Aberystwyth Guide - Diary of regular annual events

Aberystwyth Year/Diary: regular annual events

Aberystwyth Mayoral Procession Bluebells Aberystwyth Market

Aberystwyth Year/Diary
Date	Event	Sun Rise GMT	Sun Set GMT	Avg Temp	Rain Fall
		On the 15th	On the 15th	°C	mm
Evening of 31st of December	Town wide fancy dress pub crawl.			5.2	97
Mid Jan to end of March	Students in Aber	08:19	16:32
mid Feb	Welsh Open Volleyball Tournament FFresh Student Film Festival	07:32	17:29	5.0	72
Late Feb	Aber Rag (Students fundraising for charity)
Beginning of March	Cancer Research UK's Relay For Life 24 hour event to raise money for cancer research (1st & 2nd of March in 2008) Gulls start looking for nesting sites on flat roofs and between chimney pots all over town	06:32	18:20	6.2	60
April	Fine display of blossom from the ornamental cherry trees lining Portland Street	06:19	20:13	8.2	56
May	Millions of bluebells in woods above town Election of new Mayor followed by inauguration procession though town Celtic Challenge Arklow (Ireland) to Aberystwyth rowing race (held every 2 years)			11.2	65
May to early June	Students in Aber
mid May	French Market University May Ball Bicycle endurance race organized Summit Cycles	05:21	21:04
Mid June	Athletes: Trail Running Races at Nant yr Arian Gull chicks hatch - within 2 months they'll be almost as big as their parents and able to fly	04:53	21:39	13.8	76
June 21st	As well as the longest time between sunrise and sunset, the Summer Solstice has the longest period of twilight at dawn and at dusk. The last glimmer of daylight is still visible after midnight and the 1st turquoise glint of dawn can be seen well before 3am. (British Summer Time) This contrasts starkly with the Winter Solstice where day abruptly turns into night.	04.53	21.42
Late June	Arts Centre Open Day
July/August	Castell Rock free charity rock concert to be held in the castle grounds (4th of August in 2007) International Ceramics Festival (2007) alternating annually with a Poetry Festival (2006).
Early to mid July	A week of University graduation ceremonies	05:11	21:31	15.3	99
Mid to late July	Musicfest: International music festival and summer school with many concerts and masterclasses open to the public.
Mid July to mid September	Main tourist season
Late July	Soccer Tournament
Weekend in August	College of Professors have a meeting on the prom (nothing to do with the University but the) Aberystwyth International Punch and Judy Festival	05:59	20:42	15.5	93
last week of September to mid December	Students in Aber	06:50	19:31	14.0	108
October	????	07:40	18:22	11.0	118
November and December	Christmas Craft Fair in the Arts Centre			7.9	111
November 5th	Bombfire night - the largest firework display of the year is held at the football club. (This is sometimes held a few earlier depending on which day of the week the 5th falls on)
1st Monday after the 12th of November and the subsequent 2 Mondays	Market and funfair (used to be called the hiring fairs, where farmers and masters would hire servants). The funfair (without the market) also runs on the Saturdays before each market day (19th, 26th and 3rd in 2007)	07:36	16:23
December	French Market	08:19	16:03	6.1	96
Mid December	Aberystwyth 10K Road Race (Running)

Aberystwyth Diary

Aberystwyth Year/Diary: regular annual events