Each week I will post a selection of events taking place around the British coast, including festivals, sporting events and regattas, carnivals and quirky annual traditions.
NOVEMBER 2021
Events this week
27 November: Aldeburgh Christmas Lights Switch On
27 November: Felixstowe Christmas Lights Switch On
Events this week
20 November: Christmas Lights Switch On, Titanic, Belfast
21 November: Orford Festive Makers Market, Orford, Suffolk
OCTOBER 2021
Events this week
26-30 October: Ulverston International Music Festival
27-31 October: SPILL Festival, Ipswich
29-31 October: Whitby Goth Weekend
Events this week
22 October-7 November: River of Light, Liverpool
23 October: Oktoberfest, Box Yard, Liverpool
Events this week
14-17 October: Berwick Literary Festival
Events this week
6 October-7 November: Belfast International Arts Festival
9-10 October: Docks Heritage Weekend, Bristol
9-22 October: Isle of Wight Walking Festival
10 October: Bristol Sea Shanty Festival
SEPTEMER/OCTOBER 2021
1-3 October: Sound City, Liverpool
2-3 October: Homeward Bound Festival, Brighton
SEPTEMBER 2021
Events this week
22 September-4 October: Wigtown Book Festival
24-26 September: British Musical Fireworks Championship, Southport
25 September: Boundary Brighton Festival
25-26 September: Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
Events this week
12 September: Tour of Britain final stage start, Stonehaven
12 September: Tour of Britain finish, Aberdeen
15-19 September: Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
18-19 September: Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival
18-19 September: Cream Classical on the Waterfront, Liverpool
Events this week
10-11 September: Festival of Reggae, Liverpool
11-12 September: Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth
11-18 September: International Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay
11-25 September: St Ives September Festival
Events this week
2-5 September: Lindisfarne Festival
3-19 September: Southend Arts Festival
4-5 September: Belfast Maritime Weekender
AUGUST 2021
Events this week
Until 5 September: Freedom Festival, Hull
26-27 August: Clacton 150 anniversary flights (to replace the Clacton Air Show due to covid)
26-31 August: White Cliffs Walking Festival, White Cliffs area
27-29 August: 1 Big Summer, Plymouth
27-29 August: Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
26-30 August: Beachside events by the Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
28 August: Hastings Rocks.
WITH GREAT REGRET, I HAVE DECIDED TO CEASE LISTING EVENTS AROUND THE COAST UNTIL THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION HAS EASED SUFFICIENTLY FOR EVENTS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I LOOK FORWARD TO RESUMING THIS PART OF MY BLOG AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR (HOPEFULLY!) FUTURE.
MARCH 2020
Events this week
17 March: St Patrick's Day, Liverpool
21-31 March: British Dal Festival, Bristol
22 March: Weymouth Half Marathon
Events this week
14 March: Ullapool Dance Festival
13-15 March: King's Lynn Fiction Festival
Events this week
2-14 March: Highbridge Festival of the Arts, Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
4-8 March: StAnza Poetry Festival, St Andrews
6-8 March: Comic Con, Liverpool
6-15 March: POW Festival, Thanet
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020
Events this week
27 February-1 March: Bristol Light Festival
27 February-1 March: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
1 March: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival Concert
1 March: Eastbourne Half Marathon
FEBRUARY 2020
Events this week
17 February-7 March: Portsmouth Bookfest
19-23 February: Fort William Mountain Festival
21-23 February: Profound Sound, Folkestone
22 February: Rhyl 10 Mile
22 February-1 March: Rye Bay Scallop Week
23 February: Brighton Half Marathon
Events this week
10 February: St Ives Feast Day
14-23 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festiva Open Dance, Drama, Speech and Music
15-16 February: Dartmouth Beer Festival
15-22 February: Sheringham Viking Festival
15-23 February: Brighton Science Festival Hands On Half Term
15-23 February: Superhero and Princess Week, near Dartmouth
Events this week
7-8 February: Krewe Liverpool: The Mardi Gras Experience.
8-9 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival, Local Dance
JANUARY 2020
Events this week
28 January: Up Helly Aa, Lerwick
1 February: St George's Hall Winter Ales Festival, Liverpool
Events this week
23-26 January: Slapstick Festival, Bristol
24-27 January: Giants of Rock, Butlins, Minehead
25 January: Waves of Waste beach clean, North Bridlington
Events this week
10-19 January: Horror-on-Sea Film Festival, Southend-on-Sea
DECEMBER/JANUARY 2019/2020
Events this week
31 December: Stonehaven Fireballs
31 December: New Year's Eve Quayside Music Festival, Weymouth
1 January: New Year's Day Fireworks, Cromer
1 January: Loony Dook, South Queensferry
1 January: Lyme Lunge and New Year's Day Duck Race, Lyme Regis
1 January: New Year's Day Swim, Saundersfoot
DECEMBER 2019
Events this week
28-31 December: Liverpool International Horse Show
25 December: Weymouth Christmas Day Swim
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
21 December: Montol Festival, Penzance
23 December: Tom Bawcock's Eve, Mousehole
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
14 December: Mousehole Christmas Lights Switch On
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
5-9 December: Padstow Christmas Festival
6-8 December: Cromarty Film Festival
6-8 December: Hunstanton Christmas Tree Festival
6-8 December: Christmas Food and Craft Fair, Portmeirion
6-8 December: Robin Hoods Bay Victorian Weekend
7 December: Polperro Christmas Lights Switch-on
7 December: Rye Christmas Festival
7-8 December: Rochester Dickensian Christmas
8 December: Port Solent Festival of Christmas, Portsmouth
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
December/January: Shifting Sands Festival, Scarborough
29-30 November: Candlelit Dartmouth
29 November-1 December: The Victorian Christmas Festival, Portsmouth
29 November-2 December: The Great British Folk Festival, Skegness
30 November: Southwold Christmas Lights Switch-on
30 November: Wells Christmas Tide Festival, Wells-next-the-Sea
30 November: Felixstowe Christmas Craft Market and Lighting Up Day
1 December: The Giant Woodbridge Christmas Fair
NOVEMBER 2019
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
22-24 November: Islay Sessions
23 November: Lanterns, Lights and Luminations, Brixham
23 November: Brighton and Hove Book Fayre
23-24 November: Ulverston Dickensian Festival
Events this week
13 November-5 January: Liverpool Christmas Ice Festival
14-17 November: Atlantic Sessions, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
15-18 November: Torbay Music Weekend
15-24 November: Oban Winter Festival
16 November: Torquay Christmas Carnival
17 November: Clovelly Herring Festival
Events this week
7-11 November: Ways With Words, Southwold
8-14 November: Inverness Film Festival
8-17 November: Cine-City Film Festival, Brighton
9 November: Cardigan Fair
9-11 November: Dunoon Film Festival
Events this week
Until 3 November: Sound Festival, Aberdeen
Until 10 November: Brighton Early Music Festival
1-9 November: River of Light, Liverpool
1-10 November: Homotopia, Liverpool
OCTOBER 2019
Events this week
23 October: Apple Day, Clovelly
24-31 October: Halloween Evenings of Mini Horrors, Babbacombe Model Village
25-27 October: Whitby Goth Weekend
26 October: Beachy Head Marathon, Eastbourne
26 October: Glow Ride, Portsmouth
26 October: Pyre Parade, Ipswich
Events this week
11-26 October: Lightpool Festival, Blackpool
15 October-3 November: Belfast International Arts Festival
17-27 October: Dance Live, Aberdeen
17-27 October: Liverpool Irish Festival
18-20 October: Dartmouth Food Festival
Events this week
Until 11 October: Speed Week, Weymouth
8-13 October: The Iris Prize Festival, Cardiff
9-13 October: Falmouth Oyster Festival
10-12 October: Eastbourne Beer Festival
10-13 October: Isle of Wight Literary Festival
11 October: Farmer's Bash, Belfast
11-13 October: Scotland's Boat Show, Inverkip
11-13 October: Mull Rally
11-20 October: Two Moors Festival of classical music, Powderham Castle
12 October: Portsvaria Beer Festival, Portsmouth
12-18 October: Tiree Wave Classic
12-20 October: Hastings Week
12-25 October: Brighton Digital Festival
Events this week
1-12 October: English Riviera Film Festival
1 October-11 November: Tennerfest, Guernsey and Jersey
2-6 October: Swansea International Jazz Festival
3-6 October: Swanage Blues Festival
3-6 October: Portobello Book Festival, Portobello, East Lothian
3-12 October: Leap Dance Festival, Liverpool
3-14 October: Aberdeen Comedy Festival
4 October: Sound City, Ipswich
4-6 October: Broadstairs Food Festival
4-13 October: Sidmouth Science Festival
5 October: Dials Festival, Portsmouth
5-6 October: Powderham Food Festival, Powderham Castle, Devon
5-6 October: Bournemouth Marathon
5 October-16 November (every Saturday): Seafront Fireworks, Southend-on-Sea
SEPTEMBER 2019
Events this week
24-29 September: Encounters Film Festival, Bristol
26-28 September: St George's Hall Beer Festival, Liverpool
26-29 September: Tidelines Book Festival, Irvine
27-29 September: British Musical Fireworks Championship, Southport
27-29 September: Porthcawl Elvis Festival
27-29 September: Plymouth Art Weekender
27 September-6 October: Wigtown Book Festival
28 September: Boundary Festival, Brighton
28-29 September: Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
28-29 September: Docks Heritage Weekend, M-Shed, Bristol
28-29 September: Teign Shanty Festival, Teignmouth
28 September-6 October: Shetland Wool Week
29 September: Lyn Food Festival, Lynton
Events this week
18-22 September: Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
19-22 September: Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival
19-22 September: South Downs Folk & Ukelele Festival, Bognor Regis
20-22 September: Tarbert Music Festival
20-22 September: Looe Live
20-22 September: Scarborough Jazz Festival
20-28 September: Appledore Book Festival
20-29 September: Liverpool Comedy Festival
20 September-6 October: England's Seafood FEAST, Torbay
21 September: Boats, Boards and Baps, Paignton
21 September: Classic Car Show, Sidmouth
21 September: Abersoch Half Marathon
21-22 September: Art Eat, Ipswich
21-22 September: Salute to the 40s, Chatham Dockyard
21-27 September: Sidmouth and East Devon Walking Festival
Events this week
10-15 September: HighTide Festival, Aldeburgh
12-15 September: International Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay
13 September: World Fireworks Championships (Canada), Blackpool
13-14 September: City of Liverpool Tattoo
13-15 September: DadFest, Kingsbridge
13-15 September: Newquay Fish Festival
13-15 September: Llandudno Arts Weekend
13-15 September: Stranraer Oyster Festival
13-15 September: Purbeck Nordic Walking Festival
14 September: Last Team Standing, Babbacombe Cliff Railway
14-15 September: Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
14-15 September: Plymouth Seafood Festival
14-15 September: North Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend
14-15 September: Burnham-on-Sea Kite Festival
14-23 September: Barmouth Walking Festival
14-28 September: St Ives September Festival
14-28 September: Rye Arts Festival
15 September: Ironman Wales, Pembrokeshire
15 September: Great Bristol Half Marathon
15 September: Love Minsmere Festival, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk
Events this week
5-11 September: Orkney International Science Festival
6 September: World Fireworks Championships (Estonia), Blackpool
6-8 September: Festival of the Sky, Cleethorpes
6-8 September: Southport Air Show
6-8 September: St Annes International Kite Festival, St Annes-on-Sea, Lytham St Annes
6-9 September: Festival No. 6, Portmeirion
7 September: Bridport Hat Festival
7 September: Kingsbridge Show
7-8 September: Albert Dock Food Festival Feast, Liverpool
7-8 September: Wheels and Fins Festival, Joss Bay, Broadstairs
7-8 September: Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
7-8 September: SteamPunk Festival, Eastbourne
7-8 September: Staithes Festival
7-15 September: Bridport and West Dorset Open Studios
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019
Events this week
Until 31 August: Dartmouth Royal Regatta
27 August: Ride the Lights, Blackpool
27-30 August: Bude Jazz Festival
28 August-1 September: Freedom Festival, Hull
29-31 August: Cowal Highland Gathering, Dunoon
29 August-1 September: Wight Proms, Cowes
29 August-1 September: Bournemouth Air Festival
