Festivals

Face the music with 40% accommodation discount

Two of Northumberland's finest hotels, Eshott Hall and Doxford Hall, are offering music lovers the chance to face the music and enjoy 40% off their accommodation rates.

Out of season - Tenby? or not Tenby?

The traditional holiday season may be drawing to a close, but that’s no reason to discount Tenby for your next break. On the contrary, many prefer to visit this picturesque Pembrokeshire seaside resort when the crowds have retreated and the cobbled streets are quieter.

Endsleigh launches student festival survival guide website

Students going to V festival this weekend will take over £800 worth of valuables with them, according to a new survey by student insurance provider Endsleigh.

Save half off fall travel to the Emerald City

Seattle - The Emerald City heralds the arrival of fall with Bumbershoot, North America’s largest urban arts festival. Held every Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center, Bumbershoot treats its 100,000 attendees to performances ranging from music, film and comedy to dance, theater and the visual arts.

What's cooking in Copenhagen?

For the seventh year running, Denmark’s largest food festival, Copenhagen Cooking, returns with a more spectacular programme than ever offering great late-summer culinary experiences.

Festival picks from around the world

As the Fringe grips the world’s imagination in Edinburgh, Flight Centre, the UK’s leading discount airfare experts; pick the best of festival fever across the globe.

August: Horse and barrel racing in Tuscany

Two very different racing festivals take place in Tuscany this August. One features horses, the other barrels!

Flower power hits the Channel Islands

Next week sees Jersey in full bloom, with the Battle of Flowers Carnival, 11 - 12 August 2011. Visitors can enjoy the spectacle of flower festooned floats, musicians, dancers and entertainers.

Rock ‘n’ Roll with the London Sightseeing Pass

Tourists heading to London for one of the many music festivals this summer will be pleased to hear that they can get their music fix for less with the London Sightseeing Pass.

Inaugural Torridon Walking Festival

The first Torridon Walking Festival – the area thought to be the inspiration for Middle Earth in Tolkein’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ - promises exceptional choices for scaling iconic summits and exploring local forest footpaths.

Flow Festival gets ready to rock Finland

Finland is about to have a change of pace. Flow Festival, a well respected music and arts festival, is getting ready to take over Helsinki from the 12th to 14th of August 2011.

English Heritage’s Festival of History returns

English Heritage’s Festival of History returns to Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire on Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 July for Europe’s biggest live action historical extravaganza. A blockbuster weekend of clashing swords, thundering hooves, epic battles, aerial displays and have-a-go fun for all the family.