Photos by Adrienne Photography Hat Fair – the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts – celebrated its 50th birthday in style last weekend (Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July) – despite the patchy weather. The festivities began around lunchtime on the Friday – shortly after the first performances...
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Local and young talent perform at Hat Fair 2024
Photo of Arthur L Wood Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, which runs from Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July, is ready to celebrate local and young talent with an extensive line-up of performances from youth theatre groups, drama students, local choirs, musicians, singers, dancers,...
Hat Fair welcomes back familiar faces
Photo credit: Adrienne Photography Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, is back for another summer – this year from Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July – and to celebrate the festival’s 50th birthday, the programme features a host of familiar faces, ready to bring more...
Hat Fair celebrates 50th birthday!
Photos: Adrienne Photography Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, is back for another summer – this year from Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July. There will be bold street theatre, circus, music, dance and more taking over Winchester city centre for all ages to enjoy...
Local businesses enjoy Backstage Breakfast
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, welcomed businesses from across Winchester to a Backstage Breakfast to mark the launch of this year’s Hat Fair – the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, which this summer will...
Playmakers Youth Theatre Showcase hailed a success
Photo Credit: Cave & Sky Last month Playmakers Youth Theatre presented their annual Showcase at Theatre Royal Winchester and enjoyed incredible feedback from leaders and audiences. The theme of the Showcase was Look Back, Look Forward and Look Up and the groups, made up of young people from school...
Play to the Crowd announces new partnership with Pulse Cargo
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, announces that Pulse Cargo, worldwide freight shipping experts, have recently become Corporate Partners supporting Hat Fair Festival Logistics. Since receiving the news that the charity would no longer receive core funding...
Volunteers needed for Hat Fair 2024
The organisers of Hat Fair – the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts – are looking for volunteers for this year’s event, which takes place from Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July. The festival, which takes over the city streets and green spaces of Winchester, is visited each...
Perform at Hat Fair!
Playmakers are offering local talent the chance to perform at this year’s Hat Fair festival – and there are two ways for them to get involved. Playmakers are calling upon local singers, musicians, comics, choir members, dance troupes and others with a short performance to apply now to be...
Hat Fair looking for market traders for festival weekend
The organisers of Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, are looking for market traders for the festival weekend. The festival, which takes place throughout the streets and green spaces of Winchester over the first weekend of July, will have pitches available for traders on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7...