Festival Food and Gift Fair
Whether you’re looking for locally sourced food, a special gift or unique craft decorations for your home, you’ll be spoiled for choice.
Dorchester Food and Gift Fair makes a perfect day out for all the family.
They are open Saturday 9th May 10am-5pm & Sunday 10th May 12noon-5pm
This event, set in the stunning location of the Abbey cloister garden, will include all their popular exhibitors in huge marquee and a street food and refreshments area – the perfect place to sit down for a rest and enjoy a coffee or lunch.
They even have an outside stage with live bands to keep you entertained for the whole day!
They encourage a £1 donation on entry to the exhibitor tent to shop at the amazing stalls.
Why not make a day of it and go to a cookery demonstration or two held in beautiful Dorchester house kitchens just a short walk from the Abbey.
Finish off with a good street food lunch and a bit of foodie shopping – perfect!
If you would like to bring a stall to the Festival Food and Gift Fair do contact them!
They’d love to hear from you.
Live Music on the Cloister Stage
They are thrilled to present an exciting programme of local talented musicians performing at the outdoor Cloister stage.
An eclectic mix of bands to accompany the Food & Gift Fair Weekend.
Outside stage lineup includes:
The Rock Choir – The UKs original, award winning local, contemporary choir
The Greenway Project – a local 5 piece rock covers band playing Eagles, Van the Man, The Undertones, Arctic Monkeys and … of course … a bit of Bryan Adams.
Merlin Bateman-Paris – guitar and harmonica songs inspired by folk, gypsy jazz, and the blues
Jody Prewett – folk ballads that draw upon John Martyn, James Taylor and Sufjan Stevens
Only the Brave – a six piece local band playing mainly self-penned songs of longing and dog-legged lives
Dorchester Festival
Dorchester High St
Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire OX10 7HN United Kingdom
The biennial Dorchester-on-Thames Festival is one of Oxfordshire’s leading Festivals based in and around the stunning location of Dorchester Abbey.
Since 2005 the Festival has regularly attracted over 5,000 people each year, from serious followers of the arts to schools, families and children of all ages and has raised significant profile and £350,000 for Dorchester Abbey and local charities.
In 2026 they are partnering with local charity Be Free Young Carers, who enable Oxfordshire Young Carers to achieve their full potential by delivering a far-reaching developmental and emotional support network of people and resources in their daily lives, schools and communities.
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