Chalgrove May Day Festival
The Chalgrove Village Festival is a major annual community event within the village. It is a free festival that takes place on the Early May bank holiday in and around the village recreation ground. It features a multitude of stalls, displays and entertainment suitable for all the family including a 10km run.
Previous events have included:
- The now famous county-wide Fun Dog Show
- Funfair-Classic cars and vintage farm machinery
- Local craft and community interest stalls
- Children’s face painting and balloon modelling
- Thatching and Horse shoeing demonstrations
- Steam machinery and miniature engines
- Live music
- Beer & local cider Tents
- A vast array of food and drink stalls and outlets
- Teas, Coffees and cakes
- Big Raffle
- Wheatley Birds of Prey
- Side shows
- ... and of course the equally famous Chalgrove 10K run!
The festival opens and kick off with the run departing at 11:00 and will close about 16:30
In 2025 you can expect a focus on music with performances from a range of artists from Samba to rock groups on two stages. Our classic car show and dog show remain a firm favourite and this year you will find a professional children’s entertainer, our very own primary school doing a real may pole dance, a free bucking bronco and a host of wonderful local craft stalls, fairground attractions, food and drinks stands.. please cross your fingers for sunshine but incase the worst happens we have also invested in shelters.
We are proud to support local causes and with any spare profits we donate to these, In 2024 we supported Age Concern, the Watlington wheels project, The Air Training Corps, The scouts, The Youth club and Chalgrove primary school PTA