Trevithick Day, April in Camborne. Celebrating the life of Richard Trevithick, festivities include model exhibitions, street entertainment, a fun fair and display of steam engines Tel: 01209 719966
Obby Oss, May in Padstow. Celebration of the Celtic festival of Beltane - the spring festival dedicated to the return of the Celtic sun god Bel, that causes the crops to grow and the hours of daylight to lengthen. The town is dressed with greenery and flowers are placed around a maypole. The climax arrives when male dancers cavort through the town dressed as one of two 'Obby 'Osses, the "Old" and the "Blue Ribbon" 'Obby 'Osses; as the name suggests, they are stylised kinds of horses. Tel: 01841 533449
Flora Day May in Helston. Famous traditional "furry" dance. Street dances, stalls and entertainment. Tel: 01326 572063
Daphne du Maurier Festival, May in Fowey. The annual Festival of Arts, Music & Literature dedicated to the much loved author. Tel: 01726-833616
Golowan Festival, June in Penzance. Golowan (the feast of St. John) combines the local and the global with a heady mix of Cornish and world music, dance, film and literature. Tel: 01736 334675
Mazey Day, June in Penzance. Festival, Parades & Street Market in Penzance. The town is transformed with greenery, banners, street theatre and processions of giant imagery. Tel: 01736-334675
The Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge in June. A large agricultural show with lots of events and stalls for all the family.
Sea Salts & Sail Festival, July in Mousehole. Biennial festival revives old traditions and celebrates the heritage of Penwith's most justly famous fishing village. Traditional sailing craft jostle in the harbour while demonstrations of pot making, rope splicing and cookery take place on the quays. Tel: 01736 731655
Stithians Show, July in Stithians, nr Helston. The largest one-day agricultural show in Cornwall Tel: 01209 861073
RNAS Helston Air Day, July in Helston. Aircraft and flying displays. Airday is the only chance that non-military personnel can come inside the gates of Culdrose and see what a Naval Air Base is really like. The public will be able to meet those who have served on frontline Squadrons, supporting the Royal Navy all over the world. Tel: 0871 7801070
Henry Lloyd Falmouth Week, August in Falmouth. Sailing regatta and numerous marine events in, and around, the River Fal. Tel: 01326 312300
Fowey Regatta Week, August in Fowey. Daily sailing races and a number of other themed events mixed into the week including a midweek Carnival, Red Arrows display and ending with a spectacular Firework display over the harbour. Tel: 01726 833616
Newlyn Fish Festival, August in Newlyn. Newlyn Harbour. A festival to celebrate Newlyn as a major fishing port. The fish market is filled with stalls, cookery demonstrations, exhibitions, music, street entertainment and displays about the fishing industry past and present. Tel: 01736 336335
Bude Jazz Festival, August in Bude. Street parades. Everything from ragtime to Cajun, to brass bands. Tel: 01288 356360
St Ives Festival, September. St Ives hosts a major two week Festival of Music and the Arts with a wide variety of events including roots/jazz/blues, classical, theatre, films, poetry and literature, and open studios at venues throughout the town. Tel: 01736 366077
For more information on Cornwall visit the tourist information site.
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"The Cornwall Calendar":
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