HOT DATES 2011 – May Update

Compiled by your Hot Dates Blogger, STEPHEN BELL!

175^th ANNIVERSARY OF WHITBY-PICKERING LINE: NYMR events 29^th April-8^th May www.nymr.co.uk

MORPETH NORTHUMBRIA GATHERING: 29^th April to 1^st May www.northumbriana.org.uk/gathering

SKIPTON WATERWAYS FESTIVAL: 30^TH April-2^nd May www.penninecruisers.com/festival

STOCKCARS AT BARFORD RACEWAY: 1^st 15^th and 29^th May www.barfordraceway.com

KITEIVAL: Redcar 6^th-8^th May www.britishkitesurfingassosiation.co.uk

TOUR OF HAMSTERLEY RALLY: 8^th May www.tourofhamsterley.co.uk

PROSURF TOUR: SALTBURN 14^TH 15^TH May www.ukprosurf.com/saltburn

HAWORTH 40’s WEEKEND: 14^th & 15^th May www.haworth-village.org.uk

BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP: Croft Circuit, 14^th & 15^th May www.croftcircuit.co.uk

RACE FOR LIFE EVENTS: Herrington Country Park 21^st 22^nd May

2011 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CUP: 21^st 22^nd May Dalby Forest North Yorkshire

EVOLUTION FESTIVAL, Newcastle Gateshead Quayside: 28^th and 29^th May

BARNARD CASTLE STEAM FAIR: Streathlam Farm Nr Barnard Castle 28-30^th May www.ntet.co.uk

BRITISH CANOE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 28^th 29^th May Teeside Barrage Stockton ***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED***

TYNESIDE LOCO FESTIVAL: TANFIELD RAILWAY 29^TH 30^TH May www.tanfieldrailway.co.uk

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SHOW: BH 30^th May www.northcountyshow.co.uk

GEORGIAN SPRING/SUMMER FAIR: Beamish Museum 2^nd-5^th June www.beamishmuseum/events.co.uk

BRAMHAM INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS: Wetherby 2^nd-5^th June www.bramham-horse.co.uk

APPLEBY HORSE FAIR: 2^nd to 8^th June www.applebyfair.org

JETSKI (JSRA) BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP, Doncaster 4^th and 5^th June www.jsra.co.uk

BLAYDON RACES: 9^th June

PICKERING 60’s FESTIVAL: 10^th and 11^th June www.pickering60sfestival.co.uk

DURHAM REGATTA: 11^th and 12^th June

THE HOPPINGS TRAVELLING FAIR: Town Moor 17^th-25^th June

NCPF BEAMISH MEMBERS WEEKEND: 18^th, 19^th, 20^th June www.ncpf.org.uk/index.php?id=ncpf-events

BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP: Croft Circuit, 18^th &19^th June www.croftcircuit.co.uk

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE FESTIVAL: Newcastle Racecourse 23^rd to 25^th June

NORTHERN ROCK CYCLONE: 24^th to 26^th June

BRASS: Durham International Festival: July TBA www.brassfestival.co.uk

MOUTH OF THE TYNE FESTIVAL: North Shields/Tynemouth 8^th-10^th July

DURHAM MINERS’ GALA: 9^th July

MASHAM STEAM ENGINE RALLY 16^TH 17^TH July: Masham www.ntet.co.uk

FESTIVAL OF HISTORY: 16^th 17^th July **5 STAR EVENT** Kelmarsh Hall www.english-heritage.org.uk

LADIES DAY: Newcastle Racecourse 23^rd July

BIKEWISE 2011: 24^th July (tbc)

Photography Evening, Durham Cathedral 25th July; LINK

GATESHEAD SUMMER FLOWER SHOW: 29^th to 31^st July

SUNDERLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW: 30^th, 31^st July

EDINBURGH FRINGE: 5^th to 29^th August

PICKERING TRACTION ENGINE RALLY: 4^th to 7^th August www.pickeringsteam.com

BILLINGHAM INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL: Billingham 5^th-13^th August. (Check website for photo competition details) www.billinghamfestival.co.uk

NEWCASTLE MELA: August TBA

WOLSINGHAM SHOW: 3^rd and 4^th September

WORLD SHEEPDOG TRIALS FOOD AND COUNTRY CRAFT FESTIVAL**1^st TIME EVENT FOR THE UK**:15^th-18^th September Lowther Park Cumbria www.lowther.co.uk

BUPA GREAT NORTH RUN WEEKEND: 17^th and 18^th September

PICKERING WARTIME WEEKEND: 14^th to 16^th October

TURNER PRIZE AT BALTIC: 21^st October 2011 to 8^th January 2012

WHITBY GOTHIC WEEKEND: 4^th to 6^th November

BOXING DAY DIP: 26^th December, Seaburn, Sunderland

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