My tickets for Hay Festival (23 May-2 June) have arrived this morning which, even though I can still see snow on Clee Hill, makes me think that summer is almost here. My tickets include: Philip Glass, Sebastian Faulks, Rokia Traore and Christy Moore. I saw the latter at Hay a couple of years ago and he was superb.
Closer to home we have the Ludlow Spring Festival (10-12 May) which is rather more than a beer festival. Then the new arts festival takes place from 21-30 June. A lot of work has been done to get the new arts festival in place following the collapse of the 50+ year-old festival last autumn. Although there is no Shakespeare in the castle this year there is high hopes that this will return in 2014. Presteigne music festival is scheduled for 21-27 August and is always a treat.
The Ludlow Food Festival takes place in September. The first and the most prestigious in the country. (Ludlow was voted the No 1 foodie hot-spot in the Telegraph last Saturday and was also voted the top town to retire to by the Times two weeks ago.). If you don't know about the Ludlow Food Festival you can get a taste for it by tuning into The Hairy Bikers at 7pm on BBC2 tonight.
Hopefully, weather permitting, a great summer of events to look forward to.
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