Procession Day

2026 PROCESSION DAY TIMETABLE

8:00 Judging of decorated houses
Both houses and frontages will be judged. More details on the competitions page

10:00 Judging of decorated floats
One entrant from each vehicle must report to the trophy table on Marjoribanks Street, near the corner of Academy Place. More details on the competitions page

10:30 Judging of decorated bicycles & fancy dress
Entrants must report to the table with trophies on Marjoribanks Street, near the corner of Academy Place. More details on the competitions page

11:00 Principle characters parade
Parade starts from the EU Church and Scout Hall to the Old Academy

11:15 Historical pageant
Join us at the front of the Old Academy to watch our children do us proud

Leaves the Old Academy & parades the town by way of Marjoribanks Street, Drumcross Road, Torphichen Street, Waverley Street, Livery Street, George Street, South Bridge Street and Glasgow Road

13:15 Procession arrives at Meadow Park

13:30 The Procession Park Festival
Come to Meadow park for an afternoon you won’t forget.

SIBCAS PARK FESTIVAL

SOLAR CENTRAL SCOTLAND ARENA

Vander Double Wheel: 1:45pm, 2:45pm & 3:45pm (15 mins)
Watch the Vander Brothers double wheel and be mesmerised as they perform their stunts over 35ft in the air.

W3L Wresting: 1:30pm, 2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:00pm & 3:30pm (15 mins)
Body slams, flying elbows and action packed wrestling bouts come to Bathgate! Watch the matches then ‘meet and greet’ the World Wide Wrestling League stars.

Climbing Wall Scotland: All day
Back by popular demand, a state of the art mobile climbing wall suitable for children and adults.

Pitch Parade: All day
Freestyle football performances and skills workshops, football darts and speed cage/penalty shootout. Just what we need in the run up to the World Cup! Sponsored by Property Connections

The Bands: 4:00pm, 4:15pm & 4:30pm
Join us for short performances from Peoples Ford Bathgate & Boghall Caledonia Pipe Band (& Junior), Whitburn Band and Fanfare-Korps Neheim-Hüsten

FAMILY ZONE & TAYLOR WIMPEY CHILDRENS MARQEE

Alexander The Great
1:30pm – 2:00pm. 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Alexander the Great brings us a show full of
magic and balloon modelling

Dragonbreath Entertainment
2:00pm – 2:15pm. 2:45pm – 3:00pm. 3:30pm – 3:45pm
Adam thrills with a spectacular display
with flames flowing from his mouth!

Van Buren Magic Show
2:15pm – 2:45pm. 3:15pm – 3:45pm. 4:15pm – 4:45pm
World performing Magician and circus workshop. Sponsored by The Conveyancing Practice

Poppy Bubbles
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Bubble filled adventures that will be sure to
captivate your little ones

DROP IN ACTIVITIES (ALL DAY)
Free – Donations on the day are welcome

Alexander The Great:
Meet the rescue animals including bearded dragons, snakes and chameleon

Reptizoo
2:00pm – 2:15pm. 2:45pm – 3:00pm. 3:30pm – 3:45pm
Adam thrills with a spectacular display
with flames flowing from his mouth!

Face Painting by Catrina
Celebrate the day with our award winning face painters. Take inspiration from Reptizoo or your favourite animals.

Urban Circus
3:30pm – 4:30pm
From procession to park, Urban Circus continue
to entertain!

17:00 MASSED BANDS PARADE

Parade commences from Meadow Park to George Street

We need help from the community to put on the best day we can for our town. If you can volunteer your time or help with fundraising then go to the Help Us menu for ideas & how best to contact the committee.