| Summer is the music festival season and the one time of year we boldy strip our clothes to soak up the sun and hit the fields. Summer music lovers rock at Glastonbury, Reading, The V Fest, The Big Chill, T in the Park, Womad, Strawberry Fayre, Isle of White Festival and Homelands to name just a few; all attract world class performances and headline acts. Meanwhile the Latin love of outdoor parties has found a home at London's Notting Hill Carnival, where Europe's largest street party takes place. On a cultured note the Edinburgh Festival and Brighton Festival attract everyone from music, theatre, comedy, performance and art lovers from around the globe to their world class celebration of the arts. Both cities becomes event venues with bars, clubs, stages and outdoor lawns all lending themselves to culture and the arts. Gay Pride Festivals take place in Manchester, London and Brighton. |
| England is also home to the most weird and wonderful festivals and events that one could imagine. Usually paying homage to some sort of ye olde paganistic ritual, English festivals will never cease to amaze. For example there is the Coopers Hill cheese roll, that plays witness to dozens of obsessive locals and eager travellers falling face first down an outrageously steep property in pursuit of an out of control chunk of cheese. I am sure you had to be there? Or the yearly football in the river festival on Bourton-on-the-Water. Any excuse to kick back, have a boogie, be entertained and sip a cleaning ale. At any given time of the year there will always be some sort of festival, local event, performance or sporting show occuring through out the UK. Be sure to check local press for listings of smaller and off beat festivals in your area. Wouldn't want to miss out! |