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A dog festival with a tea party especially for whippets

If you are looking for a dog-friendly day out this weekend, then you can’t get more friendly than the annual Port Eliot Dog Festival & Whippet Tea Party…

Villagers spend the weekend capturing an Earl in Devon

This bank holiday weekend, villagers in Devon will be hunting down an elusive ‘Earl’, as part of a quirky annual custom…

Chelsea Fringe’s alternative garden celebration

Chelsea Fringe, the alternative garden festival, returns with an attempt to make the longest daisy chain and a day of tree climbing…

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Quirky rural games at the Cotswold Olimpicks

A 407 year old sporting event featuring a host of quirky rural games such as shin kicking, will be taking place in the Cotswolds…

Pies will fly in Kent at quirky championship

Teams will be battling it out in Kent this June, as the World Custard Pie Championships 2019 take place in the village of Coxheath…

Put your back into a sack race this bank holiday

Tetbury, once known for its thriving wool and yarn markets, celebrates its heritage with an annual quirky race through the town…

Try some stone skimming in Wales this bank holiday

Are you an expert tosser? Well, there’s a competition taking place in Wales just for you! Yep, the annual Welsh Open Stone Skimming Championships are back this bank holiday weekend…

Play with paper and board the story boat at garden party

Head to the beautiful Grade II listed Thelma Hulbert Gallery and its leafy garden in Honiton this bank holiday weekend, for their annual artsy garden party…

Gig and theatre combine for Grand Finale

Like going to the theatre? Enjoy watching dance performances? Love live music? How about combining all three, for a show that is part-gig, part-dance and part-theatre?

Gloucestershire’s mad dairy dash

Fancy taking a daring dash down a steep hill this bank holiday weekend? Why, you ask? To chase a large round lump of traditional Gloucester cheese, of course!

Take a safari in London this summer

Launching in June, Mr Fogg’s Society of Exploration will host an immersive Summer Safari experience, where curious adventurers will be invited to explore what lies below the London streets…

Lostwithiel’s quirky one-day festival

LostFest is a quirky one-day festival that takes place in Cornwall with an eclectic mix of music, dance, demonstrations and activities…

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