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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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Anglesey
- Festival of Autumn Colours, Anglesey
Angus and Dundee
- Exhibition: The Orchar Collection, Broughty Castle Museum, Dundee, Angus and Dundee
- Fest 'n' Furious 2010, Dundee, Angus and Dundee
- Starblazer Exhibition, Mills Observatory, Dundee, Angus and Dundee
Argyll
- Royal National Mod, Dunoon, Argyll
Ayrshire & Arran
- Darvel Music Festival, Darvel, Ayrshire & Arran
- Halloween at Stumpy Jail, Girvan, Ayrshire & Arran
Bath
- Bath Film Festival, Bath, Bath
- Heritage Open Week, Bath, Bath
Bedfordshire
- 4th Annual Craft Fair , Great Barford, Bedfordshire
- Woburn Abbey Jog , Woburn, Bedfordshire
Berkshire
- Michaelmas Fair, Newbury, Berkshire
- Newbury Races, Newbury, Berkshire
- Windsor Festival, Windsor, Berkshire
Borders
- Craft Fair, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Borders
- Hallowe'en Experience, Traquair House, Innerleithen, Borders
Bristol
- Breaking the Chains , British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Temple Meads, Bristol
Buckinghamshire
- Annual Cask Ale Festival, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Apple Day, Iver, Buckinghamshire
- Buckingham Charter Fair, Buckingham Town Centre, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
- Autumn Air Show, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
- Food & Drink Festival, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Huntingdon Park Gold Cup Day, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
- Cancer Research All Walk Together, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
- Chester Fine Art & Antiques Fair, Chester, Cheshire
- Knutsford Literature Festival, Knutsford, Cheshire
- National Family Learning Day, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
- NATIONAL QUINCE DAY, Norton Priory, Runcorn, Cheshire
- Northwest Food Lovers Festival, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
- Oxjam Chester, Chester, Cheshire
- Spirit of Autumn Fair, Nantwich Civic Centre, Nantwich, Cheshire
- The Cheshire Crafts and Gifts Fair, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
- The Christmas Gift Fair, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
Cleveland/Teesside
- The Garden in Autumn, Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough, Cleveland/Teesside
Cornwall
- Falmouth Oyster Festival, Falmouth, Cornwall
- Harvest Big Draw Event, Heligan, St Austell, Cornwall
- Heligan Harvest Display, Heligan, St Austell, Cornwall
- Lowender Peran Celtic Festival, Perranporth, Cornwall
- St Just Feast, St Just, Cornwall
County Durham
- Halloween Crook Hall, Crook Hall and Gardens, Durham, County Durham
County Londonderry
- Banks of the Foyle Hallowe'en Carnival, Derry, County Londonderry
- The Gathering Festival, Derry, County Londonderry
Cumbria
- Apple Weekend, Beetham Nurseries, Beetham, Cumbria
- Halloween Week, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria
Derbyshire
- British Heart Bike Ride Dark Peak Challenge, Hope Valley, Derbyshire
Devon
- Antique Fair, Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Abbot, Devon
- Bampton Fair, Bampton, Devon
- Craft Fair, Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Abbot, Devon
- Devon Celebration of Food, Devon
- Manson's Guitar Show, Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter, Devon
- Tavistock Goose Fair, Tavistock, Devon
- Two Moors Festival, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Devon and Somerset, Devon
Dorset
- Adrenaline Coast Festival, Weymouth, Dorset
- Autumn Colours Weekend , Sherborne Castle & Lakeside Gardens, Sherborne, Dorset
- Halloween Fun, Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, Poole, Dorset
- Pack Monday Fair, Sherborne, Dorset
- Swanage Blues Festival, Swanage, Dorset
- Wedding Fair, Kingston Maurward Gardens, Dorchester, Dorset
Dumfries & Galloway
- Gaelforce Festival, Various venues , Dumfries & Galloway
- Hightae Annual Craft Fair, Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway
- Lockerbie Jazz Festival, Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway
- Moffat Walking Festival , Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway
- Tango Extravaganza, Annan, Dumfries & Galloway
- Wigtown Literary Book Town Festival, Various venues , Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway
East Yorkshire
- Beverley Literature Festival , Beverley, East Yorkshire
- Hull Fair , Hull, East Yorkshire
- Musicport, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Halloween Vampire Fest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Scottish Home Improvement & Self Build Show, Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Walking with Birds, Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Edinburgh and the Lothians
