Warwickshire Open Studios Summer Art Weeks
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.
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"The 75th championship brings 250 of Britain's finest ploughmen and women to a Warwickshire farm, with steam ploughing engines, heavy horses and 300 plots across 15 classes."
British National Ploughing Championships
"Over 250 ploughmen and women compete across fifteen classes from horse teams to crawlers, with steam ploughing engines and a tank ploughing demonstration thrown in."
British National Ploughing Championships & Country Festival
"A huge leather ball is fought over along Long Street for two hours, a Shrove Tuesday game dating to 1199."
Atherstone Ball Game
✦ Weird and Wonderful"The 18th running in Shakespeare's town: real ales and ciders across two days in a setting that already draws visitors for far less interesting reasons than this."
Stratford-upon-Avon Beer and Cider Festival
"A volunteer-run village carnival revived in 2023 that draws over 1,000 people to Fisher Road for a grand procession, live music, and fairground rides celebrating community spirit."
Bishop's Itchington Carnival
"England's grandest countryside sports gathering at Ragley Hall, where tens of thousands of people come for clay shooting, falconry, working dogs, fly fishing and the unexpected pleasure of bumping into someone carrying a hawk."
Game Fair at Ragley Hall
"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."
Robin Hood 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
"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