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This year the St Leger Festival Week took place from 2nd to 11th September, with the race meeting taking place from the 7th to 10th September at Doncaster-racecourse.
St Leger Festival Week Facts:
Since 1776 the St Leger has been the biggest event in Doncaster’s social calendar. Visitors from all over the world come for a 10 day celebration of racing, music, fine food, arts and culture.
The highlight is undoubtedly the St Leger Stakes – the world’s oldest classic horse race – and the four days of the St Leger Festival race meeting (7th - 10th September). However, the festival week 2-11 September 2011 offers much more, including:
• Roman soldiers set up camp at the Minster with marches and displays through town (3&4 Sep)
• Guided heritage walks explaining the long history of the great race (2-11 Sep)
• Doncaster Live – a free open air rock concert in the historic Market Place (3&4 Sep)
• St Leger Exhibition at Doncaster Museum (2-11 Sep)
• Champagne breakfasts at venues throughout town
• Opera, live music and dancing in Regent Square (9-11 Sep)
• Live music throughout the week, from jazz to folk to rock
• Special shows at the Civic Theatre and Doncaster Little Theatre, with comedy nights, plays and live bands
• Funfairs at Doncaster racecourse
Beer festivals
• Special open days at Doncaster’s
historic Mansion House
Stay a few extra nights in Doncaster and enjoy shopping at Doncaster Market (now officially the best in Britain), the Frenchgate Centre or Lakeside and take in some of the top attractions such as Brodsworth Hall, Conisbrough Castle or the Yorkshire Wildlife Park with its lions and tigers!
For more information on St Leger Festival Week, or to order your copy of the Doncaster Visitor Guide, contact:
Doncaster Tourism,
38-40 High Street, Doncaster,
DN1 1DE. Tel: 01302 734309
Email: tourist.information@doncaster.gov.uk
Tourist Information Centre
eMail: tourist.information@doncaster.gov.uk
| Tel: 01302 734309
The Blue Building, 38-40 High Street, Doncaster, DN1 1DE
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