29 August-1 September: Lindisfarne Festival
30 August: Blackpool Illuminations Switch-on
30 August-1 September: Lyme Folk Weekend, Lyme Regis
30 August-1 September: Fusion Festival, Liverpool
31 August-1 September: Taste of Liverpool Festival
31 August-1 September: The Downs Festival, Bristol
31 August-1 September: Beaumaris Food Festival
31 August-1 September: Faversham Hop Festival
31 August-1 September: Air Waves, Portrush
31 August-1 September: North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival, Holkham Hall
31 August-1 September: Vintage by the Sea Festival, Morecambe
31 August-8 September: Largs Viking Festival
31 August-8 September: Coastal Currents Arts Festival, Hastings and St Leonards
1 September: Art on the Prom, Felixstowe
1 September: Lobster and Crab Feast, Clovelly
1-30 September: Taste of Scilly, Isles of Scilly
AUGUST 2019
Events this week
20-24 August: Children's Week, Paignton
21 August: Broadstairs Summers Fireworks
21-27 August: International Beatles Week, Liverpool
22 August: The Oban Games
22-23 August: Thorpeness Regatta
22-23 August: Clacton Airshow
22-24 August: Swansea Bay Beer and Cider Festival
22-25 August: Creamfields, Liverpool
22-26 August: Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival
23-25 August: Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
23-25 August: Pride Cymru, Cardiff
23-26 August: Torbay Royal Regatta
23-26 August: Hope Cove Weekend
23-26 August: Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally, Ryde
23 August-1 September: FriendsFest, Blaise Castle Estate, Bristol
24 August: Portscatho Regatta
24-25 August: Wake the Giant, Warrenpoint, County Down
24-25 August: The British Fish Craft Championships, Cardiff Bay
24-26 August: Landmark Gin, Beer and Music Festival, Ilfracombe
24-26 August: Bude Lifeboat Weekend
25 August: World Pier Crabbing Championships, Cromer
25 August-20 September: Festival of Bowls, Great Yarmouth
Events this week
14-15 August: British Firework Championships, Plymouth
15 August: Shanklin Beach Regatta
15-18 August: Airbourne, Eastbourne
15-18 August: Southport Flower Show
16-18 August: Woofstock, Dartmouth
17 August: Cardigan River and Food Festival
17 August: Helmsdale and District Highland Games
17 August: Bude Carnival
17-23 August: Cromer Carnival Week
17-23 August: Whitby Folk Week
17-26 August: TT Grandstand, Isle of Man
18 August: Caldey Swim, Tenby
18 August: Hunstanton Kite and Classic Car Festival
18-21 August: Scarborough Cricket Festival
18-24 August: Fowey Royal Regatta
Events this week
Until 10 August: Ferry Fair, South Queensferry
Until 10 August: Salcombe Town Regatta
Until 11 August: Fringe By The Sea, North Berwick
7 August: Isle of Skye Highland Games
7-11 August: Boardmasters Festival, Newquay ***CANCELLED***
8-9 August: Battle of the Flowers, Jersey
8-11 August: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
9 August: Assynt Highland Games, Lochinver
9 August: Farmer's Bash Live at the Beach, Portrush
9-10 August: Aberaeron Beer and Cider Festival
9-11 August: Sark Summer Festival
9-11 August: St Annes International Kite Festival *** CANCELLED***
9-11 August: Ocean City Blues and Jazz Festival, Plymouth
9-11 August: Spittal Seaside Festival, Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed
9-11 August: Jack Up The Summer, Ryde
9-16 August: Broadstairs Folk Week
9-18 August: Falmouth Week
10 August: Brodick Highland Games
10 August: North Berwick International Highland Games
10-11 August: Blackpool Air Show
10-16 August: Dawlish Carnival Week
10-17 August: Cowes Week
11 August: Sea 2 Shore Festival, Aberystwyth
11 August: Brighton Coffee Festival
11-16 August: Mersea Week
JULY/AUGUST 2019
Events this week
31 July: Arisaig Highland Games
31 July: Broadstairs Water Gala
1 August: Yorkshire Day Civic Celebration, Whitby
1-31 August: Snape Proms
2 August: Torbay Steam Fair, Churston Ferrers, Brixham
2-4 August: New Quay Music Festival
2-4 August: Brighton and Hove Pride
2-4 August: Margate Soul Festival
2-9 August: Sidmouth Folk Festival
3 August: Inverkeithing Highland Games
3 August: Johnshaven Fish Festival
3-4 August: Clovelly Maritime Festival
3-4 August: Menai Food Festival, Menai Bridge
3-10 August: Alderney Week
3-10 August: Lyme Regis Regatta and Carnival Week
3-11 August: Pittenweem Arts Festival
4-31 August: Summer on the Dock, Liverpool
JULY 2019
Events this week
Until 28 July: Ramsgate Festival of Sound
Until 2 August: Fishguard International Music Festival
22-27 July: Abersoch Dinghy Week
23-26 July: Dartmouth Shakespeare Week
24-28 July: Manx Heritage Transport Festival, Isle of Man
25-27 July: Sunshine Beer and Cider Festival, Teignmouth
25-28 July: Cinema Rediscovered, Watershed, Bristol
25-28 July: Port Eliot Festival, St Germans, Cornwall
25-28 July: Camp Bestival, Lulworth
26 July: Durness Highland Games
26-28 July: Scarborough Seafest
26-28 July: Hull Folk and Maritime Festival
26-28 July: Weymouth and Portland Pride
26-28 July: Eilean Dorcha Festival, Benbecula
26-28 July: Weston Lions Real Ale and Cider Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
27 July: Arran Rock, Blues and Beer Festival
27 July: Cliftonville Games, Cliftonville, Kent
27 July: Let's Rock Liverpool, Croxteth Hall Country Park, Liverpool
27-28 July: Liverpool Pride
27-28 July: Gorleston Cliff Top Festival
27-29 July: Whitstable Oyster Festival
27 July-2 August: Charlestown Regatta
27 July-3 August: Swanage Carnival
27 July-4 August: Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week
27 July-4 August: Paignton Festival
28 July: Manx 100 Mountain Bike Endurance Event, Isle of Man
Events this week
15 July: Burntisland Highland Games
16 July: Inveraray Highland Games
17-20 July: HebCelt Festival, Stornoway
18 July: Mull Highland Games
18-21 July: Latitude Festival, Southwold
19 July: Cream Classical in the Park, Liverpool
19-21 July: Bristol Harbour Festival
20 July: Dundee Fake Festival
20 July: Inverness Highland Games
20 July: Lochcarron Highland Games
20-21 July: Holkham Country Fair
20-21 July: Liverpool International Music Festival
20-21 July: Heysham Viking Festival
20-27 July: Conwy Classical Music Festival
21-27 July: Stromness Shopping Week
Events this week
7 July: Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival, Aberaeron
11-14 July: Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth
12 July: New Music Biennial, Hull
12-13 July: British Beach Polo Championships, Sandbanks
12-13 July: Jurassic Fields, Bridport
12-14 July: Folk on the Dock, Liverpool
12-14 July: Stonehaven Folk Festival
12-14 July: Gwyl Arall, Caernarfon
12-14 July: Tiree Music Festival
12-14 July: Plymouth Regatta
12-14 July: Vintage For Victory, Cardiff
12-20 July: Budleigh Salterton Music Festival
12-21 July: Netball World Cup, Liverpool
13-14 July: Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth
13-14 July: Beach Life Festival, Eastbourne
13-14 July: Loch Fyne Viking Festival, Tarbert
13-14 July: Swanage Jazz Festival
13-15 July: Kingsbeer Festival, Kingswear
13-20 July: Hopeman Gala, Hopeman, Moray
13-27 July: St Peter Port Town Carnival
14 July: Brazilica, Liverpool
14 July: Croyde Ocean Triathlon
14-15 July: Cider Festival, Exmouth
14-21 July: The Open Golf Championship, Portrush
14-27 July: Kings Lynn Festival
Events this week
1-13 July: Gower Festival
1-14 July: Bristol Pride
1-31 July: Bristol Shakespeare Festival
3 July: Bristol Comedy Garden
3-6 July: Hastings Beer and Music Festival
3-6 July: Penzance Literary Festival
5-6 July: Gairloch Highland Gathering
5-7 July: Sark Folk Festival
5-7 July: Gemau Cymru, Cardiff
5-20 July: Lafrowda Festival, St Just, Cornwall
6 July: St Paul's Carnival, Bristol
6-7 July: Paddle Round The Pier, Brighton
6-7 July: Potty Festival, Sheringham
6-7 July: Tarbert Seafood Festival
6-7 July: Faversham Nautical Festival
6-14 July: Festival of Firsts, Wirral
7-14 July: Rathlin Festival Week
JUNE 2019
Events this week
24-29 June: Skye Food and Drink Festival
24-30 June: Blackpool Armed Forces Week
26-29 June: Bristol Sounds
26-30 June: East Neuk Festival, Fife
27-30 June: Felixstowe Book Festival
28-30 June: Largs Live
28 June-13 July: Deal Music and Arts Festival
29 June: Round the Island Race, Isle of Wight
29 June: Sprint Triathlon, Abersoch
29 June: Malt and Music Festival, Arran
29 June: Scarborough Armed Forces Day
29-30 June: Dartmouth Art and Craft Weekend, Royal Avenue Gardens
29-30 June: English National Adaptive Surfing Open, Fistral Beach, Newquay
29 June-7 July: 3 Harbours Arts Festival, East Lothian
30 June: North Devon Marathon & Half Marathon
Events this week
Until 23 June: Polperro Festival
Until 23 June: Portsmouth Festivities
19-23 June: Williams BMW International Tennis Tournament, Liverpool
20-24 June: Bristol Sounds
21 June: Stonehaven Highland Games
21-23 June: GoldCoast Ocean Fest, Croyde
21-23 June: Teignmouth Folk Festival
21-27 June: St Magnus International Festival, Orkney
21-29 June: Nature Valley International Tennis Tournament, Eastbourne
21-30 June: Golowan Festival, Penzance
22 June: The Moveable Feast, Criccieth
22-23 June: Africa Oye, Liverpool
22-23 June: Cardiff Mini Film Festival
22-23 June: First Light Festival, Lowestoft
22-23 June: Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy
22-23 June: Weston Air Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
22-29 June: Southwold Arts Festival
23 June: RNLI Harbour Raft Race, Rhyl
23-29 June: Mevagissey Feast Week
Events this week
11 June-28 July: River Town, Bristol
12-23 June: Bristol Food Connections
13-16 June: Isle of Wight Festival
13-16 June: Brighton Bear Weekend
14-15 June: Occombe Festival, Paignton
14-16 June: Pembrokeshire Street Food Festival, Tenby
14-23 June: Moray Walking and Outdoor Festival
14 June-14 July: Southend Festival
15 June: Ultra Trail Scotland, Arran
15 June: Brixham Trawler Race
15-16 June: Alnmouth Arts Festival
15-22 June: Criccieth Festival
15 June-14 July: Festival of Chichester
16 June: Cleethorpes Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival
16 June: London to Brighton Bike Ride
16 June: Medway River Festival, Chatham
16 June: Sundried Southend Triathlon
Events this week
5-9 June: D-Day Celebrations, Portsmouth
6-16 June: Great Yarmouth Arts Festival
7-8 June: Oban Live
7-8 June: Craft Beer Festival, Bristol
7-9 June: Whitby 60s Music Festival
7-9 June: Bay Folk Weekend, Robin Hood's Bay
7-15 June: Ulverston International Music Festival
7-16 June: Belfast Book Festival
7-23 June: Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings
7-26 June: Larne Arts Festival
8 June: Cider Salon, Bristol
8-9 June: Crail Food Festival
8-9 June: Vegan Summer Festival, Brighton
8-9 June: Blackpool Pride
8-11 June: Scilly Laughs Comedy Festival, Isles of Scilly
8-16 June: Leith Festival
9 June: Ardrossan Highland Games
MAY 2019
Events this week:
30 May-1 June: Festival of Discovery, Anglesey
30 May-3 June: Wirral Folk Festival
31 May-1 June: Inside Out Festival, Cardiff
31 May-2 June: Baltic Weekender, Liverpool
31 May-2 June: Bordeaux Wine Festival, Liverpool
31 May-2 June: Mersey River Festival, Liverpool
31 May-2 June: Flavour Fest, Plymouth
31 May-2 June: Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth
31 May-2 June: Kingsbridge Food and Music Festival
31 May-3 June: FyneFest, Loch Fyne
1 June: The Fitness Festival, Southsea
1-9 June: Festival of Nature, Bristol
1-9 June: Gower Walking Festival
1 June: Abersoch 10K
1 June: Helensburgh and Lomond Highland Games
1-2 June: Torbay Air Show
2-7 June: English Riviera International Dance Festival
2-30 June: Guernsey Floral Festival
Events this week:
21-28 May: Dundee Design Festival
23-26 May: Orkney Folk Festival
23-27 May: Southend Film Festival
23-28 May: Scilly Folk Festival
24 May-1 June: Islay Festival of Music and Malt
24-26 May: Tunes in the Dunes, Perranporth
24-26 May: Beer and Cider Festival, Eastbourne
24-27 May: Jazz Jurassica, Lyme Regis
24-27 May: Bude and Stratton Folk Festival
24 May-2 June: Greenbank Fal River Festival, Falmouth
25 May: Lord Mayor's Day, Plymouth
25 May: Scilly Swim Challenge
25-26 May: Love Saves The Day, Bristol
25-26 May: Portrush Raft Race Weekend
25-26 May: Fayre in the Square, Weymouth
25-26 May: Taste Cumbria, Ulverston
25-26 May: Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, Liverpool
25-27 May: Amble Puffin Festival
25-29 May: Brixfest, Brixham
25 May-7 June: TT Races, Isle of Man
Events this week:
13-19 May: Orkney Nature Festival
16-18 May: Great Yarmouth Beer and Cider Festival
17 May: Beo Festival, Armadale Castle, Skye
17 May: Light Night, Liverpool
17-20 May: Arran Mountain Festival
17-19 May: Rail Ale Festival, Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
17-19 May: Whitby Gospel Music Convention
