Put a date in your diary for Saturday 7th May to enjoy our annual Sausage & Cider Festival and experience the very best Rugby, Cider, Sausages and Live Music.
As ever, there will be a wide range of the very best ciders and perries on offer, gourmet sausages to sample, cider-fuelled music, and exciting rugby matches to cheer along.
RUGBY!
This year we are spoiled with a choice of exciting rugby matches. As well as hosting the popular McCue Cup - a celebratory rugby match between REME Training Battalion and a RWBRFC President’s XV - we are excited to host a County match between Dorset & Wilts and Eastern Counties. The day kicks off with an early-bird fixture between Supermarine Ladies and REME Ladies.
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MUSIC!
Live music is always a big part of our Festival and this year we are super-excited to welcome Swindon's premier indie covers band Penfold, and the return of Neil Diamond tribute Pete Jones, along with punk ska tribute band Operation '77 - so be prepared for some awesome singalong music throughout the day!
FAMILY FUN
George Scarrott and Son’s Family Fun Fair will provide entertainment for the younger ones and there will be a range of vendors and stalls to browse around the field courtesy of Royal Wootton Bassett's Carnival Committee. Our friends from R.E.M.E will be on hand with a fun army assault course and other attractions.
Entry to the Festival and a Festival Programme is £5 on the gate, with Under 18s free to enter and free car parking available on site.
We are pleased to be able to take payment by card.
Throughout our Festival, our RWBRFC Clubhouse Bar will be open as normal serving refreshments by cash payment throughout the day.
Additionally, the Sausage & Cider refreshments will be hosted in our external marquee. To reduce queuing, cider, real ale, sausages and burgers may be purchased in the marquee with the exchange of a special token. Tokens can be purchased on-site throughout the day.
A huge thank you goes to Fish Brothers Swindon Ltd - ŠKODA, Nissan and VW Van Centre - for sponsoring this year's Sausage & Cider Festival.
Itinerary
10.30am
Gates open
11am
Earlybird fixture: Supermarine Ladies vs REME Rugby Ladies
Noon
Grand opening
Scarrott and Sons Funfair opens
Stalls and activities in support of RWB Carnival Committee
Ciders, Perries, Real Ale and Crumps Gourmet Sausages on sale in the marquee
12.35pm
Parade of the Ride Of Respect Motorcycle Club
1.15pm
McCue Cup: RWBRFC President's XV vs REME 8 Training Battalion
2.40pm
Presentation of McCue Cup
3pm
County match: Dorset & Wilts vs Eastern Counties
5pm
Live music: Penfold on the Flat Bed Stage
7pm
Live music: Operation 77 on the Marquee Stage
9pm
Live music: Pete Jones on the Clubhouse Stage
11.30pm
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