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See What's on close to Bodmin, Cornwall

MAY

Our Sporting Life - Sail for Gold exhibition at the Maritime Museum
Falmouth
National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Carrick
Discover how Great Britain cemented its place as the world’s most successful Olympic and Paralympic sailing nation.
2 May 2012 to 24 Jun 2012

JP Morgan Asset Management Finn Festival 2012
Discovery Quay, Falmouth
The two-week regatta includes the Finn British Open Championships and the Finn Gold Cup, with great shore-side entertainment.
4 May 2012 to 18 May 2012

St Agnes Bolster Festival
Churchtown, St Agnes
A celebration of Cornish music and art featuring life size puppets, a drum band and a 28ft giant effigy re-enacting the famous Cornish legend of the giant called Bolster.
5 May 2012 to 7 May 2012

Saltash Lions May Fair
Saltash
Saltash May Fair is the annual event for the people of Saltash, which aims at celebrating the community, businesses and organisations of the town
5 May 2012 to 6 May 2012

St Ives Literature Festival
St Ives
9 days of literature in St Ives: book launches, poetry readings, workshops and open air events. This year it includes Robin Williamson, readings by Andy Brown and Luke Kennard and a workshop with the childrens' author Liz Kessler.
5 May 2012 to 12 May 2012

St Ives May Day
St Ives
Celebrating the end of winter and the coming of spring is a tradition that stretches back hundreds of years in West Cornwall and St Ives rekindled its connection to the past when it revived its May Day festival a few years ago.
7 May 2012 to 7 May 2012

Helston Flora Day
Helston
Helston is decorated in greenery, flowers and flags as the five Furry dances for which Flora Day is famous wind in and out the houses led by the town band. The Morning Dance sets out at 7am and the final Evening Dance starts at 5pm.
8 May 2012 to 8 May 2012

The du Maurier Festival 2012
Fowey
10 days of entertainment with Star Names, Talks, Walks, Theatre and Concerts celebrating the town’s most famous literary resident, author Daphne Du Maurier. The Festival attracts the great & the good from the world of literature and entertainment.
9 May 2012 to 20 May 2012

Lostfest
Lostwithiel
Lostfest has now firmly established itself in Lostwithiel’s calendar with arts and craft stalls in venues all over the town along with live music and dance both indoors and out.
12 May 2012 to 13 May 2012

The Dog Festival - Port Eliot
St Germans, Saltash
Port Eliot House, Caradon
Roo and Lark, Port Eliot's resident whippets, host a day for all dogs and their servants, erm, sorry owners.
12 May 2012 to 13 May 2012

Olympus the Musical - A race against time
Porthcurno
Minack Theatre, Penwith
A musical celebrating the London Olympics, performed at the stunning location of the Minack Theatre in West Cornwall.
17 May 2012 to 19 May 2012

Olympic Torch Relay
Land's End
The Olympic Torch Relay will start its tour of the UK at Land's End on 19th May 2011. The Flame will then visit locations across Cornwall before reaching Plymouth in the evening. Cornwall will be celebrating this historic occasion.
19 May 2012

St Ives Food & Drink Festival
St Ives
A celebration of Cornish food & drink. Taste, try, meet, buy - enjoy the finest flavours and tastes that Cornwall has to offer, see some of the best chefs in the county giving cooking demonstrations.
21 May 2012 to 28 May 2012

Pilot Cutter World Championships 2012
St Mawes
A spectacular gathering of Pilot Cutters. Evocative scenes from the past and duelling bowsprits - a photographers delight.
24 May 2012 to 27 May 2012

St Germans May Tree Fair
St Germans, Saltash
Port Eliot House, Caradon
The St Germans May Tree Fair is being revived, combining the traditions of the past with huge community involvement, innovation, and fun.
26 May 2012 to 27 May 2012

JUNE

Fal River Festival
Falmouth, Truro, Roseland
Celebrating life on the river Fal, this 10-day festival encompasses over 150 events which range from music and drama, the arts and heritage to rowing races, triathlons and wildlife walks.
1 Jun 2012 to 10 Jun 2012

Charles Causley Festival
Launceston
Celebrating the life of the Launceston poet, the Charles Causley Festival has a varied programme including visiting authors, guided walks, a traditional market, exhibitions, music, talks, poetry readings and book signings.
1 Jun 2012 to 4 Jun 2012