18-19 May: Fish and Ships, Whitby
18-19 May: Crab and Lobster Festival, Cromer and Sheringham
Events this week:
9 May: Guernsey Liberation Day
9-11 May: The Great Escape, Brighton
9-12 May: Liberation, Jersey International Music Festival
9-12 May: Crimefest, Bristol
10-12 May: Folk On The Pier, Cromer
10-12 May: Dart Music Festival, Dartmouth
10-12 May: St Ives Food and Drink Festival
10-12 May: Foodies Festival, Bristol
10-12 May: Ullapool Book Festival
10-12 May: Wirral Poetry Festival
10-18 May: Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature
10-22 May: Creative Scilly
11-12 May: Bristol Thai and Multicultural Festival
11-12 May: Pirates Weekend, Plymouth
11-17 May: St Ives Literature Festival
12 May: Gourock Highland Games
12-18 May: North West 200, Antrim coast
APRIL 2019
Events this week
22 April-5 May: Fightback, Brighton
23 April-4 May: Roseland Festival
26-28 April: Porthleven Food Festival
26-28 April: Country on the Coast Festival, Portsmouth
27-28 April: Colonsay Book Festival
27-28 April: Great Yarmouth Chess Congress
Events this week
18-21 April: Nuart Festival, Aberdeen
19-20 April: Easter Weekend at Snape Maltings
19-20 April: Thanet Beer Festival, Margate
19-22 April: Torbay Easter Hockey Festival
20-21 April: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Kite Festival
Events this week
12-14 April: Heritage On The Dock, Liverpool
12-14 April: Brighton Marathon Weekend
12-14 April: Whitby Goth Weekend
13 April: Inverness Whisky and Gin Festival
Events this week
3-12 April: Walk Scilly, Scilly Isles
5-7 April: Prisoner Convention Weekend, Portmeirion
MARCH 2019
Events this week
29-30 March: Ale and Arty Festival, Bexhill-on-Sea
29-30 March: Threshold Festival, Liverpool
29-30 March: Vintage 60's Festival, Cromer
29-31 March: BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool
Events this week
22-24 March: Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival
22-24 March: March Manouche Festival, Menai Bridge
24 March: Love Food Spring Festival, Bristol
24 March: 5K or 10K Your Way! Menai Bridge
Events this week
Until 16 March: Highbridge Festival of the Arts, Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
14-17 March: British Gymnastics Championships, Liverpool
15-17 March: King's Lynn Fiction Festival
17 March: Liverpool St Patrick's Day Parade
17 March: Weymouth Half Marathon
Events this week
6-10 March: Stanza Poetry Festival, St Andrews
8-9 March: Ullapool Dance Festival
8-17 March POW! Arts and Culture Festival, Thanet
9-10 March: MineVention, Dreamland, Margate
Events this week
3 March: Eastbourne Half Marathon
Events this week
18 February-10 March: Portsmouth Bookfest
20-24 February: Fort William Mountain Festival
21-24 February: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
23 February: Scira 2019 Viking Festival, Sheringham
23 February: Rhyl 10 Mile
23-3 March: Rye Bay Scallop Week
24 February: Brighton Half Marathon
Events this week
15-16 February: Dartmouth Beer Festival
16-24 February: Brighton Science Festival
Events this week
4 February: St Ives Feast Day
8-10 February: Chinese New Year, Liverpool
9-17 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival
10-17 February: British Dal Festival, Bristol
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
Events this week
29 January: Up Helly Aa, Lerwick, Shetland
31 January-2 February: Winter Ales Festival, Liverpool
1-3 February: Profound Sound Festival, Folkestone
JANUARY 2019
Events this week
25 January: Vegan Festival, Eastbourne
Events this week
16-20 Slapstick Festival, Bristol
Events this week
11-20 January: Horror-on-Sea Festival, Southend-on-Sea
Events this week
1 January: Loony Dook, South Queensferry
1 January: Duck Race and Lyme Lunge, Lyme Regis
1 January: New Year's Day Fireworks, Cromer
DECEMBER 2018
Events this week
28-31 December: Liverpool International Horse Show
31 December: Stonehaven Fireballs
31 December: New Years Eve Fancy Dress Revelry, Weymouth
Events this week
21 December: Montol Festival, Penzance
23 December: Tom Bawcock's Eve, Mousehole
Events this week
15 December: Mousehole Christmas Lights Switch-on
16 December: Chase The Pudding, Weymouth
Events this week
6-9 December: Padstow Christmas Festival
7-9 December: Hunstanton Christmas Tree Festival
8 December: Rye Christmas Festival
8-9 December: Port Solent Festival of Christmas, Portsmouth
NOVEMBER 2018
Events this week
30 November-1 December: Candlelit Dartmouth
30 November-2 December: Cromarty Film Festival
30 November-2 December: Portmeirion Food and Craft Fair
30 November-3 December: Great British Folk Festival, Skegness
1 December: Felixstowe Christmas Craft Market and Lighting Up Day
1 December: Polperro Christmas Lights Switch On
1-2 December: Rochester Dickensian Christmas
2 December: Woodbridge Christmas Street Fair
Events this week
23-25 November: Islay Sessions
24 Novebmer: Wells Christmas Tide Festival, Wells-Next-The-Sea
24 November: Fleetwood Music and Arts Festival, Fleetwood
24 November: Lanterns, Lights and 'luminations, Brixham
24 November: Southwold Christmas Lights Switch-on
24 November: Brighton and Hove Book Fayre
24-25 November: Ulverston Dickensian Festival
25 November: Orford Festive Makers Market, Orford
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
Until 6th January: Liverpool Christmas Ice Festival
15-18 November: Looe Literary Festival
15-18 November: Atlantic Sessions, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
16-18 November: Tenby Blues Festival
16-25 November: Oban Winter Festival
17 November: Torquay Christmas Carnival
17 November: BoHo Winter Light Festival, Eastbourne
18 November: Clovelly Herring Festival
Events this week
Until 10 November: Looping The Loop Festival, Thanet
7-11 November: Inverness Film Festival
8-12 November: Ways With Words Festival, Southwold
9-11 November: Dunoon Film Festival
9-25 November: Cine-City Film Festival, Brighton
10 November: Cardigan Fair
OCTOBER 2018
27-28 October: Steampunk Halloween Festival, Felixstowe
28 October-4 November: Cardiff Fashion Week
31 October-4 November: Lowender Peran Festival, Newquay
1-18 November: Hull Comedy Festival
2-4 November: Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
4 November: London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
Events this week
9-14 October: The Iris Prize Festival (LGBT film festival), Cardiff
11-14 October: Falmouth Oyster Festival
11-14 October: Isle of Wight Literary Festival
11-27 October: Dance Live, Aberdeen
12-14 October: Scotland's Boat Show, Inverkip
13 October: Oxjam, Portsmouth
13 October: Vegan Festival, Portsmouth
13-19 October: Tiree Wave Classic, Tiree
13-20 October: Speed Week, Weymouth
Events this week
Until 26 November: Eastbourne Beer Festival on Tour
4-7 October: Giant Spectacular, Liverpool
4-7 October: Swanage Blues Festival
4-13 October: Aberdeen Comedy Festival
6 October: Dials Festival, Portsmouth
6-7 October: Bournemouth Marathon
6-7 October: Powderham Food Festival, Powderham Castle, Devon
6-14 October: Hastings Week
6 October-7 November (every Saturday): Fireworks, Southend
SEPTEMBER 2018
Until the end of the month
Until 30 September: Guernsey Food Festival
19-23 September: Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
20-23 September: Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
20-23 September: South Downs Folk Festival, Bognor Regis
20-30 September: Smash The Keys, Liverpool
21-23 September: Looe Music Festival
21-29 September: Appledore Book Festival
21-30 September: Wigtown Book Festival
22-23 September: Sandman Triathlon, Newborough
23 September: Blackpool Music Run
25-30 September: Encounters Film Festival, Bristol
27-29 September: St George's Hall Beer Festival, Liverpool
28 September: Party At The Park, Cardiff
28-30 September: British Musical Firework Championships, Southport
28-30 September: Scarborough Jazz Festival
28-30 September: Plymouth Art Weekender
28-30 September: Broadstairs Food Festival
28-30 September: By The Sea Festival, Margate
28-30 September: Elvis Festival, Porthcawl
29 September: Boundary Brighton
29 September: Mary Rose Live: After Hours - Waterfront Sessions, Portsmouth
29-30 September: Teign Shanty Festival, Teignmouth
29-30 September: Docks Heritage Weekend, M-Shed, Bristol
29-30 September: Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
30 September: Tresco Triathlon, Tresco, Isles of Scilly
30 September: Lyn Food Festival, Lynton
Events this week
Until 16 September: South East Cornwall Walking Festival
11-14 September: British Science Festival, Hull
13 September-13 October: Brighton Digital Festival
14-15 September: City of Liverpool Tattoo
14-16 September: Agatha Christie Birthday Celebration Festival, Torbay
14-16 September: Llandudno Arts Weekend
14-16 September: Stranraer Oyster Festival
14-16 September: Tarbert Music Festival
14-16 September: Out There Festival of Street Arts and Circus, Great Yarmouth
14-16 September: Purbeck Nordic Walking Festival, Dorset
14-30 September: Liverpool Comedy Festival
15 September: Portsmouth Pride
15-16 September: Pirates on the Dock, Liverpool
15-16 September: Plymouth Seafood Festival
15-16 September: Salute to the 40s, Chatham Historic Dockyard
15-16 September: North Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend, Sheringham and Holt
15-16 September: Barmouth Walking Festival
15-17 September: Wells Pirate Festival, Wells next the Sea
15-30 September: Rye Arts Festival
Events this week
5-9 September: Isle of Man Film Festival
6-9 September: Festival No. 6, Portmeirion
6-12 September: Orkney International Science Festival
7-9 September: Newquay Fish Festival
7-9 September: Wheels and Fins Festival, Joss Bay Beach, Broadstairs
7-9 September: Best of the West Festival, Inveraray Castle
7-15 September: Blas Festival, various locations in the Highlands
8 September: Fishstock, Brixham
8-9 September: Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
8-9 September: Steampunk Festival, Eastbourne
8-9 September: Staithes Festival
8-22 September: St Ives September Festival
9 September: Rye Festival of the Sea
9 September: Ironman Wales, Pembrokeshire
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018
Events this week
26-28 August: The Ould Lammas Fair, Ballycastle
26-31 August: Mersea Week
27 August: Rhyl Comic Con
28-31 August: Bude Jazz Festival
30 August-1 September: Dartmouth Royal Regatta
30 August-2 September: Bournemouth Air Festival
30 August-2 September: Lindisfarne Festival
31 August-2 September: Lyme Folk Weekend, Lyme Regis
31 August-2 September: Freedom Festival, Hull
31 August-4 November: Blackpool Illuminations
1 September: Kingsbridge Show
1 September: Bridport Hat Festival
1-2 September: Beaumaris Food Festival
1-2 September: Air Waves, Portrush
1-2 September: St Annes International Kite Festival
1-2 September: Vintage By The Sea, Morecambe
1-2 September: North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival, Holkham Hall
1-3 September: Lockdown Festival, Powderham Castle
1-8 September: Manx Electric Railway 125th anniversary celebrations, Isle of Man
1-9 September: Largs Viking Festival
1-30 September: Coastal Currents Arts Festival, Hastings and St Leonards
1-30 September: Taste of Scilly, Isles of Scilly
2 September: Lobster and Crab Feast, Clovelly
AUGUST 2018
Events this week
22-28 August: International Beatle Week, Liverpool
23 August: St Ives RNLI Lifeboat Day
23-24 August: Clacton Air Show
23-25 August: Swansea Bay Beer and Cider Festival, Swansea
23-25 August: Landmark Beer, Food and Music Festival, Ilfracombe
23-26 August: Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally, Ryde
23-27 August: Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival
24 August: The Moveable Feast, Cemaes Bay, Anglesey
24-26 August: Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
24-26 August: Pride Cymru's Big Weekend, Cardiff
24-27 August: Folk On The Dock, Liverpool
24-27 August: Hope Cove Weekend
25 August: BFest, Bamburgh
25 August: Portscatho Regatta
25-27 August: Torbay Royal Regatta
25-27 August: Cardiff Harbour Festival
25 August-2 September: Bude Lifeboat Week
26 August: World Pier Crabbing Championships, Cromer
26-31 August: Mersea Week
26 August-21 September: Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls
Events this week
Until 17 August: Cromer Carnival Week
14-15 August: Weymouth Carnival
14-18 August: Children's Week, Paignton
16-19 August: Airbourne, Eastbourne
16-19 August: Southport Flower Show
16-19 August: The Wight Proms, Cowes
18 August: Bude Carnival
18 August: Cardigan River and Food Festival
18-24 August: Whitby Folk Week
19 August: Killyleagh Summer Festival, County Down
19 August: Menai Seafood Festival, Menai Bridge
19 August: Hunstanton Kite Festival & Classic Car Rally
