Hat Fair: Celebration of Street Arts and Community in Winchester

Winchester Hat Fair: 35 Years Old

And now, for the next 35 years...

WINCHESTER HAT FAIR 2009

"One of the great pleasures of street arts festivals is that they make you slow down and put the wonder back into everyday life. Wherever you were in Winchester at this years' Hat Fair, you could hear the distant sound of laughter – as if the whole town was smiling together."
Lyn Gardner – Theatre Critic, The Guardian, Monday 6 July 2009

Winchester Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running Street Arts festival celebrated its 35th birthday this year with four days of the best in outdoor performance and live entertainment.

We'd like to thank all the Incredible Artists who came from all over the world this year and entertained everyone with their fantastic shows.

We'd also really like to thank all our wonderful and hard working Volunteers and Production crew who helped to put this year's event together.

Next year's Festival will be from the 1st - 4th July 2010.

Watch this space for news about 2010's Winchester Hat Fair.

Hat Fair Highlights 2009

Here they come....

HIGHLIGHTS 2009

This year’s programme again features artists from all over the globe, from as far a field as America, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and all over Europe. Special highlights on the small scale line-up this year include The Incredible talents of Los Dos Play, Mario Queen of The Circus, The English Gents and Orkestra Del Sol and many more circle acts that you will not have seen the likes of before. Over the weekend there will be some wonderful and interactive Installations around the town, Cathedral Green and Close including, The Insect Circus Museum, The Amazing Camera Obscura and Bootwork Theatres' new show, ‘Little Box of Horrors’ to name but a few. Look out for Close Acts breathtaking show ‘Saurus’, the return of Dream Engines' Heliosphere, the wonderful Flying Buttresses, Albert The Ogre and many many more walkabout acts to surprise and entertain you.

We are very proud to present 8 new shows from the Without Walls consortium, including new works from ‘Ballet Boyz’, Punch Drunk and Metro-Boulot-Dodo.

19th April 09