THE HOME OF THE KVA

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 Gadabout, Open Gardens/Treasure Hunt and Wine Festivals. Plus the increasingly popular Childrens Christmas Parties and Senior Citizens NYE Lunch, both provided free of charge in the Village Hall every year. 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.

Come Dine With Me Under a new name for 2026. 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.

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.

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.