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Fairground Weekend & Mechanical Organ Gathering

21st-22nd July 2012

Roll up! Roll up! It's all the fun of the fair! Enjoy our traditional steam fairground and visiting attractions including fairground models, transport and living vans and historic photographs.

The Mechanical Organ Gathering complements the event with a wide range of visiting organs which will be playing throughout the day. These will be dating from late-1800s organettes, to hand-turned street organs, and various sizes of fairground, street and dance organs. 

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