The Great Derbyshire Beer Festival, 2022
Derby has been dubbed the best place to drink real ale in the world, and for many years has hosted the Camra Derby Winter Ale Festival. Now for the first…
Slapstick Celebrates Tiswas Reunion
The UK’s biggest celebration of silent and classic screen comedy – Slapstick – is adding a new event to a programme which already features 20 shows in January and four in March – this time reuniting…
Chelsea Fringe Garden Festival 2023
The Chelsea Fringe, an alternative garden festival that has become a staple of the horticultural calendar, will return for a 12th year in 2023 with nine days of celebrations scheduled…
Chelsea Flower Show 2024
The Chelsea Flower Show, the world’s most famous horticultural show, returns from 21 to 25 May, 2024. As the climate crisis bites it affects gardeners and nature in numerous ways…
Celebrate the New Year with a Mar’Granita
This New Year’s Eve, after a(nother) year like no other, we all want to make the most of our time together with friends and family – enter the house party comeback. Get ready to spoil your loved ones…
Monk Sculpture for Display St Edmund’s Day
A giant monk sculpture made from steel will be on display in the Abbey Gardens to celebrate St Edmund’s Day (20 November) in Bury St Edmunds and to promote the Abbey 1000 celebrations for…
EFG London Jazz Festival Preview
The EFG London Jazz Festival is a highlight in the UK capital’s music calendar, explains Robert Spellman. Out of the November gloom comes the EFG London Jazz Festival for 2023…
Raindance Film Festival 2023
The largest independent UK film festival, The Raindance Festival returns to London for its 31st edition in October. Whereas the BFI London Film Festival is the biggest show in town, Raindance…
Independence Day of Cambodia 2024
Independence Day of Cambodia is held each year on 9 November. It is a public holiday. Cambodia was under French rule for 90 years, and 9 November officially marks the…
Southampton Pride 2024, Southampton, UK
Thousands of people will travel to the South coast for Southampton Pride on 24 and 25 August 2024. The event will include a Pride Village and Market Hall inside the O2 Guildhall…
Green Man Festival 2024, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Held in the beautiful Black Mountains, in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales the four-day Green Man Festival is a must for the UK’s festival lovers this August. This year…
Taste East Devon Festival 2024
This September will see the county of Devon become a foodie’s delight as the field to fork Taste East Devon Festival 2023 takes over the countryside. The festival will feature…
Las Fallas de Valencia 2025, Spain
March will see Las Fallas de València return to the third Spanish city in a traditional ceremony that marks the beginning of spring. The origins of Las Fallas stem from the tradition of carpenters…
Vilnius Becomes City-Wide Open-Air Gallery
Vilnius continues the tradition of open-air projects. Last year, the city turned into a huge outdoor café to reduce the pandemic isolation of the community during the lockdowns. This summer…
Eastival Food and Music Festival
The team behind Dinerama, Hawker House and Giant Robot have joined forces with the founder of Eastern Electrics to bring you Eastival: one unmissable day of food and grooves from…
Thamesmead Festival, Southmere Park 2021
Thamesmead Festival returns to Southmere Park this August. With last year’s festival creatively parlayed into a series of markets, the return of this unique, community-minded festival is eagerly anticipated by…
Experience Medieval Days in Tallinn’s Old Town
Considered one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe, Tallinn plays host to an annual celebration of Medieval Days to mark this heritage. Hosted by the Estonian Folk Art and…
Celebrate Estonia’s Midsummer White Nights
Midsummer’s Day – known as Jannipäev – is the beginning of Estonia’s White Nights celebrations and is one of the country’s most important days of the year. As daylight extends…
15 UK Music Festivals 2021 Guide
Robert Spellman has rounded up 15 UK music festivals this summer that are due to go ahead covid-permitted for Travel Begins at 40. The idea of a summer music festival…
Paradise Kortrijk Triennial, Belgium
Inspired by interpretations of the utopian dream of paradise, the Kortrijk Triennial will take place from 26 June to 24 October, 2021 in the Belgium city. Organisers of the Paradise…
Dogstival, Burley Park, New Forest
Dogstival will take place on 5 and 6 June, in the picturesque surroundings of Burley Park in the New Forest, and promises a weekend dedicated to a dog’s enjoyment, fun…
Great Northern Food & Drink Festival 2022
Following on from last year’s success, The Great Northern Food & Drink Festival, returns to the North – this time in Nottinghamshire – this August. Organisers say that the festival…
Trentham Gardens Spring Bulb Festival
Nature, well-being and the Great Outdoors are set to combine this spring as award-winning Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire prepares for its annual Bulb Festival…
Bruges Triennial (Triennale Brugge), Belgium 2024
The Bruges Triennial (TRIBRU) is a contemporary art and architecture event held every three years in the city of Bruges, Belgium. This summer will see the fourth version of the…
