Friday 19th September
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Storytelling Walk – Depart 4:30pm from the Miner Statue with Cobweb Tours, ending at Wheal Uny Mine.
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Smoking of the Stacks – From 6pm at Wheal Uny Mine (also visible from Carn Brea Monument).
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St Euny Church – Open after the walk and stack-smoking, from 6pm, with facilities and refreshments.
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Gala Concert: Camborne Town Band – Wesley Chapel, 7:30pm, tickets £10.
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Murdoch House – Open 10am–4pm (also Saturday) with light refreshments and the Redruth–Real del Monte Twinning stall.
Saturday 20th September
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Opening Ceremony – Main Stage, Green Lane, 10am.
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Crimping Competition – Main Stage, 11:20am–12:10pm.
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Pasty Competitions – Entries to Library (2–2:30pm), judged by Kernow King. Winners announced 4pm, Buttermarket.
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Workshops & Crafts – Pasty Making (Alma Place, 10am–4pm), Cobweb Tours crafts (St Rumon’s Gardens, 10am–4pm), Café Petite storytelling café (89 Fore St, 11am–3pm).
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Heritage Tours – Free bus tours to Moseley Museum & Cornwall Gold (10am–3:30pm). Tolgus Mill guided tours: 10:30am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm.
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Kresen Kernow – Open 9:30am–4pm with art activities & storytelling (11am & 1pm).
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Community Events – Methodist Church coffee morning (10am–1pm), Community Centre Craft Fair (10am–4pm), Library exhibitions & family crafts.
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Heritage Talks (Wesley Chapel) – 11am, 2pm, 3:15pm.
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The Buttermarket – 1pm–9pm: folk music, street food & stalls.
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Evening – The Drapery (live music, 7pm–late) & St Rumon’s Club (Phaze 2 DJ, UV party, 7:30pm–late).
Sunday 21st September
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Pilgrimage Walk – Led by Rev Becca Bell, departs Wheal Basset Stamps 10am, arrives Wheal Uny 10:40am.
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Service at St Euny Church – Follows the pilgrimage walk, approx. 11am.
The International Mining and Pasty Festival returns to Redruth from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 September, celebrating the town’s rich mining heritage and Cornwall’s most iconic food.
The festival opens on Friday with a storytelling walk from the Miner Statue to Wheal Uny, led by Cobweb Tours, culminating in the dramatic smoking of the Wheal Uny stacks in the colours of Redruth’s twinned towns.
Saturday brings the town centre alive with market stalls, live music, heritage talks, exhibitions, and family activities. Highlights include crimping demonstrations, the popular Crimping Competition, and the Pasty Competitions in the Buttermarket, with categories for amateur, professional, and most creative pasties.
On Sunday, the festival concludes with a pilgrimage walk from Wheal Basset Stamps to Wheal Uny, followed by a reflective service at St Euny Church.
For full details of the weekend programme, read the festival guide:
For the Festival Guide, click on the poster below:
Pasty Competitions
For the Festival Guide, visit the link below:
Think you can bake the best pasty in Cornwall? Enter our Pasty Competitions at the Redruth International Mining & Pasty Festival on Saturday 20 September. With categories for amateurs, professionals, and the most creative pasty, it’s your chance to impress the judges – including Kernow King. Winners will be announced at 4pm in the Buttermarket.
Before you enter, please read: Pasty Competition Terms and Conditions
For the entry form, click on the image below:
