Local Annual Events
Worcestershire has a packed event schedule with activities ranging from music festivals to family fun days! Explore what’s on in the area during your visit so you can fill your time in the county with plenty of things to do.
Cheltenham Racecourse Gold Cup
Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle event of the jump-racing calendar. Guaranteed excellence, whether you join on Champion Day on Tuesday, Style Wednesday, St Patrick’s Day on Thursday or Gold Cup Day on Friday. Each day offers a unique twist on four days of extraordinary.
Worcester Racecourse Ladies Day
The home of summer jump racing. Set in a stunning location in the heart of Worcester city centre by the River Severn, hosting 21 National Hunt jump racing fixtures from April - October every year! Ladies Day is the stand out event in the calendar.
Upton Blues Festival
A weekend of FREE live music that fills the streets with three main stages and 10 independent venues. It'll take you from Blues Rock to Bluegrass, Country Blues to New Orleans, Acoustic to Soul with a Sunday gospel choir thrown in a single weekend
The Royal Three Counties Show
One of the UK's largest celebrations of our glorious countryside and rural life with a fantastic line up of family fun, exciting entertainment, outstanding food & drink plus livestock and equine exhibitions.
Upton Jazz Festival
Celebrating the Jazz, Swing, and Blues music of the 20's, 30's & 40's with concerts, free gigs, fringe events and church service.
Victorian Christmas Fayre
The Fayre has a wonderful array of stalls and fantastic programme of entertainment. Look out for Victorian characters in Gin Lane, lofty entertainers on stilts, brilliant musicians on stages and buskers on every street corner.