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Join the Celebrations!
We’ve got a spectacular weekend of celebrations in store to mark the opening of the castle’s magnificently refurbished Renaissance royal palace!
The event, called “Stirling Castle Presents – a Palace Fit for a Queen”, takes place on 4th and 5th of June 2011 and will feature more than 60 costumed performers plus lots of fun activities. But the really big attraction is the chance to be among the very first to see inside the six magnificent royal apartments. Visitors will also be able to enjoy new exhibitions, plus super interactive displays which are ideal for all the family.
We want everyone who comes along to have the best possible experience, so we are limiting numbers at the event.
We want everyone who comes along to have the best possible experience, so we are limiting numbers at the event.
Entry to the event
Entry will be by pre-purchased ticket only – and as a bit of advance warning for enewsletter readers we thought we would let you know that tickets will go on sale direct from this website on 28 April 2011.
Prices will be will be £13 for adults, concessions £10 and children £6.50.
Prices will be will be £13 for adults, concessions £10 and children £6.50.
Great things to do and see at Stirling Castle Presents – a Palace Fit for a Queen include:
- Royal procession – 11.45am, Saturday only: Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots and the royal party arrive at the castle and are welcomed by cannon fire.
- Palace apartments: Be among the first to see inside the sumptuously refurbished royal. Meet nobles, officials and servants who lived and worked there in the 1540s.
- Image-Makers for the King: See the original Stirling Heads in a specially-created gallery.
- All the Queen’s Men: Meet Mary of Guise and Mary Queen of Scots in the Great Hall.
- Living History Encampment: Pike drill, musket firing and fighting knights.
- The Royal Feast: See cooks prepare a feast – from sugar fancies to a boar’s head.
- Music and Dance: Hear the hits of the era – watch the dancers strut their Renaissance stuff.
- Jesters, Smith and Swordsman: Jesters and fools, a working and meet Adam Otterburn who shows how to fight with rapier and dagger.
