Wigan Diggers Festival

Run out the Guns performing on the main stage at 6pm

Come all ye and help us celebrate the life, ideas and legacy of Wigan born Gerrard Winstanley – 17th Century radical social activist who declared ‘The Earth is a common treasury for all’.
The FREE festival will feature music throughout the day on two stages, along with poetry, stalls offering ideas and visions for a better, fairer world, food and drink – all at NORTHERN PRICES.
Come for all or part of the day – be part of something bigger and better for you being there!
The whole thing starts with a short parade and a symbolic reenactment of the collective occupation of St George’s Hill and the planting of crops to be shared between the Diggers community.