The biggest free food festival in Wales takes place in Cardiff Bay next month. Part of a jam-packed 2017 Cardiff Festival, the Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival will set up stall in in Roald Dahl Plass from 14-16 July. With more than 100 local, national and international producers showcasing their goods, visitors can tantalise…
Swansea International Jazz Festival returns for its fourth year this month with more than 50 events taking place at 15 venues in the Maritime Quarter. The Dylan Thomas Theatre and the Dylan Thomas Centre will host the ticketed concerts with a diverse jazz programme including workshops and free events all around the Maritime Quarter. The…
Not long now before Swansea City fans find out the Premier League fixtures for the 2017-18 campaign. The full schedule will be released at 9am on Wednesday, giving supporters the opportunity to mark down the key fixtures for the season ahead under Paul Clement. Fans will be looking forward to a more successful 2017-18 after…
The “Oktoberfest” theme will return to Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall on 21 October when fine ales from across the breadth of Germany will be on tap. After selling out in 2016 the German Beer Festival returns to the sound of traditional German drinking songs and dances, while bringing sizzling sausages and a continental flavour to the…
The JCP Swansea Half Marathon, now in its fourth year, takes place on 25 June. And this year Wales’ biggest summer half marathon will see a team of runners attempting to break a Guinness World Record. The attempt led by Essex-born Paul Coker, a type 1 diabetic, is to break the record for the greatest…
It’s about to get crazy at The Fleece in Bristol, which is tuning up for Skankfest2017 this weekend. In case you hadn’t guessed it, Skankfest is a celebration of all things ska and punk, with 23 bands set to rock the The Fleece on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm. Combined two-day tickets can be bought…
The festival spirit is certainly at “home” in Somerset this weekend with not one but two “home” spun festivals taking place in the county. But not to be mistaken with the three-day “Home Farm Charity Music Festival” in Chilthorne Domer, now celebrating its 12th anniversary, the Home Festival at Fernhill Farm in Compton Martin is…
This year the Home Farm Charity Music Festival celebrates its 12th anniversary. Taking place at Home Farm in Chilthorne Domer, Somerset, the festival has grown considerably since its early days and what was once a one-day festival with one stage and a few people camping in the main field is now a three-day festival with…
The internationally acclaimed York Early Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary in July 2017. Mixing music from the 12th to 18th centuries and the myriad of historic churches, guildhalls and houses in the medieval city, the festival brings together music-lovers from across the world. Highlights of the festival, which runs from 7-15 July, include…
The biggest single fundraising event in Macmillan’s calendar takes place at York Racecourse on Saturday, 17 June, as part of the racecourse’s two-day June meeting. The Macmillan Charity Raceday is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a day at the races, while also supporting those affected by cancer, with a percentage of every entrance ticket on…
