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Scarborough Literary Festival
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 2:09 pm | No Comment
Scarborough Literary Festival

[ April 15, 2010 to April 18, 2010. April 15, 2010 to April 18, 2010. ] www.scarboroughliteraturefestival.co.uk
tickets from the Scarborough Toiurist Information Centre, Brunswick Centre, Scarborough,

Harrogate Flower Show
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 2:05 pm | No Comment
Harrogate Flower Show

[ April 22, 2010 to April 25, 2010. ] www.flowershow.org.ukGreat Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.
22-24th April: £14 (in advance £12 + 70p transaction charge)
25th April £12 (in advance £10 + 70p transaction charge)

Bacup Nutters Dance
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 1:34 pm | No Comment
Bacup Nutters Dance

[ April 3, 2010; 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. ] www.cocnutters.co.uk
Bacup, Lancashire
At least for the past 150 years, each Easter saturday, the costumed dancers go from one end of the town to the other accompanied by the Stacksteads Silver Band

Lancashire Food Festival 2010
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 1:27 pm | No Comment
Lancashire Food Festival 2010

[ April 10, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 3:30 pm. April 10, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 3:30 pm. ] www.lancashirefoodfestival.co.uk
Town Hall, Accrington, Lancashire
£1 Adults, children free

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Ledbury Spring Festival
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 1:15 pm | No Comment
Ledbury Spring Festival

[ April 18, 2010 to April 26, 2010. ] www.visitledbury.co.uk/fest23.htmlLedbury, Herefordshire
9 days of events wrapped around St George’s Day

Exeter Festival of Food and Drink
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 12:51 pm | No Comment
Exeter Festival of Food and Drink

[ April 9, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 6:00 pm. April 9, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 6:00 pm. ] http://www.exeterfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk/
Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens

Tom Fools Day
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 12:42 pm | No Comment
Tom Fools Day

[ April 1, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] www.muncaster.co.uk/node/287Muncaster Castle, Muncaster, Cumbria.
Events through the afternoon in celebration of what the rest of us know as April Fool’s Day. Amost a children’s version of the 5 day Festival of Fools that takes place at the end of May/beginning of June

Porthleven Food & Music Festival
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 12:37 pm | No Comment
Porthleven Food & Music Festival

[ April 30, 2010; ] http://www.porthlevenfoodfestival.co.uk/most events take place on the Saturday including the Young People’s Festival

Chiltern Easter Festival of Food
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 12:26 pm | No Comment
Chiltern Easter Festival of Food

[ April 2, 2010 10:00 am to April 5, 2010 5:00 pm. April 2, 2010 10:00 am to April 5, 2010 5:00 pm. ] http://www.hdfairs.co.uk/food_easter_festival.html
Adults £4.80 (in advance save £1)
Seniors £4.30 (in advance save £1)
Children £1 (in advance save 50p)
Memorial Hall Park, Great Missenden, Bucks.

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Tutti Day, Hocktide
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 12:15 pm | No Comment
Tutti Day, Hocktide

[ April 13, 2010; ] Hungerford, Berkshire
Probably the only celebration still extant of Tutti Day a centuries old tradition that goes back, some say to the time of King Alfred. It is celbrated on Hocktide, the second Tuesday after Easter. Two Tutti men visit houses in the town and give oranges to the females and, in return, they get a [...]

Dutch Festival
By: The Editor | March 30, 2010 – 12:05 pm | No Comment
Dutch Festival

[ April 17, 2010; 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] http://www.holland.com/uk/holland-house-london/#
Trafalgar Square, London
marking the Queen Mother’s birthday as Dutch expats try and turn London orange for the day. Dutch food will be available on the stalls as well.

Home Counties Garden Show
By: The Editor | March 27, 2010 – 11:55 am | No Comment
Home Counties Garden Show

[ April 3, 2010 to April 5, 2010. ] http://www.gardenshow.info/details.php?showNumber=0
Herts County showground, Redbourne, nr St Albans
Adults £5
Seniors £4
Children free
Parking free

Chester Food, Drink & Lifestyle Festival
By: The Editor | March 27, 2010 – 11:35 am | No Comment
Chester Food, Drink & Lifestyle Festival

[ April 3, 2010 10:00 am to April 5, 2010 5:00 pm. April 3, 2010 10:00 am to April 5, 2010 5:00 pm. April 3, 2010 10:00 am to April 5, 2010 4:00 pm. ] www.chesterfoodanddrink.com
celebrity chef demonstartions; 120 stalls; children’s rides
Chester Racecourse
Adults £6
Seniors £4
Children under 12 free

Eastbourne Festival
By: The Editor | March 23, 2010 – 6:48 pm | No Comment
Eastbourne Festival

[ April 3, 2010 to April 25, 2010. ] over 50 different events take place over the 3 weeks at almost as many locations

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Cornwall Spring Flower Show
By: The Editor | March 14, 2010 – 9:58 am | No Comment
Cornwall Spring Flower Show

[ April 10, 2010 to April 11, 2010. April 10, 2010 to April 11, 2010. ] www.cornwallflowershow.co.uk
Boconnoc, Lostwithiel, Cornwall
£6 in advance; £7 on the day

East of England Garden Show
By: The Editor | March 13, 2010 – 1:33 pm | 2 Comments
East of England Garden Show

[ April 9, 2010 9:30 am to April 11, 2010 5:00 pm. ]
http://www.aztecevents.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=eegs
East of England Showground, Peterborough
adults in advance £5; on the day £6.50
seniors in advance £4; on the day £5.50
children in advance free; on the day £1

Suffolk Spring Garden Show
By: The Editor | March 13, 2010 – 1:32 pm | No Comment
Suffolk Spring Garden Show

[ April 2, 2010 9:30 am to April 5, 2010 5:00 pm. ] http://www.aztecevents.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=sspgs10
Suffolk Showground, (Trinity Park) Ipswich, Suffolk
In advance £4 and children free
On the day £5.50 and children £1

Newark & Notts Garden Show
By: The Editor | March 13, 2010 – 12:45 pm | No Comment
Newark & Notts Garden Show

[ April 16, 2010; 9:30 am; 9:30 am; ] http://www.aztecevents.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=NNGS
Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire
Adults in advance £4; on the day £5.50
Children in advance free; on the day £1

The Peak District Walking Festival
By: The Editor | March 13, 2010 – 12:22 pm | No Comment
The Peak District Walking Festival

[ April 24, 2010 to May 9, 2010. ] http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/activities/peak-district-walking-festival.aspx170 walks throughout the Peak District during this, one of the largest festivals throughout the country

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RHS Show, Cardiff
By: Adrian | March 13, 2010 – 10:43 am | No Comment
RHS Show, Cardiff

[ April 16, 2010 10:00 am to April 17, 2010 5:30 pm. April 16, 2010 10:00 am to April 17, 2010 5:30 pm. April 18, 2010; 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. ] http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Show-Cardiff/2010

Bute Park Cardiff Castle

In advance, £8; on the day £10; members £7; children under 16 free

Waterford Festival of Food
By: The Editor | March 8, 2010 – 11:46 am | No Comment
Waterford Festival of Food

[ April 16, 2010 to April 18, 2010. ] Waterford, April 16-18th, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford,
www.waterfordfoodfestival.com