The 5th Beggars Fair happened on Saturday 12th July 1997. Click on the programme cover for a complete running order of the event.
Photographs are few and far between, but if you have any further snaps from 1997 then please Email our Webmaster.
Acts taking part included:
- Spike Island Band
- Bill Eddie & Rock Bernstein
- Captain Driver’s Delight
- lan Watts
- Man in the Brown Hat
- Barry Wake
- Loose Screws Appalachian Dancers
- Contraband
- Souls of Fire
- Ray Wills
- Ticklish Allsorts
- Hand to Mouth Theatre
- Romsey Youth Theatre
- Bosun’s Call
- Blue Moon Rising
- Hooper & Fry
- Keith Pugh & Ruth Summers
- Greg Bunven
- Suzy’s Hot Stompers
- Saxofony
- Hursley International Dancers
- Hathor Egyptian Dancers
- Gavin Marriott
- Mike Excell & Vern Middleton
- Motley
- Banshee
- Ingrowing Toenail
- The Motherfolkers
- Taliesin
- Cathy Alexander & Colin Masson
- Skimmington Ride
- Vicki Hobbs
- Eveless in Gaza
- Mark Richardson
- Chris Whitfield
- Gareth & Owena Harris
- Hop Back Blues Band
- Innominata
Click on any image below for a larger version and slideshow.
Photographs from other years can be found on A Brief History of the Beggars Fair.