May Day Fayre at the Patch
Join us for a Beltane celebration at Redlynch Community patch where we plan to eat, drink and make merry! Traditionally Beltane is the Gaelic May Day celebration marking the height of spring and the transition into summer.
We'll be holding seasonal workshops to tickle your curiosity hosting local food producers and drinks purveyors for your olfactory pleasure, and dancing to folk tunes while circus performers wow us with spinning fire. Local artisans will hold stalls for all your gifting needs, and a plethora of traditional fete activities like welly wanging for your entertainment.
So come, break bread with us and leap the Beltane flames to ring in the summer and prepare for the coming season's bounty!
Tickets
Entry tickets are priced at a sliding scale to enable more people to come. The price of the ticket goes towards paying for set-up equipment, plus a little donation to keep the Community Patch going.
Workshops are priced individually and must be booked separately. These will be listed in the coming weeks, so make sure to keep checking this page and book on as soon as you can - first come, first served.
Accessibility
The fayre will be held on our site, a three-acre field just outside of Bruton. It being a field, the ground is uneven and sometimes soft (depending on weather), so bring appropriate shoes. The site is also a working market garden, and while the plants we grow are pretty hardy, they can't withstand the force of boots so please stick to the public areas (unless on a tour).
Parking is very limited, we will have a hardstanding at the bottom of the field but it will only be able to fit about 10 cars. Depending on weather there may be space to park on the grass but this will be at your own risk. Please try and share lifts where possible, or walk from Bruton (just a 20 minute walk across the lovely fields). Please also try to avoid parking on the street as large agricultural vehicles often need access.
Surrounding area
Our patch is in the middle of a small and quiet village. Our neighbours have been hugely supportive of all the work we've done to keep our patch going, so we ask that you please respect them when coming to and leaving the site - it is for this reason that we also have a strict curfew of 10pm.
