Halsway Folk Summer School
A week of music, dance and song for adults of all abilities at England's national centre for folk arts, tucked into a manor in the Quantock Hills.
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"West Somerset's biggest country fair, held on the lawns below a National Trust castle for its 45th year. Livestock, falconry, crafts, food and a strong argument for leaving the city behind."
Dunster Country Fair
"A proper Exmoor community fair on the recreation ground, with craft displays, a hog roast, beer tent and stalls arranged against the backdrop of some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England."
Porlock Country Fair
"A tiny Somerset Levels village hall market run by the parish church, serving bacon butties and toasted tea-cakes alongside organic lamb and Burrow Hill cider."
North Curry Produce Market
"A curated destination street market closing the streets of this creative Somerset town for contemporary designers, makers, vintage and street food."
The Frome Independent
"Over 160 years old and still the only one-day agricultural show in the South West with free pedestrian entry, bringing livestock, cheese tasting, craft stalls, Somerset cider and horticultural classes to one showground."
Mid-Somerset Show
"A traditional illuminated village carnival parade winding through the ancient coastal settlement of Porlock on the edge of Exmoor."
Porlock Carnival
"A week of folk music, dance and song fills this Regency seaside town and its clifftop arena."
Sidmouth Folk Festival
"The home of Dartmoor step dance and broom dance competitions, with ferret racing, two village pubs full of music and the late Bob Cann's broad Devon welcome."
Dartmoor Folk Festival
"Father Time crowns the elected Queen of the Revel in this North Cornwall village on the Monday after August 12th, after which she leads a mounted procession to the Revel Ground for Cornish wrestling, fancy dress, dancing and feasting in a celebration that has marked the founding of the village since the medieval period."
Marhamchurch Revel
✦ Weird and Wonderful"A working farm field below the silhouette of Corfe Castle. Five stages, four days, and the particular quiet of the Dorset hills when the music stops between sets."
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
"The Levellers' fiercely independent family festival runs six stages with no sponsorship, a Magic Teapot, folk sessions and a different fancy-dress theme every Sunday."
Beautiful Days
"A Bank Holiday town takeover with an open-air FAR Stage, Betjeman Sessions, pub music and street entertainment all within walking distance in Wadebridge."
Cornwall Folk Festival