Welcome to Calendar Customs!
This site aims to list the wide variety of traditional and unusual events that take place each year in the UK and to help visitors take part in them. Each event has its own page giving details of its timing and location, as well as a very brief history and notes on what to expect. Enjoy!
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![John Barleycorn is the personification of the barley crop and the beer brewed from it, who has been part of the song culture of the British Isles for centuries and […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_8282-115x115.jpeg "Whitby: John Barleycorn Must Die")
Whitby: John Barleycorn Must Die
Posted on September 21, 2024 | No CommentsJohn Barleycorn is the personification of the barley crop and the beer brewed from it, who has been part of the song culture of the British Isles for centuries and […] -
![St Blaise is the patron saint of wool-combers, and in Frampton on Severn today his feast is marked by a special event at the church, on the Sunday nearest to […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_6981-115x115.jpeg "Frampton St Blaise’s Day")
Frampton St Blaise’s Day
Posted on February 4, 2024 | No CommentsSt Blaise is the patron saint of wool-combers, and in Frampton on Severn today his feast is marked by a special event at the church, on the Sunday nearest to […] -
![The annual flower festival at Shaftesbury is part of a unique project to create the UK’s first “snowdrop town”, following on from its beginnings in 2012 with the public planting […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_4092-115x115.jpeg "Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival")
Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival
Posted on February 18, 2023 | 2 CommentsThe annual flower festival at Shaftesbury is part of a unique project to create the UK’s first “snowdrop town”, following on from its beginnings in 2012 with the public planting […] -
![Boxing Day is a popular date for sport of all kinds, but as far as I know the Squirt event at Geddington is unique. It involves a huge water fight […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3743-115x115.jpeg "Geddington Boxing Day Squirt")
Geddington Boxing Day Squirt
Posted on December 26, 2022 | No CommentsBoxing Day is a popular date for sport of all kinds, but as far as I know the Squirt event at Geddington is unique. It involves a huge water fight […] -
![The tiny church at Efenechtyd houses the Feat Stone or Maen Camp, a large rounded boulder used to demonstrate the strength of the locals who would throw the stone backwards […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_0628-115x115.jpeg "Efenechtyd Throwing the Feat Stone")
Efenechtyd Throwing the Feat Stone
Posted on April 24, 2020 | No CommentsThe tiny church at Efenechtyd houses the Feat Stone or Maen Camp, a large rounded boulder used to demonstrate the strength of the locals who would throw the stone backwards […] -
![The summer celebrations at Parwich begin on Wakes Saturday, the last weekend in June or sometimes the first in July, with the unique Oddfellows Procession. The Oddfellows are a national […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9563-115x115.jpeg "Parwich Wakes and Oddfellows Procession")
Parwich Wakes and Oddfellows Procession
Posted on February 24, 2020 | 1 CommentThe summer celebrations at Parwich begin on Wakes Saturday, the last weekend in June or sometimes the first in July, with the unique Oddfellows Procession. The Oddfellows are a national […] -
![Tichborne Dole is one of the longest established charity doles in the country, with a great legend attached to it. As Lady Mabella lay on her deathbed in the twelfth […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5156-115x115.jpg "Tichborne Dole")
Tichborne Dole
Posted on March 25, 2019 | 9 CommentsTichborne Dole is one of the longest established charity doles in the country, with a great legend attached to it. As Lady Mabella lay on her deathbed in the twelfth […] -
![The Onion Fayre at Newent was the only celebration devoted to the ever useful vegetable; it had been held since the Twelfth Century but the Onion Eating competition had only […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_3872-115x115.jpg "Newent Onion Fayre & Onion Eating Contest")
Newent Onion Fayre & Onion Eating Contest
Posted on September 14, 2018 | 2 CommentsThe Onion Fayre at Newent was the only celebration devoted to the ever useful vegetable; it had been held since the Twelfth Century but the Onion Eating competition had only […] -
![The World Worm Charming Championship is held on a Saturday late each June at Willaston Primary Academy in Cheshire and dates back to 1980. Where else would you get a […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_3228-115x115.jpg "Willaston World Worm Charming Championship")
Willaston World Worm Charming Championship
Posted on June 23, 2018 | 7 CommentsThe World Worm Charming Championship is held on a Saturday late each June at Willaston Primary Academy in Cheshire and dates back to 1980. Where else would you get a […] -
![Penzance is the setting for an annual revival of an ancient Cornish custom which vanished during the early years of the twentieth century: the Blowing of May Horns. Tin trumpets […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_2911-115x115.jpg "Penzance May Horns")
Penzance May Horns
Posted on May 5, 2018 | No CommentsPenzance is the setting for an annual revival of an ancient Cornish custom which vanished during the early years of the twentieth century: the Blowing of May Horns. Tin trumpets […]