Participants in York’s most unusual road race are undertaking final preparations on their gravity powered vehicles, ready for this bank holiday’s Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge…
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A Cotswold custom with Football in the River
This bank holiday Monday in Gloucestershire, footballers will be swapping the turf for water, in a football match with a difference…
Celebrate plums in Pershore with a weekend of events
Over the bank holiday weekend, the market town of Pershore will be turning purple in tribute to the humble plum, with food, music, activities and quirky characters…
Traditional custom with a unique cart and dancing in the street
The 44th annual Saddleworth Rushcart will take place on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August, with processions, dancing and merriment…
Cycle cavalcades and costumed tea dances at Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival
Step back in time to the 1800s with the Victorian Festival in Llandrindod Wells, from Monday 20th to Sunday 26th August…
The Totnes Orange Races roll into Devon
Every year the Totnes Elizabethan Society organise a series of unusual races through the streets of the small Devon market town…
Paper plane championship takes off in Somerset
The World Paper Aeroplane Championship will take place over the bank holiday weekend in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset…
Get into the swing of things at Lytham’s 1940s weekend
The ninth annual Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend will be taking place this weekend (Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August) in the Lancashire seaside town…
A night-time cycle race with a twist
The Newport Nocturne, Shropshire’s annual floodlit cycle race, will take place on Saturday 18th August with winners rewarded in their weight in beer!
Competitions and shindigs at this year’s Piping Live!
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…
Competitive ice cream eating at Salcombe Town Regatta
Salcombe Town Regatta will take place from Saturday 11th to Saturday 18th August in Devon, with sailing events and daft competitions…
Colourful displays at Portsmouth International Kite Festival
See Japanese fighting kites and routines to music at this year’s Portsmouth International Kite Festival, on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August…
Scotland’s Burryman
Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a unique custom in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, that involves a man covered in sticky burrs…
See 40 quirky hot air balloons at this year’s Bristol Balloon Fiesta
The 40th annual Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Europe’s largest ballooning event, will take place from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th August…
A little gooseberry show with a big history
The annual Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show is the oldest surviving gooseberry show in the country, and this year takes place on Thursday 7th August…