The Pageant attracts thousands of members of the Royal Black Preceptory, a group related to the Orange Order, who come to march and stage a symbolic (sham) re-enactment of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.
Thousands of members from the Royal Black Preceptory, a group affiliated with the Orange Order, participate in the Pageant by marching and staging a mock reenactment of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.