Every village has something on

Somewhere in the UK this weekend, a wheel of Double Gloucester is rolling down a near-vertical hill with grown adults tumbling after it. A brass band is tuning up at the Hall. A walled garden is filling with stalls of delicious local produce. And the Village 11 are readying themselves for the opening fast bowl.

But unless you live nearby, you will never hear about it.

Villagly exists to fix that.

We list the events that make visiting villages across the UK worth the journey. The fetes, the farmers markets, the folk festivals, the country shows, the shin-kicking championships that have run since 1612. The big national listings sites won't touch most of this. The agricultural directories stop at the livestock. The tourist boards point you at the same ten places they always have. The fete on Saturday, the one the whole parish has been planning since March, appears nowhere.

So we built the place to find out what's happening in villages across the country.

Villagly is for the curious. For people who would rather spend a Sunday at a sea-shanty festival in Falmouth or a well dressing in Derbyshire than queue for the obvious. We cover the whole of the UK. We're for the unique spots that never make it onto the corporate tourist websites, village by village. We write about events and places the way you would tell a friend about them: what it is, why it is wonderful, and whether to pack wellies.

We are not a tourist board and we do not sound like one. We think the bog snorkelling matters as much as the cathedral.

If you run a village event, we want it on here. Add it in a minute, and put the "Proudly Villagly" badge on your own posters while you are at it.

Choose the weekend, discover the village.