Editing List of festivals in the United Kingdom

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==England==

=== A ===
*[[Albion Fairs]]
*[[Aldeburgh Festival]], Suffolk
*[[All Points East]]
*[[Appleby Jazz Festival]]
*[[Arundel Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arundelfestival.co.uk/|title=Arundel Festival 2016|publisher=}}</ref>

=== B ===
* Bolton food festival 
*[[Www.barnesfilmfestival.com|Barnes Film Festival]]
*[[Bath Fringe Festival]]
*[[Bath International Music Festival]]
*[[Bath Literature Festival]]
*[[Beached Festival]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]
*[[Bedford Fringe Festival]] - 2023 will be 16th year
*[[Bedford River Festival]]
*[[Big Chill Festival]] in [[Eastnor, Herefordshire|Eastnor]]
*[[Birmingham]]: [[ArtsFest]], [[Birmingham Book Festival|Book Festival]], [[Birmingham International Carnival|International Carnival]], [[Birmingham International Dance Festival]] (BIDF), [[Birmingham Mela]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bentley |first1=David |title=Sandwell and Birmingham Mela confirms new 2021 dates in comeback after pandemic |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/sandwell-birmingham-mela-2021-dates-20524709 |work=[[Birmingham Mail]] |date=4 May 2021}}</ref>  [[Moseley Folk and Arts Festival]], [[Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival]]
*[[Blackpool]]: [[Blackpool Illuminations|Illuminations]], [[Blackpool Illuminations#Blackpool Festival of Lights|Festival of Light]], [[Rebellion Festival]]
*[[Blissfields]], near [[Winchester]]
*[[Bloodstock Open Air]]
*[[Boishakhi Mela]] festival
*[[Boundary Festival]]
*[[Bradford Literature Festival]]
*[[Bradford Mela]] Festival
*[[Bridgnorth Folk Festival]], Shropshire
*[[Bridgwater]]: [[West Country Carnival|Guy Fawkes Carnival]]
*[[Brighton Festival]]
*[[Brighton Festival Fringe]]
*[[Bristol]]: [[Ashton Court festival|Ashton Court]], [[Bristol International Balloon Fiesta]], [[Bristol Harbour|Harbour Festival]]
*[[Bromyard Folk Festival]]
*[[Bulldog Bash]] [[Motorcycle Festival]]
*[[BunkFest]]
*Burtfest, Burton Upon Trent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burtfest.com|title=是非自分に合う車の「個性」を探してほしい|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Bury Festival]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk
*[[Buxton Festival]], [[Buxton]], Derbyshire

=== C ===
*[[Cambridge Folk Festival]]
*[[CarFest]]
*[[Cary Comes Home Festival]]
*[[Castlemorton Common Festival]]
*[[Cheltenham]]: [[Cheltenham Festivals]]:
** [[Cheltenham Cricket Festival]]
** [[Cheltenham Jazz Festival]]
** [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]]
** [[Cheltenham Music Festival]]
** [[Cheltenham Science Festival]]
*[[Chicken Stock Festival]], small arts festival near [[Malvern, Worcestershire]]
*[[Clitheroe Food Festival]], Lancashire's premier food and drink festival, [[Clitheroe, Lancashire]]
*[[Coventry]]: [[Godiva Festival|Godiva]], Jazz, [[Town & Country (festival)|Town & Country]], Kite,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcronin.clara.net/jimsplace/covfest/frameset1.htm |title=Coventry Kite Festival |accessdate=2004-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040811162730/http://www.jcronin.clara.net/jimsplace/covfest/frameset1.htm |archivedate=11 August 2004 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Royal Show]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalshow.org.uk|title=Royal Agricultural Society of England|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Creamfields]] dance music festival
*[[Cropredy Festival]]
*[[Cypriot Film Festival UK]]

