Bridport Hat Festival is on Saturday 6th September 2025! All the usual attractions will be on display with the Fun Hat Competition open to everyone wearing a hat! Categories are best: Lady, Gent, Boy, Girl, Couple and Family or Group. Judging will be at 1pm just after the mass hatted photo. There will be music provided by young local musicians and performances from the Bridport Broadsides Shanty Group. The all-day HatFest Garden Party will take place at Millennium Green with music including that from St Swithin’s Brass Band. A licensed bar and food will be served all day. Other attractions include “Hat Hurling” and a “Hatted Dog Party” in the morning with the “Most Elegant Ensemble” public competition in the afternoon.

Welcome to the Bridport Hat Festival!