LISTINGS www.cambridgeshirefoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk 1-Jul Ely Aquafest The riverside, Lavender Green, Jubilee Gardens and the Maltings Green www.elyaquafest.org.uk 13-15 Jul The Big Weekend Parker’s Piece, Cambridge www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 13-15 Jul Ely Folk Festival Ely City Centre www.elyfolkfestival.co.uk 14-Jul Paxfest & Fun Dog Show Little Paxton Village Hall, PE19 6EY www.little-paxton.cambs.info 21-Jul Ferry Meadows Celebrates Culture (part of Peterborough Celebrates) Ferry Meadows neneparktrust.org.uk and www.peterboroughcelebrates.org.uk 2-5 Aug Cambridge Folk Festival Cherry Hinton Hall www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/folk-festival 24-25 Aug The Gin and Rum Festival Peterborough Cathedral Church of St Peter, Peterborough 25-27 Aug Festival of Water River Ouse, Riverside Park, St Neots www.waterways.org.uk ESSEX 20-May A Vintage Affair Hedingham Castle www.hedinghamcastle.co.uk/event/vintage-affair-2018 26 May, 28 Jul, 29 Sep & 24 Nov Curiosity Fair – Vintage & Craft Fair Saffron Walden Friends meeting house, High Street, Saffron Walden 26-27 May Mersea Food & Drink Festival Rewsalls Lane, East Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5 8SX www.mersea-fdl-festival. com 7-9 Jun Chelmsford Film Festival 131 Bond Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1GH www.chelmsfordfilmfestival.com 9-Jun Breast Cancer Care Pink Ribbon Walk Audley End House www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on 9-10 Jun Mind Body Spirit Festival Chelmsford City Racecourse www.lifearts.co.uk/chelmsford-mind-body-spirit-festival-2018/ 21-14 Jun Leigh Folk Festival Various locations in Leigh leighfolkfestival.com 22 Jun - 15 Jul Thaxted Festival Thaxted Church www.thaxtedfestival.org.uk 30-Jun Fling Festival Hylands Park, Chelmsford www.flingfestival.com 13-15 Jul Brentwood Festival Brentwood Centre brentwoodfestival.co.uk 15-Jul Heritage Live Concert Series: 2CELLOS Audley End House www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on 21-Jul Outdoor Cinema: Dirty Dancing Maldon Promenade Park www.essexoutdoorcinema.com 3-5 Aug Brightlingsea Free Music Festival Various locations, Brightlingsea www.brightlingseafreefest.com 4-Aug Maldon Carnival Maldon High Street www.facebook.com/ MaldonCarnival 2-Sep Kite Festival Layer Marney Tower, CO5 9US layermarneytower.co.uk 16-Sep Apple Day at The Gardens of Easton Lodge Little Easton, CM6 2BB www.eastonlodge.co.uk 29-Sep Outdoor Cinema: Pretty Woman RHS Garden Hyde Hall www.essexoutdoorcinema.com 29-30 Sep The Essex Country Show Weald Country Park www.essexshow.co.uk HERTS 21 Apr, 19 May, 16 Jun, 21 Jul, 18 Aug , 15 Sep, 20 Oct & 17 Nov Stable Yard Antiques & Collectors Fair Hatfield House
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www.hatfield-house.co.uk/event 10-13 May Living Crafts Hatfield House www.livingcrafts.co.uk 5-7 May Hertfordshire Garden Show Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 26-27 May Homes & Antiques Fair Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 2-3 Jun St Albans Steam and Country Show Oaklands College (Smallford Campus), Hatfield Road, St Albans www.hertssteam.co.uk 3-Jun Cars at the Castle Hertford Castle, Hertford www.hertford.gov.uk/events/cars-at-the-castle-419/ 9-Jun Harpenden Carnival Harpenden Common www.harpendencarnival.com 10-Jun Theatre in the Park: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Hatfield House www.chapterhouse.org 17-Jun Father’s Day Medieval Jousting Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 24-Jun Alban Street Festival St Peter’s Street, St Albans www.enjoystalbans.com 28-Jun Garden Theatre - The Tempest Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 7-8 Jul DogFest Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 14-Jul Battle Proms Hatfield House www.battleproms.co.uk 15-Jul Folk by the Oak Hatfield House www.folkbytheoak.com 21-22 Jul The Great British Food Festival Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 5-Aug Rock at the Castle Hertford Castle, Hertford www.hertford.gov.uk/events/rock-at-the-castle-423/ 11-12 Aug Knebworth Country, Crafts & Steam Fair Knebworth House www.knebworthhouse.com/events 17-19 Aug Art in Clay Hatfield Park www.artinclay.co.uk 24-25 Aug Open Air Cinema Hertford Castle, Hertford www.hertford.gov.uk/events/ BEDS 10 Mar - 23 Sept Celebrating Women of Bedfordshire The Higgins Bedford, Castle Lane, Bedford, MK40 3XD www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk 13 May, 10 Jun, 8 Jul, 12 Aug, 14 Oct, 11 Nov & 9 Dec Woburn Antiques And Collectors Fair Woburn Village Hall, Crawley Road 13-May Made in Bedford Artisan Fair Bedford Corn Exchange, St Pauls Square, Bedford MK40 1SL www.bedfordcornexchange.co.uk 20 May, 8 Jul & 16 Sept Bedford Flea St Pauls Square, Bedford MK40 1SQ www.facebook.com/BedfordFlea 3-Jun Big Lunch Food Festival Town Centre, Leighton Buzzard www.leightonlinslade-tc.gov.uk/your-town/events/ 16-Jun Taste Bedford The Embankment, Bedford, MK40 www.bedpop.co.uk/bedpop-presents-taste 23-24 Jun Woburn Abbey Garden Show Woburn Abbey Gardens, MK17 9WA www.woburnabbey.co.uk/events 28-Jun Linslade Canal Festival Tidenfoot Waterside Park, Mentmore Rd, Leighton Buzzard LU7 2AE www.leightonlinslade-tc.gov.uk/canal-festival/ 30-Jun AmpRocks Ampthill Great Park www.ampthillfestival.co.uk/amprocks 5-Aug Proms in Bedford Park Bedford Park, No 98 Kimbolton Rd, Bedford MK40 2PF www.bedfordparkconcerts.co.uk 13-15 Aug Afternoon Tea with speaker Gillian Perry MBE Woburn The Sculpture Gallery, MK17 9WA www.sculpturegallerywoburn.co.uk