Harwich International Shanty Festival
The whole of the old seaport town rings with hearty singing as shanty crews from around the world fill pubs, boats and historic buildings with songs of the sea.
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"Pete Tye Farm at Abberton on the Essex coast has hosted this community show for over ninety years, combining the five parishes of Abberton, Langenhoe, Peldon and the Wigboroughs in a day of livestock, produce, stalls and main ring entertainment that remains entirely and proudly local."
Five Parishes Show
"West Mersea Island has held its town regatta since 1838 and the August event on the Blackwater estuary combines sailing races with watersports and a fireworks finale, an evening on an island famous for its oysters where the Essex marshes glow gold in the late summer light."
West Mersea Town Regatta
"Each August Bank Holiday, the medieval church of St Peter ad Vincula in this Essex wool town is transformed into a themed spectacle of flowers that has dazzled visitors for over three decades."
Coggeshall Flower Festival
"The town famous for its sea salt fills the quayside with street food from around the world, craft beer, artisan cheese, cider and gin bars over August Bank Holiday weekend."
Maldon Food and Drink Festival
"Five days of real ale among the steam engines and the great brick viaduct at the East Anglian Railway Museum, the village beer festival that comes with platforms."
Chappel Beer Festival
"Set in the antiques-village backdrop of Battlesbridge, this community bonfire night includes a Guy Fawkes-making workshop, giant bonfire lighting ceremony, and a professional fireworks display with free sparklers on entry."
Battlesbridge Annual Firework Spectacular
"The original. Outdoor stages, Cherry Hinton Hall, world-class folk since 1965. The standard everything else is quietly measured against."
Cambridge Folk Festival
"A solar-powered green gathering in the woodlands of a West Norfolk estate, small enough that you know your campsite neighbours by Saturday night."
Harlequin Fayre
"A century-old North Norfolk coastal carnival week packed with a raft race, sandcastle competitions, fancy dress, a fete, and a grand procession through town on Carnival Day."
Wells-next-the-Sea Carnival Week
"A free three-day community celebration that grew from a grassroots music idea into Suffolk's friendliest festival, with tribute acts, children's workshops, street food and a stage for all."
Saxmundham Community Fest
"Three stages in a Norfolk market-town meadow, run entirely by volunteers since 2008, with every surplus penny donated to local good causes."
Reepham Festival
"Three days of music, ale, art and family on a Suffolk estate, famed for its premieres and firsts and a reputation as one of the best-loved folk weekends in the country."
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