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Cornwall Events Calendar 2020 Please note: always check with events before travelling in case of postponement

JANUARY 4 – 12 8 Until 4 St Endellion Easter Music Festival Flora Day Christmas Lights Classical music festival in the beautiful Collegiate Church of St Endelienta near Port Isaac, bringing together a wide range of musicians from all over the world.

17 - 19 Food & Music Festival A three day festival in a small harbour town of Porthleven attracting in excess of 30,000 people.

25 Trevithick Day Annual event in held to celebrate the life and work of Photo courtesy of Vist Helston Vist of courtesy Photo , Engineer, who was born in Camborne. Street Helston is decorated in greenery, flowers and flags as the five Last chance to see the Mousehole Christmas lights. Wonderful stalls and entertainment including concerts, vintage vehicles, Furry dances for which Flora Day is famous wind in and out the displays both on land and on the water. steam engines. houses led by the town band. The Morning Dance sets out at 7am FEBRUARY MAY and the final Evening Dance starts at 5pm. 9 1 St Ives Feast May Day (‘Obby ‘Oss Day) 9 Includes the Mayoral Parade and the rarely seen Hurling the Silver St Agnes Bolster Day Ball in which two sides try and keep possession of the Silver Ball. A celebration of Cornish Music and the Arts. Watch life size puppets, a drum band and a 28ft giant re-enact this famous MARCH Cornish legend of the Giant Bolster. Live music and street theatre 5 make this an event not to miss. St Piran’s Day Piran is the patron saint of -miners who is also generally 15 – 17 regarded as the national saint of Cornwall. St Piran’s Day is St Ives Food & Drink Festival celebrated across Cornwall. A celebration of the best of Cornish food and drink. There will be events every day all around town including cooking 19 – 29 demonstrations by the town’s chefs, food tastings and Falmouth Spring Festival wine tastings. Art, music, fashion, dance and education. This is the biggest day in Padstow’s calendar when it is not 22 – 25 unusual for the town to have 30,000 visitors. The origins of 20 - 22 Bude & Stratton Folk Festival this traditional celebration are lost in the midst of time but it is The Looe Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival Folk festival including music, dance and song that takes place in thought to celebrate the arrival of Spring and it may even be an and around the picturesque town of Bude and nearby Stratton. ancient fertility festival.

22 – 31 1 – 3 The Greenbank Fal River Festival World Pilot Gig Rowing Championship The festival encompasses over 150 events which range from music Scilly. The 30th World Pilot Gig Championships will attract a record and drama, the arts and heritage to rowing races, triathlons and number of gigs. wildlife walks.

4 23 – 25 The Blockheads St Ives May Day Launceston Steam & Vintage Rally Celebrating the end of winter and the coming of spring is a A three day cross genre indoor music festival at Tencreek Holiday tradition that stretches back hundreds of years in West Cornwall, Park, Looe with three headlines acts of The Animals & Friends, and St Ives rekindles its connection to the past in this May Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash, The Blockheads. Day festival.

28 – 29 8 Falmouth Spring Flower Show Black Prince Flower Boat Procession Princess Pavilion, The Falmouth Spring Flower Show has marked A colourful procession winds through the villages of Millbrook, the start of Spring in Falmouth for over a century. Admire all the Kingsand and Cawsand, offering a spectacle to rival Padstow Obby usual classes and wonderful displays of spring flowers. Oss and Helston Flora Day. APRIL 4 – 5 8 – 16 Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature Royal Cornwall Showground, . Showcasing the best in Inspired by the celebrated author Daphne du Maurier who lived Cornish horticulture. Exuberant displays of spring flowers, show and wrote in Fowey, this vibrant annual arts, music and literature Huge steam powered traction engines and gleaming classic cars gardens, plus trade stands, gardening experts & food festival offers an exciting programme of quality events, talks, along with shire horses, traditional fairground attractions, trade from Cornwall. exhibitions, workshops, guided walks and community activities. stands and craft stalls.

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Cornwall Events Calendar 2020 Please note: always check with events before travelling in case of postponement

23 – 31 20 – 27 31 – August 10 Dandy Lion Festival St Endellion Summer Festival of Music Trebah Gardens An annual event with celebrations and activities throughout the Classical music festival in the beautiful Collegiate Church of St week including music, art, drama, Morris dancing and more! Endelienta near Port Isaac, bringing together a wide range of musicians from all over the world. 22 - 23 AUGUST Regatta & Waterside Festival Saltash Regatta is not just about water sports, there is enough 1 ashore to keep everyone in the family happy. Rock Choir Cornwall Charity Gala Ball Rock Choir Cornwall is hosting a Charity Gala Ball at the Atlantic Hotel, Newquay in aid of the wonderful Cornwall Air Ambulance. 27 - 28 Good food, entertainment and even a song of two from the St Merryn Steam & Vintage Rally 250-strong Rock Choir. A local rally featuring many rural exhibits including vintage tractors, steam engines and classic cars. 1 – 7 28 - July 4 Charlestown Regatta Week A week of events on and off the water with fun for all the family - This May half-term treat the whole family to an extraordinary Feast Week This festival dates back to 1754, with events for everyone raft races, donkey derby, music and carnival. puppet-based musical show through Trebah’s spectacular 26-acre throughout the week, including fish festival; live music; garden. Follow Tevi, created by the puppeteer team of the National processions; dancing; choral events; fishing boat race; mini Theatre adaptation of War Horse, on his journey from loveable lion 1 - 7 triathlon; fete; carnival and spectacular firework display. cub to leader of the pride. Creation Fest JULY A free Christian Music Festival and Bible Week held at the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge, Cornwall. 25 - 2 3 - 5 Cornwall Open Studios Riding & Heritage Festival Artists from across Cornwall open their doors to the public as part A celebration of Bodmin Town’s historical past dating back to 2 of the county’s popular Open Studios scheme. the fourteenth century in which the town’s schoolchildren dance Mount Edgcumbe American the traditional Bodmin Riding Dance & Classic Car Show & Fayre JUNE in procession. 500 American and Classic cars, a craft fair and stalls, a car boot 4 - 6 fair, amusements, refreshments, a licensed bar and live music. Royal Cornwall Show 3 - 5 A top agricultural show, the Royal Cornwall Show is the county’s 5 - 9 Padstow Vintage Rally & Country Fair biggest annual event and is full of exhibits and activities Boardmasters 3 days of fun for all the family with beer tent, fun fair, stands which offer so much in the way of entertainment, competition, and demonstrations in the main ring. information, shopping and all that’s best in food and farming.

