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Events

We'll keep you updated with the latest events from Cornwall's top visitor attractions - from seasonal fun to special events, find out what's happening right here.

July 25 - October 21 2024

Going Mobile – From status symbol to constant companion

This October, PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications, opens a new exhibition on the 40-year history of the mobile phone. Delivered in partnership with the Mobile Phone Museum, and sponsored by Vodafone UK.

July 25 - November 24 2024

Monthly Sunday Nature Walks at Cotehele 

Andy will lead a walk and talk of 60-90 minutes from Cotehele Quay through our amazing estate.

July 25 - October 5 2024

PondLife! at Cotehele Quay 

Discover weird and wonderful creatures in the pond at Cotehele quay with monthly drop-in, pond dipping sessions.

July 25 - October 31 2025

Life on the Tamar at Cotehele 

Discover more about life on the banks of the river Tamar. 

July 25 - November 3 2024

Kurt Jackson: RNLI Cornwall

Internationally renowned contemporary artist Kurt Jackson celebrates the RNLI during their centenary year.

July 25 - November 3 2024

Treasure!

What do you treasure? Explore Treasure, a brand new exhibition that challenges you perception of what treasure is, at Charlestown’s Shipwreck Treasure Museum.

July 25 - November 2 2024

Art exhibition – Cornelia Parker: THE FUTURE (Sixes and Sevens)

This exhibition by internationally acclaimed British artist and Turner Prize nominee Cornelia Parker will be on display at the Eden Project between May and November 2024, showcasing an extraordinary film installation.

July 25 - July 31 2024

Beach Yoga with Ro

Join us for Beach Yoga every Wednesday morning with a unique class down at Polgwidden Cove.

July 25 - September 1 2024

Summer fun at Trerice

Enjoy a summer of family-fun activities at Trerice!

July 25 - October 18 2024

Archaeology walking tour of Trerice

See Trerice in a new light on this archaeological tour of the gardens.

July 25 - September 2 2024

The Otter Spotter Quiz at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Hayle.

Treat your family to a wonderful wildlife day out and have fun on the summer Otter Spotter Special Quiz and claim your exclusive badge.

July 25 - September 1 2024

Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

This summer the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is coming to the Eden Project, and you will be able to experience this astonishing collection of images like never before – and all for free with Eden admission.

July 25 - September 1 2024

Summer of Sea Creatures @ The NLH

This Summer get an up close look at the oceans weird and wonderful creatures!

July 25 - December 19 2024

Murder Mystery Trains at Bodmin Railway

Will you be the next greatest detective at Bodmin Railway? Winning answers to ‘whodunnit’ are entered into a draw each event evening, and prizes are handed out. Book your tickets today to be ‘in it, […]

July 25 - August 23 2024

The Lonely Lighthouse Keeper

Percy moves to a lighthouse to find the quiet life away from his noisy knitting-obsessed neighbour. But the peace he craves is shattered when she arrives with knitting needles at the ready. Then disaster strikes, and which of them can save the day? 

July 25 - August 28 2024

Nature Detectives at Cotehele Mill: Butterfly Spotting

As part of Summer of Play Nature Detectives at Cotehele Mill, come and chat to our Ranger’s about the amazing butterflies that live this in this habitat.

July 25 - September 2 2024

Summer of Play at Cotehele

Head to Cotehele this summer for days out jam-packed with fun for all the family. 

July 25 - September 1 2024

Trengwainton’s summer of play

Join in the family fun with Trengwainton’s Summer of Play and take your pick from more than 15 games and activities throughout the garden and woodland.

July 25 - July 25 2024

EVENT Love’s Labour’s Lost

Stamford Shoestring Theatre presents one of Shakespeare’s most beguiling comedies. Full of drive and energy, Love’s Labour’s Lost warns of the dangers of suppressing one’s natural instincts.

July 25 - August 7 2024

Wonderful World

Wonderful World is a brand-new show from Squashbox Theatre, incorporating ingenious puppetry, fantastic facts, silly slapstick, crazy comedy and marvellous live music – all presented in that unique Squashbox style! 

July 25 - September 1 2024

Escape from Treasure Island! – Summer Holidays

Be transported to Treasure Island this summer at National Maritime Museum Cornwall where all is not quite as it seems. Join our heroes as they race to solve the clues, find the treasure and defeat the baddies.

July 25 - August 30 2024
Breakfast with the Animals at Screech Owl Sanctuary

Breakfast with the Animals

Why not come and visit the  Sanctuary before hours (9am), have an encounter with either our fox or the meerkats and enjoy a cooked or continental breakfast in the tearoom plus entry to the Sanctuary […]

July 25 - September 1 2024

Winged Insects of Glendurgan Garden

Visit this summer to discover the fascinating world of insects thriving in Glendurgan Garden.  

July 25 - August 25 2024
Junior Zoo Keeper at Screech Owl Sanctuary

Junior Keeper Experience

This is a truly unforgettable experience providing those young animal lovers in your life the chance to go behind the scenes and learn more about our amazing animals. As a junior keeper you will get […]

July 26 - August 27 2024

Summer of Play Storytime at Cotehele

Visit the second-hand bookshop this summer to hear two nature stories read aloud. 

