Ashby Show
A Midlands agricultural show with over a century of tradition, combining cattle, sheep, horse and show jumping competitions with a family entertainment programme at its rural Leicestershire ground.
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"A free and friendly folkie takeover of 13 atmospheric venues with Morris dancing, sing-arounds and an outdoor market stage across the old market town."
Melton Folk Festival
"The village of Heather, Kings Award winner, goes cheerfully insane each August as gardens fill with hundreds of scarecrows depicting celebrities and topical characters, all competing for votes from the crowds who walk the trail with a guide booklet."
Heather Scarecrow Festival
✦ Weird and Wonderful"A Leicestershire village fills its gardens, drives and lamp posts with over a hundred themed scarecrows each August Bank Holiday, inviting visitors to walk the trail and vote for their favourite over three days."
Desford Scarecrow Festival
"The self styled Rural Capital of Food throws its October festival around the pork pie and the Stilton, with one of the largest gatherings of artisan cheesemakers in the country."
Melton Mowbray Food Festival
"A free Christmas Folk Trail strings live acoustic music through the pubs and tea rooms of a Leicestershire market town across a full December weekend."
Melton Winter Festival
"After a hare pie is scrambled, two villages battle to carry small barrels across streams in a no-rules contest."
Hallaton Bottle Kicking and Hare Pie Scramble
✦ Weird and Wonderful"Derbyshire's premier steam and heritage show on a hillside farm in the Peak District fringes, with a working plant area, military living history groups, a wall of death and over 300 years of machinery on display in a single field."
Cromford Steam Rally
"A popular Lincolnshire estate fair offering equine events, dog competitions, country pursuits and the finest local food and drink producers against the backdrop of the historic Revesby Estate."
Revesby Country Fair
"One of the oldest one-day country shows in the Welsh Marches, held annually on the Boyne estate beneath the Clee Hills and featuring livestock classes, equestrian events, local trade stands and traditional countryside pursuits."
Burwarton Show and Country Fair
"Founded in 1980 to unite parishes bordering the River Manifold, this strictly local-entry show is beloved for its Slow Tractor Race and genuine community spirit set against the spectacular scenery of the Staffordshire moorland valley."
Manifold Valley Show
"A traditional village agricultural show set in the charming limestone village of Ashover in the Amber Valley, featuring livestock, craft, and horticultural competitions in a quintessentially Derbyshire setting."
Ashover Show
"An annual one-day agricultural show in the southern Peak District gateway town of Ashbourne, celebrating local livestock, rural skills and Derbyshire farming heritage."
Ashbourne Show