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West Cornwall Events Calendar 2012

May

• 19 May Olympic Torch Relay - the Torch starts from Land's End
• 21 - 28 May St. Ives Food and Drink Festival - taste, try, meet, buy
• 23 & 24 May Fishermans Friends, Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
• 24 - 27 May Pilot Cutter World Championships 

June

• 2 - 10 June Cornwall Open Studios - artists from across Cornwall open their doors to the public
• 2 - 5 June, Queens Diamond Jubilee - events taking place across West Cornwall
• 7 - 9 June Royal Cornwall Show - top agricultural show
• 8 - 9 June St. Ives Beer Festival
• 16 - 24 June Golowan Festival, Penzance with Mazey Day on the 23rd
• 21 - 22 June Round Britain 2012 - 50 powerboats, 50 aircraft, 50 cars will visit Falmouth
• 29 - 1 July, Marazion Armed Forces weekend - living history and weapon displays,

July

• 6 - 8 July Sea, Salts & Sail, Mousehole - celebrates the heritage of this famous fishing village
• 13 - 21 July Lafrowda Festival, St. Just
• 16 July Stithians Agricultural Show
• 22 July, Marazion Carnival with an Olympic theme
• 28 & 29 July, St. Buryan Rally , Trevorgans Farm
• 26 July, Air Sea Rescue Day, Land's End
• 25 - 29 July - Penzance Literary Festival - 80 events in small venues
• Culdrose Air Day, cancelled for 2012

August

• 1-17 August St. Just Arts and Crafts Fair
• 3-6 Mousehole Carnival
• 7 August, Morvah Pasty Day, Morvah Schoolhouse
• 17 - 19 August West of England Steam Rally
• 17 - 19 Cornwall Design Fair, Trereife, Penzance
• 23 August Air Ambulance Day at Land's End
• 27 August Newlyn Fish Festival
• 16 August Pirate Day, Lands End

September

• 6 - 9 September Heritage Open Days - free access to properties normally closed to public
• 9 - 23 September St. Ives September Festival - music, arts and literature
• 14 - 16 September, Festival of Sport to be held in Mounts Bay, Penzance
• 22-23 September, Proms at the Minack Theatre

October

• 11 - 14 October Falmouth Oyster Festival
• 13 October, Paul Feast includes the Western Hunt and a boules match
• 6 - 20 October Newlyn Arts Festival
• 26 October - 4 November Penzance Proms

November

• 3 November Cornish Horse Power match at Trewidden Farm
• 4-5 November St. Just Feast
• 21 November Truro City of Lights
• 23 - 25 November Trereife Christmas Gift Fair, Penzance
• 24 November, Penzance Christmas lights switch on

December

• 2 December, Sennen Feast
• 16 - 21 December Montol Festival, Penzance - arts and community festival
• 15 December Mousehole Christmas Lights
• 23 December Tom Bawcock's Eve, Mousehole