Chalke Festival Valley 2022 History
Following a shortened show last year, the Chalke Valley History Festival will return to a seven-day programme that promises to be bigger and better than ever
The Chalke Valley Festival is set to return from June 20-26, 2022, for a week-long spectacular of historical entertainment, inspiring discussions and a multitude of other open-air events. Situated at its stunning venue in Broad Chalke near Salisbury, Wiltshire, the show will boast talks from acclaimed speakers, military re-enactments, Roman-style fast food, traditional crafting, music through the ages and much more.
Among the renowned attendees announced so far are journalist and broadcaster Helena Merriman, presenting a Cold War-era escape story beneath the Berlin Wall, and bestselling historian Andrew Roberts, whose new book about George III examines the last king of America. Those interested in the Second World War, meanwhile, can speak with RAF Mosquito veterans or learn more about the role of women throughout the conflict. This year will also see the return of the Chalke Valley History Festival for Schools, enabling students to engage with the past in an exciting and immersive manner at a two-day special event.
Festival chair James Holland says: “There really is going to be an incredible range of history on offer this year… and, once again, we have among the very best historians around coming to speak. But more than ever we are offering a much wider programme that includes… a reconstructed Iron Age round-house, vintage funfair and some truly stunning and original living history displays, from Restoration-era horse racing to a forensic reconstruction of how Richard III lost his life at Bosworth… I really do think this is our very best programme ever.”