The Shoe Chorus
Meet in Bucky Doo square 12 noon on Haturday for an amazing performance in the Borough Gardens – through the archway next to “Peach Electrical” in South Street and it’s 50 yards on the left.
It’s Competition Time!
Prepare to don your most inventive, whacky, wonderful, crazy, glorious and simply hat-tastic creations as the ‘Best Hatted’ competitions return on Haturday to Bucky Doo Square. With categories for Best Hatted Lady, Gent, Girl, Boy, Couple and Family or Group we’ve got pretty much everybody covered. The photographs are all from the 2018 event. Shortlisting …
Bridport Soul Club Night
At the Bridport Masonic Hall, 124-126 East St, DT6 3LW Bridport. Doors open at 8.30pm A great “hatty” event on ‘HATTERDAY’ – there will be a fun- funky hat competition with a couple of prizes and a donation hat to collect a bit of extra funds for head-related charities of Brain Tumour Research and the …
Brain Tumour Research Wall of Hope
Bridport Hat Festival has raised more than £5,700 for Brain Tumour Research and in recognition of this they have placed two tiles on a wall of hope at the university. Each tile represents the £2,740 it costs to fund a day’s research at the university. where Professor Oliver Hanemann, is leading a team of researchers …
Brain Tumour Research Best Millinery Display Prize
Brain Tumour Research will be awarding a prize for best Millinery Display 2019. The prize will be presented by Hugh Adams of BTR and will be one free ticket to a LHW Headliner Talk at London Hat Week 2020. The full London Hat Week 2020 Schedule will be posted online mid-October. At that time, the …
Talks at the Bull Hotel on Haturday 7th September 2019
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting two interesting but somewhat different talks on HatFest day.The morning talk will be a light-hearted look at some amusing events from our local milliners; the afternoon talk will encompass a most interesting foot-note to one of Britain’s most significant naval battles: 11am – 12 noon. …
Millennium Green 2019 programme
We are pleased to announce this year’s events for the HatFest at Millennium Green. Music continues this year until 10pm and our headline act will be the fabulous local band Vinyl Monkees 10am – 2pm. Music at Millennium Green with local folk bands 10am – 12.30pm. The Bridport Hat-Hurling Challenge; prizes at 12.30pm. 11am – …
Last Years Fun Competition Winners.
This is an Appeal to last years Fun competition Winners, to ask if the would like to be involved in this years carnival? Gill Crump from Instant redress ( The Fancy Dress Shop in Bridport) Is organising a float in this years Carnival, 17th August . If This is something you would be interested in, …
Jazz Set
Jazz Set A Excellent Jazz Band Graham, Harry and Steve have been working together in many different guest for over 20 year and have now formed JAZZ SET. They will be playing at this years Hat Festival On September 7th between 2pm and 5pm . Roger Snook From Snooks Hatters Bridport is Kindly Sponsoring this …
Charities for this years 2019 Hat Festival
Brain Tumour Research Brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age. What’s more, they kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer… yet historically just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease. Brain Tumour Research is determined to …