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London Pearly Kings and Queens Society - Adrian Scarbrough Photography

A unique celebration of harvest-time in London

Every year, London’s famous Pearly Kings and Queens attend a Harvest Festival in Guildhall Yard, London…

Wigtown Book Festival

Book town hosts monster slayers, suppers and tours

Scotland’s National Book Town is gearing up for a friendly invasion of book lovers when the annual Wigtown Book Festival gets underway this week…

Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival

Fine fromage and delicious dairy in the Dales

This month, the Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival returns for a week of themed events, including a cheesy run, wine and cheese tasting, cheese making courses, and a Truckle Trail…

Saltaire Festival 2017 - Rainbow Morris

Lifesize puppets and pop up events at Saltaire Festival

Expect quirky street theatre, wonky games, eclectic displays and hidden heroes in Yorkshire this month at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire…

By Villafanuk - Lichfield City Arms

Watch the Sheriff carry out a traditional custom in Lichfield

Every year, an old boundary marking custom is carried out in Lichfield, Staffordshire, with the ceremonial Sheriff and a party of riders from the local area…

World Belly Board Championships

Surfing tradition at the World Belly Board Championships

Watch a thoroughly old-school surfing event in Cornwall this weekend as the World Belly Board Championships 2019 take place on Perranporth Beach…

Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing - Wharfedale Wayzgoose

Music, dancing and revelry in Yorkshire

There’ll be tradition and tomfoolery in the Calder Valley this weekend as the Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing festival takes place…

Redruth International Mining & Pasty Fest

Cornish dance, quirky games and a gigantic pasty

Join a celebration of the humble pasty in Cornwall this weekend, as Redruth hosts its annual International Mining & Pasty Festival…

Totally Thames 2019 - London

Heritage, odours and tours at Totally Thames

Enjoy a scented heritage exhibition, boat trips, night-time kayaking, and illuminated walking tours at a month long event celebrating the Thames…

Saddleworth Rushcart 2016 - Saddleworth Morris

Saddleworth’s colourful cart parade

A unique colourful cart parade will bring dancing and merriment to Greater Manchester this bank holiday weekend…

Slavery Remembrance Day Liverpool

A walk of remembrance through Liverpool

Liverpool will be coming together in celebration and commemoration as the 20th Slavery Remembrance Day takes place…

Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival

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…

Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend - Lytham Square entertainment

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…

Queensferry Burryman

A strange character appears in Edinburgh

Tomorrow (Friday 9th August) will see an unusual character, decorated in flowers, ferns and burrs, wandering the streets of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh…

Gooseberries - Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show 2018

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…

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Curiosity of the Week

The quirky wonders of Wigtown
Martyr's Stake in Wigtown

The annual Wigtown Book Festival opens this week. So, we thought it was a good time to take a look at this quirky Scottish town for our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Solo cinema and scientific sounds at Flatpack Festival
Flatpack Festival 2022, Design by Keith Dodds and Illustration by Jacques Kleynhans

Flatpack Festival brings an eclectic mix of shows, screenings and activities that surprise and delight audiences to venues across Birmingham…

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