Festivals, Carnivals and Events

Hundreds of invited visitors watched in delight as The Enchanted Forest launched its much-anticipated 2018 show Of The Wild in Faskally Wood, near Pitlochry, tonight (Wednesday, October 3).

Showcasing the wild and wonderful autumnal beauty of Highland Perthshire, the sound and light spectacular has released a record 80,000 tickets for its extended five-week run from October 4 until November 4, 2018.

Ian Sim, chairman of The Enchanted Forest Community Trust, which operates the event, said:

The Sefton Park Palm House is to transform into a magical winter wonderland this December, with no less than 25 festive events set to take place inside the historic Grade II* listed historic glass house.

Step through a magic doorway and discover The Secret Winter Garden all aglow at Croxteth Hall. A brand-new winter lights event, brought to you by the Lantern Company

A new festival -The Greatest Festival - inspired by the the award-winning movie – The Greatest Showman, will be heading to Winchester this October and Bristol and Liverpool this November.

Subvert Boardstore at BEYOND, is pleased to be hosting one of the Greater Manchester’s most highly anticipated (and unusual) fundraising events. Now in its 11th year, SubJam will hit the Chill Factore slope, for a spectacular snowboarding event that will see a series of seriously fun activities arrive at Manchester’s home of adventure, with all donations going directly to The Christie. 

There’s an exciting array of inspiring vegan festivals happening across the UK this autumn, including Christmas Festivals, organised by Vegan Events UK. And with an estimated 3.5 million people, and rising, in the UK identifying themselves as vegan [1], there’s never been a better time to find out more about this growing lifestyle choice.

Londoners and visitors to the capital city can enjoy their own taste of Oktoberfest this autumn thanks to City Cruises’ exciting new collaboration with craft beer experts Fourpure Brewing co.

For one-night only, 4th October 2018, the unique beer-themed Thames river cruise will offer a sociable evening of craft beer tasting, live music and a different view of London’s famous sights, from The London Eye to Big Ben and Tower Bridge. 

Every year, an estimated 14million people flock to Britain to attend its world-famous music festivals. While there might be a dormant party animal in all of us, there comes a time when getting your toes stepped on at Creamfields and splashing around in the mud at Glastonbury does not quite make as much sense as it used to. Perhaps for 2019 you are craving a little bit of extra comfort, flexibility and independence or just a smart way to spend more quality time with your family. Say no more! Yescapa has got you covered.

Every year Galloway Country Fair delivers exceptional food and drink, and this year the Fair will continue to excite visitors’ taste buds.

With 30 food and drink exhibitors and more than ten caterers, the hardest choice for visitors will be choosing which to have. From selections of fine cheeses to meat pies, burgers and donuts, this year’s food options will showcase the best of what the region has to offer.

For the adults attending, there will be numerous drink exhibitors featuring gins, ciders, beer, whiskey and more.

After the sell-out success of Dunfermline's inaugural Outwith festival in 2017, this year's programme has grown to over 120 performances in 23 town-centre venues across five days, 5-9 September.