Fairs, Shows & Festivals

TaviFringe

Tavistock

TaviFringe is Tavistock’s own community fringe festival, celebrating music, performance and the arts in all their forms.

Tavistock Festival

Tavistock

A musical feast of choral and instrumental music in the beautiful market town of Tavistock

Tavistock Goose Fair

Tavistock

Tavistock's Goose Fair, held in the town centre on the second Wednesday of October. It began as a Michaelmas fair in the early 12th century and is run by Tavistock Town Council.

Ten Tors Challenge

Okehampton

Each spring teams of six young people walk between ten Dartmoor tors, carrying everything they need, in a navigation challenge run by the British Army since 1960.

The Holne Ram Feast and Revel

Holne

Holne's ram feast was a May Day custom in which a ram was caught on the moor, tied to a granite pillar, roasted whole and shared out; it became the Holne Revel and is now a village fete.

Wassailing

Wassailing is the winter custom of visiting an orchard to sing to the apple trees, make a noise to drive off evil spirits, and bless them for a good crop.

Widecombe Fair

Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Widecombe Fair is run entirely by volunteers to raise money for local good causes, in a sheltered valley on the east side of Dartmoor, on the second Tuesday of September. It shares its name with the folk song that features Uncle Tom Cobley.

Ashburton Court Leet, Portreeve, Ale Tasters and Bread Weighers

Ashburton

Ashburton's manor court, the Court Leet, still meets each year to appoint the Portreeve, the Ale Tasters and the Bread Weighers, a custom very few towns keep.