August 2019
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019
One of the largest arts festivals in the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival takes place in the Scottish capital from 2 to 26 August, 2019. Marking its 72nd anniversary, this year sees some 3,841 shows performed in the world’s oldest fringe festival, that runs alongside the Edinburgh Festival 2019. Expect theatre, cabaret, musicals, circus, comedy, dance, spoken words and more than 700 free performances (as well as 404 pay-as-you-like shows), with just over 2,000 premieres, as the world takes to…
Find out more »Edinburgh Festival (Edinburgh International Festival)
Featuring 2,600 artists from 40 countries, the Edinburgh Festival, or Edinburgh International Festival, kicks off on 2 August, 2019. This year’s...
Find out more »Notting Hill Carnival, London 2019
The iconic Notting Hill Carnival returns bigger and better this year over the August bank holiday weekend as usual. Starting with the Panorama event on the Friday, Saturday is family day, and the main parade brings the carnival to a grand climax on August Bank Holiday Monday. The Notting Hill Carnival is Europe’s largest free street festival and a culinary spectacular. As one of the best things to do in London in August it is a vital date in the diary…
Find out more »Freedom Festival Hull 2019, Yorkshire
Held in late August, the Freedom Festival Hull is the flagship event in the UK City of Culture’s festival calendar. Celebrating the life of Hull’s most famous son, William Wilberforce, the festival holds its 12th anniversary in 2019, which also marks the 260th of the anti-slavery campaigner’s birth. In response to its growing success and international repute, organisers have now stretched the Freedom Festival to five days. The city will abound with dance, street theatre and acrobatics, as well as music,…
Find out more »Lindisfarne Festival, 2019, Northumberland, UK
Ocean Colour Scene, Goldie, Pete Doherty and the Puta Madres, and Lidisfarne are amongst the acts performing at the Lindisfarne Festival 2019 held at Beal Farm Northumberland from 29 August to 1 September. Overlooking the majestic Holy Island, the Northumberland music festival showcases music, comedy and the creative arts. Building on from the success of last year's event, this year will see comedy, firewalking, street art and street food, creative workshops, holistic therapies, yoga and meditation, and even a conspiracy…
Find out more »Meatopia 2019, London, and Meatopia Dublin
Meat lovers should head to London’s Tobacco Dock from 30 August to 1 September for Meatopia, the celebration of sustainable, quality meat, alternatively take the trip to Dublin for the Guinness X Meatopia in July. Founded by Josh Ozersky in the States, Meatopia was brought to the UK by Richard H Turner. Now turned seven, the festival uses ethically-sourced meat, cooked over ethically-sourced wood and charcoal by top chefs. If you wish to read its manifesto, you will find it…
Find out more »Waddesdon Manor Chilli Fest 2019, Buckinghamshire
The Waddesdon Manor Chilli Fest promises to be the hottest event of the summer. The manor house built for the Baron de Rothschild in the 1870s to entertain guests and exhibit his works of art, will be turned into a chilli festival for one weekend in late August. Some of the country's most loved independent suppliers will descend upon the 19th Century manor house for a weekend of spicy feasting with artisan producers, live music, and fun for the family,…
Find out more »September 2019
Food Rocks 2019, Lyme Regis, Dorset
The Dorset town of Lyme Regis, immortalised in John Fowles’ novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman, will once more be the setting for the seventh Food Rocks this September. Spread over two days, the food fest curated by famed restaurateur-cum-chef, Mark Hix, who hails from the town, unites the best of the worlds of food and drink, with local producers mingling with top chefs. This year, Hix will be joined in Lyme Regis by other leading chefs, Angela Hartnett, Mitch Tonks…
Find out more »Longleat Sky Safari 2019, Wiltshire, UK
The sky’s the limit as far as Longleat is concerned, as the nation’s No.1 safari park prepares for lift-off towards becoming the venue for one of the biggest hot air balloon events in Europe. The 2018 Longleat Sky Safari is scheduled ...
