Llandeilo Festival of Senses
A lantern parade winds through the colourful hilltop town as independent Welsh shops throw open their doors for a sparkling pre-Christmas weekend.
A genuinely well-stocked little Welsh market town with independent boutiques, an artisan bakery, multiple cafes, its own railway station, a protected historic core and a conservation-area streetscape that repays a proper afternoon rather than a quick stop.
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"Set at Cawdor Fields above the Tywi Valley in a Georgian market town, where Welsh Black cattle and cobs compete in a show that has remained unchanged in spirit for decades."
Llandeilo Show
"A one-day showcase of the best dairy animals in Wales and the Borders at Carmarthen Showground, where Welsh dairy farming culture is celebrated through cookery demonstrations, children's competitions and the kind of competitive pride that takes years of early mornings to earn."
Welsh Dairy Show
"Llandeilo's free three-day pre-Christmas festival fills the independent shops, cafes and streets of this Carmarthenshire market town with food, crafts, live music and a festive lights switch-on every third weekend of November."
Llandeilo Festival of Senses (Llandeilo Christmas Weekend)
"The Carmarthenshire Young Farmers' Club summer show: a bilingual, energetic all-day event combining traditional livestock classes with a lively showcase of rural Welsh community life."
St Clears YFC Show
"One of Wales's oldest agricultural shows, held on the Teifi meadows at Glan-Llyn with competition classes spanning cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, horticulture and dogs, drawing competitors from across the whole of West Wales."
Tivyside 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
"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."
Aberaeron Carnival
"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
"Over 100 events in 8 days on the Jurassic Coast, with a Wild West theme for 2026, a carnival procession, air display, fireworks finale, Titan the Robot, Granny Turismo shopping trolley dancers and open water swimming, all free and raising £40k for local charities."
Swanage Carnival Week
"A week-long seaside carnival in the fishing town of Looe, with a traditional Furry Dance, live music, and the Polperro Fisherman's Choir."
Looe Carnival Week
"Over a century old and still packing the quayside with parade floats, a town crier contest, gillying competitions and the most celebrated sandcastle battle in North Norfolk."
Wells Carnival