19-25 August: Fowey Royal Regatta
Events this week
Until 12 August: Fringe By The Sea, North Berwick
8 August: Planet Love, Belfast
8-9 August: British Fireworks Championships, Plymouth
8-12 August: Boardmasters Festival, Newquay
9-12 August: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
10-11 August: Aberaeron Beer and Cider Festival
10-12 August: Ocean City Blues and Jazz Festival, Plymouth
10-12 August: Spittal Seaside Festival
10-13 August: Mousehole Carnival
10-17 August: Broadstairs Folk Week
10-19 August: Falmouth Week
11 August: Lynmouth Raft Race
11 August: Whitstable Harbour Day
11-12 August: Jack Up The 80s Festival, Ryde
11-12 August: UK Pro Beach Volleyball, Bridlington
11-17 August: Dawlish Carnival Week
11-18 August: Salcombe Town Regatta
12 August: Rhyl Music Festival
12 August: The Moveable Feast, Conwy
12 August: Sea 2 Shore Festival, Aberystwyth
12 August: Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs
Events this week
Until 5 August: Port William Carnival Week
3 August: Torbay Steam Fair, Brixham
3-4 August: Harbour Fest, Hayle
3-5 August: New Quay Music Festival
3-5 August: Brighton Pride
3-5 August: Margate Soul Festival
3-10 August: Sidmouth Folk Week
4 August: Menai Food Festival, Menai Bridge
4 August: Woofstock, Dartmouth
4-11 August: Cowes Week
4-11 August: Alderney Week
4-12 August: Pittenweem Arts Festival
4-12 August: Lyme Regis Regatta and Carnival Week
5 August: Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
JULY 2018
Events this week
Until 27 July: Charlestown Regatta Week, Cornwall
23 July-3 August: Fishguard International Music Festival
24-28 July: Dartmouth Shakespeare Week
25-29 July: Manx Heritage Transport Festival, Isle of Man
26 July: Pirate Day, Land's End
26 July: Be In Birkenhead Festival
26-27 July: Ocean City Sounds, Plymouth
26-29 July: Camp Bestival, Lulworth
26-29 July: Port Eliot Festival, St Germans, Cornwall
27-28 July: Eilean Dorcha Festival, Benbecula
27-29 July: Weston Lions Real Ale and Cider Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
28-29 July: Bude Castle Heritage Festival
28-29 July: Festival of Filey
28-29 July: Gorleston Clifftop Festival
28-29 July: Clipper Race, Liverpool
28-30 July: Upfest, Bristol
28 July-3 August: Lyme Regis and Charmouth RNLI Guild Lifeboat Week
28 July-4 August: Swanage Regatta and Carnival
29 July: Manx 100 Mountain Bike Event, Isle of Man
29 July: Rhyl RNLI Harbour Raft Race
Events this week
18-21 July: HebCelt Festival, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
20-22 July: Bristol Harbour Festival
20-22 July: Scarborough Seafest Maritime Festival
21 July: Arran Rock 'n' Blues Festival, Brodick
21-22 July: Heysham Viking Festival
21-22 July: Liverpool International Music Festival
21-22 July: Whitstable Oyster Festival
21-22 July: Port Erin Festival of the Beach and Sea, Isle of Man
21-22 July: Lowestoft Summer Festival
21-28 July: Conwy Classical Music Festival
21-29 July: Paignton Festival
21-30 July: Ramsgate Festival
22-27 July: Abersoch Dinghy Week
Events this week
8 July: Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival, Aberaeron
12-15 July: Latitude Festival, Southwold
13-14 July: British Beach Polo Championships, Sandbanks
13-14 July: Jurassic Fields, Bridport
13-15 July: Gwyl Arall, Caernarvon
13-15 July: Kingsbeer Festival, Kingswear
13-15 July: Tiree Music Festival
13-15 July: Plymouth Regatta
13-15 July: Swanage Jazz Festival
13-21 July: Budleigh Salterton Music Festival
14 July: Brazilica Festival, Liverpool
14 July: Food Fair at The Copse, Dawlish
14 July: Clovelly Maritime Festival
14 July: The Kate Burge Sea-To-Summit Fell Race Trailer, Laxey (start), Isle of Man
14-15 July: Vintage For Victory, Whitchurch, Cardiff
14-15 July: Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth
14-15 July: Beach Life Festival, Eastbourne
14-15 July: Beer and Cider Festival, Exmouth Pavilion
14 July-28 October: Liverpool Biennial
15 July: Douglas Carnival, Isle of Man
15 July: The Dockyard Bakeoff, Chatham Historic Dockyard
15-22 July: The Open Golf Championship, Carnoustie
15-28 July: King's Lynn Festival
15-29 July: St Peter Port Town Carnival & La Faete De La Musique, Guernsey
Events this week
2-14 July: Gower Festival
2-15 July: Bristol Pride Festival
2 July-2 September: Gromit Unleashed, Bristol
4-7 July: Penzance Literary Festival
4-7 July: Hastings Beer and Music Festival
5-8 July: Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth
5-8 July: Stonehaven Folk Festival
6-8 July: Gemau Cymru, various locations in Wales
6-8 July: Southport Air Show
6-8 July: BSRA National Scooter Rally, Cleethorpes
6-8 July: Rock Oyster Festival, Rock, Cornwall
6-8 July: Sark Summer Festival
6-9 July: Loch Fyne Viking Festival
6-21 July: Lafrowda Festival, St Just, Cornwall
7-8 July: Paddle Round The Pier, Brighton
7-8 July: Potty Festival, Sheringham
7-8 July: Tarbert Seafood Festival
7-9 July: British Style Collective, Liverpool
7-15 July: Rathlin Festival Week, Rathlin Island
8 July: Croyde Ocean Triathlon
8 July: Thorpefest, Thorpeness, Suffolk
JUNE/JULY 2018
Events this week
29 June-14 July: Deal Music and Arts Festival
25 June-1 July: Blackpool Armed Forces Week
27 June-1 July: East Neuk Festival, East Neuk of Fife
27 June-1 July: Felixstowe Book Festival
30 June: Abersoch Triathlon
30 June: Music By The Sea, Aldeburgh
30 June: Gairloch Highland Gathering
30 June: Scarborough Armed Forces Day
30 June: Malt and Music Festival, Lochranza, Arran
30 June-14 July: Festival of Firsts, Wirral
1 July-15 August: The Southend Festival
JUNE 2018
Events this week
21-24 June: Isle of Wight Festival
21-24 June: Williams BMW Liverpool International Tennis Tournament
22-24 June: Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
22-24 June: Teignmouth Folk Festival
22-24 June: The Falmouth Classics
22-24 June: Largs Live
22-24 June: Cardiff Mini Film Festival
22-24 June: Cider Salon, Bristol
22-28 June: St Magnus International Festival, Orkney
22-30 June: Nature Valley International, Eastbourne
23 June: The Moveable Feast, Criccieth
23-24 June: Weston Air Festival
23-24 June: Dartmouth Art and Craft Weekend
23-24 June: St Merryn Steam and Vintage Rally, St Merryn near Padstow
23-25 June: Weymouth and Portland Armed Forces Celebrations
23-30 June: Southwold Arts Festival
23 June-9 July: Festival of the Sea, Isle of Wight
24 June: Bigbury Fun Run
24 June: North Devon Marathon and Half Marathon, Woolacombe
24-30 June: Mevagissey Feast Week
Events this week
11-17 June: Bristol Food Connections
14-17 June: Brighton Bear Weekend
14-17 June: Swansea International Jazz Festival
15 June: Pembrokeshire Street Food Festival, Tenby
15-17 June: GoldCoast Oceanfest, Croyde
15-24 June: Portsmouth Festivities
15-24 June: Moray Walking and Outdoor Festival
15-24 June: Golowan Festival, Penzance
16 June: Medway River Festival, Chatham
16 June: Ultra Trail Scotland, Arran
16 June: Brixham Trawler Race
16-17 June: Africa Oye, Liverpool
16-17 June: The Haven Great Yarmouth Air Show
16 June-15 July: Festival of Chichester
17 June: London to Brighton Bike Ride
17 June: Sundried Southend Sprint Triathlon
17-25 June: Criccieth Festival
Events this week
6-16 June: Ulverston International Music Festival
6-16 June: Belfast Book Festival
8-9 June: Festival of Reggae, Liverpool
8-9 June: Ukulele Proms, Oddicombe Beach, Babbacombe
8-9 June: Crail Food Festival
8-10 June: Whitby 60s Music Festival
8-10 June: Bay Folk Weekend, Robin Hood's Bay
8-11 June: Blackpool Pride
8-24 June: Aldeburgh Festival
9-12 June: Scilly Laughs Comedy Festival, Isles of Scilly
10 June: Maldon Mud Race
10 June: Mythfest, Talacre Beach near Prestatyn
10-18 June: Polperro Festival
Events this week
1-3 June: FyneFest, Cairndow, Loch Fyne
1-3 June: Flavour Fest, Plymouth
1-3 June: Kingsbridge Food and Music Festival
2 June: The Fitness Festival, Southsea
2-3 June: Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth
2-10 June: Gower Walking Festival
2-10 June: Larne Arts Festival
3 June: Fowey Cider and Cheese Festival
3 June: Henri Lloyd 10K, Abersoch
3-7 June: English Riviera International Dance Festival, Torquay
MAY 2018
Events this week
24-28 May: Jazz Jurassica, Lyme Regis
24-29 May: Scilly Folk Festival
25-27 May: Orkney Folk Festival
25-27 May: Beer and Cider Festival, Eastbourne
25-28 May: Bude and Stratton Folk Festival
25 May-3 June: Fal River Festival, Falmouth
26-27 May: Portrush Raft Race Weekend
26-27 May: Vegfest, Bristol
26-27 May: Fayre In The Square, Weymouth
26-27 May: Love Saves The Day, Bristol
26-27 May: Mutiny Festival, Portsmouth
26-27 May: Taste Cumbria, Ulverston
26-28 May: Tallships Regatta, Liverpool
26-28 May: Amble Puffin Festival
26-30 May: Brixfest, Brixham
26 May-8 June, TT Races, Isle of man
27 May: Fire and Sea Festival, Harlech
27 May-10 June: Volvo Ocean Race Cardiff Stopover
Events this week
14-20 May: Orkney Nature Festival
17-19 May: The Great Escape, Brighton
18 May: Lightnight, Liverpool
18 May: Great Yarmouth Beer and Cider Festival
18-20 May: Coll Bird Festival, Island of Coll
18-20 May: Hanse Festival, King's Lynn
18-20 May: Rail Ale, Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
18-20 May: Whitby Gospel Music Convention, Whitby Pavilion
18-21 May: Arran Mountain Festival
19-20 May: Crab and Lobster Festival, Cromer and Sheringham
Events this week
7-12 May: Bridlington Golf Festival
9 May: Guernsey Liberation Day
9-19 May: Liberation - Jersey International Music Festival
10-20 May: Mayfest, Bristol
11-13 May: Folk On The Pier, Cromer
11-13 May: Dart Music Festival, Dartmouth
11-13 May: St Ives Food and Drink Festival
11-19 May: Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature
12 May: Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway Fun Day
12-13 May: Pirates Weekend, Plymouth
12-13 May: Steam on the Dock, Liverpool
12-19 May: St Ives Literature Festival
13-19 May: North West 200 motorcycle races, Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine
Events this week
30 April-20 May: Festival of Spring, Colonsay
1 May: Padstow Obby Oss
1-31 May: RNLI Mayday, countrywide
3-13 May: Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
4 May-3 June: Brighton Fringe
4-6 May: World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly
4-7 May: Filey Folk Festival
5 May: Riding of the Bounds, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
5-6 May: Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
5-7 May: Ilfracombe Art Trail
5 May-3 June: Plymouth History Festival
5-27 May: Brighton Festival
6 May: Salcombe Crab Festival
APRIL/MAY 2018
Events this week
23 April-13 May: City Reads, Brighton and Hove
27-29 April: The Brighton Tap Takeover
27-29 April: Whitby Goth Weekend
28-29 April: Colonsay Book Festival
28-29 April: Great Yarmouth Chess Congress
28 April-13 May: Isle of Wight Walking Festival
APRIL 2018
Events this week
20-22 April: Grinagog Festival, Torquay
20-22 April: Porthleven Food Festival
21-22 April: Sci-Fi Scarborough
21 April-5 May: Roseland Festival, Cornwall
Events this week
Events this week
3-4 April: DRAWin Festival, Brighton
4-14 April: Walk Scilly
5-8 April: Heritage On The Dock, Liverpool
8 April: Osprey Sprint Triathlon, Castletown, Isle of Portland
MARCH/APRIL 2018
Events this week
30 March: Great British Spring Clean, West Wittering
31 March-1 April: Kite Festival, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea
1 April: Beastly Egg Hunt, Bamburgh Castle
1 April: Mull of Galloway Foghorn Event
MARCH 2018
Events this week
Events this week
15-18 March: Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival
15-18 March: Liverpool St Patrick's Day Weekender
16-17 March: Ale and Arty Beer Festival, Bexhill-On-Sea
16-18 March: Kings Lynn Fiction Festival
18 March: Weymouth Half Marathon
Events this week
7-11 March: St Andrews Poetry Festival
7-11 March: POW Festival, Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2018
4 March: Eastbourne Half Marathon
FEBRUARY 2018
Events this week
21-25 February: Fort William Mountain Festival
21-24 February: Liverpool Beer Festival
22-25 February: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
24 February: Rhyl 10 Mile
24 February-4 March: Rye Bay Scallop Festival
25 February: Brighton Half Marathon
Events this week
3 February-18 March: Fife Jazz Festival
5 February: St Ives Feast Day
9-18 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival
10-17 February: Sheringham Viking Festival
10-18 February: Brighton Science Festival
11-14 February: Showzam, Blackpool
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018
Events this week
30 January: Up Helly Aa, Lerwick
2-4 February: Profound Sound Festival, Folkestone
JANUARY 2018
Events this week
25-28 January: Bristol Slapstick Festival
Happy New Year!
