Shrove Sunday (fastelavn) falls on 7 February 2027, and the weekends around it get booked up quickly. Robert Mark performs at Shrovetide parties in kindergartens, schools, housing associations and clubs. It is a fun magic show where all the children take part, and afterwards there can be balloon animals for everyone.
How the show works
- A 25–30 minute children’s show suited to the children’s age
- The children are involved in the magic, so the show is not just something they watch
- Balloon animals for the children after the show, if you wish
- Humour on two levels, so the adults laugh along too
For whom?
Magic at the Shrovetide party is a firm tradition in many housing associations and schools. The show is also suitable for kindergartens, after-school clubs, sports clubs and Shrovetide parties in the local community.
Book in good time
Shrovetide falls on just a few weekends, and the best time slots go first. Call now to be sure of getting the time you want.
See Robert perform at Shrovetide
Watch a video of Shrovetide entertainment here:
“Fastelavn er mit navn, boller vil jeg have. Hvis jeg ingen boller får, så laver jeg ballade.” (Shrovetide is my name, buns are what I want. If I get no buns, I will make trouble.)
What is fastelavn?
Nowadays it is the children who celebrate fastelavn, the Danish Shrovetide carnival.
In the old days both men and women dressed up and feasted on plentiful food and drink for several days.
The word fastelavn comes from the Low German word vastelavent, which means the eve of the fast.
This refers to the 40-day fast that begins immediately after Shrovetide and lasts right up until Easter.
Shrovetide is also called carnival time, carnival as in carne vale, meaning farewell to meat. During Lent, the fasting period before Easter, eating meat was not allowed.