Robin Hood Festival
The 40th anniversary edition fills Sherwood Forest with jousting tournaments, medieval encampments, archery demonstrations and arena performances across three weekends in August, drawing tens of thousands into the ancient Nottinghamshire woodland.
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"Fifty-plus stalls of crafts and provisions spill across the Village Green while young local entrepreneurs hawk their wares and buskers play."
Ruddington Village Market
"Wellow is Nottinghamshire's only permanent maypole village, and each Late Spring Bank Holiday Monday its 17-metre painted maypole becomes the centrepiece for the crowning of a May Queen chosen by secret village ballot, maypole dancing with red, white and blue ribbons, and a free open-air celebration on the village green."
Wellow Maypole Celebrations
"A multi-generational village green celebration centred on a 17-metre permanent maypole, with crowning of the May Queen, children's ribbon dances practiced over two months, swing boats, and stalls."
Wellow Maypole Day
"A brilliantly curated lakeside roots gathering that punches far above its size, with three covered stages and a famously warm welcome in the Nottinghamshire fields."
Gate to Southwell Festival
"Over 140 artists throw open homes, gardens and public spaces across the historic Derbyshire market town for one autumn weekend, transforming Wirksworth into a walking gallery with free shuttle buses, street music and food stalls."
Wirksworth Festival Art and Architecture Trail
"In its 21st year, Melbourne Festival opens private gardens, historic halls and family homes not usually accessible to the public, creating a walking art trail through this South Derbyshire market town for 172 artists across 65 venues."
Melbourne Festival Art and Architecture Trail
"Over 330 artists open bars, barns, cafes, churches and hallways across Warwickshire and Coventry for two weeks, creating a self-guided trail through villages and towns where you can meet makers working in their own spaces."
Warwickshire Open Studios Summer Art Weeks
"The UK's biggest poetry festival fills a black-and-white timbered Herefordshire town with ten days of readings, workshops and spoken word."
Ledbury Poetry Festival
"Three days of curated music, theatre, comedy, literature and family events in the historic grounds of Repton School and village, a South Derbyshire market town with 1,400 years of history as a quiet setting for a quietly brilliant festival."
Repton Festival
"Six opera productions, including four world premieres, fill Buxton Opera House and the Pavilion Gardens across 18 July days, making this Peak District spa town's festival one of the most ambitious programmes of rare and new opera anywhere in Britain."
Buxton International Festival