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BISLEY FLOWER SHOW AND FETE
Bisley's annual Flower Show - the archetypal old English  summer event, and among the largest of its type in the Cotswolds - was first held in 1863, and the tradition continues to this day.

The event takes place alongside our excellent village summer fête, from 2-4pm  on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday - the 2023 event will be on Saturday August 26 - and around two thousand people come from miles around to enjoy the day.

Between the two events, there's a dog show, live (brass band) music, a beer tent, a Pimms bar, hot food, a second-hand book stall, and lots of other entertaining things going on.

There are more than five hundred exhibits, including flower arrangements, vegetables, baking, jams and chutneys, and items in fun categories aimed at children.  Much of the produce is auctioned off at the end of the festival.

On the following evening (Sunday) the marquee is taken over for the grand annual Inter-village Quiz, where teams of Bisley brainboxes take on the dimwits and dullards of lower-ranked villages such as Oakridge, Eastcombe and the like, in a battle of who knows what the capital of Peru is, and in which year  the decisive action of the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, was fought (1863, as it happens - that's how long Bisley Flower Festival has been going).

Oddly, Bisley teams rarely win the Quiz - there are suspicions that the whole thing is fixed.

++STOP PRESS++ THE 2022 WINNERS WERE BISLEY'S  WELLS ANGELS

More detail can  be found on the Flower Show website.
NOTE TO VILLAGERS:
The Flower Show marquee costs more than £2,000 each year - if you're able to sponsor a table or help in any other way at the 2023 show, please  contact Ollie Miles on 01452 770788.

FORMER BISLEY FLOWER QUEENS 

Sue Bradley has put together this gallery of former Queens - if you  have photos of those she is missing please call her on 01452 770337 or email susan@cornerstonesmediaservices.co.uk
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  • Home
  • WHAT’S ON
  • Letters
  • About Bisley
    • The village today
    • Bisley history
    • Photographs of Bisley and environs
  • The Bisley News
  • Where to Stay
  • Organisations
    • Allotments
    • B.A.T.S
    • Bisley Bellringers
    • Bisley Charities
    • Bisley Cycling Club
    • Bisley Local History Group
    • Bisley School
    • Busy Bees Toddler Group
    • Churches - All Saints (C of E)
    • Churches - St Mary of the Angels (RC)
    • Councils
    • Flicks in the Sticks
    • Flower Show and Fête
    • Preschool Playgroup
    • Twinning Association
    • Village Hall
    • Women's Institute
  • Local Businesses
    • Advertise your business here, free
    • Bisley Camping
    • Bisley Lane Farm
    • Bring a Book to Life!
    • Building Trades
    • Butterfly Sky Crafts
    • Chauffeurs
    • Cotswold Soft Furnishings
    • Farm shop
    • Garages and repair
    • George Stores and Post Office
    • Giffords Circus
    • Graphic Design
    • Green Shop
    • Heather Ross Antiques
    • Holistic Facial Massage
    • Ironing Services
    • Jilly Cobbe
    • Merry Illuminations
    • Michael Whitestone Photography
    • Olive Tree
    • Ongas Heating Engineers
    • Ottely Bespoke Leatherwork
    • Pubs
    • Red Deer Farm
    • Sports massage
    • Upholstery
    • Vets
    • What's Cooking @ Dove Cottage
  • Bisley - Overseas connections
  • Local Artists
    • Jilly Cobbe
    • Stephen Cohen
    • Karen Grainger
    • Wendy McKenzie
    • Alison Merry
    • Ollie Miles
    • James Whitestone