=== D ===
*[[Deepdale Festival]], [[Deepdale Backpackers & Camping]], [[Burnham Deepdale]], [[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/festival/|title=Deepdale Festival &#124; Music Festival &#124; 21st to 24th September 2023|website=Deepdale Camping & Rooms &#124; Deepdale Farm, Burnham Deepdale, North Norfolk Coast, England}}</ref>
*[[Deepdale Hygge]], [[Deepdale Backpackers & Camping]], [[Burnham Deepdale]], [[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deepdalecamping.co.uk/hygge/|title=Deepdale Hygge &#124; 24th to 26th March 2023|website=Deepdale Camping & Rooms &#124; Deepdale Farm, Burnham Deepdale, North Norfolk Coast, England}}</ref>
*[[Castle Donington|Donington]] [[Monsters of Rock]]
*[[Dover Carnival]], [[Dover, Kent, England|Dover]], England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dovercarnival.co.uk|title=Dover Carnival Association Limited|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Download Festival]], annual [[rock festival]] held at [[Donington Park motorsport circuit]] since 2003
*[[Durham Miners' Gala]]

=== E ===
*[[East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival]]
*Endless Festival
*[[Esedhvos Kernow]], Cornwall<ref>{{cite web |title=Esedhvos Festival |url=https://gorsedhkernow.org.uk/esedhvos.html |website=Gorsedh Kernow |accessdate=26 October 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193320/https://gorsedhkernow.org.uk/esedhvos.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== F ===
*[[Frome Festival]], Somerset
*[[FuseLeeds]]
*[[FladFest]], [[Fladbury]]<ref>https://www.fladfest.uk/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

=== G ===
*[[Glastonbury Festival]]
*[[Glowflare Short Film Festival]]
*[[Glyndebourne Opera Festival]]
*[[Godiva Festival]]
*[[Golowan Festival]]
*[[Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival]], [[Colne]], Lancashire
*[[Greenbelt festival]]
*[[Green Man Festival]]
*[[Greenwich+Docklands International Festival]]
*[[Guilfest]]

=== H ===
*[[Holi]]-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi
*[[H2OFest]]<ref>http://www.h2ofest.net {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213045840/http://www.h2ofest.net/ |date=13 December 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Harrogate]]: [[Harrogate International Festivals]], [[Great Yorkshire Show]]
*[[Hemsby Festival]]
*[[Henley Festival of Music and the Arts]]
*[[HowTheLightGetsIn Festival]]
*[[Huddersfield]]: [[Caribbean Carnival]], [[Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival]], [[Asian Mela]]

=== I ===
*[[Ilkley Literature Festival]]
*[[International Festivals of the Sea|International Festival of the Sea]]
*[[International Guitar Festival of Great Britain]], [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]]
*[[St Albans International Organ Festival|International Organ Festival at St Albans]]
*[[Isle of Wight Festival]] [[Isle of Wight Festival 1968|1968]], [[Isle of Wight Festival 1969|1969]] and [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|1970]]

=== J ===

=== K ===
*[[Keighley]]: [[Keighley Festival]]
*[[Kendal Mountain Film Festival]]
*[[Keswick Mountain Festival]]
*[[Concerts at Knebworth House|Knebworth]] concerts (occasional)

=== L ===
*[[Land of Kings]], [[London Borough of Hackney]]
*[[The Lakes International Comic Art Festival]], Kendal, Cumbria
*[[Latitude Festival]], Suffolk
*[[Ledbury Poetry Festival]], Herefordshire
*[[LeeFest]], [[Bromley]]
*[[Leeds International Film Festival]]
*[[Leicester]]: [[Leicester Comedy Festival]], [[Leicester Caribbean Carnival]]
*[[Letchworth Garden City]]: [[Rap-Aid Music Festival]]
*[[Lichfield Festival]]
*[[Liverpool]]: [[Liverpool Garden Festival]] (1984)
*London: Carnival de Cuba; Carnaval Del Pueblo, Europe's biggest Latin American festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carnavaldelpueblo.co.uk/|title=carnavaldelpueblo.co.uk|publisher=}}</ref> [[City of London Festival]]; [[Covent Garden Festival]]; [[Kensington Dollshouse Festival]]; [[Festival of Britain]] (1951); [[Greenwich+Docklands International Festival]]; [[Greenwich Film Festival]]; [[London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival|Lesbian and Gay Film Festival]]; [[Notting Hill Carnival]]; Oktoberfest, the German cultural festival held in Richmond-upon-Thames;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stein-s.com/octo.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206203855/http://www.stein-s.com/octo.html|url-status=dead|title=Oktoberfest|archivedate=6 December 2006}}</ref> Portobello Film Festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com|title=PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL LONDON|publisher=}}</ref> [[Spitalfields Festival]]
*[[London History Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.literaryfestivals.co.uk/londonhistory.html |title=The London History Festival. Dates. Details |publisher=Literaryfestivals.co.uk |date=2012-11-28 |accessdate=2014-05-09 |archive-date=30 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130155125/http://www.literaryfestivals.co.uk/londonhistory.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rbkclibraries.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/the-london-history-festival-2013-fringe-events/ |title=The London History Festival 2013 – fringe events &#124; RBKC Libraries blog |publisher=Rbkclibraries.wordpress.com |date= 20 September 2013|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>
*[[Lost Village Festival]]
*[[Love Supreme Jazz Festival]]
*[[Ludlow Festival]], Shropshire
*[[Lumiere (festival)|Lumiere]]
*[[Luton Carnival]]
*[[Lyme Regis Fossil Festival]]
*[[Lytham Festival]], Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire
* Lytham International Film Festival, Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire

