| DATE |
EVENT |
DESCRIPTION |
LOCATION |
| April |
| 01 – 06 April |
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival |
|
Oxford |
| May |
| 03 – 25 May |
Brighton Festival |
Largest arts festival in England |
Brighton |
| 03 – 08 May |
Isle of Wight Walking Festival |
|
Isle of Wight |
| 08 – 11 May |
Royal Winsdor Horse Show |
|
Windsor Castle, Berkshire |
| May - August |
Glyndebourne Festival |
Opera Festival |
Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex |
| June |
| June - July |
Chichester Festivities 2006 |
Prestigious arts festival |
Various venues, Chichester, West Sussex |
| June - July |
Hampshire Food Festival |
|
Hampshire |
| 14 – 21 June |
Hastings Direct International Tennis Championships |
Top International Women's Tennis |
Devonshire Park, Eastbourne |
| 13 – 15 June |
Isle of Wight Festival |
|
Isle of Wight |
| 28 June |
Round the Island Race |
|
Isle of Wight |
| 17-21 June |
Royal Ascot |
One of the highlights in the racing and social calendars |
Ascot Racecourse |
| 6 - 7 June |
Vodafone Derby |
One of the biggest horse races of the year |
Epsom Downs Racecourse |
| July |
| 6 July |
Cowley Road Carnival |
Music stages, food of the world, dance, street performers, cooking demonstrations, children's activities |
Oxford |
| 14 - 18 July |
Farnborough International Air Show |
Biennial international aerospace exhibition of aircraft and equipment, avionics, ground equipment and materials |
Aerodrome, Farnborough |
| 31 July – 4 August |
Glorious Goodwood |
Major racing and social occasion |
Goodwood, West Sussex |
| 11 - 13 July |
Goodwood Festival of Speed |
|
Chichester |
| 9 - 13 July |
Henley Festival |
Henley Festival kicks off the new season with a spectacular and magical contemporary festival chock full of Henley's trademark glamour and quirky humour |
Henley-on-Thames |
| 13-15 July |
Kent Show |
Event includes displays of flowers, gardens, food, wine, forestry, livestock, rural crafts and antiques |
Kent County Showground, Maidstone |
| 23-27 July |
Longines Royal International Horse Show |
The Official Horse Show of The British Horse Society |
Hickstead Jumping Course, Hickstead |
| Mid July |
Newbury Comedy Festival |
|
Newbury |
| 3 - 6 July |
Winchester Hat Fair |
|
Winchester |
| August |
| 5 - 12 August |
Broadstairs Folk Festival |
Events including concerts, dances, workshops, folk shows
|
Various venues, Broadstairs, Kent |
| 2 - 9 August |
Skandia Cowes Week |
|
Cowes |
| August-September |
White Air Extreme Sports Festival |
|
Isle of Wight |
| 3 August |
World Super Bikes |
|
Brands Hatch |
| September |
| 11-14 September |
Blenheim International Horse Trials |
Horse trials featuring dressage, cross-country and show-jumping |
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire |
| 10 - 21 September |
Goodwood Revival |
|
Chichester |
| 12 – 21 September |
Southampton Boat Show |
|
Southampton |
| October |
| 11 - 25 October |
Canterbury Festival |
Canterbury Festival is a multi arts festival which takes place every October in and around the city of Canterbury |
Canterbury |
| 26 October |
Great South Run |
The UK's biggest and best 10 mile road race |
Portsmouth |
| November |
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| December |
| 30 Nov - 2 Dec |
Festival of Christmas |
|
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard |
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Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival |
|
Rochester |
