August is the most popular month for agricultural shows, with the corn harvest at least partly gathered in. Sports , carnivals and a wide variety of events are scheduled.The month ends with the last Bank Holiday before winter, which is a good opportunity for festival organisers everywhere.
Some events take place on exactly the same date every year, regardless of which day of the week they fall upon. The following table shows events which are fixed in this way:
| Day | Event | Article |
| 1 | Lammas |  |
| 1 | Yorkshire Day | |
| 5 (or 4th when 5th is on Sunday) | Brigg Fair | |
| 12 | Mary Gibson's Mausoleum Inspection | |
| 24 | Sandwich Bartlemas Bun Race | |
| 24 | West Ardsley: Lee Gap Fair | |
Some event dates differ from year to year in order for them to fall on a weekend or during a particular week of the year, for example the 3rd week in January. The following table shows events where dates may vary in this manner:
| Date | Event | Article |
| Variable Date depending on Tides | Brambles Bank Cricket Match | |
| Variable Date - a Sunday in the Month | Walking the Plank Competition | |
| Before 12th | Leigh Parish Lands Candle Auction | |
| Sunday in June, July or August | Devon National Sandcastle Competition | |
| A Saturday in July or August | Sussex BLMRA 12 Hour Lawnmowing Race | |
| Weekend in July or August | Bognor Birdman Competition | |
| Sunday in late July or early August | Sidmouth Horse Trials | |
| A Sunday in August (or July or October!) | Lewes World Pea Throwing Championships | |
| Most of Month | Edinburgh Military Tattoo | |
| Weekends throughout Month | Sherwood Forest Robin Hood Festival | |
| Early in month every 4 years | Lincoln Mystery Plays | |
| 1st weekend in Month & week leading up to it | Gatehouse of Fleet Gala Week | |
| Saturday nearest 1st | Eastbourne Lammas Festival | |
| Saturday before 1st Monday in the Month | Ripon St Wilfrids Feast & Procession | |
| Sunday near 1st | Avoncroft Lammas | |
| Weekend near 4th | Battle of Evesham Festival Weekend | |
| Weekend near 4th | Bungay Black Shuck Festival | |
| 1st Week | National Eisteddfod of Wales | |
| 1st Weekend | Woodmen of Arden Grand Wardmote | |
| 1st Tuesday | Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show | |
| 1st Friday | Inverkeithing Hat & Ribbon Race | |
| 1st Saturday | Bonsall Hen Race | |
| 1st Saturday | Lauder Common Riding | |
| 1st Saturday | Beccles Thumb Wrestling Championships | |
| 1st Sunday in Month | Nottingham Pagan Pride Festival | |
| Thursday of 1st Full Week | Coldsteam Common Riding to Flodden Battlefield | |
| Sunday early in month | New Galloway Scottish Alternative Games | |
| Saturday early to mid Month | York Assize of Ale | |
| Sunday early to mid Month | Moffat Sheep Races | |
| 2nd Friday | Queensferry Burry Man | |
| 2nd Saturday | Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival | |
| Sunday nearest 12th | Lymm Rushbearing | |
| 1st Sunday after 12th | Macclesfield Forest Rushbearing | |
| Monday after 12th | Marhamchurch Revel & Cornish Feast | |
| Mid Month | Irvine Marymass Festival | |
| A Friday mid-Month | Staithes Nightgown Parade | |
| A Saturday mid-Month | Crosswell Ras Beca | |
| Saturday mid-month | Kilwinning & Drummond Castle Papingo | |
| Saturday mid Month | Tywyn Race the Train | |
| Mid month | Bodmin Prayer Book Rebellion Commemoration | |
| Tuesday & Wednesday mid-Month | Plymouth British Fireworks Championships | |
| Mid-late in Month | Totnes Orange Races | |
| 2nd Weekend after 12th | Saddleworth Rushcart | |
| Saturday nearest 18th | Sanquhar Common Riding | |
| 3rd Week | Fowey Royal Regatta & Cornish Pasty Race | |
| 3rd Saturday | Orkney Boys Ploughing Match & Festival of the Horse | |
| Saturday nearest 19th | Glenfinnan Highland Gathering | |
| Saturday after 19th | Cilgerran Coracle Races | |
| Wednesday late in Month | Southampton Knighthood of the Old Green Tournament | |
| Wednesday late in Month every 7 years | Richmond Septennial Boundary Riding | |
| Friday late in Month | Dartmouth Waiters & Waitresses Races | |
| Sunday near 22nd | Battle of Bosworth Commemoration | |
| Saturday nearest 23rd | Elderslie Wallace Day | |
| Saturday nearest 24th | West Witton Burning Bartle | |
| Saturday of August Bank Holiday Weekend | Aberaeron Mackerel Fiesta | |
| August Bank Holiday Weekend and Monday | Axbridge Pageant | |
| August Bank Holiday Weekend | Dymchurch Day of Syn | |
| August Bank Holiday Sunday | Llanwrtyd Wells Rude Health Bog Snorkelling Championships | |
| August Bank Holiday Sunday | Grasmere Sports | |
| August Bank Holiday Sunday | Semerwater Lakeside Service | |
| August Bank Holiday Sunday & Monday | London Notting Hill Carnival | |
| August Bank Holiday Sunday & Monday | Uffington Scouring the White Horse & White Horse Show | |
| August Bank Holiday Monday | Bourton Football in the Water | |
| August Bank Holiday Monday | Pershore Plum Festival | |
| August Bank Holiday Monday | Stacksteads World Gravy Wrestling Championships | |
| August Bank Holiday Monday | Wells Moat Boat Races | |
| Last Saturday in Month | Birnam World Championship Haggis Eating Competition | |
| Last Sunday in Month | Eyam Plague Sunday Service | |
| Last weekend in August | Whitby Pirate Festival | |
| Saturday in late August/ early September | Palnackie World Flounder Tramping Championships | |