The ever-popular St Piran Furry and St Piran Concert will be returning to Penzance next week!

Organised by St Piran in Penwith, with grant funding from Penzance Council, Penzance will see the return of children dancing the St Piran Furry in the town and a special Cornish Concert held at St John’s Hall.

At the council’s last finance & general purposes committee meeting, councillors agreed to award £1,196 to St Piran in Penwith to help fund their annual celebration events planned for the town.

The group’s aim is to raise awareness of St Piran and Cornish culture with children and adults in the Pewnith area, something Penzance Council has supported them with for fourteen years.

First up will be a special Cornish Concert on Thursday, March 2 at 7pm in St John’s Hall, with performances from a combined choir of school children from the Penwith area and Penzance Guizers - a community dance and music group who perform Cornish and Celtic dances and music.

The St Piran Furry will then take centre stage on Friday 3 March and will see hundreds of school children dancing through the streets of Penzance, finished off with a well-earned saffron bun!

The Furry will start at the top of Causewayhead at 10:15am and will make its way down Causewayhead, Market Place, Parade Street and St Mary’s Terrace to Morrab Gardens.

The children will then make their way back to St John’s Hall via Morrab Terrace and Morrab Road. A road closure will be in place from 10am-12 noon (more details can be found online: https://one.network/?tm=132992176 or by calling Cornwall Council: 0300 1234 222.

Jakki Williams, Chair of the St Piran in Penwith Committee, said "for the 18th year we will be celebrating St Piran’s Day throughout Penzance. Flags will be flying and children will be playing instruments and dancing in the streets. Come along to our fun filled concert or watch our procession and join in our celebrations.

“A big thank you to Penzance Council and our wonderful volunteers who make it all happen. See you there - Gool Peran Lowen!!"

“Penzance Council is proud to support this unique celebration of our local identity” said Cllr Stephen Reynolds, Chair of the Finance & General Purposes Committee.

“The volunteers from St Piran in Penwith do a fantastic job, especially in bringing together children from schools across our local communities so that our traditions will live on through future generations.”