Click Here to be directed to the Ottery Tar Barrels official website. Each year it becomes more difficult to find the money to cover the costs of running this event, our committee works tirelessly throughout the year to raise funds to cover the ever rising expenses. If you attend this year's event allocate £1 as a donation out of your booze or burger fund and make a point of putting it in one of our many collecting points. If everyone attending the event donated £1, which is not a lot of money to enable you to see one of the country's premier spectacles, our finances would become a lot healthier. This year will see even more Marshalls at the barrel locations and they are there to assist in the smooth running of the event and this includes providing assistance to the public. Every year we have complaints from people who have either got in the way of a barrel or had cause to be frightened by the flames. Believe it or not barrels and flames is what the evening is about so if you are not willing to confront the occasional flaming tar barrel stand well away from the area or better still stay at home but please do not complain to us about something you should have checked on before deciding to attend.