What Went On

Thank you to everyone who attended all the events at the fair this year. We’ve left this page up so you can see what happened, who won what and what might happen next year.

  • Throughout the month of June, some of our wonderful High Street venues offered a specific food or drink item that, when purchased, £1 was donated to the Fair. Thanks to the vendors for doing this and everyone for buying them!

    • Chicken chunks at Crossways

    • St Lawrence cocktail at Morleys

    • Doggy ice cream at Be:Dog

    • Slider trio of burgers and The Hop Tub

    • Any pie at The Poacher

    • Cocktail of the month at The Fig Tree

    • St Lawrence Fair pizza at Village Pizza Kitchen

    More info…

  • What a great tribute that was to honour those members of the committee past and present who have made the fair possible over the past 713 years. As you know this village lost a great man in the past year and without Jerzy we wouldn't be celebrating our 713th year this year, we remember him especially.

    Congratulations to…

    • 1st - Joshua Hair

    • 2nd - Jessica Parsons

    • 3rd - Leo Parsons

  • Supported by Heath Vets

    Unfortunately this was cancelled this year under welfare grounds due to hot weather.

    This is the second year in a row that we have had to cancel for this reason. We are considering what we can do next year to ensure this great event goes ahead.

  • 28th June - 4th July

    Our much loved traders of the village showed off their creative skills and decorated their windows in the run up to fair weekend. Thank-you to everyone who took part.

    Congratulations to…

    • 1st - Serenity

    • 2nd - Turn & Fire

    • 3rd - Rhubarb

  • Supported by Hurst Community Charity Shop

    We hope you all enjoyed this event this year including the…

    • Magic show

    • Craft activities

    • Storytime

    Thanks to everyone who came and to all the volunteers who organised and put on the event

  • Disco kindly provided by Gemini Disco

    Nice moves kids!

    This popular event was sold out again this year. Thanks to everyone who strutted their funky stuff on the dance floor and to the volunteers who made it happen

  • Wow, oh wow! What a grrrreat night that was. We’ve never seen the rec so busy, and Martha was indeed a Hitt!!

    We hope you all enjoyed it. Thanks to all the volunteers and especially the bar and BBQ teams who worked tirelessly to meet your demands!

    Come and enjoy an evening’s entertainment on South Avenue Rec with live music by Martha Hitt & her band starting at 7.45pm.

  • With thanks to our main sponsors

    Well, we did not get let down on the main event did we. Great to see the variety of stalls, food outlets and performances.

    As a reminder, we’ve left the running order here…

    • 12.00 pm Stalls, South Avenue Street Food Alley and Harris’ Fun Fair opens..

    • 12.45 pm Burgess Hill Musical Theatre Society - songs from ‘Come From Away’.

    • 1.00 pm Procession starts at Marchants Road, accompanied by a peal of bells, with thanks to Hurstpierpoint Bell Ringers.

    • 1.30 pm Fun Run starts at the Village Green - give them a cheer as they run through the High Street.

    • 2.00 pm Procession arrives in the Fair Arena; prizes to be awarded for the best group presentation.

    • 2.30 pm Create Space Studios performance.

    • 3.00 pm Fun Run prize presentation.

    • 3.20 pm Agnes M Dance performance.

    • 3.45 pm Tug of War Competition (heats and final).

    • 4.40 pm Raffle draw and winner announced.

    • 4.45 pm Grand Finale (audience participation).

    • 5.30 pm Fair closes.

  • What a scorcher! But thankfully cooled somewhat be a good soaking from the fire brigade. Yes, I think they won the water fight again this year.

    All the entries were amazing and it was so good to see the return of a motorised float with such flair.

    Congratulations to the “wheeled” winners…

    • 1st - The Old Cuckfield Road Babysitting Circle (Sonoran Festival)

    • 2nd - Cycling Without Age (Old Hippies)

    And to the “walking” winners…

    • 1st - Beavers (Pamplona Festival)

    • 2nd - Create Space (Day of the Dead)

    • joint 3rd - Hurst Cubs (The Hurst Cubs Headliners)

    • joint 3rd - 1st & 2nd Hurst Guides (Chinese Dragon)

  • Supported by Jamie Stafford Bathrooms

    Thank you to everyone who took part in the fun run this year, for braving the hear, and for getting back in one piece! We had a fantastic 41 runners in the long run and 10 in the short run.

    Congratulations to…

    • Mike Williamson, 1st in the mens long run

    • Kath Wallek, 1st in the womens long run

    • James Oakley, 1st in the short run

    See the main fun run page for the full results

  • Oh boys, so much testosterone out there in the heat, one could have a turn!!

    Always a crowd favourite and some great tugging going on… but bragging rights (and beer vouchers) for this years winners go to…

    The Inglorious Hurstards

  • It’s always great to finish off fair weekend with this lively service hosted by Hurst Churches.

    We hope you enjoyed the service and the picnic brunch afterwards