Aberaeron Carnival
The whole of this painted Georgian harbour town tips into the streets on Bank Holiday Monday, with a carnival parade from Cadwgan Place, live music and the fishing harbour as a perfect backdrop.
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"A beloved small village show five miles east of Aberystwyth, with shire horses, fancy dress driving classes, cattle, sheep, a dog show and a produce tent where the competition is fiercely local and entirely serious."
Capel Bangor Show
"West Wales' premier agricultural show packs the Aberteifi field with cattle, gentle giant shires, a vintage parade and the Tivyside Hunt."
Cardigan County Show
"A proper Ceredigion village show on Castle Hill fields that has been going for half the 250 years the hill's house has stood, with a sheep shearing competition, horse classes, produce tent and field sports run entirely by farming families."
Llanilar Agricultural Show
"Coracle racing on the Teifi and a quayside food market in this old Ceredigion port town."
Cardigan River and Food Festival
"A traditional North Ceredigion village show at the foot of Plynlimon with sheep shearing on a nearby farm at sunset, goats, poultry, cattle, horses and a large craft and produce tent where local bakers wage quiet war."
Talybont Show
"One of Wales's smallest and most cherished annual shows, held on the last Wednesday in August in the village where the great Welsh revivalist Daniel Rowland preached, with horse and pony classes and a garden and produce tent where the competition is taken very personally."
Llangeitho Village Show
"Artisan stalls line Bronllys Road and the Great Barns fill with live bands before the whole town gathers to cheer the famous duck race down the River Ennig."
Talgarth Festival of the Black Mountains
"A lantern parade winds through the colourful hilltop town as independent Welsh shops throw open their doors for a sparkling pre-Christmas weekend."
Llandeilo Festival of Senses
"Around 400 handmade scarecrows take over gardens, houses and businesses across the village for a weekend Grand Fete that draws roughly 3,000 visitors to the Overton Recreation Centre grounds."
Overton Scarecrow Festival
"Over 100 events in 8 days on the Jurassic Coast, with a Wild West theme for 2026, a carnival procession, air display, fireworks finale, Titan the Robot, Granny Turismo shopping trolley dancers and open water swimming, all free and raising £40k for local charities."
Swanage Carnival Week
"A week-long seaside carnival in the fishing town of Looe, with a traditional Furry Dance, live music, and the Polperro Fisherman's Choir."
Looe Carnival Week
"Over a century old and still packing the quayside with parade floats, a town crier contest, gillying competitions and the most celebrated sandcastle battle in North Norfolk."
Wells Carnival