| Where: | Bury, Lancs and environs -check Facebook link for schedule |
| When: | Usually Palm Sunday weekend (and sometimes Good Friday) |
| Time: | Usually From Noon on Sunday (and Friday 1pm to 4.30pm approx if performing that day). |
The Bury Pace Eggers are a team of mummers who perform in the Easter season every year around their home town. Pace Egging Plays are traditional mumming plays with their own unique character and are performed during Eastertide, mainly in the north-western corner of England. They are typically brief hero-combat plays with fight scenes and the revival of one protagonist by a doctor but also have some unique songs and characters like Tosspot who don’t appear anywhere else. The name comes from the players or their attendants in past years begging for eggs for the Easter season.The Bury team follow a route based around local hostelries performing their traditional Pace Egg play with all the associated characters including St George, the Doctor, Beelzebub and the Fool, and Big Head who performs a clog dance. Spoiler alert: St George fights Slasher the Turkish Knight, who is slain and miraculously revived by the Doctor and a good time is had by all!
Helpful Hints
In 2027 they should be out on Palm Sunday, 21st March (details to be confirmed). The group also perform at occasional local events at other times including Prestwich Clough Day- check their Facebook link below for details.
2026 schedule, for reference, was:
12.45 Hamers Arms, Higher Summerseat
13.00 Footballers, Higher Summerseat
13.30 Dungeon, Tottington
13.50 Lamb Inn, Woolfold
14.10 White Horse, Halshaw
14.35 Plough, Harwood
15.00 Black Bull, Edgworth
15.15 The Barlow, Edgworth
16.00 White Horse, Edgworth
16.15 Rose & Crown, Edgworth
Check the Pace Eggers’ own page for a complete schedule with all timings and locations and for any last-minute updates (see links below).
Click here for the event Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/burypaceeggers/
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/burypaceeggers/
Hi Chaps
We met in Prestwich in the church Inn. We run a children’s scouts/guides campsite project in Edenfield and would love to host a play over the Easter weekend 2020. If you need participants, we may be able to assist. xx
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your offer – I shall pass your details on to the Bury Pace Eggers. I’m sure they’ll be pleased 🙂
Averil
Hi Guys.
Are you looking for venues for Pace Egging this year. We would still like to host if you are available.
Let me know.
Ma