August 2024

Saturday 3rd August - Garstang Show 2024

Garstang Show always has and always will be about community. What may seem to many as just another event is, in reality, a way to bring the local community together to learn about, enjoy and celebrate the role farming, food and the countryside plays in all our lives.

Watch the action in the Main Ring, shop delicious local produce in the Food Hall and see beautiful floral displays and handmade crafts in the Horticulture Marquee. Immerse yourself in agriculture with a packed timetable of livestock classes and trade stands showcasing the best of our local businesses.

Saturday 10th August - Clitheroe Food and Drink Festival 2024

Clitheroe is a pretty town with amazing views across a forest, so it's a lovely setting for one of the best food festivals in the UK. Returning this August, it brings a huge selection of delicious local produce and culinary talent.

The whole family will enjoy tasting the foods on offer. With over 80 local producers there is bound to be something for even the fussiest eaters. From seafood to Indian, and cakes to hog roast, there is something to tempt every family member. The smells alone are enough to send your taste-buds into overdrive!

There are also many different beers and spirits to choose from too. There are craft beers and some excellent spirits which you may not see elsewhere! 

Their dedication to local produce, though, is what really sets Clitheroe apart. Not content with just making it available to purchase, Clitheroe Food Festival takes things a step further by making fun activities available throughout the day, to inform and educate in a fun way. These are designed to really show the steps that are needed to produce such fine local food, and help children and adult see where their food comes from and why it's so important to enjoy local food.

Thursday 15th - Sunday 18th August - Southport Flower Show 2024

Southport Flower Show is the UK’s largest independent flower show and attracts over 55,000 visitors across 4 days.

Visitors to this year’s show can enjoy inspirational show gardens, spectacular floral displays, gardening advice, cookery demonstrations, live music, entertainment and so much more!

We have a great horticultural line-up this year with special guests Carole Baxter and George Anderson from Beechgrove Garden, Adam Frost from BBC Gardeners’ World, David Domoney from Love your Garden and Skinny Jean Gardener from Blue Peter.

In the demonstration kitchen, guests can savour live master classes by chef Matt Tebbutt, from the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Jemma Melvin the Platinum Pudding Winner, Restaurateur, cookbook author and TV chef Nisha Katona and Phil Vickery from ITV’s This Morning.

Every day of the show there is a programme of family entertainment in the arena including live music, show jumping with champion Geoff Billington and a performance by the West Lancs Dog display team, plus the chance to browse through everything you could want for your home and garden in the Shopping Village.

Children under 16 go free to Southport Flower Show, when they are accompanied by a paying adult and there is plenty for younger visitors to see and do.

The centenary event sees the return of Children’s TV favourite Justin Fletcher, who has entertained an entire generation of kids with his hit shows including Justin’s House and Something Special on CBeebies.

Join us for a great day out filled with flowers, food, fun and family entertainment!

Tuesday 20th August - Hawkshead Agricultural Show 2024

This year’s show will be held on Tuesday 20th August 2024 at Hawkhead Hall Farm.

After a successful return last year which introduced our senior fell race and children’s sports, we are looking forward to another impressive show that will see the return of the sheep classes, we have had an exceptional amount of entries for this and we can’t wait to see the agricultural side of the show back up and running, alongside a variety of vintage tractors. We will of course see the variety of Horse & Dog Classes, Private carriage driving and the Horticultural aspects of the show.

We have Demonstrations which include a sheep dog display and wood carving,  as-well as children’s entertainment from the use fool aka jesters and not forgetting the giant tortoises are also paying us a visit.

There is truly something for everyone at this show even the happy shoppers with over 85 trade stands ! What a show this is going to be.

Saturday 24th September - Chipping Agricultural Show

With the backdrop of Parlick Fell, the show ground is a short walk from the historic and picturesque Chipping village in the heart of the Forest of Bowland AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).

Held in an idyllic unspoilt setting, the show represents a window on today’s country life.

Sunday 25th August - Ormskirk Food & Drink Festival