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Hat Fair

Dates:
5 July 2025
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    Hat Fair Autin Dance Theatres Parade The Wheel 2 Adrienne Photography
    Hat Fair Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatres House 1 Adrienne Photography
    Hat Fair Garaghty and Thom with Streetcomedy 1 Adrienne Photography
    Hat Fair No Fit State Circus Bamboo 1 Adrienne Photography
    Hat Fair No Fit State Circus Bamboo 2 Adrienne Photography

    About Hat Fair

    Hat Fair is a family-friendly festival of Street Performance and Outdoor Arts.


    The festival takes place every year during the first weekend of July across the historic city of Winchester.


    There's something for everyone to enjoy. Jam-packed with arts and culture all around Winchester city centre.


    The festival is the UK's longest continually running Outdoor Arts festival.


    Image Credits: Adrienne Photography 

    Festival locations

    Hat Fair Abbey Gardens
    1
    Hat Fair SMC 2024 EH
    2
    Hat Fair Garaghty and Thom with Streetcomedy 2 Adrienne Photography
    3
    The broadway
    4
    The square
    5

    Location

    The Square

    Brooks shopping centre c Brooks Shopping Centre Winchester
    6
    New page 44 45 Theatre Royal
    7
    United Church Jewry Street
    8

    Festival events timetable

    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Animate Puppet Co - Migration
    5 July10:45am - 11:15am
    Abbey Gardens
    Playmakers Youth Theatre Sanctuary: A Spoken Word Showcase
    5 July11:00am - 11:25am
    Abbey Gardens
    Crazy Golf Company
    5 July11:00am - 6:00pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Blue Apple Dancers
    5 July11:30am - 12:00pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Jake's Circus Workshops and Shows
    5 July11:30am - 12:00pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Our School, Our Voice
    5 July11:30am - 2:00pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Jake's Circus Workshops and Shows
    5 July12:00pm - 12:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    BIN RAT!!!
    5 July12:00pm - 12:50pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Animate Drop-in Puppetry Workshop
    5 July12:30pm - 1:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Life's a Beach
    5 July12:40pm - 1:20pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Playmakers Youth Theatre - Letters with Wings
    5 July1:00pm - 1:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Harvey Juggling
    5 July1:00pm - 1:40pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Playmakers Youth Theatre Sanctuary: A Spoken Word Showcase
    5 July1:35pm - 2:00pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Our School, Our Voice
    5 July2:00pm - 2:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Jake's Circus Workshops and Shows
    5 July2:00pm - 2:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Animate Puppet Co - Migration
    5 July2:15pm - 2:45pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Top Hat Competition
    5 July2:35pm - 3:10pm
    Abbey Gardens
    BIN RAT!!!
    5 July3:00pm - 3:50pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Mayflower Young Company - Grimm Tales Retold
    5 July3:15pm - 3:45pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Animate Drop-in Puppetry Workshop
    5 July3:30pm - 4:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Life's a Beach
    5 July4:00pm - 4:40pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Jake's Circus Workshops and Shows
    5 July4:00pm - 4:30pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Man on the Moon
    5 July5:20pm - 6:00pm
    Abbey Gardens
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Winchester A Cappella
    5 July12:00pm - 12:15pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Tony and Ray Find Their Feet
    5 July12:45pm - 1:15pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Hampshire Youth Dance Company
    5 July1:30pm - 2:00pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Winchester Rock Choir
    5 July2:00pm - 2:30pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Liberate Dance
    5 July2:30pm - 3:00pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    The (Amazing) Fusion Choir
    5 July3:30pm - 4:00pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Uke Box Glory Show times: Sat 05 Jul 2025
    5 July4:00pm - 4:30pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    432 Nomads
    5 July4:30pm - 5:00pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Kalyna Choir
    5 July5:00pm - 5:30pm
    St Maurice's Covert
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Goldie Fiasco's Vegas Show
    5 July11:30am - 12:15pm
    The High Street
    Man on the Moon
    5 July12:30pm - 1:10pm
    The High Street
    Austen's Lost & Found
    5 July1:30pm - 2:00pm
    The High Street
    Winchester's Literary Giant: A Jane Austen Street Performance
    5 July2:00pm - 2:30pm
    The High Street
    Austen's Lost & Found
    5 July2:00pm - 2:30pm
    The High Street
    Tony and Ray Find Their Feet
    5 July2:30pm - 3:00pm
    The High Street
    Austen's Lost & Found
    5 July2:30pm - 3:00pm
    The High Street
    Austen's Lost & Found
    5 July3:00pm - 3:30pm
    The High Street
    Winchester's Literary Giant: A Jane Austen Street Performance
    5 July3:30pm - 4:00pm
    The High Street
    Austen's Lost & Found
    5 July3:30pm - 4:00pm
    The High Street
    Goldie Fiasco's Vegas Show
    5 July4:00pm - 4:45pm
    The High Street
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Swan Samba
    5 July11:30am - 12:00pm
    The Broadway
    Sienta la Cabeza
    5 July1:00pm - 1:30pm
    The Broadway
    UK African Acrobats
    5 July3:50pm - 4:20pm
    The Broadway
    Animate Puppet Co - Migration
    5 July4:40pm - 5:10pm
    The Broadway
    Lounge Room Lizards
    5 July5:00pm - 5:30pm
    The Broadway
    Catch Me If I Fall
    5 July5:45pm - 6:20pm
    The Broadway
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Harvey Juggling
    5 July10:50am - 11:30am
    The Square
    Tony and Ray Find Their Feet
    5 July11:35am - 11:50am
    The Square
    Catch Me If I Fall
    5 July12:00pm - 12:35pm
    The Square
    UK African Acrobats
    5 July12:50pm - 1:20pm
    The Square
    Goldie Fiasco's Vegas Show
    5 July1:40pm - 2:25pm
    The Square
    Catch Me If I Fall
    5 July2:35pm - 3:10pm
    The Square
    Man on the Moon
    5 July3:30pm - 4:10pm
    The Square
    Tony and Ray Find Their Feet
    5 July4:30pm - 5:00pm
    The Square
    UK African Acrobats
    5 July5:15pm - 5:45pm
    The Square
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Jelvis
    5 July11:00am - 11:30am
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Zdravets
    5 July11:30am - 12:00pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Shrewish Women
    5 July12:00pm - 12:30pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Prototyping
    5 July12:15pm - 12:45pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Country vs Cancer
    5 July12:40pm - 1:00pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Southern Reivers
    5 July1:30pm - 2:00pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    River Knight
    5 July2:00pm - 2:30pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Innov8 Dance – Read all about it
    5 July2:30pm - 3:00pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Prototyping
    5 July3:05pm - 3:35pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Sang Froid
    5 July3:20pm - 3:50pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Tony and Ray Find Their Feet
    5 July4:00pm - 4:15pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Shrewish Women
    5 July4:20pm - 4:50pm
    The Brooks Shopping Centre
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    Hat Fair Community Celebrations
    4 July7:00pm - 10:00pm
    Theatre Royal Winchester
    Event name
    Event date & time
    Location
    Tickets
    Info
    People's Piano
    5 July10:00am - 3:00pm
    United Church

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