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Date |
Event |
Details |
Website
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01/09/2017 |
Chatsworth Country Fair |
1st
to 3rd
September 2017
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. 9am-6.30pm. Massed pipe and military bands,
demonstrations and parades, Horse Driving, Falconry, hot air balloons,
parachuting, trade stands, rural crafts, vintage car parade,
country pursuits, old time fairground, sheep dog trials and more. |
Chatsworth |
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01/09/2017 |
Dundee Flower & Food Festival |
1st
to 3rd September 2017
Camperdown Country Park,
Dundee from 10am to 5:30pm. A 3 day event with cookery and gardening
demonstrations and talks as well as flowers, plants and crafts, floral art,
music, vegetable competitions and other fun activities. |
Dundee Festival |
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01/09/2017 |
Blackpool Illuminations |
1st
September to 5th November 2017
Blackpool, Lancashire. The
illuminations have been a major part of Blackpool since 1879. The first
night is the big switch on, the best time to visit is after the clocks
change when the evenings are darker. Great night time photography not only
from the lights, but also all the attractions on the piers. |
Illuminations |
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02/09/2017 |
Firework Championships |
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury,
Herefordshire.
Gates open at
5pm, firework displays start at
9.30pm. Firework
display teams compete with a 10 minute firework display choreographed to
music each, and 5 minute interval between each display. Ending with the
organisers giving a display that is not a part of the competition. |
Fireworks |
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02/09/2017 |
The Raveningham
Country Fair |
Ravingham, Norfolk.
11am-11pm. A traditional Threshing fayre, with working steam engines, vintage cars, model aircraft displays, dog show, Knights of
Chivalry and falconry and loads more. |
RAVFair |
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02/09/2017 |
Braemar Gathering & Highland Games |
The
Princess Royal and Duke of
Fife
Memorial Park,
Braemar, Scotland.
9.30am to 5pm.
Always held on the first Saturday in September and events and competitions
taking place include highland dancing, piping, tossing the caber, throwing
the hammer, sprinting, relay and hill races, long leap, tug of war and a
children’s sack race. |
The Gathering |
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02/09/2017 |
Ryde Illuminated
Carnival |
Ryde, Isle of Wight.
8.30pm procession leaves from Esplanade & Canoe Lake and travels a route
through Dover Street, Park Road, Star Street, High Street, Union Street and
ending at the Esplanade and Boating Lake. |
Ryde Carnival |
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02/09/2017 |
Shackerstone Family Festival |
2nd
and 3rd September 2017
Shakerstone, Leics. A family, steam and canal festival all rolled
into one event in a show field just outside the village. An event that
incorporates vintage cars, canal boats, railways, planes and much more.... |
Festival |
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02/09/2017 |
Nuts Challenge |
2nd and 3rd September
2017 Henfold Lane,
Dorking, Surrey RH5. 9am start. Groups and individuals run a
variety of Mud and Obstacle challenge courses, with 100 challenging
obstacles, throughout the day, raising money for charity. |
NUTS |
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02/09/2017 |
Doors Open Days -
Scotland |
2nd
to 24th September 2017. Across Scotland.
Doors Open Days gives you free access to hundreds of fascinating buildings every weekend in September.
