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Marches Day 2024
18th June 2024 @ 5:00 am - 6:00 pm
Free
Date for the Diary: First Tuesday, after the second Thursday
18th June 2024
For over 400 years, Linlithgow Marches has been one of the most important dates in the town calendar. Residents are treated to flutes and drums at 5am, helping them to wake up ready for the day. The music and entertainment continues with pipes and local bands helping to build the excitement throughout the morning.
Local groups and dignitaries fraternise with refreshments at the Burgh Halls, Palace and St Michaels Parish Church until 11am when the magnificent procession sets off for Linlithgow Bridge.
It’s a whole town celebration with crowds lining the way while the officials check the boundaries and march back into town. The dignitaries head off to Blackness to inspect the port and pay respects at the war memorial, before heading back to the town at 5pm for a grand finale and sing-a-long at The Cross.
It’s a truly special event, not often seen on this scale these days and worth experiencing at least once.
Organised by The Court of the Deacons of the Ancient and Royal Burgh of Linlithgow
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