UK events during August

Edinburgh Fringe Festival & Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland

Edinburgh International Festival Scotland

Bognor Birdman

Bognor Birdman, Bognor Regis, West Sussex

August Music Festivals (UK outside London)

V Festival Chelmsford and Weston Park, England

Creamfields Festival Cheshire, UK

Reading Festival Reading, UK

Leeds Festival Leeds, UK

Cambridge Folk Festival (Cambridge)

Bestival (Dorset)

Europe events during August

Galway Racing Carnival

Galway Racing Carnival - Galway, Ireland

Galway Racing carnival may not have the profile of Ascot or Cheltenham racing festivals but with the pubs packed with jovial Irish this is an event worth heading to.

August Music Festivals (Europe & Ireland)

Sziget Budapest, Hungary - Rock Music festival

Pukkelpop Music Festival Kleine Brogel, Belgium

Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, Holland

Electric Picnic Stradbally Hall, Ireland

Rose of Tralee International Festival

Rose of Tralee International Festival Tralee, Ireland

Palio di Siena

Palio di Siena Sienna, Tuscany, Italy

Helsinki Festival

Helsinki Festival Finland

La Tomatina

La Tomatina Bunol (30km’s from Valencia), Spain

What can be more fun than being part of a massive tomato fight? Make sure you bring some spare clothes. Don't just join in the tomato fight enjoy partying with the locals afterwards.