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Events The Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2004 © Jonathan Stewart The largest festival of music in the United Kingdom sees over 100,000 in attendance each year. The biggest names in music attract weekenders and day visitors to the muddy fields outside the town of Glastonbury. The festival has a heritage with arts and crafts, comedy and cabaret too. The festivities usually take place over the last weekend in June. Venue: Worthy Farm, near the town of Glastonbury; Date: 27-29 June 2008; Website: www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk  Charles Dickens Cheltenham Festival of Literature The Cheltenham Festival of Literature has the claim to the longest running festival of literature in the world. The festival sees tens of thousands of book lovers and a host of celebrities from film, theatre, political and of course, literary circles, grace the picturesque town making it one of the largest festivals of its kind in Europe. Workshops and lectures by writers and scholars from all over the world take place at different venues around the town. The festival is sponsored by The Times. Venue: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Date: 10-19 October 2008; Website: www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk |
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