What’s Happening in Cornwall in 2026?

JANUARY

• 1^st           New Year’s Day
• 6^th           Bodmin Wassail – Traditional Twelfth night singing event
• 11^th          Point 2 Point – Royal Cornwall Showground Wadebridge
• 25^th        Burns Night

FEBRUARY

• 1^st -28^th   Broken Hearts Guided Tour, Bodmin Jail
• 13^th              Cornwall February Half Term begins
• 14^th          Valentine’s Day
• 14^th             Until 22nd The Scarecrows’ Wedding adventure at the Eden Project
• 17^th          Shrove Tuesday
• 18^th             Ash Wednesday 
• 23^rd         National Pasty Week begins
• 28^th            Global Pasty Championships concludes at Lost gardens of Heligan.
• MARCH
• 3^rd         Expowest Cornwall 2026 – Royal Cornwall Showground Wadebridge
• 5^th           St Piran’s Day “Gool Peran Lowen”
• 15^th        Mother’s Day
• 16^th         Cornwall Music Festival begins
• 17^th          St Patrick’s Day
• 28^th         Spring Flower Show begins Royal Cornwall Showground
• 29^th        Clocks go forward

APRIL

• 3^rd            Good Friday
• 3^rd             Cornwall Easter School Holiday begins
• 3^rd & 4^th Antiques and Vintage Fair @Royal Cornwall Showground
• 5^th              Easter Sunday
• 5^th             Easter Ball Roll Padstow – Organised by Nadelik Lowen
• 6^th               Easter Monday
• 11^th             National Pet Day
• 6^th               St Endellion Easter Festival begins
• 23^rd            St George’s Day
• 24^th            Rattler Fest begins
• 25^th            Trevithick Day

MAY

• 1^st           Obby Oss May Day Celebrations in Padstow Town
• 1^st           Cornwall Tribute Festival begins
• 1^st           Fowey Festival begins
• 4^th               May Bank Holiday
• 8^th            Helston Flora Day
• 8^th           World Donkey Day – Flicka Foundation sanctuary
• 9^th          Mardis Gras Carnival – Lusty Glaze
• 17^th        British Wildlife & Conservation Fun Day – visit Screech Owl Sanctuary
• 20^th        Whitsun School Holiday begins Cornwall
• 22^nd       Port Isaac Shanty Festival starts with The Fisherman’s Friends – Stithians Showground
• 23^rd & 24^th  Thirst Aid – TBC The Well Parc in Trevone.  17th year Cornish Ale and Cider Festival – with Live music + children’s activities.
• 25^th        Spring Bank Holiday
• 29^th      Great Estate Festival begins
• JUNE
• 4^th           Royal Cornwall Show begins
• 5^th           Tunes in the Dunes begins – 3 day live music festival on the beach at Perranporth Basement Jaxx, The Proclaimers, Professor Green, Scouting for girls +
• 12^th        Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival begins
• 13^th       Original Engines Weekend – Lappa Valley
• 13^th        Murdoch Day – Redruth
• 13^th       Lappa Valley Grand Gala weekend begins
• 16^th        Eden Sessions -Wolf Alice
• 17^th       Eden Sessions – Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
• 18^th        Eden Session – Snow Patrol
• 19^th       Music in The Park at Prideaux Place Padstow
• 19^th        Golowan Festival begins. Cornish Tradition festival Penzance
• 19^th        Merrymoor- Beer & Cider Festival begins.
• 20^th          Eden Sessions Becky Hill
• 21^st         Father’s Day
• 26^th           Eden Sessions – Pixies
• 28^th & 29^th Lappa Valley 30^th anniversary weekend
• 27^th        Mazey Day parade and street party

