
JUNE 2013
The Eden Sessions, nr St Austell
The Eden Project transforms into a huge concert and performing arts venue during June and July with a line-up including:
Eddie Izzard, 3rd June
Kaiser Chiefs, 29th June
Sigur Ros, 30th June
The XX, 2nd July
Jessie J, 13th & 14th July
These events book up fast - visit the Eden Project website to find out more and to book.
Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge
First held in 1793, Cornwall’s traditional county show remains a major event in the Cornish calendar attracting over 100,000 people across three days.
6th - 8th
Polperro Music and Arts Festival, Polperro
This week long free festival takes places on the narrow streets on Polperro on Cornwall’s south coast and features live music, arts and crafts, a solstice bonfire and a mock mayor choosing ceremony!
15th - 23rd
Rock Oyster Festival, nr Wadebridge
Described as a midsummer celebration of food, music and art, this artisan food festival is hosted by the 17thC Dinham House, which overlooks the Camel Estuary.
21st - 23rd
JULY 2013
Padstow Vintage Rally & Country Fair, Treator
A classic country fair with a great variety of vintage and steam vehicles as well as a beer tent, live entertainment and food and drink stalls.
5th - 7th
St Austell Feast Week
A revival of the traditional week of feasten activities surrounding the celebration of the Feast of Saint Austol, the last of which took place in 1946. Expect cookery demonstrations, a family history day and a world record attempt at the longest Furry Dance.
5th - 13th
Bodmin Riding and Heritage Day
This mediaeval celebration was revived in 1986 and includes the age-old Riding Service from St Marys Church to St Petrocs Church for the blessing of St Petroc’s relics, and the hunting and trialling of the beast of Bodmin.
6th - 7th
St Endellion Summer Music Festival, Port Isaac
Now over 50 years old, this festival takes places in the beautiful church of St Endelienta, which becomes a concert venue for some of the most prestigious soloist and musicians in the UK.
30th July - 9th August
AUGUST 2013
Charlestown Regatta Week, Charlestown, St Austell
With Charlestown’s Georgian harbour as the backdrop, the regatta comprises a week of activities from raft races to donkey derbys to carnivals.
3rd - 9th
Mount Edgcumbe American & Classic Car Show & Fayre, Torpoint
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park plays host to 500 American and classic cars as well as stalls, amusements, refreshments and more.
4th
St Ewe Country Fair, nr St Austell
With all things country fair from sheepdog demonstrations to craft and horticultural sales to birds of prey.
18th
Cornwall Folk Festival, Wadebridge
Mixing local talent with acts from further afield to produce a varied programme of events to suit all tastes, the Cornwall Folk Festival fills various venues across the town with music.
23rd - 26th
For more events listings, visit www.VisitCornwall.com