Events in Staffordshire
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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February
- Pancake Race, Market Square, Stafford, Shrove Tuesday
March
- British Indoor 4x4 Show, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford
April
- Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford
- Continental Market, Market Place, Uttoxeter
- Plant Hunters Fair, Sugnall Hall , Sugnall
- Plant Hunters Fair, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
May
- Acoustic Festival of Britain 2012, Uttoxeter Racecourse, Uttoxeter, Late May
- Music Festival, various venues, Stafford
- Plant Hunters Fair, Consall Hall Landscape Gardens, Wetley Rocks
- Plant Hunters Fair, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
- Staffordshire Festival of Performing Arts, Various locations, Stoke on Trent
- Staffs Aero Club Shadow & MW Fly In, Penkridge
- Uttoxeter Mayfest, Uttoxeter
June
- Burslem Summer Arts Festival, various venues, Stoke-on-Trent
- Cancer Research Race for Life, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, 26 – 27
- Drayton Manor Family Fun Weekend, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth, Early June
- Etruria Canal Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
- Flourish Festival, Uttoxeter
- Folk in a Field, HOCKERHILL FARM, BREWOOD, Stafford
- Ingestre Hall Summer Fayre, Ingestre, Stafford
- Lichfield Folk Festival, Lichfield
- Stafford Carnival, Stafford
- Stafford Festival of Shakespeare, Stafford Castle, Stafford
- Staffordshire County Show, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford, Early June
July
- Battle of Britain Exhibition, Stafford Castle, Stafford
- Kings Bromley Show, Kings Bromley Showfield, Burton upon Trent, 4th Saturday of July each year.
- Lichfield Festival, Lichfield
- Live @ the Castle, Stafford Castle, Stafford
- Mayor’s Festival Parade, Stafford
- Medieval Fayre and Market, Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield
- Party in the Park, Stafford
- Stafford Festival of Shakespeare, Stafford Castle, Stafford
- Stafford Festival Raw Talent, Stafford, Early July
- Staffordshire Aero Club Annual Fly In, Penkridge
- Staffordshire Classic Car and Bike Show, Uttoxeter Racecourse, Uttoxeter
- Street Theatre Extravaganza, Stafford
August
- Classic Car Show, Stafford Castle, Stafford
- Country Fair, Izaak Walton’s Cottage, Stafford
- Historic Food Fair and Craft Market, Shugborough, Stafford
- Just So Festival, Barnswood, Leek
- Plant Hunters Fair, National Memorial Arboretum Croxall Road, Alrewas
- Proms concert, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, 4th
- Saxon Festival, Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Bank Holiday
- Scope Festival, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford, Late August
- Stafford by the Sea, Market Sq, Stafford
- Summer Fun at Stafford Castle, Stafford Castle, Stafford
- Summer Picnic Movie Nights, Shugborough Estate, Stafford
- Tamworth Summer Festival, Tamworth Castle, Tamworth
- Triumph Sports Six Club International Weekend, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford
September
- Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley, Lichfield, Early September
- Autumn Chocoholics Fair, Ancient High House, Stafford
- Dr. Johnson's Birthday, Market Square, Lichfield, On or near September 18
- Heritage Open Days, Various Locations
- Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley, 1st Monday following 1st Sunday after September 4 (got that?)
- Plant Hunters Fair, Sugnall Hall, Sugnall, Mid-September
- Richard Bamford Vintage Trust Rally, Stramshall Farm, Uttoxeter
- Scarecrow Festival, Pattingham, Late September
- Stafford Arts Festival, Ancient High House & Other Locations, Stafford, Mid-September
- Stafford Borough Horticultural Show, County Showground, Stafford
October
- CAMRA Beer Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
- Craft and Food Show, Shugborough Estate, Stafford
- Festival of Fortune, Ancient High House, Stafford
- Ghoulish Ghost Tours , Ancient High House, Stafford, Halloween
- Halloween at the National Forest Maize Maze!, Postern House Farm, Tatenhill, Burton Upon Trent, Halloween
- Halloween ‘Hands on Horror’, Stafford Castle, Stafford, Half-term holiday
- Local History Fair, Ancient High House, Stafford
- Stafford Film Festival, various venues, Stafford
- Stone Food & Drink Festival, Stone, Early October
November
- Christmas Craft Fair, Shugborough Estate, Stafford, 10 - 11
- English Winter Fair, Staffordshire County Showground, Stafford
- Fireworks Spectacular with the Vikings, Tutbury Castle, Tutbury
- Glyndebourne on Tour, Stoke-on-Trent
- Patshull Hall Christmas Fayre, Patshull Hall, Burnhill Green, Late November
- Victorian Market, various venues, Stafford
December
- Christmas at Shugborough, Shugborough Estate, Stafford
- Christmas at the Ancient High House, Ancient High House , Stafford, Early December
- Drayton's Magical Christmas, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth
- Festive Food Evening, Denstone Hall Farm Shop and Cafe, Uttoxeter
- Glyndebourne on Tour, Regent Theatre, Stoke On Trent
- Ice Rink at Trentham Gardens, Trentham Estate, Stoke On Trent
- The Barlaston Wassail , Barlaston, New Years Eve
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