Malvern’s Water and Well Dressing Festival 2nd-10th May 2026

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Join us for a wonderful festival

Malvern’s vibrant and energetic Water and Well Dressing Festival is nearly upon us and the town is already buzzing with excitement. The annual festival is a celebration of the town’s unique spring water and its heritage. An opportunity for the community to come together and bring joy to their spring whilst appreciating the waters. The annual Well Dressing this year is in the theme of Birds! Over 50 wells will be decorated by local groups through handmade crafts as a fun and creative tradition to give thanks to the waters. As always, the weekend is packed full of activities, water blessings and ceremonies, and not to forget- insightful talks by Malvern Spa Association.

We hope you enjoy a fun filled weekend exploring the dressed springs and wells, join in the many community offerings and the family fun day on May Day.

The well dressers will be busy decorating their wells on Friday the 1st of May for the community to start enjoying visiting the sites between Saturday the 2nd of May until the 10th of May. To explore the dressed wells, download the map.

There are a few changes this year

Unfortunately, MSA are unable to run the popular mini-bus tours this year. We hope to resume this offering for the Well Dressing festival 2027. For more information on this, see here.

This year’s festival is looking a little different to previous years- with the Malvern Theatres refurbishment extending into Priory Park, the town’s Family Fun Day will be on Belle View Island on May Day, Monday the 4th of May. The day will be packed with musical performances, activities, and of course the awards ceremony for the talented well dressers.

Make sure you check out the other events that are going on throughout the town all weekend- there is something for everyone.

Talks

There are two talks this year:

  • Malvern Spa Associations very popular presentation by Carly Tinkler Malvern Water: One Billion Years. The talk will be held at The Cube on Sunday the 3rd of May at 12pm. Get your tickets here.
  • Malvern Spa Association is very excited to have a guest speaker Charlotte Emily Rose visiting from County Cork, Ireland, especially to tell Malvern about her mission to restore ancient wells and spring water sources around the globe. Restoring Ancient Wells by Charlotte Emily Rose will be held at the Cube on Monday the 4th of May at 4pm. Get your Tickets here.

Check out the schedule of events below:

Note that some events / times below may change at short notice especially if subject to weather.

Thursday 30th April

6:00 pm Evoking Malvhina- from Rhiannon’s Celtic Goddess Circles and Do Be Do Forest Bathing. Rosebank Gardens

Friday 1st May

Well Dressers decorating their wells

Saturday 2nd May

4:45 am Dawn Ceremony at Dripping Well with Jonathan Penley. Meet at St Ann’s Well

9:00 am St James Church Blessing with Rev. Nicholas Menon. St James Church, West Malvern

12 pm-4 pm Arts and Crafts Fair by Handmade Malvern. Park View Community Room, Victoria Park Rd

12:00 pm Song Space Singers. Rose Bank Well, Rose Bank Gardens

4:00 pm Malvhina Blessing with Rev. Roger Latham. Malvhina Well, Belle Vue Island

Sunday 3rd May

10:00 am Malvhina water ceremony by Charlotte Emily Rose Malvhina Well, Belle Vue Island

11:00 am Beautiful Music with Ray Mytton St Ann’s Well

12:00 pm Malvern Spa Association: One Billion Years Talk The Cube, Great Malvern

Monday 4th May

11:00 am Various Performances Belle Vue Island, Great Malvern

2:00 pm Well Dressing Awards Ceremony Belle View Island, Great Malvern

4:00 pm Malvern Spa Association: Restoring Ancient Wells talk by Charlotte Emily Rose The Cube, Great Malvern

Sunday 10th May

10 am Song of Now CIC St Ann’s Well

3.00pm The Clock Tower Blessing by Malvern Buddhists The Clock Tower, North Malvern

Make sure you are following Malvern Spa Association on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with the festival.

For information from Well Dressing festival partners, see the links below:
https://www.visitthemalverns.org/blog/malvern-well-dressing-water-festival-family-fun-day/
https://www.facebook.com/malvernwelldressing