01/07/2026
🐾🐶Important Update for Saturday’s Festival🐶🐾
Following a meeting today with Southwold Old Hall, we wanted to update everyone regarding Saturday’s festival.
As always, the welfare of our dogs is our absolute priority. We have carefully monitored the weather forecasts, and while one weather app is currently showing temperatures of up to 27°C, most weather apps, including the BBC Weather app, are forecasting a high of around 24°C, with that temperature not expected until around 4pm, by which time our festival will be coming to a close. If temperatures do rise earlier than forecast, we will finish the festival before that happens.
Our festival will still be going ahead as planned, but we are asking everyone to use their own judgement and only bring their dog if they feel it is safe and comfortable to do so. Please don’t feel under any pressure to bring your dog if you think it’s too warm—their welfare will always come first.
As a precaution, we have cancelled all organised dog activities, including the Fancy Dress Competition and Gundog Demonstrations.
Throughout the day we will have plenty of measures in place to help keep dogs cool and comfortable, including:
🐾 Paddling pools
🐾 Buckets of fresh, cold water
🐾 Hoses for cooling down
🐾 Plenty of shaded areas
🐾 All stalls located indoors
We would also encourage owners not to walk their dogs around the festival site during the warmest part of the day.
Please remember that this is a family festival as well as a dog festival. If you decide to leave your dog safely at home, we completely understand and would still love to see you come along and enjoy the stalls, food, entertainment, and everything else the day has to offer.
Thank you for your continued support, understanding, and for always putting your dogs’ welfare first. We look forward to welcoming you all on Saturday and hope everyone has a fantastic day. ❤️
Thousands of sausage dogs in one place? We’re obsessed 🌭🐶