www.free-events.co.uk

Best free events in the UK - Festivals, Carnivals, Parades, Shows, Fireworks etc

A non-commercial listing of hundreds of amazing events - many free.

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These picture galleries are in approximate month order. For more information, please see the main Free-Events page.

 


The www.free-events.co.uk website lists hundreds of events in the UK. Many make ideal family days out and holiday ideas, whilst others are more adventurous, colorful, exciting, and even eccentric or quirky. We include carnivals and parades, firework displays, music festivals, county agricultural shows, pet shows, village fates, sporting events, air shows, boat shows and many charity events. You will find event descriptions, dates, times and locations, and links to further information - blue for external information, red for internal pages with event descriptions and photographs. The main page lists brief descriptions of events in date order for the year ahead. If you would like your event considered for inclusion, please see the contacts page.

 

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January

London New Years Day

Video

 

 

Arun Divers Charity Leap

 

London Twelfth Night

 

London Icesculpting Festival

 

 

Bolney Wassail

Video: Procession Orchard Dancing

 

 

Bracknell Wassail

Video

 

Hartley Wintney Wassail

Video: Waggon & Horses The Orchard The Apple Tree

 

Pentacle Wassail, Nr Eastbourne
Video: Procession Orchard Dancing

 

Thames Path Ultra [archived event]

 

Firle Wassail [archived event]

Video1

Video2

February

Waitangi Pub Crawl, London

 

Marsden Imbolc Festival

Video

 

 

London Chinese New Year

Video, 2012 Parade

 

 

Slaithwaite Moonraking

Video Music1 Music2 Procession

 

 

Barnardo's Big 5km

Video

 

 

Brighton Half Marathon

Video

 

 

Maslenitsa Russian Festival, London

Video

 

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March

Cardiff St Davids Day

 

Bath Half Marathon

Video

 

 

Bognor Clowns Parade [archived event]

 

Sport Relief 1 Mile

 

Nuts Challenge - Dorking

Video

 

London St Patricks Day

Video 2014: Parade Trafalgar Square
Video 2011: Part 1 Part 2
Video 2010: Parade Trafalgar Square

 

Brent St Patricks Day [archived event]

 

Reading Half Marathon

Video: 2015 2014 2012 2011

 

 

Horsham Piazza Italia

Video: Ducati Parade Ferrari Parade Supercar Parade

 

Head of the River London

Video

 

The Boat Race

April

Bolney Pram Race

Video

 

 

Sharrow Lantern Carnival

Video

 

 

Brighton Marathon

Video: Warm-up Start

 

Gumball Rally

 

London Vaisakhi

Video

 

Southampton Vaisakhi

 

London Marathon

Video - Red Start Video

 

 

Powerboat & Rib Show, Porsmouth [archived event]

Video

 

 

London Amateur Radio Show

 

Superheroes Challenge

 

Bracknell Half Marathon

Video

May

Chobham Carnival

Video

 

 
Brighton Festival Parade 2013 Video 2014 Video
Brighton Festival Fringe Video: Part1 Part2
Brighton Festival Finale Gererik Vapeur Parade - Video

 

Boishakhi Mela, London

 

 

Brighton Moulsecoomb Family Fun Day

 

Periplum, Brighton [archived event]

 

Hastings Jack In The Green

 

Rochester Sweeps Festival

Video

 

Lewes Garland Day

 

Eastbourne Magnificent Motors

 

London Canalway Cavalcade

 

 

Hastings1066Bike Festival & May Day Run

 

 

Spalding Flower Parade [archived event]

 

Downton Cuckoo Fair

 

Kingston May Merrie

Video

 

Harness Horse Parade

 

Rickmansworth Festival

 

Dunstable Amateur Radio Boot Sale

 

Battle of Lewes

Video: Castle Mystery-Play Song

 

Brockworth Cheese Rolling

Video

 

Tetbury Wool Sack Races

 

Birmingham Pride

 

Cotswold Olimpicks

Video: 1 2 3 4 5 6

 

Luton Carnival

 

Reading Community Carnival [archived event]

Video

 

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June

Epsom Derby

Video - Party at the Music Stage 2010
Video - Party at the Music Stage 2009

 

