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2024 Schedule and Town Show Entry Form now available to download

The Schedule of Classes and Categories for the 2024 Brightlingsea Town Show and Entry Form are now available to download from the Brightlingsea Town Show website.

This year’s schedule has all the usual classes for gardeners, florists, bakers and makers with updated topics for Photography, Floral Art and Children’s categories to spark the imagination of Brightlingsea’s creative minds. You can also download and print out the 2024 entry form from the website.

If you don’t want to do this at home, then printed schedules – together with entry forms – are available from Spirals and Little Boat Gifts and Scarlett’s Wool and Craft Shop for 20p.

But whatever you do, don’t forget to put Bank Holiday Monday, 26 August 2024, into your diary for the show itself. Look forward to seeing you there!

Does your Dog have Brightlingsea’s waggiest tail?

Or does it look great done up in Fancy Dress?

There are plenty of fun categories that you and your four-legged friend can enter at Brightlingsea’s Companion Dog show, part of the annual Town Show being held at Brightlingsea Community Centre on Bank Holiday Monday (28 August 2023).

There are also a range of Pedigree classes for the more serious competitor and a junior handling class for young owners aged 6-15 years.

Registration takes place on the day, with all entries needing to be on the dog show arena at the front of the Community Centre by 12 noon, with judging starting by 12:30pm.

Calling all photographers!

We are looking for Brighlingsea’s photographers to fabulous photos with the Town even if they don’t want to print them and enter them to be “judged” ?

We are trying something new for the 2023 Town Show. – Would you like to share your fabulous photos with the Town but don’t want to print them and enter them to be “judged” ?

If so you can submit them to be shown as part of a digital display of photographs at the show this year.

All digital submissions must be no more than 1MB in size and sent to brightlingseatownshow@gmail.com

They will NOT be considered as “entries”

You can of course still print a hard copy of your photo and enter it in one of the schedule classes for judging in the normal way, in addition to submitting it for digital display should you wish.

We have some fantastic photographers in Brightlingsea and we would love you to be able to share your photos with as many people as possible.

All submissions digital or otherwise must be made by 5pm on 25th August 2023.

Go on, give ot a go!

Take an expert tour of Brightlingsea’s award-winning Lozenge nature reserve

While you’re visiting the Brightlingsea Town Show on August Bank Holiday Monday, why not pop along to the award-winning Lozenge nature reserve, where experts from the British Naturalists Association will be on hand to guide you through the wonderful nature heritage to be found there.

From 11:30am to 4pm there will be a special nature trail competitions for the young people, with prizes to be won for three different age groups:

12-16 year olds
7-11 year olds
age 6 and under

TV naturalist Roger Tabor will be leading the expert team, supported by colleagues from the Cinque Port Liberty of Brightlingsea, to take people around the nature trail and help identify the wide range of wildflowers and minibeasts that are found in the reserve.

If you’ve not been before, the Lozenge can be found at the far end of the Community Centre Car Park, behind the recycling area.

Looking for something to do with the kids in the school holidays?

As the school holidays start, why not keep the kids busy by getting them to make or do something for the Brightlingsea Town show? Entries are free and there’s prize money and trophies to be won

They could make a finger puppet, decorate a pizza, grow cress ‘in an interesting container’ or do anything else in the 14 different classes for children. There are three age groups: pre-school, 4+-7 and 8-12. Each child can enter any or all of the classes they like.

To enter, just go to www.brightlingseatownshow.org.uk/ChildEntry or fill in one of the entry forms available from Spirals or Little Boat Gifts.
The creations don’t have to be ready until the morning of the show – August Bank Holiday (28 Aug) so you have plenty of time to get creative. Why not give it a go and be part of the fun?