- I searched for events happening in the UK. Music festivals are no good anymore cos most are commercial rip-offs these days ... so I looked for Science Festivals & Mind, Ideas, Brain, & thinking festivals
- Round up of UK Science, Literature & History Festivals 2012
- My other page and here (volunteering on canals etc.)
www.literaryfestivals.co.uk
-Science Festivals
Mostly listed on the British Council website, the Galilleo site is supposed to list EU science festivals - not good list really
- Jeez I just found another good list for Europ http://www.eusea.info/Events DEAD
- European Science Events, check the update file DEAD
- britishscienceassociation Use the What's On button on the home page
- British Science Festival
Skeptics Events
- @TheBrightsNet Twitter
- Sheffield Skeptics in Pub
- http://www.questival.org.uk/ august camp says young people only DEAD
- http://www.the-brights.net/
Festivals of Ideas, Mind etc.
IT/Festival della Scienza (Genoa Science Festival) 25-10-12
- Ireland Nationwide Discover Science & Engineering Week 11.11.2012 18.11.201
NEW FESTIVALS
- HowTheLightGetsIn, the philosophy and music festival at Hay on Wye May
- Looked for theatre & Drama festivals but only found finished ones in Halesworth www.hightide.org.uk/ May
ElyFestival 13-15 July looks good but virtually sold out http://www.elyfolkfestival.co.uk £75
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and Rally '12
Date: Friday 13th - Sunday 15th July 12
Location: Tolpuddle near Dorchester, Dorset - MAP
Cost: weekend £25, - Sunday only free
Tony Benn & his union mates pay homage to 100 years of Woodie Gutherie etc.
http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/tolpuddle/2012/
- last weekend in July : Leigh on Sea free Folk festival in Essex, but there is no festival campsite
- Free Folk Festival at Tintern, Folk on the Lawn '12
Date: Friday 13th - Sunday 15th July 12
Location: Abbey Mill, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Gwent, South Wales http://www.folkonthelawn.com/
- checked it's small fest ..camping is £3 01291 689566
- Wrexham Science fest :Thursday 19 – Friday 27 July corrected date http://www.wrexhamsf.com/Whatson/ 1 or 2 free events per day
- Cardiff science Festival
- Fri-sat-Sun 20-21-22nd July : Winchester science festival ..£3 stuff, but 60% aimed at kids http://winchesterscifest.org/
Wallingford Bunkfest Start Date: 30th August 2013
- 2014 ?The Festival of the Mind will be a collaboration between the City and the University of Sheffield.
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