Summer Concerts

3 - 4 Jul 2009 (annual)

Making the most of its spectacular setting, Warwick Castle hosts annual outdoor concerts for music and pyrotechnics lovers. Seasoned concert-goers bring a well-packed picnic hamper, and at the end of the concert, the fireworks provide a memorable finale.

The Royal Show

7 - 10 Jul 2009 (annual)

The Royal Show at the Stoneleigh Park Exhibition & Conference Centre claims to be "Europe's premier agricultural fair". Over 200 rural craft stands, a huge flower marquee, British food pavilion and machinery provide further attractions.

Global Gathering

24 - 25 Jul 2009 (annual)

Global Gathering brings GodsKitchen's unique brand of midsummer madness to Long Marston Airfield. Their take on the festival format brings a new dimension to the club calendar, hijacking every aspect of dance music and combining it with some spectacular entertainment.

Warwick Folk Festival

24 - 26 Jul 2009 (annual)

Warwick Folk Festival attracts an impressive line-up of singers, bands, street performers and morris dancers to the leafy grounds of Warwick School. Kate Rusby and Eric Bogle headline the event in 2009.

Bulldog Bash

6 - 9 Aug 2009 (annual)

Among Europe's biggest biker rock festivals, the Bulldog Bash takes place at the Shakespeare County Raceway on Long Marston Airfield. There are displays by professional drag racers and supertuned bikes, and bikers stage their own races down the strip.

Carpe Diem Theatre

Jul - Aug 2009 (annual)

Carpe Diem Theatre's Summer Theatre Academy once again comes to Stratford's Civic Hall for three weeks in the summer. Budding young actors and technicians can attend a series of unique programmes in theatre training and study, which culminate in a series of final performances. Shakespeare, surely, would have approved and its great to get the kids busy during the long summer break.

Stratford Races

2 Mar - 29 Oct 2009 (annual)

Whether a seasoned racegoer or a newcomer to the sport, a day at Stratford Races provides fun for all the family.

Warwick Castle Trebruchet

Apr - Oct 2009 (annual)

A trebuchet is a medieval siege machine, capable of throwing huge projectiles over castle walls. At Warwick Castle, visitors can see one in action twice a day, by the river against the South Front.

Apple Week

Oct - Nov 2009 (annual)

In recognition of an important time in the farming year, Mary Arden's House & the Shakespeare Countryside Museum present traditional country crafts, activities and entertainment during Apple Week, including cider making, apple juicing and wood turning, morris dancing and juggling.

Compton Verney

21 Mar - 13 Dec 2009; not Mon (annual)

Compton Verney is an art gallery situated in a Grade I-listed 18th-century Robert Adam mansion near Warwick, with 120 acres of stunning Capability Brown-designed gardens.

Heritage Motor Centre

Daily

The Heritage Motor Centre was originally built to house the collection held by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. The collection on display charts the development of the British motor industry from 1896 to the exciting innovations of the present day.

Warwick Castle

Daily

Warwick Castle more than lives up to its billing as Britain's Greatest Medieval Experience. It is bursting to the towers with tales of treachery, torture, passion and power.

St Nicholas Park

Daily

Warwick's St Nicholas Park offers an extensive range of family attractions throughout the year. Rowing on the lake in the shadow of the magnificent castle, strolling by the river or relaxing in the shade of a willow tree here is the perfect way to spend a summer's day.

Mary Arden's House & The Shakespeare Countryside Museum

Daily

Retaining its country setting in Wilmcote, this timbered Tudor farmhouse is the childhood home of Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, before she married John Shakespeare. It is also home to the Shakespeare Countryside Museum and the adjacent Glebe Farm, where there are displays of farm implements and daily demonstrations by Heart of England falconry.

Lord Leycester Hospital

Daily

Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick was created as a home to the Guild of the Holy Trinity and St George which was formed in 1383 to help with education and charity. The site was restored in the 1950s and 60s and the hospital was opened after its restoration by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 3 November 1966.

Warwickshire Museum

Daily; not Mon

The Market Hall Museum in Warwick houses displays of local archaeology, natural history, geology and social history.

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Daily

Step into the house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and gain a fascinating insight into life as it was when the Bard was a child. The half-timbered house is Stratford's most-visited tourist spot.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Daily

This thatched farmhouse cottage was the childhood home of Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, whom he married in 1582. Situated jut a short distance from Stratford's town centre, it offers visitors the chance to learn about the life and times of this farming family, and to retrace the steps that Shakespeare must have taken when courting Anne.

International School of Riding

Daily

A stone's throw away from Warwick Castle, Warwick International School of Riding is situated in the heart of Shakespeare country and offers some of the most impressive horse riding in England. Avid riders can trot or canter through many miles of unspoilt country lanes and peaceful leafy bridleways, or gallop across expanses of open grassland and through ancient oak woods.

Hall's Croft

Daily

Hall's Croft is one of the finest half-timbered, gabled houses in Stratford, and also the residence where Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Susanna, lived with her famous husband, Dr John Hall.

