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EVENTS & ATTRACTIONS CALENDAR
The Cotswolds has a busy calendar of events and festivals throughout 2008. On this page we've collected the main attractions. We've included location and contact details and where possible a web link. If you are running a local event that you would like to see here, email events@greatescapecars.co.uk.
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The links on this page are hand-edited. We've listed individual B&Bs, hotels and self catering cottages that our customers recommend or have a good local reputation. We've also included accommodation directory sites that you might find useful. Most of the accommodation is within 45 minutes of our classic sports car storage site near the M5 and M42 in Worcestershire. So you'll find places to stay in Broadway, Stow on the Wold, Chipping Campden, Bewdley, Ludlow, Kidderminster, Great Witley. There is plenty to do in the region - for ideas on tourism destinations and attractions in the Cotswolds, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, click here.
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February
15-17th Cheltenham Folk Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall & other venues www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk. 01242 227979
16th-24th Victorian Technology - Railways & Telephone, Blenheim Palace www.blenheimpalace.com. 01993 811091
March
11th-14th National Hunt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse www.cheltenham.co.uk. 01242 513014
April
14-15th Victorian Falconry, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
19th-20th Gloucester through the Ages - Live, various locations around Gloucester, www.gloucester.gov.uk/festivals. 01452 396572
23rd-4th May, Nailsworth Festival, Nailsworth, http://www.nailsworthfestival.org.uk/. 01453 833270
25th-4th May Wotton-under-Edge Festival, Wotton-under-Edge, http://www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk/, 01453 760960
29th-5th May Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues, http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk/, 01242 227979
May
1st-21st Stroudwater International Textiles Festival, Various venues around Stroud, http://www.stroudwatertextiles.org.uk/, 01453 752682
1st, 3rd Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
3rd-4th Tewkesbury Food and Drink Festival, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040
11th Coventry Centre Centenary 1908-2008, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188
13th-24th Chipping Campden Music Festival, Chipping Campden, http://www.campdenmusicfestival.co.uk/, 01386 849018
17th Rhododendron Walks, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
18th Cream Tea Run, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188
May Bank Holiday Tewkesbury Spring Festival, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040
24th Rhododendron Walks, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
26th Cheese Rolling, Coopers Hill near Brockworth, http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/, 01684 855040
27th-3rd June Vale Asparagus Festival, The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, www.thefleeceinn.co.uk www.british-asparagus.co.uk 01386 831173
30th-31st Robert Dover's Olimpick Games and Scuttlebrook Wake, Chipping Campden, http://www.olimpickgames.co.uk/, 01384 274041
30th-1st June Wychwood Music Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse, http://www.wychwoodfestival.co.uk/, 01242 227979
30th-2nd June Gloucester Cricket Festival, Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester, http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/, 0117 910 8000
June
1st-30th Site 08 Stroud Valleys Arts Space Contemporary Arts Festival, Various venues around Stroud, http://www.sva.org.uk/, 01453 751440
4th-8th Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall, http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk/, 01242 227979
5th, 7th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
6th-26th July The Longborough Festival Opera, Longborough Near Moreton-in-Marsh, http://www.lfo.org.uk/, 01451 830292
7th Rhododendron Walks, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
14th Gloucester Medieval Fayre, Westgate Street, Gloucester, http://www.gloucester-medieval-fayre.org.uk/, 01452 412828
14th-15th Twelfth Night, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
15th Supercar Sunday, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk, 01926 641188
15th Kemble Air Day, Kemble Airfield, http://www.kembleairday.com/, 01285 654180
20th-22nd The Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, http://www.garden-events.com/, 01242 227979 (we do not encourage drinking and driving)
22nd VMCC Banbury Run, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188
July
3rd, 5th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
4th-20th Cheltenham Music Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues, www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk, 01242 227979
4th-6th Saul Canal Festival, Saul Junction, http://www.junctionevents.org.uk/, 01453 760960
5th-6th The Cotswold Show, Cirencester, http://www.cotswoldshow.co.uk/, 01285 652007
11th-13th The Royal International Air Tattoo RAF Fairford, http://www.rafcte.com/, 01285 713300
12th-13th Tewkesbury Medieval Fayre, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040
19th-2nd August Gloucester Festival, Various locations around Gloucester, www.gloucester.gov.uk/festival, 01452 503050
19th-20th The Merchant of Venice, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk 0870 333 1181
25th-27th The 50th CLA Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, http://www.gamefair.co.uk/
26th-3rd August, Gloucester International Rhythm and Blues Festival, various locations, http://www.gloucesterblues.co.uk/, 01452 412828
30th-10th August, Cheltenham Cricket Festival, Cheltenham College, http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/, 0117 910 8000
August
1st-3rd Gatcombe Horse Trials, Gatcombe Park, http://www.gatcombe-horse.co.uk/, 01285 654180
2nd Wizard of Oz, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 33 1181
7th, 9th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
18th-25th Festival of the Tree, Westonbirt Arboretum, www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt, 01666 880220
22nd-23rd Frocester Beer Festival, Frocester, http://www.visitthecoswolds.gov.uk/ 01453 760960 (we do not encourage drinking and driving)
27th Pershore Plum Fayre & Farmers Market, Pershore, www.wychavon.gov.uk www.worcestershires-heritage-garden.org
September
3rd-7th A Week in the Woods Westonbirt Arboretum www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt 01666 880220
4th, 6th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181
6th Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Moreton-in-Marsh, http://www.moretonshow.co.uk/, 0870 877 7409
14th Auto Italia Autumn Car Day, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188
20th Tewkesbury Water Festival, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040
21st Autumn Cream Tea Run, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188
October
9th-10th Tewkesbury Mop Fair, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040
10th-19th Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues, http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk/, 01242 227979
23rd-25th Autumn Highlights, Westonbirt Arboretum www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt 01666 880220
November
28th-21st December Enchanted Christmas, Westonbirt Arboretum, www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt, 01666 880220
