HOT DATES 2011 – August Update

Compiled by your Hot Dates Blogger, Stephen Bell

Alnwick International Music Festival: 30^th July to 6^th August (Market Place)

STOCKTON INTERNATIONAL RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL: 3^rd to 7^th August

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

EDINBURGH FRINGE: 5^th to 29^th August

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

Middleton in Teesdale Carnival: 6^th August

Ignition Festival, Newcastle: 6^th to 7^th August   ++CANCELLED++

Folkworks Durham Gathering: 11^th to 13^th August

NewcastleGateshead Bridges Festival: 12^th to 14^th August (Swing Bridge to Millennium

SEDGEFIELD SHOW: 13^th August

VINTAGE VEHICLE RALLY, RABY CASTLE: 21^st August

VARIETY CLUB LADIES DAY, Sedgefield Races: 23^rd August

STREETS OF … Summer Festival: Durham, 26^th and 27th August

WEARDALE AGRICULTURAL SHOW, St John’s Chapel: 27^th August

Military Vehicle Rally  28-29th August, DLI Museum. LINK

WOLSINGHAM SHOW: 3^rd and 4^th September

DURHAM BIG RIDE: 4^th September

STANHOPE SHOW: 10^th September +++ DPS Assignment Outing +++

Durham Big Ride, The Beast: 11^th September

NEWCASTLE MELA: Sunday 11^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

SUNDERLAND PRIDE: 25^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

LUMIERE, Durham: 17^th to 20^th November

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

New postings in red. Dates subject to confirmation

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