The ever-popular St Piran Furry and St Piran Concert are returning to Penzance this week.

Organised by St Piran in Penwith, with grant funding from Penzance Council, the Furry will see children dancing in the town, while the special Cornish Concert will be held at St John’s Hall.

Town councillors agreed to award £1,196 to St Piran in Penwith to help fund their annual celebration events. The group’s aim is to raise awareness of St Piran and Cornish culture with children and adults in the Pewnith area and the council have supported the for 14 years.

The Cornish Concert will take place on Thursday at 7pm in St John’s Hall, with performances from a combined choir of school children from the Penwith area and Penzance Guizers, a community dance and music group who perform Cornish and Celtic dances and music.

The St Piran Furry will then take centre stage on Friday and will see hundreds of school children dancing through the streets of Penzance, finished off with a well-earned saffron bun.

The Furry will start at the top of Causewayhead at 10:15am and will make its way down Causewayhead, Market Place, Parade Street and St Mary’s Terrace to Morrab Gardens. 

The children will then make their way back to St John’s Hall via Morrab Terrace and Morrab Road. 

A road closure will be in place from 10am-12 noon.

Jakki Williams, chair of the St Piran in Penwith committee, said: “For the 18th year we will be celebrating St Piran’s Day throughout Penzance. Flags will be flying and  children will be playing instruments and dancing in the streets. 

“A big thank you to Penzance Council and our wonderful volunteers who make it all happen.”

Cllr Stephen Reynolds, chair of town council’s finance and general purposes committee, said: “Penzance Council is proud to support this unique celebration of our local identity.

“The volunteers from St Piran in Penwith do a fantastic job, especially in bringing together children from schools across our local communities so that our traditions will live on through future generations.”