Essex
- Colchester Oyster Feast, Colchester, Essex
- Welly Walk, Weald Country Park, Brentwood, Essex
Fife
- Dunfermline Folk Weekend, Various venues , Dunfermline, Fife
Glasgow
- Big Big World Festival, Glasgow, Glasgow
- SOIL ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND'S ORGANIC FOOD FESTIVAL, Glasgow, Glasgow
Gloucestershire
- Annual Gift & Craft Fair, Nature in Art, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Craft Food and Country Gift Fair, Gatcombe Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
- Creepy Crawly Roadshow!, Sudeley Castle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Harvest Festival, Painswick Rococo Garden, Painswick, Gloucestershire
- Steam & Vintage Rally, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- The Art of Cornwall, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
- Walking, Talking River, Nature in Art, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Grampian
- sound music festival, Aberdeen, Grampian
- The Renovation & Self Build Show, Aberdeen Exhibtion and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Grampian
Greater Manchester
- Manchester Literature Festival, Manchester, Greater Manchester
- BBC Blast Festival, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester
- In The City, Various locations, Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Manchester Comedy Festival, Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Manchester Food & Drink Festival, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Guernsey
- Floral Guernsey Autumn Festival Week, Guernsey
- Guernsey Lily International Amateur Film and Video Festival, St Martin, Guernsey
- International Chess Festival, Vale, Guernsey
- Nerine Festival, St Peter Port, Guernsey
- Tennerfest, Guernsey
- Winter Night at the Castle Halloween, St Peter Port, Guernsey
- Yorkshire Guernsey Dancesport Festival, St Peter Port, Guernsey
Hampshire
- Alton Word Fest, Alton Community Centre, Alton, Hampshire
- Big Draw Weekend, Exbury Gardens, Southampton, Hampshire
- Emsworth Seafood Week, Emsworth, Hampshire
- Exbury Ghost Train, Exbury Gardens, Southampton, Hampshire
- Great South Run, Southsea Seafront, Southsea, Hampshire
- Halloween at the Spinnaker, Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Nerine Exhibition and Wild Mushroom Art Display, Exbury Gardens, Southampton, Hampshire
- New Forest Breakfast Walks, Exbury Gardens, Southampton, Hampshire
- PhotoTrek, Exbury Gardens, Southampton, Hampshire
- Portsmouth & Southsea Festival, Castle Field, Southsea, Hampshire
- Steam in the Gardens, Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway, Southampton, Hampshire
- Steam in the Gardens, Exbury Gardens, Southampton, Hampshire
- Titchfield Carnival, The Square, Titchfield, Hampshire
Herefordshire
- Cidermaking Festival, The Cider Museum, Hereford, Herefordshire
- Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival, Hereford Cider Museum, Hereford, Herefordshire
- Hereford Photography Festival, The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford, Herefordshire
- Herefordshire Festival of Fungi, Various venues, Hereford, Herefordshire
- Ledbury Hop Fair, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
- Halloween Fun Day, First Garden City Heritage Museum , Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Highlands
- Baxters Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running, Inverness, Highlands
- Blazin' In Beauly, Beauly, Highlands
- Golden Spurtle Porridge Making Championships, Carrbridge, Highlands
- The Royal National Mod, Lochaber, Highlands
- Ullapool Guitar Festival, Ullapool, Highlands
Isle of Man
- BBC Blast, Douglas, Isle of Man
- Hop-tu-Naa At Cregneash, Port St Mary, Isle of Man
- October Walking Festival, Douglas, Isle of Man
- Spooky Halloween Trains, Laxey, Isle of Man
- Winter Mananan, Port Erin, Isle of Man
Isle of Skye
- Skye Jazz Weekend, , Portree, Isle of Skye
Isle of Wight
- White Air Extreme Sports Festival, Isle of Wight
Jersey
- Caversham Ladies & Mens Tennis Tournament, St Brelade, Jersey
- Channel Islands Festival of Arts & Crafts, Royal Jersey Showground, Trinity, Jersey
- Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon, St Helier, Jersey
Kent
- Apple & Cider Festival, Museum of Kent Life, Maidstone, Kent
- Apple Festival, Brogdale Farm, Faversham, Kent
- Autumn Gold Festival, Leeds Castle, Hollingbourne, Kent
- Autumn Gold Flower Festival, Maidstone, Kent
- Canterbury Festival, Various venues, Canterbury, Kent
- Faversham Carnival, Recreation Ground, Faversham, Kent
- Half Term Fun, The Hop Farm Country Park, Paddock Wood, Kent
- Halloween Horrors, Chatham, Kent
- KM Wedding Extravaganza, The Hop Farm Country Park, Paddock Wood, Kent
- National Fruit Show, Kent County Showground, Detling, Kent
- Rochester Food & Drink Festival, Rochester, Kent
