Every year on the last week of June Pezance celebrates Mazey day.
Mazey day is a nonsense name and was made up for the celebrations of Golowan. Nevertheless Mazey day has become a household name throughout west Cornwall and notably Penwith.
Mazey day forms part of the summer celebrations of Golowan. Traditionally Mazey day sees street parades, entertainers, stalls and lots more in a carnival type atmosphere.
Penzance, the host town is rammed packed with visiting people and the streets swell to accommodate the extra people. Frankly it is worth while to take stock of this if you are planning a visit to Penzance on Mazey day. Small children, small dogs and prams or pushchairs will be a problem for you. That said there are always plenty of marshals on duty that are more than happy to help you if you need it.

Hi, thanks for putting this up. We are thinking about coming down to Cornwall for a holiday then.
No problem…I hope to have a great time!
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Hello there.I’m curious about setting up a stall on mazey day to sell hand crafted shell mirrors that i make.Ive been working on these for sometime now and any information that you could pass my way would be much appreciated.
Thanks again.
Regards Rob Sandry
I understand you can still get stall’s but you’ll need to be quick. Go to the official golowan website at http://www.golowan.org
Hi i can’t find mazey day/golowan official program online…don’t you provide it online? i want to come down from dorset but i need to know what day/time is what, bands, fireworks, procession…it’s only days ahead and no news of this on your official site, crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…why???
Thanks
Hi this isn’t the official Golowan website. You’ll need to go to http://www.golowan.org for the official site.