During this time you can explore places that are
normally closed to the public, for free. |
Doors Open |
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02/09/2017 |
Sowerby
Bridge Rushbearing |
2nd and 3rd
September 2017 Sowerby
Bridge,
Yorkshire. Sat Procession runs from 10am at Warley, and
finishes at the
Canal Basin. Sunday
Procession starts at 11:45am St Peters Church and finishes at St
Bartholomew’s Church, Ripponden. A rushcart is pulled by local
men in panama hats, white shirts, black trousers and clogs. A team of women
take turns in sitting on top of the cart. The procession is accompanied by
five or six teams of Morris dancers. It stops on route to present
token rushes to churches, to perform a mumming play and to dance outside
the pubs and more..... |
Rush Bearing |
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03/09/2017 |
Shuttleworth Heritage Day |
Shuttleworth Aerodrome, Nr Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
Celebrating Shuttleworth from aviation,
agriculture, racing, the Swiss Garden, the House and the Collection today of
vintage and rare aircraft. Includes a vehicle parade and vintage flying. |
Heritage Day |
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03/09/2017 |
Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & NW Classic Motorcycle Show |
Cholmondeley
Castle, nr Malpas, Cheshire. 10am-5pm. A display of classic and vintage cars and bikes
available to view as well as trade stands. |
Classic Show |
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04/09/2017 |
St Giles Fair |
4th
and 5th September 2017 St
Giles, Oxford. This fair has been held on the first Monday and Tuesday after
St Giles Day (1st September) in the 19th century. |
St Giles Fair |
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07/09/2017 |
Heritage Open Days |
7th
to 10th September 2017
Throughout England.
A celebration of architecture and culture. FREE access to properties that
are usually closed to the public or normally charge for entry. See their website to
find somewhere open near you. |
Open Days |
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08/09/2017 |
International Sheepdog Trials |
8th
to 10th September 2017 Lodge
Park, Aldsworth, Northleach, Gloucestershire GL54 3PP.
First two days are qualifiers for the Sunday Supreme Championship. Also demonstrations, trade stands
and stuff for the kids. |
Sheepdog Trials |
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08/09/2017 |
Goodwood Revival |
8th
to 10th September 2017
Goodwood, West
Sussex.
Historic race meeting staged around the fifties and sixties for cars and
motorcycles that would have competed at Goodwood during 1948-1966. Plus
loads more. |
The Revival |
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08/09/2017 |
British
Carriage Driving Championships |
8th
to 10th September 2017
Cirencester, Glous.
3 days of carriage driving competitions from dressage, through marathon and
cone driving. Events start around
9am. |
BCD
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09/09/2017 |
The Great
River Race -
London |
Starts at 9am at London Docklands, first boat off at
11am. The race along the River
Thames, from London Docklands to Ham in Surrey, covering 21.6 miles.
Over 300 International
Crews in different rowing boats take part, from those that dress in fancy dress to the
serious sports men and women who are in it to win it. |
Great River Race |
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09/09/2017 |
Hop Hoodening |
Canterbury,
Kent. Celebrates the
harvesting of the Hops. Celebrations begin with a procession through the
shopping precincts to the cathedral by the Hop Queen in a Hop Bower,
followed by country dancers and Morris men. It is usually also accompanied
by 2 Hooden Horses. Expected at Cathedral by
11am. |
Hops |
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09/09/2017 |
Findon Sheep Fair and Village Festival |
Napcote Green,
Findon
Village,
West Sussex. 10.30am-7.30pm Traditional fair, craft demonstrations, craft
stalls, meet the sheep and small animals, choirs, Morris dancing, sheepdog
demonstrations and more. |
Sheep Fair |
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09/09/2017 |
Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival |
River Cam, Ditton Meadows, Fen Ditton, Cambridge. Teams of up to 10 people paddle 30 foot
boats with a drummer at the front beating at the helm. Over 50 boats are
expected to take part, other entertainment is also provided including
children's activities, funfair, Chinese lion dancing and more. |
Dragon Boats |
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09/09/2017 |
Village at War Weekend |
9th and 10th September 2017 Stoke
Bruerne, Northamptonshire. Stoke Bruerne is transported back to the 1940s
with vintage narrow boats and funfair, tea dances, WW2 re-enactors,
fly-pasts, vintage military and civilian vehicles, wartime displays and much
more. |
V At War |
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09/09/2017 |
Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival |
9th and 10th September 2017 Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk. Visiting ships, expedition vessels, steam
drifters and lifeboats moor on South Quay. Together with Maritime music, from shanty groups, folk bands, choirs and brass bands,
displays of maritime related crafts, and more. |
Maritime Festival |
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09/09/2017 |
Malpas Yesteryear Rally |
9th
and 10th September 2017 Hampton,
Malpas, Cheshire. A heritage weekend with around 30 steam engines,
commercial and military vehicles, cars, tractors, motorcycles, heavy horses,
working demonstrations, rural crafts, craft marquee and 100+ trade stands. |
YesterYear |
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10/09/2017 |
Great North Run |
Newcastle,
Tyne & Wear. |
Great Run |
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10/09/2017 |
Ace Café Motorcycle Ride |
Depart 10.30am. Up to 40,000 participate in this ride from Ace Corner, North
Circular Road, London to Madeira Drive, Brighton. Event at Brighton
9.30am-6pm. |
Ace Ride |
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10/09/2017 |
World Black Pudding Throwing Championships |
The Oaks,
Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, Lancs. 12noon onwards. The aim of the Black
Pudding Throwing Championships is to throw a black pudding that has been
‘swaddled’ or wrapped in a pair of ladies tights at a collection of
Yorkshire puddings on a plinth 20 feet up on the side of the pub wall. |
Black Puddings |
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10/09/2017 |
Frampton Country Fair |
Frampton Court Estate, Manor Farm,
Frampton on
Severn, Gloucestershire.
