West of England Steam Engine Society Rally
The biggest steam engine rally in Cornwall brings around 70 full-size engines to Stithians Showground for three August days of steam trailer rides, threshing, wood sawing, stone crushing and a Saturday evening sheaf-pitching competition.
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"A cliff-top open-air theatre carved from Cornish granite above Porthcurno Bay, where productions from Shakespeare to musicals run each summer with the Atlantic as backdrop and Rowena Cade's extraordinary creation as the stage."
Minack Theatre Season
"A sailing regatta with roots going back to 1837, combining competitive racing on the water with a Marching Carnival, live music, and a Pink Wig Parade ashore."
Falmouth Week
"One of Cornwall's largest inland town carnivals, with an illuminated evening procession through the historic streets of Bodmin each August."
Bodmin Carnival
"A colourful summer carnival parade through the surf town of Bude, one of the highlights of the north Cornwall seaside summer calendar."
Bude Carnival
"A charming village carnival in the wooded Helford valley community of Constantine, keeping alive a cherished local summer tradition."
Constantine Carnival
"A packed week of boat racing, carnival processions, a Giant Pasty Ceremony, fireworks, and live music on the quayside of this beloved south Cornwall estuary town."
Fowey Royal Regatta and Carnival
"A small and cherished late-August fete in one of Dorset's quietest hill villages, combining the Gardening Club's annual show with stalls, homemade teas and the particular peace of a village afternoon that has barely changed in decades."
Halstock Fete
"A fair running since 1888 in honour of a farmer who baked an enormous apple pie from his windfall apples, still serving apple pie and cream alongside falconry and a novelty dog show."
Marldon Apple Pie Fair
"A traditional illuminated village carnival parade winding through the ancient coastal settlement of Porlock on the edge of Exmoor."
Porlock Carnival
"The Dartmoor fair of the Uncle Tom Cobley song, still run on the second Tuesday of September with sheep, ponies, bale tossing and a downhill race, in a village that wears its own folk legend lightly."
Widecombe Fair
"A long-running Somerset village carnival bringing illuminated floats and community procession to the streets of South Petherton each autumn."
South Petherton Carnival
"One of Somerset's most distinctive named carnivals, the Axbridge Blackberry Carnival celebrates the season with a procession through this handsome medieval market town."
Axbridge Blackberry Carnival