OCC Events
Overton Village Fete – 28th June 2025
We really shouldn’t say this as it might put the mockers on the weather forecast for future years, but for about the 14th year in a row the sun shone down on Overton all day for the village festivities on Saturday 28th June. Whilst there was no concern about rain ruining the day, the wind proved challenging for some gazebos and there were fears that some might take off to be found in the next parish. Fortunately all survived the experience and were packed away intact, not having taken flight.
There were just about 40 stalls dotted around St Mary’s Churchyard and Dark Lane in the morning offering the widest variety of wares imaginable from gorgeous wooden crafts through to CBD lip balm with everything in between including cakes, bread and bakes, plants, leather goods, amazing ceramics and other artwork, gorgeous blooms, sweets, delicious rose wine from Bangor, chinaware, gourmet dog treats, books, local farm produce … well, you get the gist; there was definitely something for everyone. (the full list of stallholders is below)
Thank you to every single stallholder who took a stall this year, (many of whom have done since we first started the Street Markets in those uncertain post Covid years) and also to every single person who came to visit the stalls and experience all there was to offer.
As if that wasn’t enough, the merriment moved to the football pitch for the Community Picnic which included a brilliant Fun Dog Show and for the Overton Olympics which returned after its inaugural year in 2024. There were 8 categories in the dog show, the winners of each receiving a delicious dog treat courtesy of Country Hounds Dog Deli and Daycare and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place rosettes. I wonder if it says anything about the hounds in Overton that much the biggest category was Naughtiest in Show?! Many thanks to the judges, Ma Baker (Ma Barker once more!) and Carrie from Country Hounds.
The Overton Olympics proved to be a fantastic success again this year. Teams of all ages, but mostly the youngest amongst us, enthusiastically took part in a ‘pentathlon’ scoring points for completing various challenges hosted by five businesses and organisations around the village: Ma Baker’s Fling the Bagel, M E Evans’ ‘Eggcellent Endeavour’ , Ferdi’s Water challenge, Overton Play centre’s take on Tin Can Alley and Overton Bowls Club’s Target Bowls. A massive thank you to you for making the Overton Olympics such a resounding success again this year and to everyone who entered and for enjoying the games.
The MC honours go to Mike Done – thank you for compering so magnificently. AND as we had a PA system which actually worked this year we could actually hear all the goings on! (We’ve already booked them again for 2026. Mike … are you free again then?!)
We were fed and watered by Woodlands ice cream, Nelson’s Woodfired Pizza, Meet Me in the Morning and Premium Bar Hire. Thank you to all for making sure that no one went hungry or thirsty in Overton that day!
It was another lovely community day and we’re hoping that everyone went home with smiles on their faces and full tummies!
Last and very much not least hugest thanks need to go to the team of volunteers who worked so hard and made the day the success it was: Barry and Melanie, Ann and Colin, Leigh and Nan, and Overton Community Councillors, Martin Bannister-Kelly, Pene Coles, Clive Hellingman and Peter Lynch.
All proceeds raised from stall hire fees and raffle tickets will go to St Mary’s School – we’ll let you know how much this was when everything has come in. So another very big thank you also needs to go to everyone who donated a raffle prize (see the list below).
So, that’s us signing off for another year … put 27th June 2026 in diaries as we’ll be doing it all again then … maybe with an added twist or two so watch this space!
Thank you to all our raffle sponsors:
Tidders Studio, Catlyn Gifts, Ruffle & Rose, Mulberry Alpacas, Mount Vines, Jane Brookshaw Artist, Ego Excentric, Ferdi’s Local, Overton Barbers, L of a Smell, 2 Doves, Hill Farm Penley, Environelle
Thank you to all our stallholders:
1st Marchwiel Rainbows and 1st Overton-on-dee Brownies, Air ambulance charity, Amazon Artefacts, Baked by Nanny, Carol Dykes, Catlyn gifts, Country Hounds Dog Deli, Creations by Amelia, Environelle, Hill Farm Penley, Homemade by Ann, Jane Brookshaw Artist, L of a Smell, Lucy Bakes, Ma Baker, Made by Rachael, Modern Arts and Crafts Society, More cake, Vicar?, Mount Vines, Mulberry Alpacas, Overton on Dee Royal British Legion, Overton on Dee WI, Overton Playcentre CIO, Overton Twinning Association, Portraits by Scott Lawrenson, Rob Lawrenson Carpentry, Ruffle and Rose, Samantha Maxwell Author, Sarah Hellingman, St Mary’s CIW school, Studiogreen Florals, The Rainbow Foundation, Tidders Studios, TJCreations, Uniquely Potty