9am
to 5.30pm. See all types of country activities from shooting, fishing, gun
dog and working dog displays and competitions as well as pigeon plucking
competition, living working countryside demonstrations and much more. |
Country Fair
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11/09/2017 |
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance |
Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. 7:45am
Collect the Antlers from the church and the dancing starts on the village
green at 8:15am. The dance consists of 12
dancers, 6x carrying reindeer antlers, accompanied by the hobby horse, a
jester, Maid Marian, a boy carrying a bow and arrow, a musician playing an
accordion and a boy playing the triangle keeping the beat of the music for
the dancers as they walk about 10 miles to different locations. Also on the village
green will be
exhibitions, craft stalls. |
Abbotsbromley |
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12/09/2017 |
Widecombe Fair |
Widecombe, Devon. 9am 'til late. A traditional Devon country fair that
includes horse trading, produce and livestock shows and competitions
including Dartmoor Ponies, and White-faced and Grey faced Dartmoor Sheep;
dry stone walling, sheep shearing and thatching demonstrations; cross country race over open moorland from the top of Widecombe Hill to the Fair below; tug o' war; street entertainment in the village;
bale rolling, vintage machinery on display and more. |
Widecombefair |
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13/09/2017 |
Blenheim
Palace International Horse Trials |
13th
to 17th September 2017 In the
grounds of Blenheim
Palace,
Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Three day eventing competition. Gates open at 8am each
day. |
Horse Trials
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14/09/2017 |
Westmorland County
Show |
Lane
Farm, Crooklands,
Kendal,
Cumbria.
8am-5:30pm. One of Britain’s oldest livestock shows, but also Cumberland and
Westmorland Wrestling, craft marquees, 250+ trade stands, local products,
food hall and demos. |
Westmorland Show |
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15/09/2017 |
Kendal Torchlight Carnival |
15th and 16th September 2017 Kendal,
Cumbria.
Procession starts at 7.30pm. Parade features include dancers, bands, teams
of heavy and working horses with drays from the 1900's, steam engines,
floats, marching bands etc. |
Torchlight |
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15/09/2017 |
Egremont Crab Fair and World Gurning Championships |
15th and 16th September 2017. Egremont,
Cumbria.
An event combining ancient and traditional with modern attractions.
