Editing Brigg (section)

===Horse Fair===
The town hosts a yearly [[horse fair]] on the first Saturday of August. Large numbers of [[Romani people|Romani]] and [[Irish Travellers]] come from across England to attend the event. The fair is partly an opportunity to buy and sell horses, but also presents a significant opportunity for community socializing. For several decades local volunteers organized the official fair and promoted it as a [[tourism|tourist]] event, but in recent years it has been left unorganized and unofficial.

The fair has been claimed to be the second largest horse fair in England, after [[Appleby Horse Fair]]. It is also the surviving continuation of the medieval fair which was in existence at least as early as 1205, meaning it is now over 800 years old. The difference in date&mdash;from 25 July to early August&mdash;is a result of the eleven days 'skipped' upon the [[Gregorian calendar#Adoption by country|adoption of the Gregorian calendar]] in 1752. The fair is also the subject of a well&ndash;known folk song [[Brigg Fair]], ''see below''.