Nash's House & New Place

Daily

Nash's House was Shakespeare's family home from 1597 and the adjoining New Place was the house in which he died in 1616.

Stratford Town Walk

Daily

Discover Shakespeare's world through guided walks around his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon. On the Stratford Town Walk you'll get to see timber-framed buildings and stop off at the Shakespeare Houses, Grammar School, Royal Shakespeare Theatres and Holy Trinity Church.

Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford

Daily

Few places have as famous a son as Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare (aka "the Bard"). Together with museums dedicated at his birthplace and his wife's house, this delightful Cotswold town is home to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Hatton Country World

Daily

Set in the heart of the countryside just outside Warwick, Hatton Country World is a haven for those that want to avoid the crowds in the city centre and get back to nature. Visitors can enjoy a unique Victorian shopping experience in rural surroundings, walk the nature trail to the locks forming part of the historic Grand Union Canal, or experience a fun family day out at the farm.

No monthly events available.

Warwickshire and West Midland Game and Country Fair

22 - 23 Aug 2009 (annual)

The Warwickshire and West Midland Game and Country Fair is held in the beautiful grounds of Ragley Hall. It features gundog events, falconry displays, archery, clay pigeon shooting, side-saddle riding and many other exhibitions and displays as well as stalls.

Warwick Folk Festival

24 - 26 Jul 2009 (annual)

Warwick Folk Festival attracts an impressive line-up of singers, bands, street performers and morris dancers to the leafy grounds of Warwick School. Kate Rusby and Eric Bogle headline the event in 2009.

Warwick Castle Trebruchet

Apr - Oct 2009 (annual)

A trebuchet is a medieval siege machine, capable of throwing huge projectiles over castle walls. At Warwick Castle, visitors can see one in action twice a day, by the river against the South Front.

The Royal Show

7 - 10 Jul 2009 (annual)

The Royal Show at the Stoneleigh Park Exhibition & Conference Centre claims to be "Europe's premier agricultural fair". Over 200 rural craft stands, a huge flower marquee, British food pavilion and machinery provide further attractions.

The Haunted Castle

Oct - Nov 2009 (annual)

No castle would be complete without a good ghost story and Warwick Castle has plenty. For Horrible Halloween the building's ghostly inhabitants come out to scare visitors, so be prepared for spooky surprises, spine-tingling stories and ghosts galore...

Summer Concerts

3 - 4 Jul 2009 (annual)

Making the most of its spectacular setting, Warwick Castle hosts annual outdoor concerts for music and pyrotechnics lovers. Seasoned concert-goers bring a well-packed picnic hamper, and at the end of the concert, the fireworks provide a memorable finale.

Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival

Apr - May 2010 (annual)

Stratford's annual Poetry Festival is held at the Shakespeare Centre and Shakespeare Institute. Both venues host poetry evenings with RSC actors and poets reading the works of William Shakespeare and other famous British poets.

Stratford Races

2 Mar - 29 Oct 2009 (annual)

Whether a seasoned racegoer or a newcomer to the sport, a day at Stratford Races provides fun for all the family.

Stratford On Avon Music Festival

3 - 10 Oct 2009 (annual)

Every October, Stratford-upon-Avon venues are filled with chamber music, early music, jazz bands and orchestral concerts for the Stratford on Avon Music Festival. There are also concerts in nearby venues including the town hall, the Guild Chapel and the Shakespeare's Birthday Trust.

Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations

Apr 2010 (annual)

Tradition holds that the 23 April is William Shakespeare's birthday, three days prior to the date recorded in the church records for his baptism. Every year in Stratford-upon-Avon, thousands of people participate in a myriad of events, including a parade.

Global Gathering

24 - 25 Jul 2009 (annual)

Global Gathering brings GodsKitchen's unique brand of midsummer madness to Long Marston Airfield. Their take on the festival format brings a new dimension to the club calendar, hijacking every aspect of dance music and combining it with some spectacular entertainment.

Compton Verney

21 Mar - 13 Dec 2009; not Mon (annual)

Compton Verney is an art gallery situated in a Grade I-listed 18th-century Robert Adam mansion near Warwick, with 120 acres of stunning Capability Brown-designed gardens.

Carpe Diem Theatre

Jul - Aug 2009 (annual)

Carpe Diem Theatre's Summer Theatre Academy once again comes to Stratford's Civic Hall for three weeks in the summer. Budding young actors and technicians can attend a series of unique programmes in theatre training and study, which culminate in a series of final performances. Shakespeare, surely, would have approved and its great to get the kids busy during the long summer break.

Bulldog Bash

6 - 9 Aug 2009 (annual)

Among Europe's biggest biker rock festivals, the Bulldog Bash takes place at the Shakespeare County Raceway on Long Marston Airfield. There are displays by professional drag racers and supertuned bikes, and bikers stage their own races down the strip.

Apple Week

Oct - Nov 2009 (annual)

In recognition of an important time in the farming year, Mary Arden's House & the Shakespeare Countryside Museum present traditional country crafts, activities and entertainment during Apple Week, including cider making, apple juicing and wood turning, morris dancing and juggling.

No biennial events available.