Starts early in the morning and on show will be a talent show; hound trails;
crafts; Greasy Pole; cycle racing; apple cart; horn blowing and of course Gurning. |
Gurning |
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15/09/2017 |
Southport Air Show |
15th
to 17th September 2017 Southport Seafront,
Southport,
Merseyside. Fri gates open at 6pm, Sat and Sun it's 9am each day. Includes Red Arrows, fast jets historical and
military aircraft, plus other attractions. |
Air Show |
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15/09/2017 |
Bedfordshire Steam & Country Fayre |
15th to 17th September 2017 Old
Warden Park, nr Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Attractions include, steam
ploughing, fairground organs, flying displays, working crafts, steam engines, heavy horses,
vintage vehicles and an old time fairground plus more. |
Steam Fayre |
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15/09/2017 |
Sky
Safari |
15th to 17th September
2017 Longleat Safari Park, nr Warminster, Wiltshire. Two mass ascensions
of 50 hot air balloons, one in the morning the other in the early evening
from Longleat House's Lawn, each day. During the day many of
them will do individual tethered ascents. |
Sky Safari |
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15/09/2017 |
Harrogate Autumn Flower Show |
15th to 17th September 2017 Great
Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. 9.30am to 5.30pm each day. Event includes
horticultural nurseries, plant society marquees, show gardens, floristry and
flower arranging, opportunity to see and buy horticultural sundries like
tools, summer houses, pots etc, arts and crags and lots of food. |
Flower Show |
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15/09/2017 |
Beach Watch Big Weekend |
15th to 18th September 2017
Beaches all around the UK
shores take part in recording what is going on and the data collected is
used for the Annual Beachwatch report. |
Beach Watch |
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15/09/2017 |
Southampton Boat Show |
15th to 24th September 2017
Mayflower Park/Town Quay, Southampton. 10am-7pm. With over 1,000 boats of
all sizes and around 500 exhibitors. Including try a
boat, try a dive, feature boats, and water warriors. |
Boat Show |
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16/09/2017 |
Fairground at Night |
Hollycombe, Liphook, Hampshire. 7pm-10pm. See a Traditional Steam Fairground
at night with sights, sounds and smells of an Edwardian Fairground. Also on
the 23rd and 30th September as well as 3 weekends in October. See website for details. |
Hollycombe |
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16/09/2017 |
Great Gorilla Run |
London.
10.30am-12.30pm. 1000 runners in gorilla suits race 8km around the city for
charity. Start and finishes at Mincing Lane, with the route taking them
past Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral. |
Gorilla Run |
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16/09/2017 |
Truckfest North West |
16th and 17th September 2017 Cheshire Showground, Knutsford,
Cheshire. Loads of
trucks on show and a trade exhibition for operators. Displays include
jet propelled Pro-Jet,
somersaulting trucks and monster trucks, etc. |
TruckFest |
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16/09/2017 |
The Grand Henham Steam Rally |
16th
and 17th September 2017 Henham
Park,
Suffolk. 10am-6pm. Steam traction engines, lorries, vintage and classic
cars, tractors and working steam demonstrations of threshing, sawing benches
and stone crushing, heavy horse demonstrations, marching bands, craft
marquees.... |
Steam Rally |
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16/09/2017 |
Paws in the Park |
16th
and 17th September 2017 The
Kent Showground, Detling, Kent. 9:30am-5pm. UK's largest outside dog Show for
working, trained and pet dogs. Many competitions, events and demonstrations
taking place. |
Paws in the Park |
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16/09/2017 |
Salute to the 40's |
16th and 17th September 2017 Chatham
Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. On display wartime vehicles, uniforms, music and
activities of Britain at War, as well as a 1940's style street party, food
rations and
live entertainers. |
The 40's |
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16/09/2017 |
The Royal Berkshire
Show |
16th
and 17th September 2017The
Showground alongside the M4 junction 13 near Newbury Berkshire. Open 8am to
6pm each day. As well as agricultural activities, livestock competitions,
food stalls and trade stands, a fun fair and shopping and more. |
The
Show |
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16/09/2017 |
Open House London |
16th
and 17th September 2017
Various locations throughout
London.
Hundreds of buildings of all types and periods open up their doors to all,
completely for free. See their website for details on where you can go. |
Open House |
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16/09/2017 |
Midland Game Fair |
16th
and 17th September 2017 8am to 6pm. Weston
Park,
Shropshire. Includes
shooting, working dogs, fishing village, falconry, ferret
championships, other countryside activities, food halls, music and more..... |
Game Fair
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17/09/2017 |
Festival of the Plough |
High
Burnham Farm, nr Epworth, Lincs. 10am-4pm. Horse ploughing, vintage tractor
ploughing, static engines, vintage cars, craft tent, poultry exhibition,
terrier racing, and loads more. |
Plough Fest |
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22/09/2017 |
Autumn Equinox |
The
autumn equinox is when day and night are of equal length. Druids celebrate
this at Primrose Hill, London and at Stonehenge and other ancient monuments. |
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23/09/2017 |
Cruckton & District Ploughing & Hedging |
Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire.