1 January: Loony Dook, South Queensferry
1 January: New Year's Day Duck Race, Lyme Regis
1 January: New Year's Day Fireworks, Cromer
WITH GREAT REGRET, I HAVE DECIDED TO CEASE LISTING EVENTS AROUND THE COAST UNTIL THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION HAS EASED SUFFICIENTLY FOR EVENTS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I LOOK FORWARD TO RESUMING THIS PART OF MY BLOG AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR (HOPEFULLY!) FUTURE.
MARCH 2020
Events this week
17 March: St Patrick's Day, Liverpool
21-31 March: British Dal Festival, Bristol
22 March: Weymouth Half Marathon
Events this week
14 March: Ullapool Dance Festival
13-15 March: King's Lynn Fiction Festival
Events this week
2-14 March: Highbridge Festival of the Arts, Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
4-8 March: StAnza Poetry Festival, St Andrews
6-8 March: Comic Con, Liverpool
6-15 March: POW Festival, Thanet
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020
Events this week
27 February-1 March: Bristol Light Festival
27 February-1 March: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
1 March: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival Concert
1 March: Eastbourne Half Marathon
FEBRUARY 2020
Events this week
17 February-7 March: Portsmouth Bookfest
19-23 February: Fort William Mountain Festival
21-23 February: Profound Sound, Folkestone
22 February: Rhyl 10 Mile
22 February-1 March: Rye Bay Scallop Week
23 February: Brighton Half Marathon
Events this week
10 February: St Ives Feast Day
14-23 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festiva Open Dance, Drama, Speech and Music
15-16 February: Dartmouth Beer Festival
15-22 February: Sheringham Viking Festival
15-23 February: Brighton Science Festival Hands On Half Term
15-23 February: Superhero and Princess Week, near Dartmouth
Events this week
7-8 February: Krewe Liverpool: The Mardi Gras Experience.
8-9 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival, Local Dance
JANUARY 2020
Events this week
28 January: Up Helly Aa, Lerwick
1 February: St George's Hall Winter Ales Festival, Liverpool
Events this week
23-26 January: Slapstick Festival, Bristol
24-27 January: Giants of Rock, Butlins, Minehead
25 January: Waves of Waste beach clean, North Bridlington
Events this week
10-19 January: Horror-on-Sea Film Festival, Southend-on-Sea
DECEMBER/JANUARY 2019/2020
Events this week
31 December: Stonehaven Fireballs
31 December: New Year's Eve Quayside Music Festival, Weymouth
1 January: New Year's Day Fireworks, Cromer
1 January: Loony Dook, South Queensferry
1 January: Lyme Lunge and New Year's Day Duck Race, Lyme Regis
1 January: New Year's Day Swim, Saundersfoot
DECEMBER 2019
Events this week
28-31 December: Liverpool International Horse Show
25 December: Weymouth Christmas Day Swim
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
21 December: Montol Festival, Penzance
23 December: Tom Bawcock's Eve, Mousehole
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
14 December: Mousehole Christmas Lights Switch On
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
5-9 December: Padstow Christmas Festival
6-8 December: Cromarty Film Festival
6-8 December: Hunstanton Christmas Tree Festival
6-8 December: Christmas Food and Craft Fair, Portmeirion
6-8 December: Robin Hoods Bay Victorian Weekend
7 December: Polperro Christmas Lights Switch-on
7 December: Rye Christmas Festival
7-8 December: Rochester Dickensian Christmas
8 December: Port Solent Festival of Christmas, Portsmouth
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
December/January: Shifting Sands Festival, Scarborough
29-30 November: Candlelit Dartmouth
29 November-1 December: The Victorian Christmas Festival, Portsmouth
29 November-2 December: The Great British Folk Festival, Skegness
30 November: Southwold Christmas Lights Switch-on
30 November: Wells Christmas Tide Festival, Wells-next-the-Sea
30 November: Felixstowe Christmas Craft Market and Lighting Up Day
1 December: Liverpool Santa Dash
1 December: Portsmouth Vegan Festival
1 December: The Giant Woodbridge Christmas Fair
NOVEMBER 2019
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
22-24 November: Islay Sessions
23 November: Lanterns, Lights and Luminations, Brixham
23 November: Brighton and Hove Book Fayre
23-24 November: Ulverston Dickensian Festival
Events this week
13 November-5 January: Liverpool Christmas Ice Festival
14-17 November: Atlantic Sessions, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
15-18 November: Torbay Music Weekend
15-24 November: Oban Winter Festival
16 November: Torquay Christmas Carnival
17 November: Clovelly Herring Festival
Events this week
7-11 November: Ways With Words, Southwold
8-14 November: Inverness Film Festival
8-17 November: Cine-City Film Festival, Brighton
9 November: Cardigan Fair
9-11 November: Dunoon Film Festival
Events this week
Until 3 November: Sound Festival, Aberdeen
Until 10 November: Brighton Early Music Festival
1-9 November: River of Light, Liverpool
1-10 November: Homotopia, Liverpool
OCTOBER 2019
Events this week
23 October: Apple Day, Clovelly
24-31 October: Halloween Evenings of Mini Horrors, Babbacombe Model Village
25-27 October: Whitby Goth Weekend
26 October: Beachy Head Marathon, Eastbourne
26 October: Glow Ride, Portsmouth
26 October: Pyre Parade, Ipswich
Events this week
11-26 October: Lightpool Festival, Blackpool
15 October-3 November: Belfast International Arts Festival
17-27 October: Dance Live, Aberdeen
17-27 October: Liverpool Irish Festival
18-20 October: Dartmouth Food Festival
Events this week
Until 11 October: Speed Week, Weymouth
8-13 October: The Iris Prize Festival, Cardiff
9-13 October: Falmouth Oyster Festival
10-12 October: Eastbourne Beer Festival
10-13 October: Isle of Wight Literary Festival
11 October: Farmer's Bash, Belfast
11-13 October: Scotland's Boat Show, Inverkip
11-13 October: Mull Rally
11-20 October: Two Moors Festival of classical music, Powderham Castle
12 October: Portsvaria Beer Festival, Portsmouth
12-18 October: Tiree Wave Classic
12-20 October: Hastings Week
12-25 October: Brighton Digital Festival
Events this week
1-12 October: English Riviera Film Festival
1 October-11 November: Tennerfest, Guernsey and Jersey
2-6 October: Swansea International Jazz Festival
3-6 October: Swanage Blues Festival
3-6 October: Portobello Book Festival, Portobello, East Lothian
3-12 October: Leap Dance Festival, Liverpool
3-14 October: Aberdeen Comedy Festival
4 October: Sound City, Ipswich
4-6 October: Broadstairs Food Festival
4-13 October: Sidmouth Science Festival
5 October: Dials Festival, Portsmouth
5-6 October: Powderham Food Festival, Powderham Castle, Devon
5-6 October: Bournemouth Marathon
5 October-16 November (every Saturday): Seafront Fireworks, Southend-on-Sea
SEPTEMBER 2019
Events this week
24-29 September: Encounters Film Festival, Bristol
26-28 September: St George's Hall Beer Festival, Liverpool
26-29 September: Tidelines Book Festival, Irvine
27-29 September: British Musical Fireworks Championship, Southport
27-29 September: Porthcawl Elvis Festival
27-29 September: Plymouth Art Weekender
27 September-6 October: Wigtown Book Festival
28 September: Boundary Festival, Brighton
28-29 September: Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
28-29 September: Docks Heritage Weekend, M-Shed, Bristol
28-29 September: Teign Shanty Festival, Teignmouth
28 September-6 October: Shetland Wool Week
29 September: Lyn Food Festival, Lynton
Events this week
18-22 September: Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
19-22 September: Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival
19-22 September: South Downs Folk & Ukelele Festival, Bognor Regis
20-22 September: Tarbert Music Festival
20-22 September: Looe Live
20-22 September: Scarborough Jazz Festival
20-28 September: Appledore Book Festival
20-29 September: Liverpool Comedy Festival
20 September-6 October: England's Seafood FEAST, Torbay
21 September: Boats, Boards and Baps, Paignton
21 September: Classic Car Show, Sidmouth
21 September: Abersoch Half Marathon
21-22 September: Art Eat, Ipswich
21-22 September: Salute to the 40s, Chatham Dockyard
21-27 September: Sidmouth and East Devon Walking Festival
Events this week
10-15 September: HighTide Festival, Aldeburgh
12-15 September: International Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay
13 September: World Fireworks Championships (Canada), Blackpool
13-14 September: City of Liverpool Tattoo
13-15 September: DadFest, Kingsbridge
13-15 September: Newquay Fish Festival
13-15 September: Llandudno Arts Weekend
13-15 September: Stranraer Oyster Festival
13-15 September: Purbeck Nordic Walking Festival
14 September: Last Team Standing, Babbacombe Cliff Railway
14-15 September: Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
14-15 September: Plymouth Seafood Festival
14-15 September: North Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend
14-15 September: Burnham-on-Sea Kite Festival
14-23 September: Barmouth Walking Festival
14-28 September: St Ives September Festival
14-28 September: Rye Arts Festival
15 September: Ironman Wales, Pembrokeshire
15 September: Great Bristol Half Marathon
15 September: Love Minsmere Festival, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk
Events this week
5-11 September: Orkney International Science Festival
6 September: World Fireworks Championships (Estonia), Blackpool
6-8 September: Festival of the Sky, Cleethorpes
6-8 September: Southport Air Show
6-8 September: St Annes International Kite Festival, St Annes-on-Sea, Lytham St Annes
6-9 September: Festival No. 6, Portmeirion
7 September: Bridport Hat Festival
7 September: Kingsbridge Show
7-8 September: Albert Dock Food Festival Feast, Liverpool
7-8 September: Wheels and Fins Festival, Joss Bay, Broadstairs
7-8 September: Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
7-8 September: SteamPunk Festival, Eastbourne
7-8 September: Staithes Festival
7-15 September: Bridport and West Dorset Open Studios
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019
Events this week
Until 31 August: Dartmouth Royal Regatta
27 August: Ride the Lights, Blackpool
27-30 August: Bude Jazz Festival
28 August-1 September: Freedom Festival, Hull
29-31 August: Cowal Highland Gathering, Dunoon
29 August-1 September: Wight Proms, Cowes
29 August-1 September: Bournemouth Air Festival
29 August-1 September: Lindisfarne Festival
30 August: Blackpool Illuminations Switch-on
30 August-1 September: Lyme Folk Weekend, Lyme Regis
30 August-1 September: Fusion Festival, Liverpool
31 August-1 September: Taste of Liverpool Festival
31 August-1 September: The Downs Festival, Bristol
31 August-1 September: Beaumaris Food Festival
31 August-1 September: Faversham Hop Festival
31 August-1 September: Air Waves, Portrush
31 August-1 September: North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival, Holkham Hall
31 August-1 September: Vintage by the Sea Festival, Morecambe
31 August-8 September: Largs Viking Festival
31 August-8 September: Coastal Currents Arts Festival, Hastings and St Leonards
1 September: Art on the Prom, Felixstowe
1 September: Lobster and Crab Feast, Clovelly
1-30 September: Taste of Scilly, Isles of Scilly
AUGUST 2019
Events this week
20-24 August: Children's Week, Paignton
21 August: Broadstairs Summers Fireworks
21-27 August: International Beatles Week, Liverpool
22 August: The Oban Games
22-23 August: Thorpeness Regatta
22-23 August: Clacton Airshow
22-24 August: Swansea Bay Beer and Cider Festival
22-25 August: Creamfields, Liverpool
22-26 August: Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival
23-25 August: Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
23-25 August: Pride Cymru, Cardiff
23-26 August: Torbay Royal Regatta
23-26 August: Hope Cove Weekend
23-26 August: Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally, Ryde
23 August-1 September: FriendsFest, Blaise Castle Estate, Bristol
24 August: Portscatho Regatta
24-25 August: Wake the Giant, Warrenpoint, County Down
24-25 August: The British Fish Craft Championships, Cardiff Bay
24-26 August: Landmark Gin, Beer and Music Festival, Ilfracombe
24-26 August: Bude Lifeboat Weekend
25 August: World Pier Crabbing Championships, Cromer
