This bank holiday Monday, a village in Lancashire will be hosting a sporting contest with a difference…
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Soapboxes take to the cobbles in York
Participants in York’s most unusual road race are undertaking final preparations on their person-powered vehicles, ready for the fourth annual Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge…
Town turns purple for plum festival
Over the bank holiday weekend, the market town of Pershore will be turning purple in tribute to the humble plum…
Fancy hats and an etiquette ball at Llandrindod Wells festival
Step back in time to the 1800s with the Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival, featuring grand picnics, historic cycle cavalcades and best hat competitions…
Step back in time as Lytham hosts 1940s weekend
Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend will be taking place this weekend bringing music, dance and a touch of nostalgia to the Lancashire seaside town…
Join pirates and sailors at Ipswich Maritime Festival
This weekend, Ipswich will be celebrating all things nautical with pirate crews, Georgian sailors, maritime themed inflatables and ships…
More than a whiff of fun at Garlic Festival
Garlic has been grown on the Isle of Wight for over 50 years, so it’s fitting that the island hosts an annual Garlic Festival, celebrating the pungent crop…
Try the bagpipes at Piping Live!
Have a go at playing the bagpipes, watch street pipe bands and listen to classical pipe music in Scotland’s oldest purpose built concert hall…
Take a summer cider cycle in Wales
Make the most of the summer with an alternative cycle ride through the Welsh hills and valleys this weekend…
Dandy chaps compete in fancy games at vintage fair
The Chap Olympiad is one of Britain’s most eccentric sporting events, where smartly dressed ladies and gentlemen compete in games such as Umbrella Jousting…
Taste the unexpected at Chilli Fiesta
Things will be hotting up (in the culinary sense that is) in West Sussex this weekend, as West Dean Gardens host their annual Chilli Fiesta…
The humble gooseberry celebrated in traditional show
First established back in 1800, the annual Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show is the oldest surviving gooseberry show in the world…
An easy pea-sy throwing contest
Every summer, a pub in the East Sussex town of Lewes hosts the quirky World Pea Throwing Championship…
Meet Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest
Join Robin Hood and his band of merry men this August in Nottinghamshire’s Sherwood Forest, for a fun festival with outlaws and wacky characters…
Maritime themed fun in Devon’s unique village
The unique Devon village of Clovelly will be hosting a Lifeboat Weekend & Maritime Festival this weekend, with stilt entertainers and games…