Wood Street in Swindon's Old Town was closed to traffic on Sunday 7 June 2026 for the Wood Street Party, which brought the Old Town Festival to a close. Swindon24, reporting the next morning, put the crowd at around 4,000 and said the weather stayed dry throughout.
The 2026 festival ran to a revised programme, with a fringe week of arts, music and community events at venues across Old Town before the street party.
Who played?
- UB40 Madness, with reggae and ska
- Pulse, a mother-and-son duo playing floor fillers from several decades
- Horizon Line, an acoustic group playing rock and pop classics
A planned Taylor Swift tribute act did not perform.