What was on at the 2019 Festival
In the Square In St Edward's Hall
Programme
11:00 - Welcome by the Town Mayor and Town Crier
11:15 - Blockley Brass Band - Kindly sponsored by William Hinton
12:15 - Sheep shearing demonstration on Stocks Green
12:45 - Icknield Way and the Kennet Morris Men
13:15 - Corinium Players Guitar Ensemble
14:10 - Punch & Judy Show - Professor Dogsbody - Kindly sponsored by Eastabrook Architects
14:35 - Cotswold Male Voice Choir - Kindly sponsored by Eastabrook Architects
15:15 - Sheep shearing demonstration on Stocks Green
15:45 - Paige and the Red Shift Jazz Band - Kindly sponsored by the Prince of India restaurant
16:40 - Punch & Judy Show - Professor Dogsbody - Kindly sponsored by Eastabrook Architects
17:00 - Circus Entertainer - John Hayns (Magic, Fire Eater & Escapologist)
18:00 - Punch & Judy Show - Professor Dogsbody - Kindly sponsored by Eastabrook Architects
19:00 - Monkey Jam - Kindly sponsored by the Stow Lodge Hotel and Kendall &
Davies
(Malaysian food plus Cotswold Gin & Pearson’s Cider bars open all evening)
23:00 - Event closes
In the Square - to 6pm
- Over 35 Cotswold Market Stalls
- Variety of Cotswolds Crafts on display
- Giant Charity Tombola
- Cotswold Sheep and Alpacas
- Petting Pony
- Beltane Forge Blacksmith
- Sue Rew - Pebble Mosaics
- The Shipston beekeepers
- The Kitchen Herbwife
- Jane Sherwood - Natural Willow Crafts
- Hatwells Children’s Fairground Rides
- Children’s Games
- Face Painting
- Cotswold Gin Bar
- Pearson’s Cider Bar
- Variety of Food & Drink Stalls
- Festival Stall – What’s On Info
- St. Edward’s Church – Tower Tours 1pm-5pm
In St. Edward’s Hall - to 6pm
Follow the story of our very own Cotswold Sheep fleece through shearing & processing to the finished items.
Displays include:
- Northleach Spinners & Weavers
- Rebecca Connolly & her table loom
- Stow ‘Closely Knit’
- Stow & Countryside Embroiderers’ Guild
- Hilary Hunt – Felting
Also on show in St. Edward’s Hall:
- Clarian Creations - Leather moulding
- Stained Glass Enamelling by Hiromi
- Rose Codling - Silk Flowers
- Stow-on-the-Wold timeline
- Animal masks display-Stow Primary School