"One of Britain's oldest agricultural shows, held at the historic Salesbury Hall estate near Ribchester, packing three days with showjumping, heavyweight livestock, falconry, and the famously competitive Shetland Pony Grand National."
Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show
"Now in its tenth anniversary year, this entirely volunteer-run festival brings full-scale Viking battle re-enactments, a living history encampment, and a Viking parade to the ancient coastal village of Heysham, all completely free to attend."
Heysham Viking Festival
"More than 70 scarecrows on a single themed trail wind through a Pendle Hill village each August Bank Holiday, with hot food, children's quizzes and a raffle raising funds for the local hall and church."
Higham Scarecrow Festival
"Grown adults in fancy dress grapple for two minutes in a pool of cold Lancashire gravy on August bank holiday, scored as much on showmanship as on pins, all for the local hospice."
World Gravy Wrestling Championships
Villagly Award · Messiest in the UK ✦ Weird & Wonderful"A traditional agricultural show hosted in turn by the farming families of Dunsop Bridge, Newton-in-Bowland and Slaidburn so no two years are the same, set deep in the Forest of Bowland AONB."
Hodder Valley Show
"Two days of countryside life at a Ribble Valley village showground, with Vale of Lune Harriers in the main ring, gundog scurries, birds of prey, horse classes and live music drawing families from across the North West."
Lancashire Game and Country Festival
"A relaxed charity festival run for a historic village institute near Bolton where every artist gives their time free so all the proceeds support the Barlow."
Edgworth Folk Festival
"The Lancashire ploughing society's annual match brings competitors to the Ribble Valley farmland each October where the Bowland fells rise to the north and the fields are some of the oldest continuously ploughed in Lancashire."
Lancashire Ploughing Society Match
"Through October and into November, the medieval Rufford Old Hall fills its grounds with scarecrows on a pop stars and music legends theme, making it one of the grandest and longest-running Halloween-season scarecrow trails in England."
Rufford Old Hall Scarecrow Festival
✦ Weird & Wonderful"The estate village of Downham, preserved virtually unchanged since the 1950s with no TV aerials or modern signage, hosts its cherished annual bonfire and fireworks display on the village hall field on Guy Fawkes Night."
Downham Village Hall Bonfire and Fireworks
"Black-faced clog dancers with wooden discs dance the length of this Pennine town every Easter Saturday."
Britannia Coco-nut Dancers
"A Lune valley village fills its lanes with themed scarecrows for two weeks, ending in a fair on the green."
Wray Scarecrow Festival
"The world's first Fairtrade town fills its independent high street with fairy-tale scarecrows placed by residents themselves, finishing with a funfair finale at the sports club."
Garstang Summer Festival and Scarecrow Trail