The 15th annual Piping Live! will take place in Glasgow, from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th August, with more than 150 events during the festival week…
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Folk music by the sea in Broadstairs
The 53rd Broadstairs Folk Week rolls into town this month, with hundreds of musicians and performers in almost every available venue in the Kent town…
Enjoy a taste of the unexpected in West Sussex as the Chilli Fiesta returns
From Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August, the UK’s biggest chilli festival will return West Dean Gardens in West Sussex for its 23rd year…
Raft races, pasty making contests and knobbly knees at Charlestown Regatta Week
Charlestown Regatta Week will take place from Saturday 21st to Friday 27th July in Cornwall, with a whole host of nautical and quirky events…
Water balloon throwing and performances in caves at Bristol Harbour Festival
Bristol Harbour Festival returns from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July with a special free programme celebrating the city’s incredible maritime heritage…
Get a taste of Brazil in Liverpool
Brazilica, the UK’s largest samba carnival, will be taking place in Liverpool this weekend, with a night-time parade, live music and film screenings…
Make a date for a Retro Rendezvous in Cumbria
Retro Rendezvous, Ulverston’s festival of vintage, will take place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July in Cumbria, with music, fashion and vintage cycling races…
Head to the UK’s most northerly island for Unstfest
Enjoy nine days of events on the UK’s most northerly island as Unstfest takes place, from Saturday 14th to Sunday 22nd July, with a Daft Raft Race, Twilight Mystery Tour and Vikings…
A weekend of folk arts in Cumbria
Head to Cumbria for the 20th Furness Tradition Festival, celebrating traditional folk-arts with a weekend of music and dance…
World Record Morris Dancing at Norfolk’s Potty Festival
This weekend, Potty Morris & Folk Festival will celebrate its 25th year with a special World Record attempt for the largest Morris dance…
Traditional dance, processions and buggy racing at Lafrowda Festival
Lafrowda, the community arts festival in St Just, Cornwall, takes place from Friday 6th to Saturday 21st July, with shadow puppets, buggy racing and freestyle dancing…
If you go down to the woods today…
Timber, a new festival weaving together the forest with arts and ideas, will take place this weekend in the heart of the National Forest in Derbyshire…
Join the resistance in Ingleton this weekend
Once a year, over a weekend in July, the north Yorkshire village of Ingleton turns itself into a French style 1940s village, with dancing, music and parades…
Tynwald Day, celebrating Isle of Man’s Viking heritage
The Tynwald Day Ceremony takes place on 5th July on the Isle of Man, with an open air parliament, Vikings, traditional music and dance…
Knife juggling, clowning and acrobatics at Winchester Hat Fair
Winchester’s Hat Fair, the UK’s longest continually running outdoor arts festival, will take place from Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July, with street performances, theatre, dance and circus…