What to do and see in South West England, England: The Best Events

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"The Weston Sand Sculpture Festival is open from 4th April until the end of September. With every year a new theme we will display a new exhibition with over 30 sculptures entirely made out of sand! The competition between carvers gets greater every year as they try to win you over. The standard is high every year so use your power wisely in the competition area, because you are in control to vote. Alongside the sculptures will be photo opportunities, cinema experiences, workshops, play areas and seaside café. So see you at the Beach?"

Bestival is an award winning four-day boutique music festival set on the Lulworth Estate – an enchanting, wooded country estate on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. The wonderful world of Bestival was born out of ten fun years of pioneering music events and record releases from Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best empire. The renowned music specialist had a dream to create his vision of the modern-day festival. Along with Creative Director and wife Josie da Bank and co-founders/partners John and Ziggy from Get Involved that dream is now reality. On a mission to change the face of independent festival culture, the fearless foursome are spreading the love worldwide.

As the most famous music festival in the UK, it’s a race to get your hands on one of the 170,000+ Glastonbury tickets when they go on sale. It started in 1970 as a tiny festival, where you mingled with the cows and got free milk while watching T Rex up on stage after paying £1. Since then it’s morphed into the music event of the year. The whole thing is streamed on TV, covered on numerous radio stations and talked about for weeks. If you're lucky enough to grab a ticket make sure you take your wellies too – the Glastonbury mud is as legendary as the festival itself.

Nightglows, Firework Displays and Mass Balloon Launches are just some of the spectacular events that you can expect during the four days of free, family-friendly fun that make up the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. Founded more than thirty years ago, today the fiesta is the largest of its kind in Europe, featuring more than 100 hot air balloons, and attracting half a million visitors annually. Nothing quite compares to the daily ‘breakfast and balloons’ spectacle - bound to leave you speechless - while the parachute displays, music stage, fairground rides and more, will help to keep kids - both young and old - happily entertained for the entire day.

A 4 day and three-night camping festival aimed squarely at family fun and relaxation, we offer you live music, adult and kids yoga, local clothing, artisan food, real cider and ales from local suppliers, silent discos, kids cinemas, free paddle boarding