JULY

• 3^rd          Paradhis Festival begins
• 5^th           Eden Sessions –  Bowling for Soup and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
• 4^th          Helifest 2026 – Scorrier House
• 4^th           Bodmin Riding and Heritage Weekend begins
• 4^th           St Breward Carnival
• 4^th & 5^th Newquay Carnival
• 5^th           Eden Sessions -Bowling for sour and Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
• 6^th           Cornwall Agility Club Summer 2025 Premier Show – Wadebridge begins.
• 9^th          Eden Sessions- Bastille + Alfie Templeman
• 10th         Eden Sessions – Ben Howard
• 10^th         Tropical Pressure Festival begins – Porthtowan
• 11^th         Eden Sessions – The Maccabees
• 11^th          St Tudy Carnival
• 11^th         St Dennis carnival
• 12^th        Eden Sessions – MIKA
• 13^th       Stithians Show
• 15th       Eden Sessions CMAT
• 16^th      The Wild Gardens Festival begins – Port Eliot
• 18^th        Wadebridge Carnival from 7pm
• 19^th     World Ice Cream Day
• 23^rd      Rock Oyster Festival begins
• 25^th       Indian Queens carnival
• 25^th      Ibiza Club classics Beach party – Lusty Glaze Beach
• 23^rd    Cornwall Summer School Holiday begins
• 23^rd     until 27th August 2026. Magic in the Skies – Every Tuesday & Thursday
• 26^th     Mamma Mia Beach Party Lusty Glaze Beach

AUGUST

• 1^st           Padstow Carnival
• 1^st            St Teath Carnival
• 5^th           Boardmasters Festival begins
• 6^th           Creation Fest begins Royal Cornwall Showground Wadebridge
• 8^th          St Columb Major Carnival
• 8^th           Bodmin carnival
• 8^th          St Merryn Carnival
• 12^th         Padstow to Rock Swim (Marie Curie)
• 14^th       West of England Great Steam Engine Rally – Stithians
• 16^th        Fowey Regatta & Carnival Week begins
• 23^rd       TBC The Great Atlantic Raft Race, traditionally held late August
• 25^th        Charlestown Regatta Week begins
• 27^th       Cornwall Folk Festival begins
• 29^th & 30^th Antiques and Vintage Fair @Royal Cornwall Showground
• 31^st         Summer Bank Holiday

SEPTEMBER

• 1^st          Bude Jazz Festival begins
• 3^rd          Cornwall Back to School
• 4^th         Kernowfornia Festival begins with top headliners  – Looe
• 7^th          St Mawgan Steam & Vintage Rally
• 11^th        Little Orchard Cider and Music Festival begins
• 12^th        St Ives September Festival begins
• 12^th       Lands’ End 100 – cycling event
• 12^th        Lanlivery Vintage Rally & Country Fair – Nomansland nr Sweetshouse
• 25^th       Disco Classics with Orchestra Lusty Glaze beach

OCTOBER

Pumpkin Festival events TBC at Camel Creek, Strawberry Fields Farm Shop, Monkey Tree Holiday Park

Falmouth Oyster Festival TBC

• 18^th        Eden Project Marathon and Half Marathon
• 24^th        Cornwall October School Half Term begins
• 25^th       Clocks go back
• 26^th        National Grandparents Day
• 31^st        Halloween

NOVEMBER

• 5^th        Bonfire Night
• 8^th         Remembrance Sunday
• 21^st       Truro Christmas Market begins
• TBC       Fowey Christmas market begins
• TBC       Wadebridge Christmas light switch on
• TBC       Padstow Christmas Lights switch on and the Padstow Carollers
• TBC       Nadelik Lowen Padstow Christmas festival begins with live music and craft stalls, BBQ and face painting.  Santa’s Grotto, Crib exhibition and fairground rides and lots more!  all around the Town.
• 30^th     St Andrew’s Day

DECEMBER

Throughout December – Christmas at The Eden Project Light Show – ice skating and meet Father Christmas

TBC        Padstow Late Night Shopping

TBC        Padstow Christmas Fayre Free to attend – four days of festive food, family fun & seasonal entertainment.

• 4^th           British Wildlife & Conservation Fun Day
• 18^th        Christmas School Holiday begins
• 21^st         TBC Montol Winter Solstice Festival begins
• 25^th        Christmas Day
• 26^th        Boxing Day
• 31^st          New Year’s Eve