"A walled park, 100+ local producers, and an afternoon that has a habit of turning into a very good evening."
South Downs Food Festival
"A harbour town that comes properly alive in midsummer, stalls on the quayside, live music, and the smell of the sea all day."
Emsworth Summer Festival
"Broad Street in a cress-farm town, third Sunday of the month. Everything local. Nothing superfluous. The right kind of Sunday."
Alresford Farmers Market
"Gateway Square on the last Saturday of the month. New Forest produce, familiar faces, and no particular reason to rush home."
Ringwood Farmers Market
"The Cathedral city's market, twice monthly. A Sunday morning with the High Street, the close, and nowhere better to be."
Winchester Market
"A market under the Hartley Wintney oaks on the last Sunday of the month, Hampshire smallholders and bakers in a famously leafy village on the old coaching road."
Hartley Wintney Farmers' Market
"Three July days at New Park, Brockenhurst: New Forest ponies, cattle from across the south, local food, country sports, and a showground set inside one of England's ancient royal hunting grounds."
New Forest and Hampshire County Show
"Flour is distributed to villagers on Lady Day under a medieval bequest said to carry a curse if ever stopped."
Tichborne Dole
"A one-day Hampshire show by the Test valley with livestock, heavy horses and a grand parade."
Romsey Show