 

Camden Green Fair & Bike Fest [archived event]

 

London Carnival de Cuba [archived event]

 

Cambridge Strawberry Fair

 

Willow Festival, Peterborough
Video

 

Race For Life, Hyde Park
Video

 

Diamond Jubilee Concert Big Screens Hyde Park [archived event]

 

Kemptown Carnival Brighton

Video

 

London Paradise Gardens [archived event]

Festival

Video

 

London West End Live

 

London Gladstonbury Park Funday

 

Lewes Raft Race

Video

 

 

Tottenham Carnival

 

Bognor Proms in the Park

 

Newbury Amateur Radio Boot Sale

 

Twickenham Carnival

Video

 

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London Brighton Bike

Video

 

 

Salisbury Festival

Video

 

 

Trooping The Colour, London

Video - Final Parade

Video - Flypast

 

 

Maidenhead Carnival

 

Naked Bike Ride London

Naked Bike Ride Brighton

2013 Video: Start Old Steine

 

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Adur Beach Dreams

 

Stonehenge Summer Solstice

Video

 

Medway Fuse Festival

Video

 

Royal Ascot Races

 

Hovercraft Championships

 

Pangbourne Village Fete

 

Leigh Folk Festival

 

World City Music Village, Clissold Park

Video

 

 

Cowes Round The Island Race

 

Bracknell Big Day Out

Video

 

Greenwich Festival

2011 Video: Les Girafes

 

Chichester Festivities Night Carnival

Video

 

Portsmouth Festivities

Video: Carnival Bandstand Fireworks

July

Bristol St Paul's Carnival

 

Henley Regatta

 

Winchester Hat Fair

Video

 

London Pride

2013 Video Parade Trafalgar Square

2012 Video

Previous Videos: Parade Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square Fountain

 

Aldershot Military Show

 

 

Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford

 

 

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Brighton Paddle Round The Pier

Video

 

Norwich Mayors Celebration

Video Chapelfield Gardens Music

Video - Fireworks

 

 

Bedford River Festival

Video: Carnival Boats Vikings

 

Godiva Festival

 

 

Brighton Carnival [Event not current]

2009 Video

 

 

London Pleasure Gardens - Silo-D Fireworks [archived event]

Video

 

More London - Free Events at The Scoop

Video

 

Basingstoke Live

 

Bermondsey Beat

 

Lewisham Peoples Day

 

Uckfield Festival

Video

 

Thanet Pride, Margate

Video

 

 

Newport Main Carnival IOW

Video

 

Crowthorne Carnival

 

McMichael Radio Rally

 

Ealing Summer Festivals

 

Bupa Great Runs

 

Lambeth Country Show

 

Eastbourne Extreme

 

War and Peace

 

Hastings Pirate Day

Video: Procession Music Stage

 

London Rise Festival [archived event]

 

Maidstone River Festival

 

Swanage Carnival

 

Bognor Rox Festival

Video

 

Bristol Ashton Court Festival [archived event]

 

London Pakistan Festival

 

Crawley Mela

 

London Diaspora Music Village [archived event]

 

Worthing Rod & Custom

 

Croydon Summer Festival [archived event]

Video

August

Brighton Pride

Video: 2012 Parade 2013 Parade

2010 Parade 2010 Preston Park 2009 Parade 2009 Mud Slide

 

Balloons Over Basingstoke [archived event]

 

Eastbourne Airbourne

 

London Klezfest in the Park

Video

 

London Carnaval del Pueblo

Video

 

Cardiff Festival

 

Cowes Week

Video: Music Stage 1 Music Stage 2 Fireworks

 

 

Margate Carnival

Video: Parade

 

 

Hastings Old Town Carnival

Video Parade
Video Fireworks

 

 

Bristol Balloon Fiesta

2013 Video

 

Arundel Festival

2013 Video, Procession

 

 

Arundel Bathtub Race

Video1 Video2

 

Plymouth Firework Championships

 

Northampton Balloon

 

World Triathlon, London

 

Pride Swindon

Video

 

 

Richmond On The Edge Festival

Video

 

Southend Carnival

Video

 

Bournmouth Air Festival

Video - Vulcan

 

 

Worthing Birdman Rally

 

Go Fast Speed Days, Eastbourne [archived event]

 

London Mela

 

Notting Hill Panorama

Real Steel Video

Metronomes Video

 

Notting Hill Carnival

Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5

 

 

The Great Dorset Steam Fair

September

St Giles Fair, Oxford

 

 

Sussex Bonfire Season

A list of the Bonfire Societies.

