Full line-up announced for this year's Hat Fair including an elephant puppet
Now in its 51st year, the festival began in 1974 as a hatting event, where performers would collect donations from the audience by passing around a hat.
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Sophie is a reporter for a number of Newsquest titles. She is formerly the deputy editor of the Basingstoke Gazette and Andover Advertiser. Some of Sophie's articles are being drafted with the assistance of AI tools such as ChatGPT. However, Newsquest editors and journalists always decide what content to cover and always review this content before it is published.
Now in its 51st year, the festival began in 1974 as a hatting event, where performers would collect donations from the audience by passing around a hat.
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