Firesite tickets are available to buy now!
Cost: £10
Get them from: The King’s Head, The Swan, St Pancras Stores, Tourist Information
Our Firesite: Convent Field
Tickets are limited so grab yours quick!
You can pick up your programme at the same time. Packed with news and stories, you can find our procession routes for Bonfire Night. Programmes cost £3.
It is with regret that we have taken the decision to postpone Priory by Candlelight to Saturday 20th September 2025. Unfortunately, the weather forecast for this coming Saturday 13th September suggests it is likely to be raining overnight and continuing showers throughout the day and the recent heavy rain means the site is already very wet.
Therefore, we believe that postponement for a week is the best course of action for both safety reasons and to ensure an enjoyable experience for everyone involved. We have not taken this decision lightly and are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Pre-booked tickets will still be valid for the 20th September and timings and other
arrangements for the event remain the same. However, if you are unable to attend the new date, refunds are available by following the instructions on Eventbrite.
Priory by
Candlelight team
Southover Bofire Society
Event postponed to 20 September 2025
13 September 2025 6pm to 10pm
Southover Bonfire Society presents the magical Priory by Candlelight at the Priory Park. The remains of the Priory of St Pancras will be lit by thousands of candles in the evening as darkness falls.
Read more and find out where to buy tickets
And we’re back for another great weekend of fun and frolics with our fantastic Feast of St Pancras May Fayre. Come and enjoy the fun on:
Saturday 10 May and 12 noon to 5pm
Sunday 11 May from 12 noon to 5pm
Entry is free!
We have our usual line up of bonkers games to test your skills at splatting rats and smashing crockery. Cheer your side on with the fantastic reenactments of the Battle of Lewes and relax with our wonderful falconry display. Got the best dog in Lewes? Show them off at our dog show.
And let’s not forget a treasure island, fab tombola, a flourishing plant stall and plenty of opportunities to win some great prizes.
As usual, you’ll be able to wash all the fun down with tea and cake or beer and a wide range of food.
Yummy. What’s not to love?
Feel free to dress up in medieval garb for this brilliant family event.
Find us at Cockshut Road, Southover, Lewes, BN7 1HP.
Follow us on social media:
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https://www.instagram.com/southoverbonfiresociety/
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Calling all members of Southover Bonfire Society, we’ve refreshed our points to remember for the lead up to Bonfire Night and the night itself on Tuesday November 5 2024. You will have already signed our full safety and Society rules which you find on our Membership page.
Here are some key points to remember:
Fireproof, fireproof, fireproof – please make sure you and your family are liberally spritzed with the stuff!
Just being a member of Southover Bonfire Society does not entitle you to take part in Bonfire Night. You must have paid your yearly subscription and come along to one of our Badge Nights to collect your special Badge and get a 2024 sticker on your Membership Card. You need both your 2024 updated Membership Card and 2024 Badge with you to be part of our night. Marshals are checking and you will be asked to leave the procession if you don’t have both of these with you. You will also be denied access to the fire site and fireworks.
Listen to the SBS Captains and marshals at all times – they will direct you in terms of torches, the supervision of any children in your care, and make sure you are walking in ranks of three people across the road. This allows for our marshals and other safety officials to be able to pass between the many 100s of members who are processing on the night.
Please don’t bring kids in prams, pushchairs or buggies into the processions. It’s a fire risk and can block others who are processing safely.
If you are responsible for any junior members under the age of 16, make sure they march within the same rank as you. If you have more than one child with you, please put them in the rank in front of you where you can see them at all times.
Respect your fellow Society members, the public and our rules or run the risk of being asked to leave the Society there and then.
Stay safe and have fun – Advance!
SBS Membership Team 2024
Calling all members of Southover Bonfire Society, we’ve refreshed our points to remember for the lead up to Bonfire Night and the night itself on Saturday November 4 2023. You will have already signed our full safety and Society rules which you can find under Membership on this website.
Firesite tickets are now available to buy at £10 each from The King’s Head, The Swan, Lewes Tourist Information Office and St Pancras Stores. Snap yours up for friends and family. You can also buy our programmes at the same venues. If you are a paid up member of SBS, you get free access to the firesite on the night as long as you have your up to date Membership Card and 2023 Badge with you. Photo courtesy of James McCauley.
Southover Open Gardens is back and blooming again for 2023 with a trail of secret gardens to explore in Lewes on Sunday June 11 from 2pm – 5pm. The event is hosted by us, Southover Bonfire Society, and is raising funds to buy some of the fireworks Lewes is famous for. There are a wide range of gardens to see, including several new ones: from large traditional English spaces to those that are smaller, or with a more contemporary feel.
Entry is by ticket only at £5 per person, kids under 16 go free.
STOP PRESS: Our advanced online ticket portal is now closed as of June 8. Anyone who has purchased an online ticket will receive their map by email from June 9.
The great news is you can still buy paper tickets for this Sunday June 11, 2pm-5pm, £5 per adult, kids under 16 go free) from:
The Swan Pub, 30 Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1HU; The King’s Head, 9 Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1HS; St Pancras Stores, Barber Court, St Pancras Road, Lewes, BN7 1JQ (open all week but only from 7.30am-1.30pm on Sundays); Lewes Tourist Information, 187 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2DE (open Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Saturday 10am-3pm, closed Sundays).
On the day itself, we plan to have two ticket sales points from 1.30pm until 4pm at the bottom of Keere Street and outside The Swan pub.
At the event, we kindly ask people to either have their printed ticket or have their electronic version showing on their phones to gain entry.
More info about Southover Open Gardens can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/opengardensofsouthover/
The Southover Open Gardens event email is: events@southoverbs.com
Get your kirtles and surcoats on, people. Yes we are back again hosting our fantastic Feast of St Pancras May Fayre which returns to Lewes Priory Park on Saturday and Sunday May 13 & 14 2023, 12 noon – 5pm both days. It’s Southover Bonfire Society’s 12th year of fun for all the family and this year we have some fabulous new attractions joining our favourites – including the chance to parade your pawfect pooches in not one but two Medieval Mutts dog shows! We are also very lucky to have green-fingered gardening writer, Ciar Byrne, on hand to help you with all questions of a herbaceous variety.
Plus we have our usual line up of bonkers games to test your skills featuring rolling swedes, splatting rats and very moist wet stocks to pop your nearest and dearest in.
And let’s not forget a treasure island, fab tombola, a flourishing plant stall and plenty of opportunities to win some great prizes. We’ve also got an ale and hearty bar, wood fired pizzas and stalls with other delicious and hard-to-resist culinary delights. What’s more it’s also going to be another biggie this year with hundreds of re-enactors recreating the Battle of Lewes on the streets of our town so there’s plenty of action of the armour-suited variety taking place over the two days.
What’s not to love?
Feel free to dress up in medieval garb for this brilliant family event. Entry is absolutely free. Entry via Cockshut Road, Southover, Lewes, BN7 1HP. Close to Lewes railway station too. More info via email: may.fayre@southoverbs.com
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