Long Street Summer Social

28/09/2025

Help us find our competition winner! The young authors of ‘Spring Chickens’ walks among us!

https://stroudtimes.com/mystery-young-author-sought-after-winning-book-competition-at-long-street-summer-social/

Organisers of the Long Street Summer Social are on the hunt for a mystery young author after the winning entry in a special children’s book competition was announced last month – but the winner forgot to include their name.

21/09/2025

**SAVE THE DATE**

After such a brilliant community event (despite terrible weather) last month, we're giving you a soft Save The Date for your calendars. We want to ensure there aren't major clashes (it's a weekend in August some some are inevitable) so we're keeping it soft for now.

We're taking the biggest successes from this year and giving our community more of what they want in 2026. Music, Food, drinks and crafting seemed to be the things enjoyed the most, so we'll ensure to include or expand those offerings next year. We already can't wait!

11/09/2025

Another lovely writeup from StroudTimes! We’re very grateful for the support we’re receiving - and will announce our Save The Date for next year shortly!

Wotton-under-Edge hosted its very first Long Street Summer Social and despite gloomy forecasts – and heavy showers a few hours in – thousands of visitors still turned out to celebrate.

03/09/2025

Cheers to our 2026 summer social! What incredible support we continue to have, we’re very thankful for this lovely community.

WOTTON-under-Edge hosted its first Long Street Summer Social on Saturday, August 30, and attendees showed up in thousands, despite the dreary…

31/08/2025

Wotton! You do love a shindig! Crappy weather for most of the day didn’t stop you showing up and turning out. Most of the food vendors sold out and thanks to a hardworking, smart and fast-moving team, we kept almost all of the event functioning, despite the unpredictability of our British Summer.

Due to the rain, our team had to pivot last-minute to ensure a safe event: we moved the bouncy castle inside, cancelled the carousel and reduced our footprint on Market St to ensure those risks were mitigated; moved The Tolsey stage into The Star Inn to keep you dancing, safely; turned Good Food Kitchen & Bar into a venue to provide another dry space for attendees; and moved some of the entertainment into the dry of the Town Hall.

By acting fast, our talented team gave you every possibility for you all to enjoy the day, and we’re so grateful you shared it with us. What a community. So from the bottom of our hearts, thank you to our wonderful team, the brilliant artists, vendors, traders, and everyone who came who made the first ever Long Street Summer Social the best it could be!

We’re taking a nap for five to seven business days, and then we’ll start thinking about next year… we love you! ❤️🥳🎈

30/08/2025

Good Food Kitchen & Bar has opened to feed and water you in the dry!!

30/08/2025

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

Come catch some brilliant music, eat some yummy food, have your family entertained and enjoy the first Long Street Summer Social!

Keep watching here for updates in case the weather takes a nasty turn - we're in contact with our brilliant community who've made contingency plans so you can still enjoy our event without getting too wet!

WE LOVE WOTTON!!

29/08/2025

THIS PESKY WEATHER!!

Thanks to the unpredictable forecast we've had to shuffle things around a bit. It only really affects Kidstown, and are posting an updated map. The bouncy castle needs to be indoors so we've moved it to Under The Edge Arts, The Magnificent Mr. Kai's show has moved a little further along Market St, but remains close to the kids' Calmzone with Read With Me and Town Hall Teas. Unfortunately, we've had to cancel the carousel - while this is a blow, your safety is more important than anything.

Despite the last-minute changes, tomorrow is set to be a brilliant day, and we can't wait to share it with you!

29/08/2025

Get your tickets asap!

**LAST CALL FOR THE COMEDY NIGHT**

There are some tickets left, which will be available for the next 24 hours or so! Any remaining tickets will be held on the door on a first-come-basis, so you'll need to arrive very early. Get yours onlinenow! https://www.utea.org.uk/event-details/comedy-night

29/08/2025

**GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS IN AVANCE!!**

With prizes from The Falcon, Fish out of Water Gallery, The Edge Coffee, Relish, Cotswold Health Store, Wotton Pool, Cotswold Book Room, Wotton Pharmacy, Health & Hounds, Tanzee, Nicola's Fabrics, all the salons and more, you'd be mad not to enter!

All proceeds to our lovely event! Tickets are £1 or ten for £8, available at Wotton Home Essentials until 6PM today and 1PM tomorrow - or you can buy them online: https://www.goodfoodkitchenandbar.com/raffle

Winner announced around 3PM at the event on Saturday!

28/08/2025

***BOOK COMPETITION HELP***

We have been inundated with fantastic entries and now have the top 20... but a few are missing the child's name!! Help us find them as one talented local writer will win the chance to have their story idea developed into a real book.

The top 20 will all receive their entry framed and the top three will receive extra prizes thanks so our friends at The Cotswold Book Room. We couldn't be happier about how this has turned out - we just need to find a few of these talented local creatives.

The judges met to discuss the entries last week (see pictured) to decide on a winner. The panel included award-winning children’s illustrator, Seb Braun, Hilary Murray Hill, Chair, Hachette Children's Group, Emma Dangar and Poppy Lamb, KLB A-Level students who study English Literature and Graphic Art respectively, and published writers Fred Hulls and Jeremy McGovern. The winner will be announced at 3PM at the Long Street Summer Social on 30th August.

Please see the top 20 (in no order!) below and help us find the children who missed out giving their names!

Potato Planet, Finn Geaney
The Very Lonely Bramble, Harry Roberts
Ice cream Bandit, Archer (missing last name)
Oscar and the Magic Pizza Tree, Oscar Hellebo
Spring Chickens (missing name)
The Adventures of Three Capybaras, Matilda Brimelow
The Homing Pigeon, Rupert Searle and Bernie Bond
Beavers of the Summer Seas, Hannah B and Emily H (missing last names)
The Story of Buddy, Tink and Betsy, Mabel (missing last name)
The Animal Friendship Farm, Millie (missing last name)
The Very Lonely Flower, Alyssa Davies
The Worm Who Lived Underground, Harry S (missing last name)
The Silly Summer, Ava Phillips
The Rabbit, Kamalyan Shepherd
The Tree, River (missing last name)
*No Title*, Roscoe (missing last name)
*No Title*, Flo (missing last name)
*No Title*, Dotty (missing last name)
Jaxon the Underdog, Flossie Hughes
The Mysterious Mystical Mercats, Emily Reynar

28/08/2025

This is The Tolsey Stage! The most diverse mix of DJs you'll ever see. Ever. Catch these guys under The Tolsey Clock from noon-8PM on Saturday.

This stage will provide funky beats for all of Market St, including Kidstown, complementing the live bands on The Orchard Stage. Get excited!!