=== M ===
*[[Manchester Animation Festival]]
*[[Manchester International Festival]]
*[[Manchester Jazz Festival]]
*[[Manchester Literature Festival]]
*[[Middlesbrough Music Live]]

=== N ===
*[[Newcastle upon Tyne]]: [[The Hoppings]]
*[[Newlyn Fish Festival]]
*[[Norfolk and Norwich Festival]]
*[[Nouka Baich]]

=== O ===

=== P ===
*[[Peak Literary Festival]], [[Peak District National Park]]
*[[Pershore Plum Festival]], [[Pershore, Worcestershire]]
*[[Peterborough Festival]]
*[[Parklife Weekender]], [[Heaton Park]]

=== R ===
*[[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]: [[Reading Festival]], [[Womad Reading|WOMAD]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womad.org|title=Womad.org - World of Music, Arts & Dance|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[RhythmTree]] [[World Music]] & [[Didgeridoo]] Festival, Calbourne Water Mill, [[Calbourne]], Isle of Wight
*[[Romford Film Festival]]
*[[Romford Horror Film Festival]]
*[[Ross on Wye International Festival]]

=== S ===
*[[Salisbury International Arts Festival]]
*[[Sathiyanathan Natarajan]]
*[[Scarborough Literature Festival]]
*[[Shakespeare Schools Festival]]
*[[Sheffield International Documentary Festival]]
*[[Shifnal Festival]]
*[[Sidmouth Folk Festival]]
*[[Slapstick Festival]]
*Soundwave Festival
*[[St Barnabas Community Fete (Bowstock)|St Barnabas Community Fete]], [[Bow, London|Bow]], London
*[[Stockton Riverside Festival]]
*[[Stonehenge Free Festival]]
*[[StoomFest Rock Music Festival - Stoner, Doom, and Psych Rock Fest]], London
*[[Strawberry Fair]], [[Cambridge]]
*[[Swan Upping]]

=== T ===
*[[The Tank Museum|Tankfest]]
*[[Thames Festival]]
*[[Thought Bubble Festival]]
*[[Three Choirs Festival]]
*The [[Tolpuddle Martyrs festival]]
*The Great Exhibition Road Festival
*[[Towersey Village Festival]]
*[[Tramlines Festival]]
*[[Truck Festival]]

=== U ===

=== V ===
*[[V Festival]]
*[[Vegfest (UK)]]

=== W ===
*[[Warwick Folk Festival]]
*[[Weekend at the Asylum]]
*[[West Country]]: [[West Country Carnival]] circuit
*[[Weyfest]]
*[[Wimborne Folk Festival]]
*[[Wirral International Film Festival]]
*[[World of Music, Arts and Dance|Womad]]
*[[Women in Tune]]
*[[Wonderfields]], Devon<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wonderfields.co.uk/|title=Wonder Fields Festival – Heaven in Devon|website=Wonder Fields Festival}}</ref>
*[[Worcestershire Literary Festival]]

=== Y ===
*Young Carer's Festival, [[Curdridge]], [[Southampton]]
*[[Y Not Festival]]

