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UK Festivals

This listing of UK festivals is always growing. We have collected these links so that travellers interested in attending a UK festival will have a directory to refer to and check dates, schedules and ticket information. If you know of a festival that should be listed and has a Web presence, send us and email and we will be happy to add it to the listings.

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UK Music Festivals

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Festival Listings by Month

JANUARY
London's New Year's Day Parade

FEBRUARY
Cheltenham Folk Festival
Spring Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair

MARCH
Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival
Guildford International Music Festival

APRIL
London Marathon

MAY
Swindon Festival of Literature
Dorchester Festival: (T) 01305 266926
Cheltenham International Jazz Festival
Newbury International Spring Festival
Brighton Festival
Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music & Drama, Monmouthshire, Wales
Holmfirth Folk Festival
Bury St Edmunds Festival
Hampstead & Highgate Festival (London)
Chelmsford Cathedral Festival
Sheffield Music in the Round May Festival
BOC Covent Garden Festival(London)
Dulwich Festival (London)
Big Wheel Blues Festival Isle of Man
Bath International Music Festival
Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music (London)
Loch Shiel Spring Festival
Chelsea Flower Show
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
Swaledale Festival
Leicester Early Music Festival
Salisbury Festival
Ramsgate Spring Festival
Chard Festival

JUNE
Orange WOW (Free Music) Festival, North Shields
St. David's Cathedral Festival, St. David's, Wales
Spitalfields Summer Festival
Summer Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair
Wimborne Folk Festival (Dorset)
Leicester International Music Festival
Aldeburgh Festival
Stoke Newington Festival
London: International Festival of Theatre -(LIFT)
Chelsea Festival (London)
Grassington Festival
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Chelsea Festival (London)
Isle of Man: Mananan International Festival
Stour Music
JNidderdale Festival
Corsham Festival
Covent Garden Flower Festival
Ludlow Festival
Wimbledon
City of London Festival 2002
Ribchester Festival of Music & Art
East Barnet Festival- London
Winchester Hat Fair
Exeter Festival
End of June Mardi Gras Arts Festival (London)
Ruthin Festival

JULY
Hampton Court Flower Show
Henley Royal Regatta
Lichfield Festival
London Antique Map Fair
Larmer Tree Festival
The British Golden Jubilee 10K Open Road Race Starts within view of BuckinghamPalace at The Hard Rock Cafe, Piccadily. International mass-participation road race,(for 20,000),that also raises funds for several hundread charities-who each enter teams. One of the main themes of the 2002 event will be raising funds for the victims of New York terrorism.
July Summer on the South Bank , Six weeks of free dance and music inside and out at the Royal Festival Hall.
July Soho Festival, St Anne's Gardens and Wardour Street
Greenwich + Docklands Festival, Londons largest multi art form festival. Held in July.
Royal National Theatre , Six weeks of free dance and music inside and out at the Royal Festival Hall. (July-Aug)
Warwick & Leamington Festival
Greenwich & Docklands International Festival (London)
Cheltenham International Festival of Music
St. Albans International Organ Festival
York Early Music Festival
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Buxton Festival
Henley Festival
Cambridge Summer Music Festival
Ely Folk Weekend
Oundle International Festival
Chester Summer Music Festival
Harrogate International Festival
BBC Proms (London)
Dartford Festival
Fishguard International Music Festival: (T) 01348 873612
Dartington International Summer School
Glastonbury Dance Festival
Gwyl Caernarfon Festival

AUGUST
Coin Street Festival. Free festival on the South Bank. Brazilian and Colombian events, plus two weeks of lunchtime concerts.
August Kids Week, Theatreland opens its doors to give kids free entry
Aug Merseyside International Street Festival
Dorset: Inside Out
Bristol Harbour Festival
National Eisteddfod of Wales, Denbigh, North Wales
Lake District Summer Music Festival
Edinburgh International Festival
Billingham International Folklore Festival
Ross-on-Wye International Festival
Machynlleth Festival
Presteigne Festival of Music & the Arts
Arundel Festival
Notting Hill Festival
International Festival of Street Art

SEPTEMBER
September Thames Festival, river races, displays, funfair rides, live music, street theatre and food and craft stalls.
September Bracknell Music Festival (relaunch before festival in September)
Rye Festival
Deal Maritime Folk Festival, Dover
Sept Isle of Man: Mananan Opera Festival
Sept Hexham Abbey Festival
Tenby Arts Festival
Elm Tree Festival Langton Herring, Nr Weymouth, Dorset
North Wales International Music Festival
London Festival of Chamber Music
Sept Jersey International Festival
Riverfront Jazz Festival
Dewsbury Festival of Christian Music

OCTOBER
The Pearly Kings & Queens, Early October, St Martins in the Field, London
Ballymena Arts Festival
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Bristol Poetry Festival
Bewdley Festival
Ilkley Literature Festival
Cheltenham International Festival of Literature
Oct Little Missenden Festival
Canterbury Festival

NOVEMBER
French Film Festival (London)
London Film Festivals
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
Guy Fawkes Night Fireworks throughout London. Bonfire on Primrose Hill
The Lord Mayor's Show
Winter Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair

DECEMBER
Spitalfields Winter Festival

Alphabetical Festival Listings

Arundel Festival