towersey showground 'stages' the greatest event of the summer!
Dance ● Comedy ● Music ● Magic ● Puppetry and Storytelling ● Circus Workshops ● Exotic Market Stalls ● World Food Fair ● Real Ale Festival ● The Market Square with 500 Seats ● Climbing Wall Challenge ● Mobile Recording Studio ● Huge Children’s Play Area . . . and something simply 'magical'
The best entertainment, wonderful settings, real surprises and hidden gems; a cool drink and a plateful of tasty food under a big blue sky where flags and banners flutter in a summer breeze that carries the sound of great music, laughing children and cheering crowds.
Music, dance, spectacle, magic & colour and that special something that you just can’t put your finger on. All of this will fill performance spaces, including the Market Square stage with its 500 tiered seats. Circus Skills workshops for all ages, world class face painting, a free standing climbing wall, the world’s largest parasol, a mobile recording studio and giant wooden sculpture all help make a simply unique visitor experience.
Shop till you drop at over a hundred different stalls, selling every conceivable item from garden herbs and handmade soaps to lustrous jewellery and clothing. Enjoy a mouthwatering array of exotic and delicious foods (including some of the best ice creams in the country) and pop in for a pint at our real ale festival.
All of this awaits you on the Towersey Showground, in “Another Lovelier World!”
To make it easy, we have a giant FREE Car Park and Festival Red Bus from Thame. Simply irresistible value.
“To have such a fantastic local Showground Festival as Towersey is marvellous; it’s the highlight of the summer” Hannah, Thame.
entertainment on the towersey showground includes . . .
● Goronwy Thom - Hilarious clowning, circus and repartee.
● Wynndebagge - A spellbinding mix of physical and verbal comedy, fabulously unusual instruments & colourful costume.
● Moulton Morris - Very energetic Cotswold dance!
● Hand to Mouth Theatre’s Madhatters - Eccentric strolling musicians with intriguing hats.
● “The Dragon’s Tale” - A whimsical reinterpretation of George and the Dragon.
● Stream of Sound - “I just love their energy, passion, sheer joy” Aled Jones, BBC Radio 3
● Frumptarn Guggenband - Colourful costumes and handsome headgear - a treat for the eyes and ears.
● Rock Bottom with Clydebuilt Puppets - Delightful smallscale puppetry.
● Great Western Morris - “Performance Morris” dancing with flair.
● Gaorsach Rapper - Rapper sword and clog dances from around the world.
● Pig Dyke Molly - Monochrome Molly dance.
● King John's Morris -Traditional North West and Cotswold Morris.
● Chipolatas - Unparalleled physical feats with live squeezebox and breakbeats. Musical clowns in a theatrical package.
● Bloco Fogo Samba Band - Create a riot of colour, movement & infectious rhythms.
● Larkin About – Gran Touriso - Three grannies present Britain’s only formation trolley team! Get down with their pumped-up sound trax.
● Frolicked - Puppetry taking you into a world of surprise & mystery.
● The Seven Champions Molly Dancers - Ground-breaking, boot-stomping treacle miners.
● Bruce Airhead - The metamorphosis of a man and a six-foot balloon.
● Nonesuch Morris - “A morris supergroup!”
● Madam Ovary & Cecily Bumtrinket - Two lavishly dressed 18th century powdered-wigged women divulge court gossip.
● Green Bugs - Two lime green, four-legged, horned bugs delight the audience as they creep and scuttle between them.
● Ticklish Allsorts - High energy musical shows for all the family.
● Jon Hicks - Six-foot tall paintings done with speed, style, dexterity, attitude and immaculate timing to music.
A selection of these artists will appear on each day.
opening times and prices
Friday 27 August - Monday 30 August Open 10am - 6pm daily
Adults £6
People claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Over 60s, Students and 5-17yrs £2
Under 5s FREE
A Showground pass covers entry into the Showground until 6pm. Showground passes can only be purchased on the day at the Festival gate (free to Season ticket holders) so just turn up when you please and enjoy your visit. We look forward to seeing you there!
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dogs
The buzzing atmosphere that a packed Showground creates is clearly not the place for a dog. However well behaved, the sheer number of people, constant noise and heat (on a good day!) make dogs very nervous and we have to ask you not to bring your dog onto the Showground.