The Old Fighting Cocks

29/09/2026

🤠🔥 SADDLE UP… COUNTRY WEEKEND IS HERE! 🔥🤠
To celebrate all your generosity for our Harvest & Harmony Food Drive we're getting set for a weekend packed with Country, Americana and Irish Folk! 🌾

Friday 2nd October - Paul Parker Duo - 8pm
Saturday 3rd October - The Shire-ish Rovers - 8pm

Expect incredible live music, good times and plenty of reasons to get up and dance! 🎸💃

Dressing up is encouraged! Dust off your cowboy boots, hats and plaid shirts and bring your best Country look! 🤠👢

🎟 HARVEST & HARMONY FOOD DRIVE & RAFFLE
Our Food Drive is open until 4th October, and that’s also when our raffle will be drawn!
So make sure you’ve picked up your raffle tickets from the bar and get involved!
Every donation and every ticket helps make a difference. ❤️

Saddle up and let’s make this Country Weekend one to remember! 🌾🎶

26/09/2026

📢 HIGH STREET HEROES 2026 🏆❤️

You can now nominate your favourite local business as your High Street Hero! 🍻

If there’s a business in your community that goes the extra mile, supports local people or helps bring the community together, make sure you nominate them here: https://bit.ly/4jkOQVL

📅 Nominations close 16 October.

And if it’s us… well, we definitely won’t complain! 😉🍻

📢 High Street Heroes awards 2026 - cast your vote now! 📢

Have you voted for your high street hero yet?

High Street Heroes give you the opportunity to nominate your favourite high street business or the one which goes the extra mile in each of our Borough towns.🏆 ⭐ ⭐

We've had lots of votes in already but there's still time for you to nominate your favourite before votes close on 16 October.

Winners range from pubs and hair salons to kitchen specialists, clothes shops, cafes and travel centres. 👚 ☕

We’ll be announcing the winners in the run-up to Small Business Saturday on Saturday 5 December, a day which recognises small, independent businesses in our communities and encourages people to shop local - not just at Christmas time but all year round. 🛒 🛍️

You can vote for your favourite high street business here: https://bit.ly/4jkOQVL

12/09/2026

11/09/2026

Great start for our Harvest and Harmony Food Drive, please keep it coming! All proceeds are going to Salvation Army Oakengates. We’ll be accepting donations until the 4th October! 🌾

09/09/2026

We’ve got a cracking line-up of beers on tap, with some new favourites coming soon ⬇️

📲 Find us on Real Ale Finder App

See what’s pouring, check what’s coming, and pick your next pint. 🍻

06/09/2026

🌾 It’s launch day for Harvest & Harmony Food Drive, Vol. 2! 🧡

We’re collecting non-perishable food donations for The Salvation Army Oakengates until 4th October.

Let’s make this year’s Harvest Food Drive a great one! 🥫💛

04/09/2026

🌾 Our Harvest Food Drive collection area is all set and ready for the launch this Sunday! 🍂

Heading out for your food shop? Why not pop an extra tin of beans, a packet of pasta, or another cupboard favourite into your trolley to support those recipients of Salvation Army Oakengates🥫🍝

Thank you again to The Little Theatre Donnington for providing props and Babbinswood Farm CBS for the haybale🎭

31/08/2026

☀️🎶 SUMMER OF LIVE MUSIC
Summer might be coming to an end, but we’ve got one last night of live music coming your way! 🍻🎸

Get ready for The Dynamix , bringing you a fantastic mix of rock & pop covers from 8pm on Saturday 12th September! 🤘🎤

Round up your friends, grab a drink and join us🎶🔥

📅 Saturday 12th September
⏰ From 8pm
Don’t miss it! 🙌

Huge thanks to all the fantastic bands and solo acts who have come through our doors this summer! 🎶☀
We’ve loved every minute and are already looking forward to next year!

27/08/2026

🍂🎶 Harvest & Harmony at The Old Fighting C***s 🎶🍂

It’s back for 2026! Following the fantastic support for last year’s Harvest Food Drive, we’re bringing it back!

From 6th September – 4th October, we’ll be collecting canned goods and non-perishable food items to support local families through The Salvation Army.

📦 Every donation makes a difference!
Bring your items along to The Old Fighting C***s, where there will be an area set up to drop off.

🎟️ HARVEST RAFFLE 🎟️
The raffle will open from 6th September, with tickets available to purchase behind the bar. There’ll be some fantastic prizes up for grabs, so make sure you grab your tickets and get involved! 🍁

🤠🎸 And to bring the whole celebration to a close, we’ll be hosting a live music country weekend, line up coming soon.

Let’s come together, have some fun and help make a difference in our local community. ❤️

24/08/2026

Bank Holiday weekend is looking VERY good! 🤠🍻
We’ve got sing-along bangers and a good ol’ country knees-up coming your way! 🎶🔥

Saturday 29th August - The Wind Up - 8pm
Sunday 30th August - Two Rivers Deep - 3pm