- Tenterden Folk Festival, Tenterden, Kent
Lanarkshire
- Beer Festival, Motherwell, Lanarkshire
- Biggar Little Festival, Biggar, Lanarkshire
Lancashire
- Continental Market, Flag Market, Preston, Lancashire
- Fleetwood Theatre Festival, Fleetwood, Lancashire
- Galloways Antiques Fairs, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire
- Halloween Tours, The Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire
- Scare Kingdom Scream Park, Hawkshaw Farm Park, Clayton le Dale, Lancashire
- Spooktacular Halloween Activities!, Preston, Lancashire
Leicestershire
- East Midlands Food & Drink Festival, Brooksby Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
- Leicester City Marathon, Leicester, Leicestershire
- Leicestershire Food Fortnight, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
- Arts and Crafts for Autumn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Gainsborough Folk Festival, Gainsborough Old Hall, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- One of a Kind, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
London
- Concrete and Grass, Various venues, Shoreditch, London
- Harvest of the Sea Festival, St. Mary-at-Hill church, Lovat Lane, London
- London Song Festival, Hanover Square, Oxford Street, London
- Pearly Kings & Queens Festival, St.Martin-in-the-Fields church, Trafalgar Square, London
- Punch and Judy Festival, Covent Garden, London
- The Wind in the Willows Centenary, Bank of England Museum, City, London
- ThisDay Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London
- Trafalgar Parade, West End, London
Mid Wales
- Welsh Music and Dance Festival, Llanwrtyd Wells, Mid Wales
Norfolk
- Annual Charity Bowles Challenge, Snettisham, Norfolk
- Autumn Craft Fair, Wayland House, Watton, Norfolk
- Aylsham Food Festival, Aylsham, Norfolk
- Chet Valley Festival, Loddon, Norfolk
- Cley Little Festival of Poetry, Cley, Norfolk
- International Celebration of Puppet Theatre, Norwich, Norfolk
- Little Vintage Lover Fair, Norwich, Norfolk
- Norwich Food Festival, Various Venues, Norwich, Norfolk
- Norwich Fringe Festival, Norwich, Norfolk
- Norwich International Animation Festival, Norwich, Norfolk
North Wales
- Bala Autumn Fair, Bala, North Wales
- Gwledd Conwy Feast, Conwy, North Wales
- Halloween Specials, Porthmadog, North Wales
North Yorkshire
- Captain Cook Festival, Whitby, North Yorkshire
- Carnegie Sporting Words Festival, Headingley Stadium and Cedar Court Hotel Hotel, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Ghost Festival, , York, North Yorkshire
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, North Yorkshire
- SightSonic Digital Arts Festival, , York, North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
- World Conker Championships, Ashton, Northamptonshire
Northumberland
- Border Shepherds Show, Alwinton, Northumberland
- Hexham Abbey Festival, Hexham, Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
- Goose Fair, Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- NOW Festival, Various locations, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Robin Hood Adventure Challenge, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Robin Hood Pageant, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Orkneys
- Harvest Homes Annual Celebration, Various venues , Orkneys
Oxfordshire
- Banbury Folk Festival, Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Bike Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
- Craft Show, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Michaelmas Fair, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- October Fair, Wantage, Oxfordshire
- Runaway Fair, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Perthshire
- Bracken Festival, Kenmore, Perthshire
- Glenfiddich Piping Championship, Blair Atholl, Perthshire
- Perth All-Scotland Accordion & Fiddle Festival, Perth, Perthshire
- Pitlochry Autumn Festival, Pitlochry, Perthshire
- Spooks & Sacrifice: Celtic Samhain Festival, Kenmore, Perthshire
Rutland
- Rutland Water Bike Ride, Oakham, Rutland
Shetland Isles
- Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival 2007, Various venues , Lerwick, Shetland Isles
Shropshire
- Annual Craft Exhibition, Ironbridge, Shropshire
- Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft, Ironbridge, Shropshire
Somerset
- Autumn Steam Gala, West Somerset Railway, Minehead, Somerset
- Exmoor Food Festival, Various venues , Dunster, Somerset
- Exmoor Food Festival, Exmoor National Park, Dulverton, Somerset
- Mendip Food and Drink Festival, Somerset
- Motorcycle Beach Race, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
- Somerset In Autumn Weekend, West Somerset Railway, Minehead, Somerset
- South Somerset Food Festival, Yeovil, Somerset
- Taunton & District Illuminated Carnival, Town Centre, Taunton, Somerset
- Wells Festival of Literature, Wells, Somerset
- Wincanton Carnival, Town Centre, Wincanton, Somerset
