Welcome to Lindfield Life’s Lindfield Village Day event page. Here you will find our most recent information for our wonderful community day.

Lindfield Village Day is a celebration for the community and a fundraiser for the King Edward Hall.

Information for 2025’s Lindfield Village Day coming early in 2025!

2024

Success - Sun, stalls and bands!

Lindfield Village Day has been a key event in the calendar for 46 years, following the successful 1977 Silver Jubilee celebrations in the village.

Whilst the principle of the day hasn’t changed since its inception, the event has grown considerably in scale in recent years.

Lindfield Village Day is still run as a fundraising off-shoot of King Edward Hall’s management committee, even though only a few from the 20-strong organising team are actually on the charity’s committee. Every year, the team volunteers, led by co-chairs Katherine Alcock and David Tingley, plan every element of the day between November and June.

This year’s event saw the return of the RTFJ Stage, which hosted headliner band Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes, among others. The UpCountry Food & Drink Quarter boasted more than 25 vendors in front of the stage.

The stage and bands in particular are only made possible thanks to generous local businesses – which brought in over £10,000 this year. Mark Plass, responsible for the sponsorship, said: “Running an event on this scale costs a lot of money, and we are truly grateful to our business partners for helping us make Village Day bigger and better in 2024.”

Elsewhere on the Common, over 130 stallholders were set up, six different performances took place in the arena, including the Children’s Dog Show, the Competition Tent included more than 100 entries from local creatives and, of course, the Firing of the Anvil started this year’s Olympics-themed procession, featuring hundreds of people parading down the High Street.

David Tingley explained: “We were delighted with the turnout and how the big day went – it’s a testimony to our dedicated team who give their time for six months to realise this huge event for the whole community. Plus the dozens of extra helpers on the day, of course – without whom we couldn’t do it.”

Save the date: Next year – Saturday 31st May 2025.

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Children’s Dog Show

In the arena

• 2-3pm (register from 12.30-1.45pm)
• Under 12s only
• £1.50 per entry
• Max three entries

Categories are:

• Friendliest Dog
• Best Junior Handler
• Pet the judge would most like to take home
• Best in Show

Thanks go to Oathall Veterinary Group for sponsoring the dog show and for judging the pet pooches this year.
The winning pairs will take home a small prize, supplied by Bernie Taylor of Oscar Pet Foods, and a rosette to mark the occasion.

RTFJ Stage

The RTFJ Stage is back! Thanks to some generous business sponsorship, it will be positioned within the UpCountry Food & Drink Quarter - so you can relax and enjoy the musical performances with refreshments.

12.15pm DJ Greg
1pm Phoenix Fires
2.30pm DJ Greg
3.30pm Headliner: Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes
5pm Close

* Correct at time of going to print, line-up could be subject to last minute change

The Competition Tent

The Competition Tent is coming back to The Common this year, with a brand new selection of categories for everyone to get involved in!
Some of our categories are just for children, which will be judged in three age groups: 5 and under, 6-10 years, and 11-16 years. The rest of the categories are open to all age groups, so whether you’re a keen baker, poet or artist, everyone can get involved. We’d love to see your talents!

Entering is as simple as completing the registration form on our website (www.kingedwardhall.org.uk/village-day/ competition-tent) and paying your fee: it costs just £1 per item entered. Or, if you’d prefer to register in person, pop into Ounce on the High Street (exact money only please).
Registration is open now and will close at 6pm on Thursday 30th May.

The tent will be closed for judging between 10.45am and midday, when we will reopen for everyone to view and admire all of the entries, including those judged the best in each category. We invite everyone to come along and look at the village’s collective creativity and support your friends, family and neighbours! All entries will need to be collected from us at the end of the day, from 4.30-5pm.

Competition categories

Food and drink

● A Celebration Cake - For any occasion! Either a single cake to share or six individual cakes, get creative in the kitchen and bring us a cake suitable for a celebration.

● Flavoured Scones - Your take on a British afternoon tea classic. Show off your favourite flavours and submit six scones to our judges!

● Cordials, Liqueurs, Wines and Beers - Do you like to create a delicious drink? We’d love to taste your tipple. Bring a bottle!

● Jams, Pickles, Chutneys and Honey - Bring us a jar or two of your best preserves. All welcome, from homemade jam to honey from your own bees!

● Children’s Category: Six Decorated Cookies/ Cupcakes - Get creative and decorate six cookies or cupcakes. Shop bought or homemade are accepted, but decorated yourself.

Art and craft

● A Celebration of Lindfield - Celebrate our beautiful village in any medium: photography, paint, textile, digital art… it’s up to you!

● A Handmade Character - Knitted, crocheted or sewn, create a cute character and bring them to life.

● Lindfield Poetry* - Are you a keen poet? We’d love to hear your take on our village in a poem of any kind. These can also be submitted in advance via email as well as on the day.

● Children’s Category: A Lindfield Acrostic* - Write an acrostic poem to ‘Lindfield’ and share your love of the village.

● Children’s Category: Wild Fruit and Veg - From elephants to bunnies, create an animal out of fruit and/or

vegetables. Let your imagination run wild!

● Children’s Category: Modelling the Natural World - Create an animal- or nature-themed model in any medium, from Lego to Play Doh to clay.

*These poetry categories can be submitted early via email, to comptent@kingedwardhall.org.uk

Main Arena

12noon Firing of the Anvil - A traditional start to Village Day (Warning: loud bangs - take care of dogs)

12.30pm Procession arrives at the Common - Parade moves down the High Street and to the Common, finishing in the Arena for judging.

1pm Dhol Drummers

1.30pm Turning Pointe Dance School

2pm Children’s Dog Show

3.30pm Leaps and Beats

4pm Lindfield Community Voices

4.30pm Grand Raffle Draw

5pm Finish

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