An Association For Kingswood Village Nr Wotton Under Edge
Kingswood Village Association organises a variety of events in the village.
Any profits raised from these events are used for the benefit of the community.
The Kingswood Village Association is a voluntary not for profit organisation
that exists to make money for donating back into the village. By doing
this we aim to provide high quality events over the year. The KVA is run
by a small committee of volunteers. No position is paid, and all money
made from village events is donated back into the community.
Regular scheduled events throughtout each year are Open Gardens; Showday;
Christmas Wine Festival and the NYE Senior Citizens lunch. For dates of
the years events please click on the Calendar link above. For more detail
on the events click on the Events link on the left or on the relative
storybook below.
The KVA are always looking for willing volunteers to help
either as a full member of the committee or as a friend of the KVA. If
you are interested please email chair@thekva.co.uk.
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COUNTDOWN TO WINE FESTIVAL 24
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Christmas Wine
festival 30 November 24
Village Childrens
Christmas Parties 8 December 24
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DOWNLOAD FORM HERE
Seniors New Years
Eve Lunch 31 December 24
OUR HISTORY
Since the 1950s Kingswood
Village Association (KVA) has put on events in and for the village.
Later, in partnership with the Kingswood New Village Hall project,
Showday became a major feature. To this in 1978 was added the Classic
Car Show. From the 80s onward, with the Village Hall completed,
KVA continues to run Showday on its own.
Other events the KVA hold in the village include Come Dine With
Me, Grand Treasure Hunt, Open Gardens and Wine Festivals. Plus the
increasingly popular Senior Citizens Lunch provided free of charge
in the Village Hall every year on New Years Eve. The purpose has
always been constant, which is to put on fun events and use the
profits for donations to other Kingswood organisations. Unlike most
organisations, KVA has no need of funds for itself. Thus, its entire
surplus can be donated. |
| GRAND
TREASURE HUNT Starting from the Village Hall. Free
to enter. Bacon rolls/Hot Dogs can be purchased. Includes an adult/family
route and a childrens route. |
Come Dine
With Me Sign up to a night of dining where one of you
provides a starter in their home and then you split up and go to
another house where a main course is provided. Take your own tipple,
make new friends, have many laughs and end up back at the Village
Inn for cheese and results of the evenings raffle. |
| Open
Gardens Every other year we host the open gardens of
some of the richest, most diverse and beautiful gardens in this
part of the United Kingdom. Get a map and stroll around our gardens,
talking with their owners and maybe taking away ideas for your own
garden. This event has also hosted local artists work. At the end
of your tour you complete the day by enjoying a bbq at Tubbs Turf.
|
Showday The jewel
in the crown of each years events has to be Kingswood Showday held
on the first Saturday of September each year. This event has grown
over the years to be one of the major show events in this part of
Gloucestershire. Enjoy entertainment, buy from our stallholders,
listen to live music, show your produce or handicraft work, inspect
classic cars, watch the dog show, watch punch and judy or relax
with a drink from the bar or tea and cake from the WI. |
| Wine
Festival Buy a ticket for each Autumns Wine Festival
and get to enjoy a glass of four wines of your choice from a vast
selection of whites, reds and roses. During the evening canapes
are served. A great way to get to know wines. A great way to renew
old friends. A wonderful way to enter the Christmas season. |
Seniors New Years Eve Lunch
Another jewel in the crown event, but this time everything is
provided free of charge for the seniors of this village. Up to 100
people come together in the village hall for a three course roast
turkey lunch accompanied by a welcome drink, wine during the meal
and port with cheese. All with live music and a rousing chorus of
Auld Lang Syne. |
THE HOME OF THE KVA
