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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"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
"One of the biggest prize race meetings of its kind in the UK, three days of flat-out trotting and pacing on a grass track in mid-Wales where the sport has deep roots, with sulkies rattling past the spectators at very close quarters."
Tregaron Festival of Harness Racing
"The Rhys Thomas James Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod, held over August Bank Holiday in a Ceredigion university town, with choral, poetry and prose competitions continuing a Welsh cultural tradition of centuries."
Lampeter Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod
"The show at the heart of Welsh mountain farming and pony country on the vast Cors Caron bog, with classes for the rare Welsh Black cattle and the fiercely contested Welsh cobs that have given Tregaron its reputation since before the droving roads."
Tregaron Agricultural 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
"For nine days every August this Wharfedale village fills its gardens, walls and doorways with handmade scarecrows, and half the fun is the treasure hunt of finding them all."
Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival
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West of England Steam Engine Society Rally
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Aldeburgh Carnival