Find out more »Ludlow Food Festival 2019, Shropshire, UK
Now a veteran of the UK food festival circuit, the first Ludlow Food Festival was held in 1995 when members of the local Chamber of Trade and Commerce decided a food festival would be a great way to promote local producers, and draw visitors to the market town on the Welsh borders. Part of the festival's enduring success is no doubt down to its most wonderful location, set in Castle Square with its open air market and the incomparable Ludlow…
Find out more »Rhythm & Brews Festival, North York Moors
The Rhythm & Brews Festival is a new beer and music festival held in September to celebrate the diverse and talented pool of North East musicians, as well as regional artisanal brewers. Over the two days of the festival, 15 breweries, such as the Ampleforth Brewery and Bad Seed Brewery in Malton, will have a selection of craft beers to sample. To accompany the ale, an array of streetfood, including gourmet bangers from Leeds' The Sausage Box will be on…
Find out more »The Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival
Now into its third year, the Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival held in September is a celebration of Yorkshire cheese and its recent revival. This year two artisan cheese producers will launch new cheeses at the festival. Long Churn Cheese will allow attendees to have a first tasting of its soft, ewe milk cheese, and The Home Farmer will be passing around its take on Wensleydale cheese. Blessed are the Cheesemakers Yorkshire's tradition of cheesemaking stretches back to the 11th Century…
Find out more »Abergavenny Food Festival 2019, Wales
This September will see the 21st edition of the Abergavenny Food Festival. Created in 1999 by a couple of local farmers the Festival has grown from just 3,000 visitors to become the biggest food festival in Wales, showcasing the very best food and drink in the Principality as well as the world. Some 37,000 people attended in 2018. Its programme of activities includes masterclasses, product tastings, hands-on cookery lessons and kids’ activities. The Abergavenny Food Festival has drawn food heavyweights,…
Find out more »Derby Festé 2019, Street Festival
The streets of Derby will resound with dance, music, comedy and contemporary circus this September, as Derby Festé hits the ground running for a thirteenth successive year. Some 30,000 people expected to flock to the city for the festival. Viewed as one the largest cultural street parties in the Midlands, Derby Festé is renowned for its innovation. For its 2019 edition, the festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, coinciding with the new moon that falls on…
Find out more »October 2019
Turner Prize 2019 at the Turner Contemporary
The prize and the gallery that were both named for artist J M W Turner will be brought together in 2019, when the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate hosts the prestigious Turner Prize. Turner Prize Nominees Four of the most exciting artists working right now will be shortlisted based on an outstanding exhibition that has taken place the previous year; the names of the artists have not been announced yet, but it is expected that a statement will be made…
Find out more »Cheltenham Literature Festival, 2019
Could there be a more appropriate setting for The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival than the historic Regency spa town of Cheltenham? Originally held in the town hall, the festival was the world’s first literary festival. It forms a key part of the Cheltenham Festivals season. The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2019 Highlights This year, marking the 70th anniversary of one of the UK's leading literary festivals, will see some 900 writers, including…
Find out more »Ilkley Literature Festival, Yorkshire, 2019
Actors, writers, poets and even a few journos will descend upon the West Yorkshire Victorian spa town of Ilkley in October for the Ilkley Literature Festival. The county might be noted for its Yorkshire brass bands, but this 17-day bookish fete is the second oldest in the UK, as well as the leading one of its ilk in the North. Expect authors, politicians and philosophers to be drawn to the town, and its wonderful scenery nestled by Ilkley moor immortalised…
Find out more »Isle of Wight Literary Festival, 2019
Now running for eight years the Red Funnel Isle of Wight Literary Festival is a major literary event in the south of England. Over four days, in excess of 60 writers will present their latest works. In the past the event has attracted such luminaries as Andrew Marr, Dame Jenni Murray and Val McDermid hopping to the Island. Topics range from crime to travel, and history to current social and political issues. First time authors will share tables with seasoned…
Find out more »Lincoln Sausage Festival 2019
October is the month that the merry folk of Lincoln tuck into more than 30,000 bangers at the Lincoln Sausage Festival, held in the glorious setting of the medieval Lincoln Castle and its cobbled streets. In 2019 the festival is to be celebrated on 12 October. A myriad of stalls fill the castle's grounds and the nearby Castle Square. Entry is free for children and costs only £1 for adults. In addition to prime Lincolnshire produce from award-winning Select Lincolnshire members,…
Find out more »November 2019
Tenby Blues Festival 2019, Wales
Southwest Wales will be getting deep, down and meaningful when the Tenby Blues festival comes to the Pembrokeshire town between 8 to 10 November, 2019. Tenby Blues Festival 2018 Line-up This year the Malone–Sibun Band, featuring Marcus Malone and Innes Sibun, will play De Valence on Friday night, supported by the Grainne Duffy Band and Big Joe Louis. The following day, Sugaray Rayford will headline the same venue, with Crawlback and Whiskey River also featuring on the bill. Finally, the Wales'…
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