3 - 18 12 - 14 Lafrowda Festival Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival Performances around the town by dozens of shanty groups from all over Cornwall, the UK and abroad.

13 Murdoch Day Newquay. Europe’s largest surf, skate and music festival. ’s annual celebration of its most famous citizen, inventor William Murdoch, with an exciting programme of events 7 - 16 including children’s dance and art procession, all day music and Falmouth Week entertainment, a street market, old tyme fair, exhibitions and a variety of live concerts and other events round the town.

19 - 28 An annual community festival with hours of free entertainment to suit every taste, with street performers, stalls, refreshments, bouncy castles and three spectacular processions. Lafrowda Day is on the 18th.

11 Show The Liskeard Show is one of the biggest in the South West. Internationally recognised sailing regatta complemented by lively There will be a wide selection of high quality entries in the shore side entertainment with the Red Arrows, fireworks and large animal classes, and you can also see smaller animals, children’s activities. companion dog show, donkeys, poultry, fruit and vegetables, and flowers. 9 Tregony Heavy Horse Show & Country Fayre 13 Tregony annual Heavy Horse Show and Country Fayre presents the Stithians Agricultural Show parading and judging of heavy horses and shetland ponies plus A full day out - entertainment, food & drink, shopping, fair, cattle, various Craft stalls, Music, Sheep dog demonstrations & sheep dogs & agility, cage birds, craft & cookery, goats, poultry, pigeons, shearing, Farrier and drinks and snacks. rabbits & sheep. Horticultural Show, Horse Show. Evening Concert.

Penzance’s community celebration of the traditional Feast of St 18 12 John, featuring The Golowan Band, Penglaz, Serpent Dances, Mazey Camborne Show Camelford Agricultural Show Day, The Quay Fair and more. Agricultural show with live entertainment. A traditional Agricultural Show for the local community and visitors alike.

20 24 - 26 West of Bandsmen’s Festival Boconnoc Steam Fair 14 - 16 For one day, silver bands, brass bands and youth bands descend on An old fashioned steam extravaganza in the magnificent grounds Cornish Steam and Country Fair the aptly named village of Bugle right in the middle of Cornwall’s of the Boconnoc Estate near . Vintage vehicles of all The largest steam rally in the South West, held annually at the clay mining area to compete for the festival’s prestigious awards. sorts and sizes. Stithians Showground.

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Cornwall Events Calendar 2020 Please note: always check with events before travelling in case of postponement

15 25 – 26 NOVEMBER Bude Carnival Looe Live! Date not confirmed at time of going to press. Annual carnival with procession through the town. City of Lights,

23 St Ewe Country Fair Something for all the family with puppet shows, sheepdogs, birds of prey and lots more.

SEPTEMBER 1 - 4 Bude Jazz Festival

More than just music - it’s going to be a great weekend of fun. Bands at various locations in the town.

OCTOBER 7 Honey Fair One of the largest street fairs in Cornwall, with hundreds of people visiting the town to enjoy the friendly and community-based fair. In fact, Callington is the only town in Cornwall which still retains Photo courtesy of Cornwall Live Cornwall of courtesy Photo a Honey Fair. Held in mid November each year, the event sees a dazzling Focus on traditional and New Orleans Jazz plus the most popular procession of withy and tissue lanterns float through the streets, of other styles from years gone past. 11 Falmouth Oyster Festival handmade and carried by professional artists, Cornish school 11 - 20 children and local community and youth groups. Heritage Open Days Celebrating England’s fantastic architecture & culture by offering DECEMBER free access to places that are usually closed to the public or charge for admission. 2 Truro Primestock Show 18 – 20 The annual Primestock Show is a favourite with farmers and Newquay Fish Festival families alike. Lemon Quay will be filled with cattle and sheep as the best Cornish beasts are judged. Livestock will leave by 3pm, but the event is open until the evening. Date not confirmed at time Photo courtesy of St Moritz Hotle © David Geffen © David Hotle Moritz St of courtesy Photo of going to press.

3 – 6 Timed to coincide with the start of the oyster harvesting season, the Falmouth Oyster Festival celebrates the quality of Padstow Christmas Festival Cornish seafood. See Padstow come alive with celebrity chefs, culinary delights and festive fun. 28 – November 1 Lowender Peran Festival Early January Hotel Bristol, Newquay. Annual festival celebrating Cornwall’s Celtic Mousehole Harbour Lights connections. A family friendly event, with ceilidhs (barn dances), Wonderful displays both on land and on the water. Knocks Oxford concerts, dance and music workshops and a Celtic craft market. Street into a cocked hat!

The Newquay Fish Festival gives Newquay an opportunity to showcase one of its hidden gems ‘the harbour’. Now in its 11th year the Newquay Fish Festival is one of Cornwall’s most established food and crafts shows.

12 - 26 St Ives September Festival

15 days offering a wide range of music, arts and

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