The Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court, brings together a wide range of real ales, ciders, perries and international beers for you to taste, compare and mull over. (more…)

When this famous Jazz Club first opened in 1959, Ronnie Scott and Pete King could only book British artists because of a ban on overseas musicians. Fifty years on and celebrating their Golden Anniversary, Ronnie Scott’s will be paying tribute to those early days by presenting two weeks of all-British Jazz. (more…)

It may not be as big as the world-famous Edinburgh Tattoo, but the annual Inverness Military Tattoo is the Highlands’ only tattoo that has been running for just as long: both were first held in 1950. (more…)

To celebrate the abundance of locally produced fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, fish and meat available in the UK, British Food Fortnight (BFF) has events happening around the UK during Harvest Festival from 18 September to 4 October 2009. (more…)

Held annually in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall, the Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the most famous in the world. Listen to the best traditional UK folk to North American country, blues and jazz on three stages. (more…)

Opera fans gather every year on the beautiful Temple Newsam estate in Leeds for the free summertime Opera in the Park spectacular. (more…)

Is anyone else addicted to watching the Plinthers?  For those of you who haven’t a clue what I am talking about, it is a new art experience from Antony Gormley who created the Angel of the North. (more…)

Watching the Palio in Siena, Italy is one of the most spectacular shows you will ever see.  Gloriously colourful, steeped in tradition and with a keen edge of competition - it’s an event not to be missed. (more…)

One of the oldest horse shows in the world, the Longines Royal International Horse Show combines the excitement and spectacle of show jumping with the glamour and elegance of a summer fair. (more…)

Imagine the mellow chords of a good jazz band hanging in the summer air, the yeasty smell of real ale wafting on the breeze and warm sunshine bathing everyone in its golden light - are you there yet?  All this and more is promised at the Reading Real Ale & Jazz Festival. (more…)