised by the Dorset Committee of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers now a section of Unite the Union and the Trades Union Congress TUC The festival is usually held in the third week of July and features a parade of banners from trade unions a memorial service speeches and music Tolpuddle Martyrs festivalBilly Bragg performing in 2004Date s Third week in JulyFrequencyAnnuallyLocation s Tolpuddle Dorset EnglandAttendance10 000 1 Websitetolpuddlemartyrs wbr org wbr uk Parade 2016Each year a wreath is laid at the grave of James Hammett one of the martyrs in the churchyard of Tolpuddle parish church The main festival events are held outside the Martyrs Museum on the western edge of Tolpuddle village The main speeches and performances take place on a small stage in front of the Tolpuddle cottages and museum with audience space on the green The adjacent field as well as having camping space has a marquee Workers Beer Company bar and merchandise stalls Tony Benn speaking in 2012Recent festivals have featured speeches from politicians Tony Benn Dennis Skinner Jim Knight Estelle Morris and former Labour Leader update Jeremy Corbyn as well as British trade union leaders and international union organisers especially from countries where organising unions is difficult such as Iraq and Colombia Musicians have included Billy Bragg Dick Gaughan David Rovics and Graham Moore The UK Youth Parliament and Dorset Youth Council run youth debates annually See also editDurham Miners Gala Labour festivalReferences edit Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival draws record crowd BBC 17 July 2011 Retrieved 20 July 2014 External links editTolpuddle Martyrs Museum History of the festival Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum nbsp Media related to Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and Rally at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This article related to a British festival is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tolpuddle Martyrs 27 Festival amp oldid 1184308742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
