Malton Museum Roman Festival 2026
To celebrate the fifth year of the Malton Roman Festival the team at Malton Museum have added an additional V to the name. This is because V in Roman numerals (or rather letters) is their equivalent of 5.
Our Roman festival is taking place on the first Sunday of the summer holidays on 19th July between 10:00am and 16:00, so if you haven’t booked your summer holiday yet push it back for a week or two and come along to Orchard Field in Malton for a day of family fun.
Orchard Field is the site of the Roman fort and civilian site called Delgovicia which was established circa AD71. The site was known as Derventio, but academic research has identified the Roman Site at Stamford Bridge as the site of Derventio. “There is something special about running a Roman festival on the site of the old Roman Fort”, stated festival organiser Louise Lewis.
Malton Roman Festival V will have several re-enactor groups which include calvary unit Equistry and legionary units Legio VI Victrix, Magister Militum and Longthorpe Legion as well as the Brigantes of Wincobank Hill representing the British population of that time. As well as marching and weaponry demonstrations the legions will be recruiting for the Kids Roman Army and their march around the site.
The festival will also feature a selection of talks and question/answer sessions by historians, authors of fiction and non-fiction books which in previous years has included Terry Deary, Simon J Turney and Dr Simon Elliott. The museum will keep us updated in the run up to the actual date so please follow their social media pages and the website www.maltonmuseum.com
The festival has plenty to do for children and plenty of food and drink will be on hand to keep everyone happy. There will also be stalls from local archaeological groups and the Museum, sharing archaeological finds with the public.
The festival is run entirely by volunteers and if you want to volunteer for the preparation phase or on the day please contact the museum on enquiries.maltonmuseum@gmail.com.
If you or your business would like to donate to or sponsor some element of our Roman Festival, please also get in touch at the address above, we'd love to talk to you about it.
And finally the price will be held at £10 for adults with children under 5 free remaining good value for a family day out. Children between 5 and 15 cost £5 per head but family tickets are available at £20.
See you there or “Te ibi videbo” as the Romans would say.