- Yeovil Carnival, Town Centre, Yeovil, Somerset
South Wales
- Dylan Thomas Festival, Swansea, South Wales
- Halloween at Dyffryn, Cardiff , South Wales
- Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts, Swansea, South Wales
- Tydfil Arts Festival, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
- Wordplay Childrens' Literature Festival, Swansea, South Wales
South Yorkshire
- Spooky October Half Term, Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
- The Big Draw, Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
- CAMRA Beer Festival, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Craft and Food Show, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, Staffordshire
- Festival of Fortune, Ancient High House, Stafford, Staffordshire
- Halloween Heebie-Jeebie, Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire
- Stafford Film Festival, various venues, Stafford, Staffordshire
Stirlingshire
- Callander Jazz and Blues Festival, Callander, Stirlingshire
Suffolk
- Halesworth Arts Festival, The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halloween at Ickworth: Spirits of the Past, Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- October Britten Festival, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Working The Land Part II, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk
Surrey
- British National Ploughing Championships, Guildford, Surrey
- Guildford Book Festival, Guildford, Surrey
- RISC OS Show, Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey
Sussex
- Autumn Countryside Celebration, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, Sussex
- Autumn Foraging and Countryside Day, Parham House and Gardens, Pulborough, Sussex
- Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield, Battle, Sussex
- Brighton Early Music Festival, Various venues, Brighton, Sussex
- Christmas Fayre, Sidlesham, Sussex
- Festival of World Scared Music, Brighton, Sussex
- Jewish Film Festival, Various venues, Brighton, Sussex
- Live & Love Music, The Coalition, Brighton, Sussex
- Paramount Brighton Comedy Festival, Brighton, Sussex
- Sussex Fine Art & Antiques Fair, East Sussex National Resort & Spa, Little Horsted, Uckfield, Sussex
Tyne and Wear
- British National Surfing Championships, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
- Sculpture Day, Saltwell Park, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
- Sugar & Spice Festival, Various venues, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
- Sunderland Art Weekender, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
- Takeoff Festival, Various locations, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
- Tynemouth Station Book Fair, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
- Tyneside Irish Festival, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
- Annual Stratford Halloween Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- Apple Day & Harvest Fair, Mary Ardens House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- European Biofuels Expo, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
- Horrible Halloween, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire
- Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Stratford Mop Fair, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- The mighty Trebuchet, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire
- The New Midlands Woodworking and Woodturning Exhibition, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
West Midlands
- Birmingham Comedy Festival, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Birmingham Comedy Festival, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Classic Motor Show, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Coventry Bike Ride, Coventry, West Midlands
- Eclectricity Boutique Autumn Festival, The Custard Factory, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Hearts Bike Ride, Coventry, West Midlands
- Horse of the Year Show, NEC, Birmingham, West Midlands
- International Motorcycle and Scooter Show, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands
- The National Wedding Show, Birmingham, West Midlands
West Wales
- Cardigan Purple Dragon Story Festival, Cardigan, West Wales
- Cardiganshire Arts Society Annual Exhibition, Aberystwyth, West Wales
- The Celtic Festival of Samhain, Cardigan, West Wales
West Yorkshire
- Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
- Marsden Jazz Festival, Marsden, West Yorkshire
- Wetherby Festival, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
- Calne Music & arts Festival, Various venues, Calne, Wiltshire
- Ethandune Ale and Cider Festival, The Civic, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
- Feast of Food, Marlborough, Wiltshire
- Wroughton Christmas Show, Science Museum, Wroughton , Wiltshire
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