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WHITBY KRAMPUS RUN IX

Whitby Krampus Run IX is on Saturday 2nd December makes its ninth journey out to punish the wicked on the streets of Whitby followed in the evening by the infamous Krampus Ball.

Sunday 3rd December is the return of Thee Wyld Hunt with a very special hoss race, who will be Hoss Ov Thee Jahre?

Saturday 2nd December

Again we will be using Chapel on the Hill as our WKRHQ. Some of us will be in there getting ready and changing into our Krampus fell (suit). A good chance to come and meet and greet some of our members and the faces behind the masks.

The venue will also be open from midday for the public and is serving hot drinks, apple strudel and other food and also now has a fully licensed bar.

Younger visitors to come and participate in some activities. You can get your face painted up all beastly, contribute to the cave painting, enjoy the magic tricks of our resident shamen, make Krampus Kards have your photo taken on the Krampus throne and meet Thee Gods and a chance to bag yourself some excellent official WKR loot. Having a roof over our heads here means we can be better prepared for weather that may not be in our favour....Sounds gut to uns.

Also at midday Krampusse will also be out and about around town with St. Niklaus to check in on everyones behaviour and make sure no one is being naughty. The Bandstand (YO21 3PZ) will also be another main location for Krampusse and where you will be able to purchase WKR merchandise which goes to help support the event. The Royal Hotel will also be open to visitors for drinks, food and a bit of shelter.

At 3.30pm the Krampus Parade will start from the Bandstand with the Whitby Pass and all the magickal beasts making their way up to the Whalebones, joined this year by Two Whitby Wyrms as our featured creatures. There will be SFX smoke and lights used on the parade.

Only registered members of WKR are permitted to be in the parade

Again for the finale at the Whalebones we are making a special request of you all....

Bring something you can make and racket with. Something to shake, bash, drum, blow or honk. Let's make an almighty noise for the finale at the Whalebones and drive that dark away.

Then we ask you to make your way safely to Dock End (YO21 1YN) by The Endeavour replica for an awesome display of Fire and Dance from our very special guests and friends Mister Fox.

MISTER FOX

The performance will start at 5.30pm

WKR ART

OVER THE NEIN JAHRES A LOT OF ART HAS BEEN CREATED

Can you find and collect them all? participating shops and locations around town will display a poster with a QR code on it. Scan the code with your phone go where it takes you and download as many pieces of WKR art as you can. Clues to the locations will be on our facebook page. Once you have found as many pieces you can the, first three people to message our facebook page with THE MOST will win a sackful of krampus loot.

The Krampus Ball

hOSTED BY MACKIE

featuring

tAngerinecAt

tAngerinecAt are Zhenia Purpurovsky and Paul Chilton - songwriters, producers, composers, and multi-instrumentalists based in Wales, UK,.formed in Ukraine in 2008.
They craft a spellbinding sonic world using electronic production, hurdy-gurdy, voice, whistles and an array of other sounds.
Their new album Glass hit the top of the charts on Bandcamp and was voted one of Louder Than War's top 100 albums of 2022 It highlights Zhenia’s personal story as a multi-ethnic disabled queer refugee and complex trauma survivor from a working- class background. tAngerinecAt has built a worldwide cult following over the last decade playing hundreds of shows and festivals in the UK, and Europe including a notable appearance at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023. Their influences range from artists like Gesaffelstein, Son Lux, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, My Dying Bride, to the ethnic music of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains and the films of Sergey Parajanov.

GALDORCRÆFT

Galdorcræft are a dark pagan Neo-folk band based in Stoke-on-Trent in the area of Staffordshire in the UK. Their music has a fusion of ancient and contemporary instruments, our inspiration is gained from history, nature, and the world of the Gods.
Galdorcraeft weaves music into magick, the act of expressing imagination, intent becomes a part of the ritual weaved through rhythm, melodies and vocals.

Matthew Wotton - Vocals Kliff Moon - Bowed Lyre, Moraharpa, Jaw Harp, Kravik Lyre, Bullroarer, Backing Vocals & Percussion.
Marie Moon - Kravik Lyre, Anglo-Saxon Lyre, Horn & Percussion.

Sean Fisher - Logs & Bone Percussion. Willowe - Frame Drums

Rhys Spooner - Floor Drums

ELVUS KRAMPLEY

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