Winchester Hat Fair: A Celebration of Street Arts and Outdoor Performance
Winchester Hat Fair - 2nd to 4th July 2010
Hat Fair is over for another year - thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed the weekend in Winchester. And put it in your diary now for 2011 - always the first weekend of July!
Winchester Hat Fair is Britain’s longest running Festival of Street Theatre and Outdoor Arts.
As ever, Hat Fair will continue to uphold its reputation for presenting innovative and beautiful outdoor performances, exciting, unique and highly skilled small-scale shows and an engaging programme of community arts and education, woven into the heart of the beautiful city of Winchester.
This year’s Hat Fair will offer three fun-filled days will be jam-packed with hundreds of breathtaking performances from over 45 national and international companies taking place throughout Winchester’s ancient streets. Even in this economically uncertain world, Hat Fair doesn’t charge the audience a penny for any performances. The shows are free to view for all, though donations for the Artists are massively welcome, look out for those stewards with their collection buckets.
"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