25 August-20 September: Festival of Bowls, Great Yarmouth
Events this week
14-15 August: British Firework Championships, Plymouth
15 August: Shanklin Beach Regatta
15-18 August: Airbourne, Eastbourne
15-18 August: Southport Flower Show
16-18 August: Woofstock, Dartmouth
17 August: Cardigan River and Food Festival
17 August: Helmsdale and District Highland Games
17 August: Bude Carnival
17-23 August: Cromer Carnival Week
17-23 August: Whitby Folk Week
17-26 August: TT Grandstand, Isle of Man
18 August: Caldey Swim, Tenby
18 August: Hunstanton Kite and Classic Car Festival
18-21 August: Scarborough Cricket Festival
18-24 August: Fowey Royal Regatta
Events this week
Until 10 August: Ferry Fair, South Queensferry
Until 10 August: Salcombe Town Regatta
Until 11 August: Fringe By The Sea, North Berwick
7 August: Isle of Skye Highland Games
7-11 August: Boardmasters Festival, Newquay ***CANCELLED***
8-9 August: Battle of the Flowers, Jersey
8-11 August: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
9 August: Assynt Highland Games, Lochinver
9 August: Farmer's Bash Live at the Beach, Portrush
9-10 August: Aberaeron Beer and Cider Festival
9-11 August: Sark Summer Festival
9-11 August: St Annes International Kite Festival *** CANCELLED***
9-11 August: Ocean City Blues and Jazz Festival, Plymouth
9-11 August: Spittal Seaside Festival, Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed
9-11 August: Jack Up The Summer, Ryde
9-16 August: Broadstairs Folk Week
9-18 August: Falmouth Week
10 August: Brodick Highland Games
10 August: North Berwick International Highland Games
10-11 August: Blackpool Air Show
10-16 August: Dawlish Carnival Week
10-17 August: Cowes Week
11 August: Sea 2 Shore Festival, Aberystwyth
11 August: Brighton Coffee Festival
11-16 August: Mersea Week
JULY/AUGUST 2019
Events this week
31 July: Arisaig Highland Games
31 July: Broadstairs Water Gala
1 August: Yorkshire Day Civic Celebration, Whitby
1-31 August: Snape Proms
2 August: Torbay Steam Fair, Churston Ferrers, Brixham
2-4 August: New Quay Music Festival
2-4 August: Brighton and Hove Pride
2-4 August: Margate Soul Festival
2-9 August: Sidmouth Folk Festival
3 August: Inverkeithing Highland Games
3 August: Johnshaven Fish Festival
3-4 August: Clovelly Maritime Festival
3-4 August: Menai Food Festival, Menai Bridge
3-10 August: Alderney Week
3-10 August: Lyme Regis Regatta and Carnival Week
3-11 August: Pittenweem Arts Festival
4-31 August: Summer on the Dock, Liverpool
JULY 2019
Events this week
Until 28 July: Ramsgate Festival of Sound
Until 2 August: Fishguard International Music Festival
22-27 July: Abersoch Dinghy Week
23-26 July: Dartmouth Shakespeare Week
24-28 July: Manx Heritage Transport Festival, Isle of Man
25-27 July: Sunshine Beer and Cider Festival, Teignmouth
25-28 July: Cinema Rediscovered, Watershed, Bristol
25-28 July: Port Eliot Festival, St Germans, Cornwall
25-28 July: Camp Bestival, Lulworth
26 July: Durness Highland Games
26-28 July: Scarborough Seafest
26-28 July: Hull Folk and Maritime Festival
26-28 July: Weymouth and Portland Pride
26-28 July: Eilean Dorcha Festival, Benbecula
26-28 July: Weston Lions Real Ale and Cider Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
27 July: Arran Rock, Blues and Beer Festival
27 July: Cliftonville Games, Cliftonville, Kent
27 July: Let's Rock Liverpool, Croxteth Hall Country Park, Liverpool
27-28 July: Liverpool Pride
27-28 July: Gorleston Cliff Top Festival
27-29 July: Whitstable Oyster Festival
27 July-2 August: Charlestown Regatta
27 July-3 August: Swanage Carnival
27 July-4 August: Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week
27 July-4 August: Paignton Festival
28 July: Manx 100 Mountain Bike Endurance Event, Isle of Man
Events this week
15 July: Burntisland Highland Games
16 July: Inveraray Highland Games
17-20 July: HebCelt Festival, Stornoway
18 July: Mull Highland Games
18-21 July: Latitude Festival, Southwold
19 July: Cream Classical in the Park, Liverpool
19-21 July: Bristol Harbour Festival
20 July: Dundee Fake Festival
20 July: Inverness Highland Games
20 July: Lochcarron Highland Games
20-21 July: Holkham Country Fair
20-21 July: Liverpool International Music Festival
20-21 July: Heysham Viking Festival
20-27 July: Conwy Classical Music Festival
21-27 July: Stromness Shopping Week
Events this week
7 July: Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival, Aberaeron
11-14 July: Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth
12 July: New Music Biennial, Hull
12-13 July: British Beach Polo Championships, Sandbanks
12-13 July: Jurassic Fields, Bridport
12-14 July: Folk on the Dock, Liverpool
12-14 July: Stonehaven Folk Festival
12-14 July: Gwyl Arall, Caernarfon
12-14 July: Tiree Music Festival
12-14 July: Plymouth Regatta
12-14 July: Vintage For Victory, Cardiff
12-20 July: Budleigh Salterton Music Festival
12-21 July: Netball World Cup, Liverpool
13-14 July: Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth
13-14 July: Beach Life Festival, Eastbourne
13-14 July: Loch Fyne Viking Festival, Tarbert
13-14 July: Swanage Jazz Festival
13-15 July: Kingsbeer Festival, Kingswear
13-20 July: Hopeman Gala, Hopeman, Moray
13-27 July: St Peter Port Town Carnival
14 July: Brazilica, Liverpool
14 July: Croyde Ocean Triathlon
14-15 July: Cider Festival, Exmouth
14-21 July: The Open Golf Championship, Portrush
14-27 July: Kings Lynn Festival
Events this week
1-13 July: Gower Festival
1-14 July: Bristol Pride
1-31 July: Bristol Shakespeare Festival
3 July: Bristol Comedy Garden
3-6 July: Hastings Beer and Music Festival
3-6 July: Penzance Literary Festival
5-6 July: Gairloch Highland Gathering
5-7 July: Sark Folk Festival
5-7 July: Gemau Cymru, Cardiff
5-20 July: Lafrowda Festival, St Just, Cornwall
6 July: St Paul's Carnival, Bristol
6-7 July: Paddle Round The Pier, Brighton
6-7 July: Potty Festival, Sheringham
6-7 July: Tarbert Seafood Festival
6-7 July: Faversham Nautical Festival
6-14 July: Festival of Firsts, Wirral
7-14 July: Rathlin Festival Week
JUNE 2019
Events this week
24-29 June: Skye Food and Drink Festival
24-30 June: Blackpool Armed Forces Week
26-29 June: Bristol Sounds
26-30 June: East Neuk Festival, Fife
27-30 June: Felixstowe Book Festival
28-30 June: Largs Live
28 June-13 July: Deal Music and Arts Festival
29 June: Round the Island Race, Isle of Wight
29 June: Sprint Triathlon, Abersoch
29 June: Malt and Music Festival, Arran
29 June: Scarborough Armed Forces Day
29-30 June: Dartmouth Art and Craft Weekend, Royal Avenue Gardens
29-30 June: English National Adaptive Surfing Open, Fistral Beach, Newquay
29 June-7 July: 3 Harbours Arts Festival, East Lothian
30 June: North Devon Marathon & Half Marathon
Events this week
Until 23 June: Polperro Festival
Until 23 June: Portsmouth Festivities
19-23 June: Williams BMW International Tennis Tournament, Liverpool
20-24 June: Bristol Sounds
21 June: Stonehaven Highland Games
21-23 June: GoldCoast Ocean Fest, Croyde
21-23 June: Teignmouth Folk Festival
21-27 June: St Magnus International Festival, Orkney
21-29 June: Nature Valley International Tennis Tournament, Eastbourne
21-30 June: Golowan Festival, Penzance
22 June: The Moveable Feast, Criccieth
22-23 June: Africa Oye, Liverpool
22-23 June: Cardiff Mini Film Festival
22-23 June: First Light Festival, Lowestoft
22-23 June: Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy
22-23 June: Weston Air Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
22-29 June: Southwold Arts Festival
23 June: RNLI Harbour Raft Race, Rhyl
23-29 June: Mevagissey Feast Week
Events this week
11 June-28 July: River Town, Bristol
12-23 June: Bristol Food Connections
13-16 June: Isle of Wight Festival
13-16 June: Brighton Bear Weekend
14-15 June: Occombe Festival, Paignton
14-16 June: Pembrokeshire Street Food Festival, Tenby
14-23 June: Moray Walking and Outdoor Festival
14 June-14 July: Southend Festival
15 June: Ultra Trail Scotland, Arran
15 June: Brixham Trawler Race
15-16 June: Alnmouth Arts Festival
15-22 June: Criccieth Festival
15 June-14 July: Festival of Chichester
16 June: Cleethorpes Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival
16 June: London to Brighton Bike Ride
16 June: Medway River Festival, Chatham
16 June: Sundried Southend Triathlon
Events this week
5-9 June: D-Day Celebrations, Portsmouth
6-16 June: Great Yarmouth Arts Festival
7-8 June: Oban Live
7-8 June: Craft Beer Festival, Bristol
7-9 June: Whitby 60s Music Festival
7-9 June: Bay Folk Weekend, Robin Hood's Bay
7-15 June: Ulverston International Music Festival
7-16 June: Belfast Book Festival
7-23 June: Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings
7-26 June: Larne Arts Festival
8 June: Cider Salon, Bristol
8-9 June: Crail Food Festival
8-9 June: Vegan Summer Festival, Brighton
8-9 June: Blackpool Pride
8-11 June: Scilly Laughs Comedy Festival, Isles of Scilly
8-16 June: Leith Festival
9 June: Ardrossan Highland Games
MAY 2019
Events this week:
30 May-1 June: Festival of Discovery, Anglesey
30 May-3 June: Wirral Folk Festival
31 May-1 June: Inside Out Festival, Cardiff
31 May-2 June: Baltic Weekender, Liverpool
31 May-2 June: Bordeaux Wine Festival, Liverpool
31 May-2 June: Mersey River Festival, Liverpool
31 May-2 June: Flavour Fest, Plymouth
31 May-2 June: Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth
31 May-2 June: Kingsbridge Food and Music Festival
31 May-3 June: FyneFest, Loch Fyne
1 June: The Fitness Festival, Southsea
1-9 June: Festival of Nature, Bristol
1-9 June: Gower Walking Festival
1 June: Abersoch 10K
1 June: Helensburgh and Lomond Highland Games
1-2 June: Torbay Air Show
2-7 June: English Riviera International Dance Festival
2-30 June: Guernsey Floral Festival
Events this week:
21-28 May: Dundee Design Festival
23-26 May: Orkney Folk Festival
23-27 May: Southend Film Festival
23-28 May: Scilly Folk Festival
24 May-1 June: Islay Festival of Music and Malt
24-26 May: Tunes in the Dunes, Perranporth
24-26 May: Beer and Cider Festival, Eastbourne
24-27 May: Jazz Jurassica, Lyme Regis
24-27 May: Bude and Stratton Folk Festival
24 May-2 June: Greenbank Fal River Festival, Falmouth
25 May: Lord Mayor's Day, Plymouth
25 May: Scilly Swim Challenge
25-26 May: Love Saves The Day, Bristol
25-26 May: Portrush Raft Race Weekend
25-26 May: Fayre in the Square, Weymouth
25-26 May: Taste Cumbria, Ulverston
25-26 May: Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, Liverpool
25-27 May: Amble Puffin Festival
25-29 May: Brixfest, Brixham
25 May-7 June: TT Races, Isle of Man
Events this week:
13-19 May: Orkney Nature Festival
16-18 May: Great Yarmouth Beer and Cider Festival
17 May: Beo Festival, Armadale Castle, Skye
17 May: Light Night, Liverpool
17-20 May: Arran Mountain Festival
17-19 May: Rail Ale Festival, Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
17-19 May: Whitby Gospel Music Convention
18-19 May: Fish and Ships, Whitby
18-19 May: Crab and Lobster Festival, Cromer and Sheringham
Events this week:
9 May: Guernsey Liberation Day
9-11 May: The Great Escape, Brighton
9-12 May: Liberation, Jersey International Music Festival
9-12 May: Crimefest, Bristol
10-12 May: Folk On The Pier, Cromer
10-12 May: Dart Music Festival, Dartmouth
10-12 May: St Ives Food and Drink Festival
10-12 May: Foodies Festival, Bristol
10-12 May: Ullapool Book Festival
10-12 May: Wirral Poetry Festival
10-18 May: Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature
10-22 May: Creative Scilly
11-12 May: Bristol Thai and Multicultural Festival
11-12 May: Pirates Weekend, Plymouth
11-17 May: St Ives Literature Festival
12 May: Gourock Highland Games
12-18 May: North West 200, Antrim coast
APRIL 2019
Events this week
22 April-5 May: Fightback, Brighton
23 April-4 May: Roseland Festival
26-28 April: Porthleven Food Festival
26-28 April: Country on the Coast Festival, Portsmouth
27-28 April: Colonsay Book Festival
27-28 April: Great Yarmouth Chess Congress
Events this week
18-21 April: Nuart Festival, Aberdeen
19-20 April: Easter Weekend at Snape Maltings
19-20 April: Thanet Beer Festival, Margate
19-22 April: Torbay Easter Hockey Festival
20-21 April: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Kite Festival
Events this week
12-14 April: Heritage On The Dock, Liverpool
12-14 April: Brighton Marathon Weekend
