"Pete Tye Farm at Abberton on the Essex coast has hosted this community show for over ninety years, combining the five parishes of Abberton, Langenhoe, Peldon and the Wigboroughs in a day of livestock, produce, stalls and main ring entertainment that remains entirely and proudly local."
Five Parishes Show
"West Mersea Island has held its town regatta since 1838 and the August event on the Blackwater estuary combines sailing races with watersports and a fireworks finale, an evening on an island famous for its oysters where the Essex marshes glow gold in the late summer light."
West Mersea Town Regatta
"Each August Bank Holiday, the medieval church of St Peter ad Vincula in this Essex wool town is transformed into a themed spectacle of flowers that has dazzled visitors for over three decades."
Coggeshall Flower Festival
"The town famous for its sea salt fills the quayside with street food from around the world, craft beer, artisan cheese, cider and gin bars over August Bank Holiday weekend."
Maldon Food and Drink Festival
"Five days of real ale among the steam engines and the great brick viaduct at the East Anglian Railway Museum, the village beer festival that comes with platforms."
Chappel Beer Festival
"The whole of the old seaport town rings with hearty singing as shanty crews from around the world fill pubs, boats and historic buildings with songs of the sea."
Harwich International Shanty Festival
"Set in the antiques-village backdrop of Battlesbridge, this community bonfire night includes a Guy Fawkes-making workshop, giant bonfire lighting ceremony, and a professional fireworks display with free sparklers on entry."
Battlesbridge Annual Firework Spectacular
"Forty years of world-class orchestral, folk and jazz music performed in a soaring medieval wool church at the heart of one of Essex's most perfectly preserved small towns."
Thaxted Festival
"Two days of food, drink, music and family fun in Colchester Castle Park, celebrating the produce of Britain's oldest recorded town and the farmers and makers of north Essex."
Colchester Food and Drink Festival
"The whole village tips out onto the leisure centre lawns for parkour displays, local craft stalls and an afternoon of street food in the rolling Essex hills."
Danbury Village Summer Fete