 

 

Uckfield Bonfire

Video 1 Video 2

 

Women's 5k Hyde Park

Video: Warm-up Race

 

 

British Duck Race

Video

 

London Hyde Park Last Night of the Proms

 

Ace Motorcycle Run

Video

 

 

London Great River Race

Video

 

 

National Speed Trials, Brighton

Video1 Video2

 

 

Tour of Britain Cycle

 

London Thames Festival

Video: 1 2 3 4 5

 

Skyride

Video

 

Kingston Carnival

 

Bristol Kite Festival

 

Mayfield Bonfire

Video

 

 

Bewl Barrel Race

 

 

London Taivstock Festival

 

White Air Extreme, Brighton [archived event]

 

London Gorilla Run

Video

 

Pride Reading

 

Ryde Illuminated Carnival

 

Crowborough Bonfire

Video

 

Yellow Umbrella Day

 

La Machine Liverpool [archived event]

Video

 

Burnham Carnival

 

Burgess Hill Bonfire

Video: Procession Fireworks Bonfire

 

The Bristol Do [archived event]

Video

October

Rotherfield Bonfire

Video: 2013 Fireworks 2012 Procession

 

Eastbourne Bonfire

Video - Fireworks

 

 

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Video

 

Brent Diwali

Gallery 2

Videos: Procession Fireworks

 

 

Ninfield Bonfire

Video: Procession Bonfire Fireworks Ninfield Bonfire  

 

 

Hastings Bonfire

Video: 2012 Procession 2013 Fireworks

 

Illminster Carnival

Video

 

Fletching Bonfire

Video: Procession Bagpipes Fireworks

 

Nevill Bonfire

 

London Diwali

 

London 10k Nike Run [archived event]

 

Wimbledon Road Race

 

Abingdon Marathon

 

Newick Bonfire

2013 Video: Bonfire Bishop & Fireworks Late Procession

 

Firle Bonfire

Video

 

 

Clapham Common Fireworks

November

Gunwharf Quays Firework Display, Portsmouth

Video-1 Video-2  

 

London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

Video

 

 

London Radio & Electronics

 

Wells Carnival

 

Lewes Bonfire

2013 Video: Procession Procession 2 Waterloo Fireworks

 

 

Brockham Bonfire & Fireworks

Video - Fireworks

 

London Lord Mayors Parade

 

East Hoathly Bonfire

Video: Procession Fireworks

 

Bridgewater Carnival

 

Weston-S-Mare Carnival

Video-1 Video-2 Video-3 Video-4

 

Robertsbridge Bonfire

Video 2012: Procession Fireworks Video 2013: Procession Fireworks

 

 

Barcombe Bonfire

Video: Procession Bonfire Bishop Firesite  Fireworks

 

Oxford Lantern Procession & Christmas Lights

Video 

 

Devizes Christmas Festival

Video Parade Fireworks Fire Jugglers

 

Bracknell Christmas Lights

 

Mayfield Blacksmiths [archived event]

Video

 

 

Wokingham Winter Carnival

2013 Video: Bagpipes Procession

 

Henley Christmas Festival

 

Calne Lantern Parade

December

Rottingdean Smugglers Night

Video: Procession Fireworks

 

Reading Toy Run

Video Video2

 

 

Maidenhead Lantern Procession

Video

 

 

London Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

 

London Frost Fair [archived event]

 

Brighton Burning The Clocks

Video Procession Fireworks

 

 

Windlesham Pram Race

Video: 2010 2011 2012 2013

 

 

Maldon Mud Race

Video

 

 

London New Years Eve

2014 Video 2013 Video: Dancing Revelers Fireworks Auld Lang Syne