=== Z ===

==Scotland==
*[[Aberdeen]]: [[Aberdeen International Youth Festival]], The World Festival of Youth Arts; [[Word - University of Aberdeen writers festival|Word]]; [[Wordfringe]];<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.wordfringe.co.uk/|title=Wordfringe: Festival of New Writing in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland|publisher=}}</ref> [[Dance Live]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dancelive.org.uk/ |title=DanceLive 2012 |accessdate=2013-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029004759/http://dancelive.org.uk/ |archivedate=29 October 2012 }}</ref> [[Sound Scotland|Sound]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sound-scotland.co.uk/|title=Sound Festival 2016 - Sound Scotland|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Dumfries and Galloway]]: [[Gaelfest]]
*[[Dundee]]: [[Dundee Flower and Food Festival]], [[Dundee Guitar Festival]], [[Dundee Blues Bonanza]], [[Dundee International Book Prize]]
*[[Edinburgh]]: [[Edinburgh Festival]], [[Edinburgh International Festival]], [[Edinburgh Art Festival]], [[Edinburgh International Science Festival]], [[Edinburgh Fringe|Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], [[Edinburgh International Book Festival]], [[Edinburgh Military Tattoo]], [[International Festivals of the Sea]]
*[[Glamis, by Forfar]]: [[Scotland's Countryside Festival]]
*[[Glasgow]]: [[Glasgow Jazz Festival]]; [[Celtic Connections]]; MovieMinds, an international online film festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieminds.net|title=lavery - lab1|publisher=}}</ref> [[TRNSMT]]
*[[Hebridean Celtic Festival]]
*[[Inverary]]: [[Connect Festival]]
*[[Inverness]]: [[Highland Festival]]
*[[Orkney]]: [[St Magnus Festival]]
*[[Perth & Kinross]]: [[Mugstock Festival]]
*[[Shakespeare Schools Festival]], various locations
*[[Shetland]]: [[Up Helly-Aa]]
*[[Ullapool]]: [[Loopallu Festival]]
*Various sites: [[T in the Park]]

==Wales==
*[[Abergavenny Food Festival]]
*[[Brecon Jazz Festival]]
*[[Cardiff Festival]]
*[[Cardiff International Film Festival Wales]]
*[[Green Man Festival]]
*[[Hay Festival|Hay Festival of Literature & Arts]]
*[[HowTheLightGetsIn Festival]], [[Hay-on-Wye]]
*[[International Eisteddfod|Llangollen International Eisteddfod]]
*[[National Eisteddfod of Wales]]
*[[Pontardawe Festival]]
*[[Shakespeare Schools Festival]], various locations
*[[Small Nations Festival]]
*[[Urdd National Eisteddfod]]

==Northern Ireland==
*[[Belfast Festival at Queens]]
*[[Belfast Film Festival]]
*[[Belfast International Arts Festival]]
*[[Shakespeare Schools Festival]], Belfast and Derry

==Themes==
*Film: [[Birmingham]], [[Cardiff International Film Festival Wales|Cardiff]], [[Edinburgh Festival|Edinburgh]], [[Greenwich Film Festival|Greenwich]], [[London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival|Lesbian and Gay]], [[Notting Hill|Portobello]], [[Sheffield International Documentary Festival|Sheffield]]
*Folk: [[Bridgnorth Folk Festival|Bridgnorth]], [[Bromyard Folk Festival|Bromyard]], [[Cambridge Folk Festival|Cambridge]], [[Cropredy Festival|Cropredy]], [[Fylde Folk Festival|Fleetwood]], [[Sidmouth]], [[Towersey Village Festival|Towersey]], [[Warwick Folk Festival|Warwick]], [[Wimborne Folk Festival|Wimborne]]
*Jazz: [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Birmingham]], [[Burnham Deepdale]], [[Coventry]], Glasgow, [[Clitheroe]]
*Literature: [[Bath Literature Festival|Bath]], [[Birmingham Book Festival|Birmingham]], [[Cheltenham Festivals|Cheltenham]], [[Hay Festival|Hay]], [[Ilkley Literature Festival|Ilkley]], [[Worcestershire Literary Festival]], [[Wordfringe]]<ref name="auto"/>
*Other: [[Bristol Harbour Festival]] (maritime), [[HowTheLightGetsIn Festival|HowTheLightGetsIn]] (philosophy and music)
*Dance & Arts: Lost Village Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lost Village Festival |url=https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/events/lost-village-festival/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Visit Lincolnshire |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of music festivals in the United Kingdom]]
*[[List of festivals]]
*[[Literary festival#Europe]]
*[[Free festival]]

==References==
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