Bude & Stratton Folk Festival
Various Venues, BUDE
A small, friendly and very welcoming folk festival in the picturesque seaside town of Bude and nearby Stratton in North Cornwall.
1 Jun 2012 to 5 Jun 2012

Run to the Sun Festival
Porth, Newquay
Run to the Sun has grown into one of the largest custom car, VW and dance festivals in Europe.
1 Jun 2012 to 4 Jun 2012

St Agnes Victorian Street Fair
St Agnes
Good old fashioned event with lots to offer to all age groups, including colourful stalls run each run by a charity with stallholders dressed in authentic Victorian costume.
4 Jun 2012 to 4 Jun 2012

St Agnes Victorian Street Fair
Royal Cornwall Show
Wadebridge
A top agricultural show, the Royal Cornwall Show is the county’s biggest annual event and is full of exhibits and activities which offer so much in the way of entertainment, competition, information, shopping and all that’s best in food and farming.
7 Jun 2012 to 9 Jun 2012

St Ives Beer Festival
St Ives
The annual Cornwall CAMRA St Ives Beer Festival takes place in the town’s Guildhall where you’ll find dozens of real ales, ciders and perry’s to choose from with live music on Friday evening and throughout the day on Saturday.
8 Jun 2012 to 9 Jun 2012

Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
Falmouth
Shanty Singing will take place at venues across Falmouth including Custom House Quay and Events Square with live performances by dozens of groups from all over Cornwall, the UK, Holland and France.
15 Jun 2012 to 17 Jun 2012

Polperro Festival
Polperro
An annual event with celebrations and activities throughout the week including music, art, drama, Morris dancing and more!
16 Jun 2012 to 23 Jun 2012

West of England Bandsmen's Festival
Bugle, St Austell
For one day, silver bands, brass bands and youth bands descend on the aptly named village of Bugle right in the middle of Cornwall’s clay mining area to compete for the festival’s prestigious awards.
16 Jun 2012 to 16 Jun 2012

Golowan Festival
Penzance
The Golowan Festival has become the most colourful community festival in the South West, blending Cornish tradition with contemporary imagery and ritual.
16 Jun 2012 to 24 Jun 2012

Murdoch Day
Redruth
Redruth's annual celebration of its most famous citizen, inventor William Murdoch. The programme of events includes children's dance and art procession, all day music and entertainment, street market, old tyme fair and much more.
16 Jun 2012 to 16 Jun 2012

Saltash Regatta and Waterside Festival
Saltash
Saltash Regatta is not just about water sports, there is enough ashore to keep everyone in the family happy. There are myriad bands of all types, street entertainers and children’s rides and entertainment.
16 Jun 2012 to 17 Jun 2012

Round Britain 2012
Falmouth
The biggest multi-faceted event to have been staged in Britain – 50 powerboats, 50 cars and 50 aircraft will visit Falmouth, providing a thrilling spectacle.
21 Jun 2012 to 22 Jun 2012

Rock Oyster Festival
St Minver, Wadebridge
Located at the stunning venue of Dinham House, near Wadebridge, Rock Oyster Festival is one of the leading artisan food festivals in Cornwall.
22 Jun 2012 to 24 Jun 2012

St Merryn Steam & Vintage Rally
St Merryn, Padstow
St Merryn Steam and Vintage rally is held anually in St Merryn. The first rally was held in 1980 to raise money for the local church, now continues raising money for local charities.
23 Jun 2012 to 24 Jun 2012

Cornwall Armed Forces Day
Bodmin
Armed Forces Day gives everyone the chance to honour the brave men and women who not only served our country in the past, but continue to do so today. Learn more about what they do – both on operations and in times of peace.
23 Jun 2012 to 23 Jun 2012

Mevagissey Feast Week
Mevagissey
A blend of traditional and contemporary events which brings the whole community together and welcomes hundreds of visitors to share in its unique celebrations.
24 Jun 2012 to 30 Jun 2012

J-Class Regatta
Falmouth
First J-Class Regatta in the UK since the rebirth of the class, hosted by Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. For the first time in history, at least six of these magnificent 1930s classic yachts will compete in Falmouth.
26 Jun 2012 to 30 Jun 2012

JULY