Flavour Fest, the South West's premier food festival is back for 2012, taking over Plymouth City Centre from 17th -19th August 2012. Now in its 9th year, Flavour Fest has grown to become one of the largest and most successful food festivals in the South West. One of the highlights in Plymouth's events calendar, the free entry event regularly attracts more than 100,000 visitors to the city.
Taste Cumbria Beer Festival, in association with CAMRA and Jennings will be in Cockermouth on 29th and 30th September 2012 as part of the annual Taste Cumbria Food Festival. Festival goers will be spoilt for choice with over 150 beers at the festival from breweries and microbreweries around the county including Barngates, Coniston, Ennerdale, Nine Standards, Foxfield and Jennings.
Ireland won The FEI Nations Cup of Great Britain at Hickstead today, making it their first win this season and indeed their first FEI Nations Cup win at Hickstead since 2001. The Robert Splaine-led team of Shane Breen (Cos I Can), Richie Moloney (Ahorn Van De Zuuthoeve), Darragh Kerins (Lisona) and Clem McMahon (Pacino) finished on just four faults, beating France in a thrilling competition that went down to the final round.
Just a week ago we were standing ankle deep in mud waiting for the rain to stop long enough to run from one stage to the next. And in the last seven days we seem to have seen more sunshine than in the last seven months! Did the persistence of the organisers, musicians, revellers and everybody who was involved with GuilFest 2012 finally win the weather over and chase the clouds away - or did Tim Minchin manage that all on his own!
This summer from the 7th -11th August 2012 the Edinburgh-based Theatre Paradok are taking children's show "The Jumblies", inspired by the verse of Edward Lear, to the Edinburgh Fringe "The Jumblies" - a play inspired by the verse of Edward Lear... 'Far and few, far and few, are the lands where the Jumblies live. Their heads are green and their hands are blue and they went to sea in a sieve.'
On 29th and 30th September 2012, the Taste Cumbria Food Festival will see Cockermouth's shops, restaurants, hotels and pubs join forces in the weekend-long Cumbrian culinary celebrations. The festival will showcase produce from over 100 regional producers, improving visitors' access to and awareness of Cumbrian food heroes and food culture.
