More to see and do : More For You - from Stena Line

1. Merthyr Tydfil Farmer's Market

Fri 5 Mar – Fri 3 Dec 2010

Sample the delights of the Merthyr Tydfil Farmer’s Market where you will find fresh quality products that are grown, reared or made within a 50 mile radius.

Many of the foods you find at the market are True Taste of Wales award winners which recognises the best in Welsh cuisine. The market runs on the first Friday of every month from 10am-2pm.

www.merthyr.gov.uk/FarmersMarket

2. Gorseinon Food Festival

24 April 2010

Join us for our food festival with a variety of stands offering local produce and musical entertainment from local artists.

www.gdt.org.uk

Gorseinon,
Swansea

3. Admiral 2010 Mumbles Mostly Blues & Jazz Festival

May Bank Holiday weekend, April 30th to May 3rd

Expect a high-quality boutique music festival: a great bar, lashings of tasty festival food, and that indefinable Mumbles seaside atmosphere in the Festival Pavilion and other venues on Swansea Bay.

Absolutely unmissable!

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

The Festival will be in Mumbles this year, mostly in the main Festival Pavilion and also at the Con Club and Mumbles Rugby Club.

4. The Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival

Sat 15 - Sun 16 May 2010

Held on the Royal Welsh Showground at Llanelwedd, features all manner of farming and horticulture-related activities.

Smallholders can share experiences, learn new techniques, explore ideas and enjoy themselves in an environment devoted to practical smallholding activities, including how to get started.

www.rwas.co.uk

Royal Welsh Showground,
Llanelwedd,
Builth Wells,
Powys
LD2 3SY

5. Guardian Hay Festival

Thu 27 May 2010 - Sun 6 Jun 2010

The little borderland of Hay-on-Wye has established itself as Britain's "town of books" so it is the ideal setting for a literary festival that now has an international reputation. The festival attracts leading writers and poets as well as plenty of celebrities. During the festival around 80,000 visitors will enjoy literature in all its forms and lots of music too.

A grand opportunity to indulge your tastes...... reading, debate, comedy, music, literature, food, winners & BOOKS!

www.hayfestival.com

Box Office no: 01497 822 629

6. Celtic Manor Wales Open

Thu 3 - Sun 6 Jun 2010

The Celtic Manor Wales Open returns for the eleventh year in June 2010. Already established as one of the leading events on the European Tour, the tournament is set for its third year on the spectacular Twenty Ten course, the first in history to be designed and built to host The Ryder Cup.

www.walesopen.com

The Celtic Manor Resort,
Coldra Woods,
Newport,
Monmouthshire,
NP18 1HQ

7. Brecon Jazz

Fri 6 - Sun 8 Aug 2010

Brecon Jazz Festival is a music festival held on an annual basis in the rural surroundings of Brecon, Mid Wales. It plays host to a range of jazz musicians who travel from across the world to take part and to many visiting tourists who are attracted by the music, the social scene and the other leisure opportunities on offer in and around the Brecon Beacons.

www.breconjazz.org

Brecon,
Powys,
LD3 9DA

8. World Bog Snorkelling Championship

Sun 29 Aug 2010

Up for a bog-tastic August bank holiday? A host of crazy competitors will battle it out in a sixty-yard peat bog for the coveted title of 'World Champion Bog Snorkeller'. The dirtiest water sport of the year!!

www.green-events.co.uk

Llanwrtyd Wells,
Powys
LD5 4SB

9. Hunter Chase Evening at Cheltenham Race course

5th May

The end of term party, giving the amateur jockeys their chance to take centre stage at racing's own theatre of dreams. The last chance to see racing at Cheltenham for almost six months. This is always a popular fixture, which invariably takes place in warm early summer sunshine and produces six fascinating and well contested races.

www.cheltenham.co.uk/racing/fixtures/Hunter_Chase_Evening.html

Conference & Events,
Cheltenham Racecourse,
Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire
GL50 4SH