What's On in May 2010

• 30 April to 2 May 2010 - Bristol Model Railway Exhibition - Thornbury Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Thornbury, Bristol.
   
• 30 April to 3 May 2010 - Upton Folk Festival
   
• 16 April to 3 May 2010 - 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.
   
• 23 April to 8 May 2010 - Bromsgrove Festival
   
• 1 to 3 May 2010 - Rushden Cavalcade of Transport & Country Show from Traction Engines & Vintage Vehicles, to Fun Fair Rides & Trade Stands. Fun for all the family to enjoy. Bedford Road, South of Rushden, Northants, NN10 0SN
   
• 1 to 8 May 2010 - Heanor Festival Week - Events include a photographic competition and display, a nature trail, a fashion show, and the annual May Day Event. (see Derbyshire.)
   
• 1 to 23 May 2010 - Brighton Festival Fringe - East Sussex
   
• 2 & 3 May 2010 - Leicestershire County Show, held on the first Bank Holiday in May each year (see our Leicestershire pages).
   
• 2 & 3 May 2010 - East Yorkshire Kite Festival and Country Show - The Showground, Kellythorpe, Driffield, (East Yorkshire).
   
• 3 May (Monday) 2010 - May Day Bank Holiday 
   
• 5 to 12 May 2010 - Cinemagic Festival - Aims to educate, motivate and inspire young people aged 4 to 25 about film and television. Held in Dublin, Ireland.
   
• 7 to 9 May 2010 - Tredegar House Folk Festival - Tredegar House & Country Park, Newport, Gwent, South Wales.
   
• 8 & 9 May 2010 - Stoke Goldington Steam Rally 5 miles north of Newport Pagnell on B526 in Buckinghamshire. (see more Steam & Traction Engine Rallies - UK England Scotland Wales)
   
• 9 May (Sunday) 2010 - 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.
   
• 10 to 16 May 2010 - Imaginate Festival - A performing arts festival for children and young people. Held annually in Edinburgh, Scotland.
   
• 10 to 22 May 2010 - Chipping Campden Annual Music Festival
   
• 14 to 16 May 2010 - Bearded Theory - Featuring creative art workshops, music stages, real ale bar, huge children’s activity village, site artwork, skiffle & folk stage, comedy, and more. (Derbyshire.)
   
• 15 May (Saturday) 2010 - Levellers' Day 2010 - 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)
   
• 15 to 23 May 2010 - Cumbria Fishing Festival - (Cumbria)
   
• 15 - 24 May 2010 - Suffolk Open Studios Showcase Art and Craft Exhibition 11 am - 5 pm, at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Nr Bury St Edmunds (A14, Junction 45). See a diverse range of work from almost 150 Suffolk artists including painters, sculptors, wood carvers and textile artists. Then take a copy of the free Suffolk Open Studios’ Directory and choose which artists you would like to visit during weekends in June when they will have their studios open. Here you will see how they work, what gives them their inspiration and the diverse range of techniques they employ. This is the 19th year that local artists have opened their studios to the general public to enable everyone to learn more about the creative process and to see projects at their development stage.
   
• 19 to 30 May 2010 - Perth Festival of the Arts - Perthshire, Scotland.
   
• 20 to 22 May 2010 - Devon County Show (Devon)
   
• 20 May to 29 August 2010 - Glyndebourne Festival - The 2010 Festival includes revivals of Così fan tutte, Macbeth, Hänsel und Gretel and The Rake's Progress as well as two new productions: Mozart's Don Giovanni and our first ever production of Britten's Billy Budd. (East Sussex)
   
• 21 to 23 May 2010 - Deaffest - The UK's only Deaf-led Film and Television Festival. Wolverhampton, (West Midlands).
     
• 21 to 23 May 2010 - Shepley Spring Festival - An annual music festival held in Shepley, (West Yorkshire).
   
• 22 to 30 May 2010 - Nailsworth Festival - An annual arts festival with poetry, walks, one-act plays, live music, and more in Nailsworth, (Gloucestershire).
   
• 22 to 31 May 2010 - Derbyshire Food and Drink Festival - Set in the National Trust Property of Kedleston Hall in the heart of Derbyshire (see Derbyshire).
   
• 22 May to 3 October 2010 - Doctor Who exhibition where you'll come face to face with monsters, spectacular props and costumes from the hit BBC show at The Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne. 
   
• 25 to 29 May 2010 - 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.
   
• 26 May to 6 June 2010 - Bath International Music Festival (Bath, Somerset)
   
• 28 May to 13 June 2010 - Bath Fringe Festival (Bath, Somerset)
   
• 28 & 29 May 2010 - Ireby Festival - An annual music and camping festival in the town of Ireby, (Cumbria).
   
• 28 to 30 May 2010 - Off the Tracks Spring Festival - Live music, fancy dress, market stalls, children's activities, parades, and more. Donington Park Farmhouse, Melbourne Road Isley Walton, Castle Donington Nr Derby, (Derbyshire).
   
• 28 to 31 May 2010 - 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).
   
• 28 to 31 May 2010 - 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).
   
• 28 to 31 May 2010 - Black Horse Music Festival - Folk, roots, blues and world music in East Sussex.
   
• 29 and 30 May (Saturday & Sunday)  2010 - 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.
   
• 29 to 31 May 2010 - Vintage Vehicle Rally Southwick (Wiltshire).
   
• 29 to 31 May 2010 - Spring Fling - Scotland's premier art and craft open studios event
   
• 29 May to 12 June 2010 - Isle of Man TT
   
• 29 May to 13 June 2010 - Swaledale Festival - An annual celebration of music and arts featuring classical, choral, jazz, folk, and world music in various venues in Dales (North Yorkshire).
   
• 29 May to 29 August 2010 - Glyndebourne Festival - Opera festival at Glyndebourne in Lewes, East Sussex.
   
• 30 & 31 May 2010 - 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.
   
• 31 May (Monday) 2010 - Spring Bank Holiday - (Last Monday in May) 
   
• 31 May (Monday) 2010 - 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).
   
• To be confirmed 2010 - Bristol Shakespeare Festival
   
• To be confirmed 2010 - Holmfirth Festival of Folk
   
• See what's on in June

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• BBC last night of the Proms 
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• 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 
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• RNIB Big fun runs around the UK

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