Blaston & District Agricultural Society was founded in 1957 by a group of local people with a keen interest in agriculture and the rural community. The original founders were Bill and Molly Jackson, Dick and Clare Clarke and Joyce Noble.
The first ever Blaston Show was held the same year and has been an annual event ever since, only having to be cancelled twice in its history in both instances due to Foot and Mouth disease. The show originally started as a small gymkhana competition and later incorporated donkeys. As the show grew and became more popular, show classes of horses and ponies, sheep, goats, cattle and dogs developed.
The show has always been held in the vicinity of Blaston village and has been run from just 6 sites in its 54 year lifespan. It has been held at its current site on Blaston Road near to Slawston since 1997.
The management team have ambitious plans to build on the show's success and its unique positioning in the summer show calendar.
The Society was incorporated as a limited company in 2009 as Blaston and District Agricultural Show Society Ltd (Co. 06796428). A successful application in 2010 meant that the Society is now a formally recognised Charity.
