What's On in May 

• May  - May Day Bank Holiday 
   
• The Spring Bank Holiday (Usually last Monday in May) 

• Highnam Court Spring Fair
   
• Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art takes place in the city every second year, includes a range of exhibitions, public projects, talks, performances and screenings by both local and international artists.
   
• Leicestershire County Show, held on the first Bank Holiday in May each year (see our Leicestershire pages).
   
• Cinemagic Festival - Aims to educate, motivate and inspire young people aged 4 to 25 about film and television.
   
• Covent Garden Punch & Judy May Fayre to celebrate Mr Punch's birthday in the garden of St Paul's Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2.
   
• Imaginate Festival - A performing arts festival for children and young people. Held annually in Edinburgh, Scotland.
   
• Chipping Campden Annual Music Festival
   
• Levellers' Day - An annual procession to remember the Leveller soldiers who were executed on the 17 May 1649. The festival also features live music, poetry, speeches, and more. (Oxfordshire)
   
• Cumbria Fishing Festival - (Cumbria)
   
• Suffolk Open Studios Showcase Art and Craft Exhibition
   
• Perth Festival of the Arts - Perthshire, Scotland.
   
• Devon County Show (Devon)
   
• Glyndebourne Festival - (East Sussex)
   
• Deaffest - The UK's only Deaf-led Film and Television Festival. Wolverhampton, (West Midlands).
     
• Shepley Spring Festival - An annual music festival held in Shepley, (West Yorkshire).
   
• Nailsworth Festival - An annual arts festival with poetry, walks, one-act plays, live music, and more in Nailsworth, (Gloucestershire).
   
• Annual special exhibition at The Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne. 
   
• Chelsea Flower Show Every year, for five days during May, the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea are transformed into a plant paradise with thousands of glorious blooms, a selection of spectacular show gardens and the finest examples of horticultural excellence in the world.
   
• Bath International Music Festival (Bath, Somerset)
   
• Bath Fringe Festival (Bath, Somerset)
   
• Ireby Festival - An annual music and camping festival in the town of Ireby, (Cumbria).
   
• Chester Folk Festival - An annual music and camping festival featuring concerts, workshops, a craft fair, children's entertainment, and more in the village of Kelsall, near Chester, (Cheshire).
   
• Chippenham Folk Festival - An annual festival of concerts, workshops, children's events, street theatre, art and craft, and dance displays in various venues in the town of Chippenham, (Wiltshire).
   
• Black Horse Music Festival - Folk, roots, blues and world music in East Sussex.
   
• Traquair Medieval Fair A weekend that will transport you back to ancient times. Royal Medieval Pageant, falconry, archery, equestrian displays, living history, early music, jesters and children’s entertainment.
   
• Vintage Vehicle Rally Southwick (Wiltshire).
   
• Spring Fling - Scotland's premier art and craft open studios event
   
• Isle of Man TT
   
• Swaledale Festival - An annual celebration of music and arts featuring classical, choral, jazz, folk, and world music in various venues in Dales (North Yorkshire).
   
• Glyndebourne Festival - Opera festival at Glyndebourne in Lewes, East Sussex.
   
• Abergavenny Steam, Veteran & Vintage Rally As well as the mighty giants of steam, the show now boast a children`s playground with old fashioned rides, a food village, rural crafts and handicrafts, a wealth of stands selling everything from auto & agricultural jumble to garden plants and the latest `must have` for the house.
   
• Tetbury Woolsack Races - Up until the early 19th Century, Tetbury was one of the best-known wool and yarn markets in the country. Each year, on Woolsack Day, locals and visitors race against each other while carrying sacks of wool. This unique practice was thought to have originated with 17th Century drovers, showing off to the local women. Tetbury, (Gloucestershire).
   
• Bristol Shakespeare Festival
   
• Holmfirth Festival of Folk
   

• See what's on in June

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More what's on sites

• BBC last night of the Proms 
• What's On Wales art events in Wales - bilingual site.
• www.artshole.co.uk promotes the work of student and contemporary artists, as well as providing information on art exhibitions across the UK. Covering all genres from fine art to design, pottery to photography, film to fashion and animation to illustration
• Bank holidays in Scotland 
• Bank holidays in England
• RNIB Big fun runs around the UK

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