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Tuesday 18th February 2025 - 19.00-23.00 - Merchant Adventurers’ Hall

JORVIK Viking Festival Feast

Celebrate the end of a long winter with an unforgettable candlelit dining experience at the historic Merchant Adventurers’ Hall! Gather in this magnificent venue for a three-course feast inspired by traditional Viking fare, with live entertainment and epic tales from the past that will transport you to another era.

For the first time ever, the Festival Feast will feature both the Best Dressed Viking and Best Beard Contest. All are welcome to enter  - attire can be authentic or a new twist and beards can be natural or proudly homemade. Prizes for both competitions will be awarded on the night.

This dining experience is a festival favorite and a ‘must-do’ for your 2025 calendar!

This event is sponsored by Nidhoggr Mead Co. https://www.nidhoggrmead.com/

Please purchase tickets before 27th January 2025, to allow our Festival team to finalise plans with the caterers.

Friday 21st February & Saturday 22nd February 2025 - 19.30-20.30 - Eye of York

'Evening Spectacular: Tyrfing. The Cursed Sword'

Experience our Evening Spectacular! As you are guided into a world with a chance encounter between a king and two dwarves that leads to the forging of a magical sword - but all is not as it seems.

The sword is named Tyrfing and it possesses formidable powers. It can cut through rock and iron as easily as cloth or flesh. The bearer of the sword will always defeat his opponent.
But this mighty blade also carries a terrible curse. Each time it is drawn it must taste blood. Someone must die, and it will cause three evil deeds to be done. It will destroy those who wield it and cause great suffering!

Join ‘Time Will Tell Theatre’, as we journey into the heart of a Viking myth with trickery, beauty, death and curses in our Tale of Tyrfing; The Cursed Sword!

This event sells out every year, so this year we have introduced a second performance so that more people will get to experience this show stopping spectacular to finish their week at JORVIK Viking Festival 2025.

Saturday 22nd February 2025 - 13.30-14.30 - Eye of York

Two teams face off in the Viking Games! Back by popular demand, this family-friendly event returns for 2025. Contestants battle it out in a test of strength, skill, cunning and wisdom with Odin as the referee. Expect combat, impressive feats of endurance and plenty of laughs along the way.

Please note, if you wish to participate in the March to Coppergate you won’t be able to join the Viking Games as it will already be underway.