Heart of the Glens Festival
Nine days of ceilis, sheepdog trials, treasure hunts and the legendary Lurig Challenge Run in the Glens of Antrim, entirely community-run and ending with a full-street Irish dance finale.
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"Ireland's oldest fair fills a Causeway Coast town for two late August days of horse trading and market stalls, and two things you eat nowhere else, dulse seaweed and the hard toffee called yellowman."
Ould Lammas Fair
"A horse fair and street festival dating to a 17th century charter, the last surviving May fair in Ireland."
Ballyclare May Fair
"117 years of North Antrim agriculture in two days, with over 2,000 home industries entries, Clydesdale horses, a tug-of-war and the YFCU football championship packed into the Ballymoney showgrounds."
Ballymoney Show
"A renowned vintage and makers market spills across the walled gardens of Glenarm Castle for one charming summer weekend."
The Tedberry Market at Glenarm Castle
"Hundreds of lovingly restored classic Minis gather on the Glenarm Castle estate in support of cancer care."
Norn Iron Classic Minis at Glenarm Castle
"The 120th Antrim Show brings cattle, sheep, horse jumping and Young Farmers games to the majestic grounds of Shanes Castle Estate on the southern shore of Lough Neagh."
Antrim Show
"Four free days of folk, bluegrass, americana and indie spread across the bars, coffee shops and hotels of two North Coast towns, now in its 16th year as Northern Ireland's most beloved winter music weekend."
Atlantic Sessions
"Northern Ireland's longest-running independent outdoor music and arts festival on a Causeway Coast farm, where eight stages in woodland and meadow give equal billing to grassroots acts and headline names at Chapter 16."
Stendhal Festival
"A week of traditional music and song under the Mourne Mountains by Carlingford Lough."
Fiddler's Green International Festival
"The original. Outdoor stages, Cherry Hinton Hall, world-class folk since 1965. The standard everything else is quietly measured against."
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Four days of roots, folk and rock music on a Hampshire farm near a medieval village, with headliners alongside comedy, theatre, storytelling and workshops in a festival that has won Best UK Festival for its relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere."
Wickham 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