2012 Festivals
in and around
Broadway and The Cotswolds
British Asparagus Festival: April to June 2012
The 2011 British Asparagus Festival took place from 23rd April and 21st June 2011 across the Vale of Evesham.
Broadway Manor Cottages are pleased to support The British Asparagus Festival. St George's Day is the official start of the English asparagus season and the start of the British Asparagus Festival held annually across the Vale of Evesham.
Cheltenham Jazz Festival: 3rd - 7th May 2012
Broadway Arts Festival - Friday 8th to Sunday 17th June 2012
John Singer Sargent RA and The Broadway Colony, featuring Alfred Parsons RA
Held biennially in June, the Broadway Arts Festival celebrates Broadway's artistic heritage and 'The Broadway Colony' of artists, John Singer Sargent, Francis Millet, Alfred Parsons, Mary Anderson (Mme de Navarro), Frederick Barnard and many others artists that made Broadway their home in the late 19th century.
The 2010 Festival was dedicated to John Singer Sargent RA and the forthcoming 2012 Festival is also dedicated to John Singer Sargent RA and The Broadway Colony and features Alfred Parsons RA.
The Times Cheltenham Science Festival: 12th - 17th June 2012
HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival: 4th - 15th July 2012
Pershore Plum Festival - August 2012
Held in the market town of Pershore in the Vale of Evesham during August. The region is well known for its fruit and vegetable market gardening. The market town of Pershore on the banks of the River Avon, approximately 12 miles from Broadway, is famous for its elegant Georgian architecture, its medieval Abbey and its plums, in particular, three varieties; Pershore Purple Plum, Pershore Yellow Egg Plum and the Pershore Emblem Plum. For further information and history see: Fruit Farming in the Vale of Evesham until early 1930s - A brief history.
Every August Pershore celebrates its plum heritage, dressing the town in purple. The first month long Plum Festival took place in 2008 and the 2011 Plum Festival will run throughout August culminating with Plum Fayre Day on August Bank Holiday Monday.
The 2009 Festival, opened by Trevor Harrison aka Eddie Grundy from BBC Radio 4's The Archers and author of Ode to the Pershore Plum, attracted more than 12,000 people.
The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival - 5th to 14th October 2012
