HOT DATES 2011 – April Update

Compiled by your Hot Dates Blogger, STEPHEN BELL!

WHITBY GOTH WEEKEND PART 2: 1^ST-4^TH April www.darkdaisypromotions.co.uk

WHITBY SPIRIT OF THE 40S WEEKEND: 15^TH 16^TH 17^TH April www.spiritofthe40s.co.uk

HARROGATE SPRING FLOWER SHOW: Harrogate 14^th-17^th April www.flowershow.org.uk

BEAMISH MUSEUM GREAT NORTH STEAM FAIR EVENT: 14^th-17^th April including a special photo opportunity on the Saturday evening www.beamish,org.uk

TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE: Sunderland Winter Gardens Museum 16^th April-26^th June

DRAGON BOAT RACING: Teeside 17^th April www.dragonboat.org.uk

SPRING NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE RACING: 17^th April Oliver’s Mount Scarborough

BIKEWISE EASTER EGG RUN: Durham 24^th April www.bikewisenews.org.uk

DURHAM SEDGFIELD NATIONAL RACE NIGHT: 26^TH April Evening race meeting including CAMEL RACING!!! www.sedgefield-racecourse.co.uk

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

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

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

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

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

BRITISH CANOE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 28^th 29^th May Teeside Barrage Stockton (tbc)

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

DURHAM MINERS’ GALA: 9^th July

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)

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

New postings in red with lots more to follow. Dates subject to confirmation

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