Bartholomew Fair Bartholomew Fair The Bartholomew Fair was one of London's pre-eminent summer Charter fairs. A charter for the fair was granted to Rahere by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it took place each year on 24 August within the precincts of the Priory at West Smithfield, outside Aldersgate of the City of London. The fair continued, after the Dissolution within the Liberty of the parish of St Bartholomew-the-Great. The site of Bartholomew Fair was the south-east side of Smithfield roundabout and was originally a cloth fair. Originally chartered as a three-day event,
Hessler Street Fair or wooden pavement. In 2007 the Hessler Street Fair was not held, although a "Hessler Unplugged" reunion block party took place on Saturday, May 19, 2007. The Fair resumed on May 17–18, 2008. The 2009 fair on May 16 and 17 marked the 40th Anniversary of the Hessler Street Fair. The fair was still being held annually as of 2017. Hessler Street Fair The Hessler Street Fair is an annual arts and music festival held the first weekend after memorial day on Hessler Road, in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The first festival took place in