List of festivals in the United Kingdom
England[]
A[]
- Albion Fairs
- Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk
- [1]
B[]
- Bath Fringe Festival
- Bath International Music Festival
- Bath Literature Festival
- Beached Festival in Scarborough
- Bedford River Festival
- Big Chill Festival in Eastnor
- Birmingham: ArtsFest, , International Carnival
- Blackpool: Illuminations, Festival of Light, Rebellion Festival
- Blissfields, near Winchester
- Bloodstock Open Air
- Boishakhi Mela festival
- Bradford Literature Festival
- Bradford Mela Festival
- , Shropshire
- Bridgwater: Guy Fawkes Carnival
- Brighton Festival
- Brighton Festival Fringe
- Bristol: Ashton Court, Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Harbour Festival
- Bulldog Bash Motorcycle Festival
- BunkFest
- Burtfest, Burton Upon Trent[2]
- , Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Buxton Festival, Buxton, Derbyshire
C[]
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- CarFest
- Castlemorton Common Festival
- Cheltenham: Cheltenham Festivals:
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival
- Cheltenham Literature Festival
- Cheltenham Music Festival
- Cheltenham Science Festival
- , small arts festival near Malvern, Worcestershire
- Cleveland: Middlesbrough Music Live
- , Lancashire's premier food and drink festival,
- Coventry: Godiva, Jazz, , Kite,[3] Royal Show[4]
- Creamfields dance music festival
- Cropredy Festival
D[]
- , , Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk[5]
- , , Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk[6]
- Donington Monsters of Rock
- , , England[7]
- Download Festival, annual rock festival held at Donington Park since 2003
- Durham Miners' Gala
E[]
F[]
- Frome Festival, Somerset
G[]
- Glastonbury Festival
- Glyndebourne Opera Festival
- Godiva Festival
- Golowan Festival
- , Colne, Lancashire
- Greenbelt festival
- Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
- Guilfest
H[]
- [10]
- Harrogate: Harrogate International Festivals, Great Yorkshire Show
- Henley Festival of Music and the Arts
- HowTheLightGetsIn Festival
- Huddersfield: Caribbean Carnival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Asian Mela
I[]
- Ilkley Literature Festival
- International Festival of the Sea
- , Wirral
- International Organ Festival at St Albans
- Isle of Wight Festival 1968, 1969 and 1970
J[]
K[]
- Keighley: Keighley Festival
- Kendal Mountain Film Festival
- Keswick Mountain Festival
- Knebworth concerts (occasional)
L[]
- Land of Kings, London Borough of Hackney
- The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal, Cumbria
- Latitude Festival, Suffolk
- Ledbury Poetry Festival, Herefordshire
- LeeFest, Bromley
- Leicester: Leicester Comedy Festival, Leicester Caribbean Carnival
- Letchworth Garden City:
- Liverpool: Liverpool Garden Festival (1984)
- London: Carnival de Cuba; Carnaval Del Pueblo, Europe's biggest Latin American festival;[11] City of London Festival; ; ; Festival of Britain (1951); Greenwich+Docklands International Festival; ; Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; Notting Hill Carnival; Oktoberfest, the German cultural festival held in Richmond-upon-Thames;[12] Portobello Film Festival;[13] Spitalfields Festival
- London History Festival[14][15]
- Ludlow Festival, Shropshire
- Lumiere festival
- Luton Carnival
- Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
- , Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire
N[]
O[]
P[]
- Peak Literary Festival, Peak District National Park
- , Pershore, Worcestershire
- Peterborough Festival
- Parklife Weekender, Heaton Park
R[]
- Reading: Reading Festival, WOMAD[16]
- World Music & Didgeridoo Festival, Calbourne Water Mill, Calbourne, Isle of Wight
S[]
- Salisbury International Arts Festival
- Shakespeare Schools Festival
- Sheffield International Documentary Festival
- Shifnal Festival
- Slapstick Festival
- Soundwave Festival
- St Barnabas Community Fete, Bow, London
- Stonehenge Free Festival
- Strawberry Fair, Cambridge
- Swan Upping
T[]
- Three Choirs Festival
- The Tolpuddle Martyrs festival
- Towersey Village Festival
- Tramlines Festival
U[]
V[]
W[]
- West Country: West Country Carnival circuit
- Weyfest
- Wimborne Folk Festival
- Womad
- , Devon[17]
Y[]
- Young Carer's Festival, Curdridge, Southampton
Z[]
Scotland[]
- Aberdeen: Aberdeen International Youth Festival, The World Festival of Youth Arts; Word; ;[18] ;[19] [20]
- Dumfries and Galloway:
- Dundee: , , , Dundee International Book Prize
- Edinburgh: Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, International Festivals of the Sea
- : Scotland's Countryside Festival
- Glasgow: Glasgow Jazz Festival; Celtic Connections; MovieMinds, an international online film festival[21]
- Hebridean Celtic Festival
- Inverary: Connect Festival
- Inverness:
- Orkney: St Magnus Festival
- Shakespeare Schools Festival, various locations
- Shetland: Up Helly-Aa
- Ullapool: Loopallu Festival
Wales[]
- Abergavenny Food Festival
- Brecon Jazz Festival
- Cardiff International Film Festival Wales
- Green Man Festival
- Hay Festival of Literature & Arts
- HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye
- Llangollen International Eisteddfod
- National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Pontardawe Festival
- Shakespeare Schools Festival, various locations
- Urdd National Eisteddfod
Northern Ireland[]
- Belfast Festival at Queens
- Belfast Film Festival
- Shakespeare Schools Festival, Belfast and Derry
Themes[]
- Film: Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, , Lesbian and Gay, Portobello, Sheffield
- Folk: , , Cambridge, Cropredy, , Sidmouth, Towersey, , Wimborne
- Jazz: Bath, Birmingham, Burnham Deepdale, Coventry, Glasgow, Clitheroe
- Literature: Bath, , Cheltenham, , Ilkley, , [22]
- Other: Bristol Harbour Festival (maritime), HowTheLightGetsIn (philosophy and music)
See also[]
- List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
- List of festivals
- Literary festival#Europe
- Free festival
References[]
- ^ "Arundel Festival 2016".
- ^ "是非自分に合う車の「個性」を探してほしい".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2004.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Royal Agricultural Society of England".
- ^ "Deepdale Festival".
- ^ "Deepdale Hygge".
- ^ "Dover Carnival Association Limited".
- ^ Endless Festival
- ^ "Esedhvos Festival". Gorsedh Kernow. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ http://www.h2ofest.net Archived 13 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "carnavaldelpueblo.co.uk".
- ^ Oktoberfest Archived 6 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL LONDON".
- ^ "The London History Festival. Dates. Details". Literaryfestivals.co.uk. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "The London History Festival 2013 – fringe events | RBKC Libraries blog". Rbkclibraries.wordpress.com. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Womad.org - World of Music, Arts & Dance".
- ^ http://wonderfields.co.uk/
- ^ "Wordfringe: Festival of New Writing in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Sound Festival 2016 - Sound Scotland".
- ^ "lavery - lab1".
- ^ "Wordfringe: Festival of New Writing in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland".
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