This weekend, watch muck shifting demonstrations, vintage vehicles, kite flying displays and racing camels as the Cumbria Steam Gathering takes place…
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Cheese racing, markets and quirky performances at festival
The Big Cheese festival will take place in Caerphilly with medieval entertainment, Vikings, a cheese market, quirky walkabout performers and a Great Cheese Race…
Radical film, music and talks at Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival
The annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival will take place in Dorset with radical film screenings in a vintage mobile cinema, a left wing indie disco and live artpunk kitchencore music…
Hula hooping, circus and baby racing at Bristol Harbour Festival
Bristol Harbour Festival returns this weekend with a hula hooping street show, baby racing and stilt walking mer-people…
A celebration of folk arts at the Furness Tradition Festival
Head to Cumbria for the 21st Furness Tradition Festival, celebrating traditional folk-arts with a weekend of music and dance…
Get some brass this summer
This weekend two brass band festivals will be taking place. Head to Ironbridge for a mix of scenery and sounds, or to County Durham for performances from lively street bands…
Gin tours, games and Vikings at the UK’s most northerly festival
Enjoy nine days of eclectic events on the UK’s most northerly island, including bicycle obstacle courses and gin tours, as Unstfest gets under way…
A Retro Rendevous in the Lakes
Retro Rendezvous, Ulverston’s festival of vintage, will feature retro music, dancing, vehicles, markets and an old school cycling event…
Family entertainment at Edwardian Festival
The 26th annual Grange Over Sands Edwardian Festival will take place this weekend, with a day of traditional entertainment…
Competitive axe throwing and chainsaw carving at Woodfest
Wales’ annual Woodfest Country Show aims to showcase traditional woodcraft and skills, with a mix of pole climbing, chainsaw carving, and axe throwing…
Norfolk’s Potty Festival goes Morris dancing mad
One a year, the town of Sheringham in Norfolk is taken over with colourful displays of dancing, folk music and processions…
Heritage and a hairy beast celebrated at unique festival
The Bodmin Riding & Heritage Festival celebrates the unique history of Bodmin town and the rich traditions of the community’s Cornish heritage…
Skipton hosts a day dedicated to sheep
Skipton means ‘sheep town’, so it’s not surprising that the North Yorkshire town holds an annual event celebrating sheep…
Fun and frivolity at arts festival in Cornwall
Lafrowda Festival is a celebration of community arts in St Just, Cornwall, with buggy racing, colourful processions and an outdoor theatrical adventure…
Giant puppets, daring moves and experimental juggling
The Hat Fair will be filling the streets of Winchester with street artists, singers, dancers, circus acts and theatre groups this weekend…