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Winchester Hat Fair 2017 - Photo: Adrienne Photography

Games, acrobatics and urban safaris at Winchester’s Hat Fair

This year’s Winchester Hat Fair will take place from Friday 30th June to Sunday 2nd July with free performances across the city…

Ockham's Razor - Tipping Point - Mark Dawson Photography

Urban astronauts and mobile bathtubs at Winchester Hat Fair

The Hat Fair is the UK’s longest running festival of outdoor arts, and it’s free. This year’s event takes place from 1st to 3rd July in Winchester…

Hat Fair 2014 - Winchester - Photo: Adrienne Photography

Acrobatics and magical journeys at the Winchester Hat Fair

This year, the 40th Hat Fair will take place in Winchester from 4th to 6th July, and promises an ambitious programme of free events from circus to dance…

Hat Fair 2013 - Winchester - Fraser Hooper

Entertainment at the drop of a hat

Now in its 39th year, the Hat Fair is a festival of street theatre and outdoor arts. The festival takes place in Winchester from 5th to 7th July 2013…

Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

Top Story

Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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