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Emsworth is the Home of the the Emsworth Food Festival the largest independent food festival in the UK. Normally held annually during a weekend in September each year the normally quiet town fills up with over 55,000 visitors buying from 120 food stalls and enjoying the free street entertainment www.emsworthfoodfestival.co.uk The next Emsworth Food Festival will be held in September 2009.
At other times there is usually something going on. Emsworth has over 50 voluntary clubs and societies encompassing everything from football and cricket to music and chess and all for only 9,000 inhabitants. Other Annual Events include:
Emsworth
Arts Trail annually in May
www.artstrail.emsworth.org.uk
Emsworth Artist's Annual
Exhibition annually in August
www.emsworthartists.org.uk
The Emsworth Show
(August Bank Holiday Monday)
www.emsworthhorticultralsociety.org.uk
Turning on of the
Christmas lights (last Thursday in November)
www.christmas.emsworth.org.uk
For more of what's on in
Emsworth visit:
www.emsworthonline.co.uk/regularevents.htm
What's on in 2008?
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Coming Up in Emsworth! April 02 Apr 13:30 to 15:25 and 16:30 to 19:15 Emsworth Community Centre Blood Donation 08 April Hatha
Yoga Class -
Mer Ka Barn,Sindles
Farm,Aldsworth,Emsworth, PO10 8QS Beginners to
intermediates welcome. Classes will cover the 8
limbs of yoga including Pranayama (learning to
breathe), meditation,hand mudras (yoga of the
hands),chakras and chanting. Limited spaces so
please contact first, 20 April
Horndean Book Fair
Merchistoun
Hall , Horndean
Thousands of quality second-hand books: from
pocket money paperbacks to the scarce and
collectable. Alongside general fiction and
non-fiction books (many in gift condition), will
be special interest titles. Subjects include:
maritime history, military history, local
history, transport and motoring, , children’s
books, art and architecture, natural history and
exploration, first editions, aviation,
books for and about women, sport, topography,
music, social history and local interest. Also
antiquarian maps, prints and some ephemera.
Sellers attending from Hampshire, Wiltshire,
Dorset and Sussex.
23 April
St George's Day
Party at The Lord Raglan 6 - 11pm
Selected "English" meals only £5.00. Live music
provided by The Cheesedoctors.
May 03 - 25 May Emsworth Museum "Many Hands make Light (Patch) Work" by the Bourne Quilters
18 May
BHF Bourne Sponsored Bike Ride This year the Havant
Branch of the British Heart Foundation are holding the Bourne Sponsored Bike
Ride on the 18th May. The ride is suitable for cyclists of all ages; of
special interest will be a chance to see some unusual bicycles, including a
“Penny Farthing,” taking part courtesy of The Solent Veteran Bicycle &
Tricycle Club.
25th May OPEN GARDEN AND PLANT SALE 2pm-5pm
The Southbourne Support Group for St. Wilfrid’s Hospice will be holding
their fourth annual Open Garden and Plant Sale at The Old House, Prinsted
Lane, one of the winners of the Chichester District Council’s Annual Gardens
Competition 2007, on Sunday 25th May from 2pm-5pm, admission £3, children
under 12 free. There will also be refreshments, a cake stall and bric-a-brac
stall, and a raffle. Please come and support your local Hospice. If anyone
would like to join the Group please contact Hilary Gilson on 01243 372187.
25 May Emsworth Bowling Club Open Day From 1.30 to 4.00
p.m. on Sunday 25th May 2008, Emsworth Bowling Club is holding an Open
Day to allow anyone to experience this most engaging of sports. The
Clubhouse can be found by the skatepark in the recreation ground off
Horndean Road, Emsworth.
31 May
Southdown Society - A
Sale and Exhibition of local artists' work in
various mediums and subjects will take place at
Emsworth Community Centre. 10.00
a.m - 7.00 p.m
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