Site between Nescliffe and Oswestry.
The ploughing match will have up to 80 ploughmen taking park as well as
other related activities. |
Ploughing |
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23/09/2017 |
North West Vintage Rally |
23rd and 24th September 2017
Victoria Park, Widnes. 10am-5pm each day. The largest free admission
gathering of Vintage Fair Organs and Vintage machinery in the UK. Something
for everyone, including vintage fun fair, model boats, falconry and a sheep
show. |
Vintage Rally |
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23/09/2017 |
Malvern Autumn Show |
23rd and 24th September 2017 Three
Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs. Features lifestyle ideas and themes to
promote good living. From running a smallholding to cooking, gardening and
demonstrations in the activity arena. Also incorporates one of the RHS
flower shows. |
Malvern |
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23/09/2017 |
Wiltshire Game & Country Fair |
23rd and 24th September 2017 Bowood
House, nr Calne, Wiltshire. Clay Shooting, a Fishing Village, Falconry
Village, Dog Show, Equestrian events, Horseboarding, Chainsaw Carving, a craft village and more. |
Wilts
Show |
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23/09/2017 |
Seed Gathering Season |
23rd September to 23rd October 2017 An
autumn festival organised by the Tree Council to inspire everyone to gather
seeds, fruits and nuts but also to plant new trees of the future. |
Tree Council |
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24/09/2017 |
World Stone Skimming Championships |
Easdale
Island,
nr Oban, Scotland. Starts 12noon. Held every year for any age, each
competitor gets 3 skims using special stones, for a skim to qualify the
stone must bounced at least 3 times and it is then judged on the distance it
travels. |
Stoneskimming |
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24/09/2017 |
Three Peaks Cyclo Cross Race |
A 38
mile cross country bike race across the Yorkshire Dales National Park, that climbs the Yorkshire Three Peaks around
the Ribble Valley. Starts on roads then the remaining 20 miles is off road.
First peak to climb is Ingleborough, then Whernside the largest at 2000ft
and 3rd peak is Pen-y-ghent. When they are not able to ride bike, they have
to run and carry. Riders are given 3 tags at the start which are handed to
officials at the top of each peak so that they can make sure no one gets
lost. |
3 Peaks |
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28/09/2017 |
The Enchanted
Forest
Force of Nature |
28th September
to 29th October 2017 An
outdoor sound and light show in Faskally Wood, Pitlochry, Perthshire,
Scotland. A night/light
spectacular which attracts around 20,000 visitors each year. Various
sessions available between 6pm and 10pm. Starts at centre of Pitlochry
where you are taken to the forest. |
Enchanted Forest |
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29/09/2017 |
British Musical
Fireworks Championships |
29th September to 1st
October 2017.
Victoria Park, Rotten Row, Southport. 6pm-10pm. Come watch the teams
orchestrate their fireworks, both on the ground and in the air, to dance to
the beat of the music in sync in some unique displays. |
Fireworks |
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30/09/2017 |
Southwell Ploughing Match and Show |
Kirklington, Nottinghamshire.
8.30am-6pm. General ploughing, vintage ploughing and horse ploughing
competitions, but also show jumping, side saddle displays, shire horses,
private driving, hedge laying, steam engines, threshing demonstration, rural
crafts, framers market..... |
Ploughing Match |
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30/09/2017 |
South of England Autumn Show & Game Fair |
30th September
and 1st October 2017 The
South of England
Centre, Ardingly, West Sussex. 9am-5pm daily. As well as the animals there
are also demonstrations, entertainment and a wide range of activities. |
SEAS Autumn
Show |
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