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Thousands join Mazey Day parade as festival peaks

News imagePenzance Council A parade performer wearing a large horse skull mask decorated with greenery moves through a crowded street, with musicians and onlookers following behind.Penzance Council
Mazey Day is the highlight of the week-long Golowan festival

Tens of thousands of people packed the streets of Penzance as the Mazey Day street party took over the town.

The event on Saturday marked the highlight of the week-long Golowan festival, now in its 36th year. This year's theme, Forever Flying High, celebrated everything from seabirds over Mounts Bay to future flight.

Opening the day, Penzance mayor Andy Law thanked "staff, friends and the army of volunteers who work so hard to bring us this extraordinary event".

He added: "This isn't just a festival, this is the beating heart of Penzance. This brings the community together in joy and celebration; it's an expression of what unifies us, an expression of who we are, our community and our love for this place we live in."

News imagePenzance Council A musician with tattooed arms plays a trombone in the street as part of a lively parade, with other brass players and spectators gathered outside colourful buildings in the background.Penzance Council
News imagePenzance Council Large butterfly puppets with bright orange and black wings are carried above a dense crowd as a parade winds through a bunting‑filled town centre packed with onlookers.Penzance Council
A musician plays a trombone in the street parade
Large butterfly puppets are carried above the crowd

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