The Shrewsbury Folk Festival returns this August Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 28th to Monday 31st August 2026 at the usual riverside venue of the West Midlands Showground in Shrewsbury. Describing itself as “where world-class music meets laid-back riverside vibes” the Shrewsbury
The Shropshire Way 80k Festival has become a mainstay of the calendar of events at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms, and the date of the 2026 Shropshire Way 80 event has been announced – Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th
The Shrewsbury Folk Festival returns this August Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 22nd To Monday 25th August 2025 at the usual riverside venue of the West Midlands Showground in Shrewsbury. This much-loved regular fixture on the annual folk music calendar brings together
In what has become a mainstay of the events calendar at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, hundreds of runners and walkers will come to the Shropshire Hills over the first weekend in April to take part in the Shropshire Way 80K Festival.
There are several places where snowdrops can be enjoyed in Shropshire. I have selected just a few for you to enjoy. Stanton Lacy Churchyard, near Ludlow, has a beautiful show of Snowdrops around the gravestones. It is a veritable carpet of snowdrops.
The Valentine’s Ale Massacre is on the 9th to the 11th February 2024. Held every year on the weekend nearest to Valentine’s Day at the Ludlow Brewery, this year will be its 12th anniversary. The doors open at 11am until 5pm, there
The DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival celebrates and educates everything to do with Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in the month of February, hence using this month. The DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival starts on February 1st until the 29th February 2024. There
Wonderwool happens on 27th and 28th April 2024 at Royal Welsh Showground Builth Wells. Doors open on Saturday at 10am until 5.30pm and on Sunday from 10a.m. until 4.30pm. Tickets are £12 and a weekend ticket is £22. Last year all tickets
Where to start? The Shrewsbury Arts Trail 2023 is on throughout July and August. The theme this year is movement. There are lots of venues and lots of different art to explore. Lyndon and I took a trip to the Shrewsbury Museum
The Hay Meadow Festival is back at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre on the 15th July 2023. The fun starts at 11am and goes on until 7pm. This last took place two years ago and was very popular. There are chances to
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