SingFest
A friendly small scale singing festival in the Surrey countryside where everyone learns a cappella harmonies entirely by ear and ends the weekend performing them around a campfire.
Shere is one of the most completely realised medieval-to-vernacular villages in the Home Counties, and the church, the ironstone streetscape, and the Tillingbourne setting together make a genuinely rare half-day even before you account for the Surrey Hills walking on every side.
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Surrey Artists Open Studios
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Surrey Hills Country Fair
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Shere Open Gardens
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Surrey Country & Craft Food Show
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Biddenden Dole