12-14 April: Whitby Goth Weekend
13 April: Inverness Whisky and Gin Festival
Events this week
3-12 April: Walk Scilly, Scilly Isles
5-7 April: Prisoner Convention Weekend, Portmeirion
MARCH 2019
Events this week
29-30 March: Ale and Arty Festival, Bexhill-on-Sea
29-30 March: Threshold Festival, Liverpool
29-30 March: Vintage 60's Festival, Cromer
29-31 March: BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool
Events this week
22-24 March: Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival
22-24 March: March Manouche Festival, Menai Bridge
24 March: Love Food Spring Festival, Bristol
24 March: 5K or 10K Your Way! Menai Bridge
Events this week
Until 16 March: Highbridge Festival of the Arts, Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
14-17 March: British Gymnastics Championships, Liverpool
15-17 March: King's Lynn Fiction Festival
17 March: Liverpool St Patrick's Day Parade
17 March: Weymouth Half Marathon
Events this week
6-10 March: Stanza Poetry Festival, St Andrews
8-9 March: Ullapool Dance Festival
8-17 March POW! Arts and Culture Festival, Thanet
9-10 March: MineVention, Dreamland, Margate
Events this week
3 March: Eastbourne Half Marathon
Events this week
18 February-10 March: Portsmouth Bookfest
20-24 February: Fort William Mountain Festival
21-24 February: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
23 February: Scira 2019 Viking Festival, Sheringham
23 February: Rhyl 10 Mile
23-3 March: Rye Bay Scallop Week
24 February: Brighton Half Marathon
Events this week
15-16 February: Dartmouth Beer Festival
16-24 February: Brighton Science Festival
Events this week
4 February: St Ives Feast Day
8-10 February: Chinese New Year, Liverpool
9-17 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival
10-17 February: British Dal Festival, Bristol
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
Events this week
29 January: Up Helly Aa, Lerwick, Shetland
31 January-2 February: Winter Ales Festival, Liverpool
1-3 February: Profound Sound Festival, Folkestone
JANUARY 2019
Events this week
25 January: Vegan Festival, Eastbourne
Events this week
16-20 Slapstick Festival, Bristol
Events this week
11-20 January: Horror-on-Sea Festival, Southend-on-Sea
Events this week
1 January: Loony Dook, South Queensferry
1 January: Duck Race and Lyme Lunge, Lyme Regis
1 January: New Year's Day Fireworks, Cromer
DECEMBER 2018
Events this week
28-31 December: Liverpool International Horse Show
31 December: Stonehaven Fireballs
31 December: New Years Eve Fancy Dress Revelry, Weymouth
Events this week
21 December: Montol Festival, Penzance
23 December: Tom Bawcock's Eve, Mousehole
Events this week
15 December: Mousehole Christmas Lights Switch-on
16 December: Chase The Pudding, Weymouth
Events this week
6-9 December: Padstow Christmas Festival
7-9 December: Hunstanton Christmas Tree Festival
8 December: Rye Christmas Festival
8-9 December: Port Solent Festival of Christmas, Portsmouth
NOVEMBER 2018
Events this week
30 November-1 December: Candlelit Dartmouth
30 November-2 December: Cromarty Film Festival
30 November-2 December: Portmeirion Food and Craft Fair
30 November-3 December: Great British Folk Festival, Skegness
1 December: Felixstowe Christmas Craft Market and Lighting Up Day
1 December: Polperro Christmas Lights Switch On
1-2 December: Rochester Dickensian Christmas
2 December: Woodbridge Christmas Street Fair
Events this week
23-25 November: Islay Sessions
24 Novebmer: Wells Christmas Tide Festival, Wells-Next-The-Sea
24 November: Fleetwood Music and Arts Festival, Fleetwood
24 November: Lanterns, Lights and 'luminations, Brixham
24 November: Southwold Christmas Lights Switch-on
24 November: Brighton and Hove Book Fayre
24-25 November: Ulverston Dickensian Festival
25 November: Orford Festive Makers Market, Orford
Events this week
Christmas markets all over the country
Until 6th January: Liverpool Christmas Ice Festival
15-18 November: Looe Literary Festival
15-18 November: Atlantic Sessions, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
16-18 November: Tenby Blues Festival
16-25 November: Oban Winter Festival
17 November: Torquay Christmas Carnival
17 November: BoHo Winter Light Festival, Eastbourne
18 November: Clovelly Herring Festival
Events this week
Until 10 November: Looping The Loop Festival, Thanet
7-11 November: Inverness Film Festival
8-12 November: Ways With Words Festival, Southwold
9-11 November: Dunoon Film Festival
9-25 November: Cine-City Film Festival, Brighton
10 November: Cardigan Fair
OCTOBER 2018
Events this week
Until 4 November: Sound Festival, Aberdeen
26 October-11 November: Brighton Early Music Festival
26-28 October: Gwledd Conwy Feast
26-28 October: Whitby Goth Weekend
27 October-9 November: English Riviera Film Festival
27-28 October: Steampunk Halloween Festival, Felixstowe
28 October-4 November: Cardiff Fashion Week
31 October-4 November: Lowender Peran Festival, Newquay
1-18 November: Hull Comedy Festival
2-4 November: Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
4 November: London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
Events this week
9-14 October: The Iris Prize Festival (LGBT film festival), Cardiff
11-14 October: Falmouth Oyster Festival
11-14 October: Isle of Wight Literary Festival
11-27 October: Dance Live, Aberdeen
12-14 October: Scotland's Boat Show, Inverkip
13 October: Oxjam, Portsmouth
13 October: Vegan Festival, Portsmouth
13-19 October: Tiree Wave Classic, Tiree
13-20 October: Speed Week, Weymouth
Events this week
Until 26 November: Eastbourne Beer Festival on Tour
4-7 October: Giant Spectacular, Liverpool
4-7 October: Swanage Blues Festival
4-13 October: Aberdeen Comedy Festival
6 October: Dials Festival, Portsmouth
6-7 October: Bournemouth Marathon
6-7 October: Powderham Food Festival, Powderham Castle, Devon
6-14 October: Hastings Week
6 October-7 November (every Saturday): Fireworks, Southend
SEPTEMBER 2018
Until the end of the month
Until 30 September: Guernsey Food Festival
19-23 September: Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
20-23 September: Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
20-23 September: South Downs Folk Festival, Bognor Regis
20-30 September: Smash The Keys, Liverpool
21-23 September: Looe Music Festival
21-29 September: Appledore Book Festival
21-30 September: Wigtown Book Festival
22-23 September: Sandman Triathlon, Newborough
23 September: Blackpool Music Run
25-30 September: Encounters Film Festival, Bristol
27-29 September: St George's Hall Beer Festival, Liverpool
28 September: Party At The Park, Cardiff
28-30 September: British Musical Firework Championships, Southport
28-30 September: Scarborough Jazz Festival
28-30 September: Plymouth Art Weekender
28-30 September: Broadstairs Food Festival
28-30 September: By The Sea Festival, Margate
28-30 September: Elvis Festival, Porthcawl
29 September: Boundary Brighton
29 September: Mary Rose Live: After Hours - Waterfront Sessions, Portsmouth
29-30 September: Teign Shanty Festival, Teignmouth
29-30 September: Docks Heritage Weekend, M-Shed, Bristol
29-30 September: Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
30 September: Tresco Triathlon, Tresco, Isles of Scilly
30 September: Lyn Food Festival, Lynton
Events this week
Until 16 September: South East Cornwall Walking Festival
11-14 September: British Science Festival, Hull
13 September-13 October: Brighton Digital Festival
14-15 September: City of Liverpool Tattoo
14-16 September: Agatha Christie Birthday Celebration Festival, Torbay
14-16 September: Llandudno Arts Weekend
14-16 September: Stranraer Oyster Festival
14-16 September: Tarbert Music Festival
14-16 September: Out There Festival of Street Arts and Circus, Great Yarmouth
14-16 September: Purbeck Nordic Walking Festival, Dorset
14-30 September: Liverpool Comedy Festival
15 September: Portsmouth Pride
15-16 September: Pirates on the Dock, Liverpool
15-16 September: Plymouth Seafood Festival
15-16 September: Salute to the 40s, Chatham Historic Dockyard
15-16 September: North Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend, Sheringham and Holt
15-16 September: Barmouth Walking Festival
15-17 September: Wells Pirate Festival, Wells next the Sea
15-30 September: Rye Arts Festival
Events this week
5-9 September: Isle of Man Film Festival
6-9 September: Festival No. 6, Portmeirion
6-12 September: Orkney International Science Festival
7-9 September: Newquay Fish Festival
7-9 September: Wheels and Fins Festival, Joss Bay Beach, Broadstairs
7-9 September: Best of the West Festival, Inveraray Castle
7-15 September: Blas Festival, various locations in the Highlands
8 September: Fishstock, Brixham
8-9 September: Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
8-9 September: Steampunk Festival, Eastbourne
8-9 September: Staithes Festival
8-22 September: St Ives September Festival
9 September: Rye Festival of the Sea
9 September: Ironman Wales, Pembrokeshire
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018
Events this week
26-28 August: The Ould Lammas Fair, Ballycastle
26-31 August: Mersea Week
27 August: Rhyl Comic Con
28-31 August: Bude Jazz Festival
30 August-1 September: Dartmouth Royal Regatta
30 August-2 September: Bournemouth Air Festival
30 August-2 September: Lindisfarne Festival
31 August-2 September: Lyme Folk Weekend, Lyme Regis
31 August-2 September: Freedom Festival, Hull
31 August-4 November: Blackpool Illuminations
1 September: Kingsbridge Show
1 September: Bridport Hat Festival
1-2 September: Beaumaris Food Festival
1-2 September: Air Waves, Portrush
1-2 September: St Annes International Kite Festival
1-2 September: Vintage By The Sea, Morecambe
1-2 September: North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival, Holkham Hall
1-3 September: Lockdown Festival, Powderham Castle
1-8 September: Manx Electric Railway 125th anniversary celebrations, Isle of Man
1-9 September: Largs Viking Festival
1-30 September: Coastal Currents Arts Festival, Hastings and St Leonards
1-30 September: Taste of Scilly, Isles of Scilly
2 September: Lobster and Crab Feast, Clovelly
AUGUST 2018
Events this week
22-28 August: International Beatle Week, Liverpool
23 August: St Ives RNLI Lifeboat Day
23-24 August: Clacton Air Show
23-25 August: Swansea Bay Beer and Cider Festival, Swansea
23-25 August: Landmark Beer, Food and Music Festival, Ilfracombe
23-26 August: Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally, Ryde
23-27 August: Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival
24 August: The Moveable Feast, Cemaes Bay, Anglesey
24-26 August: Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
24-26 August: Pride Cymru's Big Weekend, Cardiff
24-27 August: Folk On The Dock, Liverpool
24-27 August: Hope Cove Weekend
25 August: BFest, Bamburgh
25 August: Portscatho Regatta
25-27 August: Torbay Royal Regatta
25-27 August: Cardiff Harbour Festival
25 August-2 September: Bude Lifeboat Week
26 August: World Pier Crabbing Championships, Cromer
26-31 August: Mersea Week
26 August-21 September: Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls
Events this week
Until 17 August: Cromer Carnival Week
14-15 August: Weymouth Carnival
14-18 August: Children's Week, Paignton
16-19 August: Airbourne, Eastbourne
16-19 August: Southport Flower Show
16-19 August: The Wight Proms, Cowes
18 August: Bude Carnival
18 August: Cardigan River and Food Festival
18-24 August: Whitby Folk Week
19 August: Killyleagh Summer Festival, County Down
19 August: Menai Seafood Festival, Menai Bridge
19 August: Hunstanton Kite Festival & Classic Car Rally
19-25 August: Fowey Royal Regatta
Events this week
Until 12 August: Fringe By The Sea, North Berwick
8 August: Planet Love, Belfast
8-9 August: British Fireworks Championships, Plymouth
8-12 August: Boardmasters Festival, Newquay
9-12 August: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
10-11 August: Aberaeron Beer and Cider Festival
10-12 August: Ocean City Blues and Jazz Festival, Plymouth
10-12 August: Spittal Seaside Festival
10-13 August: Mousehole Carnival
10-17 August: Broadstairs Folk Week
10-19 August: Falmouth Week
11 August: Lynmouth Raft Race
11 August: Whitstable Harbour Day
11-12 August: Jack Up The 80s Festival, Ryde
11-12 August: UK Pro Beach Volleyball, Bridlington
11-17 August: Dawlish Carnival Week
