Pack Monday is Sherborne's only surviving medieval street fair, and one of only a few in the UK.
Pack Monday comprises a traditional street fair with market and craft stalls with live music and a fun fairSherborne's Pack Monday, which also features live music and a funfair, dates back to medieval times.Old Michaelmas Day, which falls on 10 October, traditionally marks the feast of St Michael the Archangel and is associated with the beginning of autumn.
The fair, which runs until 21:00 BST, comprises a traditional street fair with market and craft stalls in the town's four main streets - The Green, Cheap Street, Half Moon Street and Digby Road, with live music in Pageant Gardens and a funfair at The Terraces, which started on Thursday.
Sherborne Abbey is also holding a series of events throughout the day, including an organ recital and Pack Monday service, while Sherborne museum has a display charting the history of the fair.Sherborne Museum, which holds old photographs of the fair in its collections, is holding an exhibition about the event
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