MAY
‘Obby ‘Oss Day, Cornwall
On the first day of May, the hobby horses come out to play in Padstow, Cornwall.
OCTOBER
Phuket Vegetarian Festival, Thailand
Ouch! For a clean-living vegetarian festival, this event has more than it’s fair share of ravaged flesh.
SEPTEMBER
Black Pudding Throwing, England
It’s time to lob your Lancashire black puddings at a Yorkshire pudding target, and drink to the War of the Roses.
OCTOBER
Beard and moustache contest, USA
Scissors, wax and combs at the ready! It’s time to frizz that facial fuzz, trim your tash and perm your muttonchops.
DECEMBER
Marshfield Paper Boys, England
Well, that’s one way to recycle your newspapers! This shaggy Gloucestershire mummers troupe is famous for its quirky Boxing Day performance.
DECEMBER
Tom Bawcock’s Eve, Cornwall
A celebration of one long-dead fisherman and the rather peculiar, not to mention unnerving, ‘star gazy pie’.
DECEMBER
Uppies and Doonies, Scotland
Now this crazy game of mass street ball is the way to keep warm over Christmas and New Year!
JANUARY
Burning the Clavie, Burghead
More proof of national pyromania in Scotland, as if any were needed.
DECEMBER
Burning the Clocks, Brighton
Homemade lanterns and costumes all go up in flames in this singular seaside parade.
