Events in Staffordshire

This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events. In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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February

Pancake Race, Market Square, Stafford, Shrove Tuesday

March

British Indoor 4x4 Show, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford

April

Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford
Continental Market, Market Place, Uttoxeter
Plant Hunters Fair, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Plant Hunters Fair, Sugnall Hall , Sugnall

May

Acoustic Festival of Britain 2012, Uttoxeter Racecourse, Uttoxeter, Late May
Music Festival, various venues, Stafford
Plant Hunters Fair, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Plant Hunters Fair, Consall Hall Landscape Gardens, Wetley Rocks
Staffordshire Festival of Performing Arts, Various locations, Stoke on Trent
Staffs Aero Club Shadow & MW Fly In, Penkridge
Uttoxeter Mayfest, Uttoxeter

June

Burslem Summer Arts Festival, various venues, Stoke-on-Trent
Cancer Research Race for Life, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, 26 – 27
Drayton Manor Family Fun Weekend, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth, Early June
Etruria Canal Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
Flourish Festival, Uttoxeter
Folk in a Field, HOCKERHILL FARM, BREWOOD, Stafford

Ingestre Hall Summer Fayre, Ingestre, Stafford
Lichfield Folk Festival, Lichfield
Stafford Carnival, Stafford
Stafford Festival of Shakespeare, Stafford Castle, Stafford
Staffordshire County Show, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford, Early June

July

Battle of Britain Exhibition, Stafford Castle, Stafford
Kings Bromley Show, Kings Bromley Showfield, Burton upon Trent, 4th Saturday of July each year.
Lichfield Festival, Lichfield
Live @ the Castle, Stafford Castle, Stafford
Mayor’s Festival Parade, Stafford
Medieval Fayre and Market, Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield
Party in the Park, Stafford
Stafford Festival of Shakespeare, Stafford Castle, Stafford
Stafford Festival Raw Talent, Stafford, Early July
Staffordshire Aero Club Annual Fly In, Penkridge
Staffordshire Classic Car and Bike Show, Uttoxeter Racecourse, Uttoxeter
Street Theatre Extravaganza, Stafford

August

Classic Car Show, Stafford Castle, Stafford
Country Fair, Izaak Walton’s Cottage, Stafford
Historic Food Fair and Craft Market, Shugborough, Stafford

Just So Festival, Barnswood, Leek
Plant Hunters Fair, National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road, Alrewas
Proms concert, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, 4th
Saxon Festival, Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Bank Holiday
Scope Festival, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford, Late August
Stafford by the Sea, Market Sq, Stafford
Summer Fun at Stafford Castle, Stafford Castle, Stafford
Summer Picnic Movie Nights, Shugborough Estate, Stafford
Tamworth Summer Festival, Tamworth Castle, Tamworth
Triumph Sports Six Club International Weekend, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford

September

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley, Lichfield, Early September
Autumn Chocoholics Fair, Ancient High House, Stafford
Dr. Johnson's Birthday, Market Square, Lichfield, On or near September 18
Heritage Open Days, Various Locations
Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley, 1st Monday following 1st Sunday after September 4 (got that?)
Plant Hunters Fair, Sugnall Hall, Sugnall, Mid-September
Richard Bamford Vintage Trust Rally, Stramshall Farm, Uttoxeter
Scarecrow Festival, Pattingham, Late September
Stafford Arts Festival, Ancient High House & Other Locations, Stafford, Mid-September
Stafford Borough Horticultural Show, County Showground, Stafford

October

CAMRA Beer Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
Craft and Food Show, Shugborough Estate, Stafford
Festival of Fortune, Ancient High House, Stafford
Ghoulish Ghost Tours , Ancient High House, Stafford, Halloween
Halloween at the National Forest Maize Maze!, Postern House Farm, Tatenhill, Burton Upon Trent, Halloween
Halloween ‘Hands on Horror’, Stafford Castle, Stafford, Half-term holiday
Local History Fair, Ancient High House, Stafford
Stafford Film Festival, various venues, Stafford
Stone Food & Drink Festival, Stone, Early October

November

Christmas Craft Fair, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, 10 - 11
English Winter Fair, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford
Fireworks Spectacular with the Vikings, Tutbury Castle, Tutbury
Glyndebourne on Tour, Stoke-on-Trent
Patshull Hall Christmas Fayre, Patshull Hall, Burnhill Green, Late November
Victorian Market, various venues, Stafford

December

Christmas at Shugborough, Shugborough Estate, Stafford
Christmas at the Ancient High House, Ancient High House , Stafford, Early December
Drayton's Magical Christmas, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth
Festive Food Evening, Denstone Hall Farm Shop and Cafe, Uttoxeter
Glyndebourne on Tour, Regent Theatre, Stoke On Trent