The document discusses several famous festivals held in the UK, including the Robin Hood Festival, Notting Hill Carnival, Jorvik Viking Festival, and Glastonbury Festival. The Robin Hood Festival celebrates the folk hero Robin Hood with medieval music, food, and activities. The Notting Hill Carnival is a large street festival celebrating Caribbean culture that draws over 2 million people. The Jorvik Viking Festival in York features historical reenactments and events to showcase the city's Viking history. Glastonbury Festival is a major music and arts festival that hosts contemporary performances and hundreds of thousands of attendees.

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3. Robin Hood Festival
For well over a half a century, a small
American town named Sherwood, Oregon
has been celebrating The Sherwood Robin
Hood Festival.
For those unfamiliar with the tale (or the
many films based on the story), Robin
Hood is a character in English folklore; a
heroic outlaw who stole from the rich to
give to the poor. The week-long event
promises a medieval feast of music,
food and fun to celebrate the life and
times of the folk hero.

4. The 2023 Summer Festival is now complete. In
2024, the 71st Annual Sherwood Robin Hood
Festival brought to you by Langer's
Entertainment Center is planned July 19-20,
2024. At the annual Summer Festival, enjoy
live entertainment on two stages, medieval re-
enactments, Maid Marian's Court, Robin Hood
and his Merry Men, a popular community
parade, a knighting ceremony, a castle building
contest, a teen dance, a kids area, crafts, lots of
music, delicious food, a beer and wine garden
(including selections from local wineries and
breweries) and a wide variety of activities, with
over 100 vendors in our Old Town vendor
village. The Sylvan Archers' 68th Annual
International Archery tournament between
Sherwood, Oregon and Nottingham, England is
planned July 20-21, 2024.

5. Notting Hill Carnival
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual
Caribbean Carnival event that has taken
place in London since 1966 on the streets of
the Notting Hill area of Kensington, over the
August Bank Holiday weekend.
It is led by members of the British
Caribbean community, and attracts
around two million people annually,
making it one of the world's largest
street festivals, and a significant event
in British African Caribbean and
British Indo-Caribbean culture.In
2006, the UK public voted it onto a list
of icons of England.

6. The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival that took
shape in the mid-1960s had two separate but
connected strands. A "Caribbean Carnival" was
held on 30 January 1959 in St Pancras Town Hall
as a response to the problematic state of race
relations at the time; the UK's first widespread
racial attacks, the Notting Hill race riots in which
108 people were charged, had occurred the
previous year.
The 1959 event, held indoors and televised by the
BBC, was organised by the Trinidadian journalist
and activist Claudia Jones, often described as "the
mother of the Notting Hill Carnival" in her capacity
as editor of influential black newspaper The West
Indian Gazette, and directed by Edric Connor. It
showcased elements of a Caribbean carnival in a
cabaret style. It featured the Mighty Terror singing
the calypso "Carnival at St Pancras", The
Southlanders, Cleo Laine, the Trinidad All Stars and
Hi–fi steel bands dance troupe, finishing with a
Caribbean Carnival Queen beauty contest and a
Grand Finale Jump-Up by West Indians who
attended the event.

7. Jorvik Viking Festival
The Jorvik Viking Festival is an annual event
held in York, England, celebrating the Viking
history and heritage of the city. York, also
known as Jorvik in Old Norse, has a rich Viking
history, and the festival aims to bring this history
to life through a series of events, activities, and
reenactments.
The festival takes place in York, a city
in North Yorkshire, England. York was
known as Jorvik during the Viking
Age.

8. York has a significant Viking history, with
archaeological finds revealing the city's past as
a major Viking settlement. The Jorvik Viking
Centre in York is an archaeological museum
that showcases artifacts from the Viking era.
The Jorvik Viking Festival features a variety of
events and activities, including historical
reenactments, Viking battles, living history
encampments, storytelling, workshops, and
educational sessions.
The festival often includes a Viking market
where traders and craftspeople sell goods and
demonstrate traditional Viking crafts and skills.
Many participants in the festival dress in Viking
costumes, adding to the immersive experience.
You can see people portraying Viking warriors,
craftsmen, traders, and other historical figures.
The festival usually includes educational
programs aimed at both adults and children,
providing insights into Viking history, culture,
and daily life.

9. Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival
of Contemporary Performing Arts and known
colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of
contemporary performing arts held near Pilton,
Somerset, England in most summers. In addition to
contemporary music, the festival hosts dance,
comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts.
Leading pop and rock artists have headlined,
alongside thousands of others appearing on
smaller stages and performance areas. Films
and albums have been recorded at the
festival, and it receives extensive television
and newspaper coverage.

10. Glastonbury is attended by around 200,000
people, requiring extensive security, transport,
water, and electricity-supply infrastructure.
While the number of attendees is sometimes
swollen by gatecrashers, a record of 300,000
people was set at the 1994 festival, headlined
by the Levellers, who performed on The
Pyramid Stage. Most festival staff are unpaid
volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions
of pounds for charity organisations.
Regarded as a major event in British culture,
the festival is inspired by the ethos of the
hippie, the counterculture of the 1960s, and the
free-festival movement. Vestiges of these
traditions are retained in the Green Fields area,
which includes sections known as the Green
Futures, the Stone Circle and Healing Field.
Michael Eavis hosted the first festival, then
called Pilton Festival, after seeing an open-air
Led Zeppelin concert in 1970 at the Bath
Festival of Blues and Progressive Music.

11. Conclusion
In conclusion, festivals in the UK play a pivotal role in fostering cultural vibrancy,
community spirit, and historical appreciation. From the iconic Glastonbury Festival that
reverberates with music enthusiasts worldwide to the traditional celebrations rooted in
centuries-old customs, the UK's festival landscape is a tapestry of diversity and shared
experiences. These events not only provide entertainment but serve as windows into the
rich heritage, artistry, and creativity of the nation.

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