11-18 August: Salcombe Town Regatta
12 August: Rhyl Music Festival
12 August: The Moveable Feast, Conwy
12 August: Sea 2 Shore Festival, Aberystwyth
12 August: Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs
Events this week
Until 5 August: Port William Carnival Week
3 August: Torbay Steam Fair, Brixham
3-4 August: Harbour Fest, Hayle
3-5 August: New Quay Music Festival
3-5 August: Brighton Pride
3-5 August: Margate Soul Festival
3-10 August: Sidmouth Folk Week
4 August: Menai Food Festival, Menai Bridge
4 August: Woofstock, Dartmouth
4-11 August: Cowes Week
4-11 August: Alderney Week
4-12 August: Pittenweem Arts Festival
4-12 August: Lyme Regis Regatta and Carnival Week
5 August: Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
JULY 2018
Events this week
Until 27 July: Charlestown Regatta Week, Cornwall
23 July-3 August: Fishguard International Music Festival
24-28 July: Dartmouth Shakespeare Week
25-29 July: Manx Heritage Transport Festival, Isle of Man
26 July: Pirate Day, Land's End
26 July: Be In Birkenhead Festival
26-27 July: Ocean City Sounds, Plymouth
26-29 July: Camp Bestival, Lulworth
26-29 July: Port Eliot Festival, St Germans, Cornwall
27-28 July: Eilean Dorcha Festival, Benbecula
27-29 July: Weston Lions Real Ale and Cider Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
28-29 July: Bude Castle Heritage Festival
28-29 July: Festival of Filey
28-29 July: Gorleston Clifftop Festival
28-29 July: Clipper Race, Liverpool
28-30 July: Upfest, Bristol
28 July-3 August: Lyme Regis and Charmouth RNLI Guild Lifeboat Week
28 July-4 August: Swanage Regatta and Carnival
29 July: Manx 100 Mountain Bike Event, Isle of Man
29 July: Rhyl RNLI Harbour Raft Race
Events this week
18-21 July: HebCelt Festival, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
20-22 July: Bristol Harbour Festival
20-22 July: Scarborough Seafest Maritime Festival
21 July: Arran Rock 'n' Blues Festival, Brodick
21-22 July: Heysham Viking Festival
21-22 July: Liverpool International Music Festival
21-22 July: Whitstable Oyster Festival
21-22 July: Port Erin Festival of the Beach and Sea, Isle of Man
21-22 July: Lowestoft Summer Festival
21-28 July: Conwy Classical Music Festival
21-29 July: Paignton Festival
21-30 July: Ramsgate Festival
22-27 July: Abersoch Dinghy Week
Events this week
8 July: Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival, Aberaeron
12-15 July: Latitude Festival, Southwold
13-14 July: British Beach Polo Championships, Sandbanks
13-14 July: Jurassic Fields, Bridport
13-15 July: Gwyl Arall, Caernarvon
13-15 July: Kingsbeer Festival, Kingswear
13-15 July: Tiree Music Festival
13-15 July: Plymouth Regatta
13-15 July: Swanage Jazz Festival
13-21 July: Budleigh Salterton Music Festival
14 July: Brazilica Festival, Liverpool
14 July: Food Fair at The Copse, Dawlish
14 July: Clovelly Maritime Festival
14 July: The Kate Burge Sea-To-Summit Fell Race Trailer, Laxey (start), Isle of Man
14-15 July: Vintage For Victory, Whitchurch, Cardiff
14-15 July: Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival, Weymouth
14-15 July: Beach Life Festival, Eastbourne
14-15 July: Beer and Cider Festival, Exmouth Pavilion
14 July-28 October: Liverpool Biennial
15 July: Douglas Carnival, Isle of Man
15 July: The Dockyard Bakeoff, Chatham Historic Dockyard
15-22 July: The Open Golf Championship, Carnoustie
15-28 July: King's Lynn Festival
15-29 July: St Peter Port Town Carnival & La Faete De La Musique, Guernsey
Events this week
2-14 July: Gower Festival
2-15 July: Bristol Pride Festival
2 July-2 September: Gromit Unleashed, Bristol
4-7 July: Penzance Literary Festival
4-7 July: Hastings Beer and Music Festival
5-8 July: Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth
5-8 July: Stonehaven Folk Festival
6-8 July: Gemau Cymru, various locations in Wales
6-8 July: Southport Air Show
6-8 July: BSRA National Scooter Rally, Cleethorpes
6-8 July: Rock Oyster Festival, Rock, Cornwall
6-8 July: Sark Summer Festival
6-9 July: Loch Fyne Viking Festival
6-21 July: Lafrowda Festival, St Just, Cornwall
7-8 July: Paddle Round The Pier, Brighton
7-8 July: Potty Festival, Sheringham
7-8 July: Tarbert Seafood Festival
7-9 July: British Style Collective, Liverpool
7-15 July: Rathlin Festival Week, Rathlin Island
8 July: Croyde Ocean Triathlon
8 July: Thorpefest, Thorpeness, Suffolk
JUNE/JULY 2018
Events this week
29 June-14 July: Deal Music and Arts Festival
25 June-1 July: Blackpool Armed Forces Week
27 June-1 July: East Neuk Festival, East Neuk of Fife
27 June-1 July: Felixstowe Book Festival
30 June: Abersoch Triathlon
30 June: Music By The Sea, Aldeburgh
30 June: Gairloch Highland Gathering
30 June: Scarborough Armed Forces Day
30 June: Malt and Music Festival, Lochranza, Arran
30 June-14 July: Festival of Firsts, Wirral
1 July-15 August: The Southend Festival
JUNE 2018
Events this week
21-24 June: Isle of Wight Festival
21-24 June: Williams BMW Liverpool International Tennis Tournament
22-24 June: Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
22-24 June: Teignmouth Folk Festival
22-24 June: The Falmouth Classics
22-24 June: Largs Live
22-24 June: Cardiff Mini Film Festival
22-24 June: Cider Salon, Bristol
22-28 June: St Magnus International Festival, Orkney
22-30 June: Nature Valley International, Eastbourne
23 June: The Moveable Feast, Criccieth
23-24 June: Weston Air Festival
23-24 June: Dartmouth Art and Craft Weekend
23-24 June: St Merryn Steam and Vintage Rally, St Merryn near Padstow
23-25 June: Weymouth and Portland Armed Forces Celebrations
23-30 June: Southwold Arts Festival
23 June-9 July: Festival of the Sea, Isle of Wight
24 June: Bigbury Fun Run
24 June: North Devon Marathon and Half Marathon, Woolacombe
24-30 June: Mevagissey Feast Week
Events this week
11-17 June: Bristol Food Connections
14-17 June: Brighton Bear Weekend
14-17 June: Swansea International Jazz Festival
15 June: Pembrokeshire Street Food Festival, Tenby
15-17 June: GoldCoast Oceanfest, Croyde
15-24 June: Portsmouth Festivities
15-24 June: Moray Walking and Outdoor Festival
15-24 June: Golowan Festival, Penzance
16 June: Medway River Festival, Chatham
16 June: Ultra Trail Scotland, Arran
16 June: Brixham Trawler Race
16-17 June: Africa Oye, Liverpool
16-17 June: The Haven Great Yarmouth Air Show
16 June-15 July: Festival of Chichester
17 June: London to Brighton Bike Ride
17 June: Sundried Southend Sprint Triathlon
17-25 June: Criccieth Festival
Events this week
6-16 June: Ulverston International Music Festival
6-16 June: Belfast Book Festival
8-9 June: Festival of Reggae, Liverpool
8-9 June: Ukulele Proms, Oddicombe Beach, Babbacombe
8-9 June: Crail Food Festival
8-10 June: Whitby 60s Music Festival
8-10 June: Bay Folk Weekend, Robin Hood's Bay
8-11 June: Blackpool Pride
8-24 June: Aldeburgh Festival
9-12 June: Scilly Laughs Comedy Festival, Isles of Scilly
10 June: Maldon Mud Race
10 June: Mythfest, Talacre Beach near Prestatyn
10-18 June: Polperro Festival
Events this week
1-3 June: FyneFest, Cairndow, Loch Fyne
1-3 June: Flavour Fest, Plymouth
1-3 June: Kingsbridge Food and Music Festival
2 June: The Fitness Festival, Southsea
2-3 June: Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth
2-10 June: Gower Walking Festival
2-10 June: Larne Arts Festival
3 June: Fowey Cider and Cheese Festival
3 June: Henri Lloyd 10K, Abersoch
3-7 June: English Riviera International Dance Festival, Torquay
MAY 2018
Events this week
24-28 May: Jazz Jurassica, Lyme Regis
24-29 May: Scilly Folk Festival
25-27 May: Orkney Folk Festival
25-27 May: Beer and Cider Festival, Eastbourne
25-28 May: Bude and Stratton Folk Festival
25 May-3 June: Fal River Festival, Falmouth
26-27 May: Portrush Raft Race Weekend
26-27 May: Vegfest, Bristol
26-27 May: Fayre In The Square, Weymouth
26-27 May: Love Saves The Day, Bristol
26-27 May: Mutiny Festival, Portsmouth
26-27 May: Taste Cumbria, Ulverston
26-28 May: Tallships Regatta, Liverpool
26-28 May: Amble Puffin Festival
26-30 May: Brixfest, Brixham
26 May-8 June, TT Races, Isle of man
27 May: Fire and Sea Festival, Harlech
27 May-10 June: Volvo Ocean Race Cardiff Stopover
Events this week
14-20 May: Orkney Nature Festival
17-19 May: The Great Escape, Brighton
18 May: Lightnight, Liverpool
18 May: Great Yarmouth Beer and Cider Festival
18-20 May: Coll Bird Festival, Island of Coll
18-20 May: Hanse Festival, King's Lynn
18-20 May: Rail Ale, Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
18-20 May: Whitby Gospel Music Convention, Whitby Pavilion
18-21 May: Arran Mountain Festival
19-20 May: Crab and Lobster Festival, Cromer and Sheringham
Events this week
7-12 May: Bridlington Golf Festival
9 May: Guernsey Liberation Day
9-19 May: Liberation - Jersey International Music Festival
10-20 May: Mayfest, Bristol
11-13 May: Folk On The Pier, Cromer
11-13 May: Dart Music Festival, Dartmouth
11-13 May: St Ives Food and Drink Festival
11-19 May: Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature
12 May: Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway Fun Day
12-13 May: Pirates Weekend, Plymouth
12-13 May: Steam on the Dock, Liverpool
12-19 May: St Ives Literature Festival
13-19 May: North West 200 motorcycle races, Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine
Events this week
30 April-20 May: Festival of Spring, Colonsay
1 May: Padstow Obby Oss
1-31 May: RNLI Mayday, countrywide
3-13 May: Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
4 May-3 June: Brighton Fringe
4-6 May: World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly
4-7 May: Filey Folk Festival
5 May: Riding of the Bounds, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
5-6 May: Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
5-7 May: Ilfracombe Art Trail
5 May-3 June: Plymouth History Festival
5-27 May: Brighton Festival
6 May: Salcombe Crab Festival
APRIL/MAY 2018
Events this week
23 April-13 May: City Reads, Brighton and Hove
27-29 April: The Brighton Tap Takeover
27-29 April: Whitby Goth Weekend
28-29 April: Colonsay Book Festival
28-29 April: Great Yarmouth Chess Congress
28 April-13 May: Isle of Wight Walking Festival
APRIL 2018
Events this week
20-22 April: Bristol New Music
20-22 April: Grinagog Festival, Torquay
20-22 April: Porthleven Food Festival
21-22 April: Sci-Fi Scarborough
21 April-5 May: Roseland Festival, Cornwall
Events this week
13-14 April: Threshold Festival, Liverpool
14-15 April: Comic Art Festival, Margate
Events this week
3-4 April: DRAWin Festival, Brighton
4-14 April: Walk Scilly
5-8 April: Heritage On The Dock, Liverpool
8 April: Osprey Sprint Triathlon, Castletown, Isle of Portland
MARCH/APRIL 2018
Events this week
30 March: Great British Spring Clean, West Wittering
31 March-1 April: Kite Festival, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea
1 April: Beastly Egg Hunt, Bamburgh Castle
1 April: Mull of Galloway Foghorn Event
MARCH 2018
Events this week
23-25 March: Manouche Festival, Menai Bridge
Events this week
15-18 March: Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival
15-18 March: Liverpool St Patrick's Day Weekender
16-17 March: Ale and Arty Beer Festival, Bexhill-On-Sea
16-18 March: Kings Lynn Fiction Festival
18 March: Weymouth Half Marathon
Events this week
7-11 March: St Andrews Poetry Festival
7-11 March: POW Festival, Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2018
4 March: Eastbourne Half Marathon
FEBRUARY 2018
Events this week
21-25 February: Fort William Mountain Festival
21-24 February: Liverpool Beer Festival
22-25 February: Liverpool International Jazz Festival
24 February: Rhyl 10 Mile
24 February-4 March: Rye Bay Scallop Festival
25 February: Brighton Half Marathon
Events this week
3 February-18 March: Fife Jazz Festival
5 February: St Ives Feast Day
9-18 February: Eastbourne Music and Arts Festival
10-17 February: Sheringham Viking Festival
10-18 February: Brighton Science Festival
11-14 February: Showzam, Blackpool
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018
Events this week
30 January: Up Helly Aa, Lerwick
2-4 February: Profound Sound Festival, Folkestone
JANUARY 2018
Events this week
25-28 January: Bristol Slapstick Festival
Happy New Year!
1 January: Loony Dook, South Queensferry
1 January: New Year's Day Duck Race, Lyme Regis
1 January: New Year's Day Fireworks, Cromer
