Hat Fair

I'll admit I was away for most of the weekend so did not go to any of the Hat Fair this year, however I do have one quick photo to add to the blog. It has been so wet, it has rained every day in July so far. I remember last year getting slightly sunburnt! No chance of that at the moment. I imagine the weather put off quite a few people unfortuantely.

Hat Fair

My last photo from the Hat Fair which took place last Friday-Sunday. Just a few more of the entertainers that were performing in the centre of Winchester around the High Street and Cathedral, also at Oram's Arbour and North Walls recreation park.

Play me!

As part of the Hat Fair a number of pianos have been left around Winchester for people to play. I have been learning to play for about 6 months and I am finding it virtually impossible to do a different thing with each hand! However it seemed like there were a lot of people in Winchester who could play pretty well, including a couple of very young children who started drawing crowds!

Crowds

This is the first year I have been to the Hat Fair in Winchester and I was amazed at the crowds and amount of people in there. Here's a couple of photos from the Cathedral grounds where there were a number of acts and stalls, as you can see it was packed!

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Weirdness at the Hat Fair

Continuing with last weekend's Hat Fair, this performance in front of the Cathedral was a bit Cirque Du Soleil with some extra weirdness thrown in for good measure! Not quite my cup of tea but it seemed very popular!

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Hat Fair

More from the Hat Fair which took place over the weekend. This is the Southampton University Folk Band playing outside the Guildhall.

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Mini Golf

The Hat Fair seems to have something for everyone, if you're not into the street entertainment how about some mini golf by the Cathedral!

Hat Fair

Today, yesterday & tomorrow it is the Hat Fair here in Winchester. The Hat Fair is Britain's longest continually running festival of street theatre and outdoor arts. It has been running since 1974, and the 'hat' refers to the hats that performers passed round after their performance for donations.

Winchester is packed right now and here in the High Street we saw a performance by Matt Pang involving juggling, escaping from a straight jacket whilst riding a unicycle amongst other things!