July 27 - July 27 2024

This Flight Tonight, the Songs of Joni Mitchell

Acclaimed singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present ‘This Flight Tonight’ an intimate five-piece acoustic live tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as ‘California’, ‘Blue’, ‘Woodstock’ ‘Both Sides Now’ and many more…

July 27 - August 31 2024
Camel Creek Best Days Out Cornwall

Kids Fest at Camel Creek

Visit between the 27th of July and 31st of August for the ultimate Kids Fest Prepare for the party of the season this Summer at Camel Creek’s Kids Fest! Dive into the ultimate Summer party […]

July 27 - September 8 2024

Summer at the Eden Project: Wild Life

Take a deep dive into the natural world and discover how wild you really are this summer at the Eden Project from 27 July – 8 September 2024.

July 29 - August 2 2024
The Rink Minack

The Rink

This rarely performed Broadway show was a star vehicle for Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera and came from dynamic duo Kander & Ebb who brought us the huge hits Chicago & Cabaret.

July 30 - July 30 2024

Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents Beauty and the Beast at Trelissick

30 July, 6.30-9pm Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company this summer for a brand-new telling of this classic fairy tale. When an arrogant prince is cursed to live as a hideous beast, his only hope is a […]

July 30 - August 1 2024

Teddy Bears Picnic

Simply book an all-line trip for one of the departure times for the dates Stevie is visiting and travel on our Teddy Bears Picnic train.
Departures from Bodmin General: 10:30, 11:50, 1:15, or 2:35

August 1 - August 1 2024

The Wind and the Willows

When Mole gets fed up of cleaning her home she decides to leave her burrow and head out on an adventure!

August 5 - August 8 2024

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

A timeless story of forbidden love, temptation and a fight for personal freedom. Charles Smithson, a wealthy, respectably engaged man, throws himself into dangerous waters and risks everything he has for a mysterious woman. 

August 6 - August 28 2024
Summer Feast at Screech Owl Santuary

Summer Feast Evenings

Tuesday 6 August 2024 6pm – 9pm Thursday 15 August 2024 6pm – 9pm Wednesday 28 August 2024 6pm – 9pm These evenings are a unique opportunity to see the owls and other residents of […]

August 6 - August 6 2024

Really Wild Day Out at Cotehele 

Come and find out all about the amazing wildlife on our estate at this free event.

August 9 - August 9 2024

Florence Adooni

The latest offering from Philophon Records, and the next chapter in an impressive legacy from this seminal record label. Florence Adooni combines the meandering melodies of the Frafra gospel over the high-life rhythm of the Ashanti with incredible ease.

August 9 - August 9 2024

Beach BBQ with Live Music

With live music from Will Keating at 6:30pm, enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere for friends, family and colleagues to come together and celebrate summer!

August 9 - August 9 2024

Squashbox: Tales from the Trees

Let Squashbox Theatre be your guide to the tremendous world of trees, from branch to leaf and twig to root, from berry to blossom and bark to fruit!

August 12 - August 28 2024

Tales From the Trees

Tales from the Trees’ is a terrific tangle of puppetry, storytelling, live music and comedy, with a theme that embraces natural history, folklore and ecology. Listen! The trees have tales to tell…

August 12 - August 16 2024

Young Frankenstein

T’S ALIVE! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster musical comedy. A wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ comedy film masterpiece that is Young Frankenstein.

August 13 - August 27 2024

Cut Flowers for Cotehele’s Garland 

Help our gardeners as they prepare the flowers for this year’s Christmas garland. 

August 14 - August 14 2024

Miracle Theatre presents Love Riot at Trelissick

Wednesday 14 August, 6.30-8.30pm Step into a world of etiquette, scandal and matchmaking, with this fresh new take on an 18th century rom-com from Cornwall’s Miracle Theatre. Promised by her father to the dashing Doricourt […]

August 14 - August 14 2024

Masterworks: Concertos from the Baroque Period

Kernow Chamber Players are back in Trebah’s Amphitheatre

August 16 - August 16 2024

Squashbox: Wonderful World

Can you fit the entire world into a one-hour show? Well, if anybody can, Squashbox Theatre can!

August 16 - August 16 2024

‘Thunderboots’ story sessions with author Naomi Jones

Friday 16 August, 10.15am and 11.30am Join children’s author Naomi Jones as she reads her latest picture book Thunderboots. Find out about the inspiration behind the story, practice your superhero moves and create your very […]

August 17 - August 17 2024

The Secret Garden

Join Mary, Colin and Dickon as they tell you the story of their favourite place in the world – The Secret Garden.

August 18 - August 31 2024

Spirits of Cornwall – Tasting Train

Join Bodmin Railway for an evening of Cornish spirit tasting on board a heritage steam railway. Enjoy a range of gins, whiskies, rums, and cocktails with Bodmin Railway and Rock Gin. Taste a selection of […]

August 19 - August 22 2024

Wendy and Peter Pan

J.M. Barrie’s much loved classic tale: refreshingly, radically retold. Wendy is off on an awfully big adventure as she leaves the unhappiness of her home to follow Peter Pan to Neverland, hoping to find her ‘lost’ brother.

August 21 - August 21 2024

Quantum Theatre presents The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck at Trelissick

Weds 21 August 4.30-6.30pm New for 2024, Quantum presents a delightful new adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s much-loved tale — The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. Prevented from hatching her eggs at the farm, foolish Jemima goes […]

August 23 - August 23 2024

Ishmael Ensemble

Ishmael Ensemble’s music straddles the worlds of electronica and jazz. Steered by Cunningham’s cross-genre approach as a producer, the Bristol collective explore vast sonic terrain with an honesty, intimacy and emotional heft that is uniquely their own.

August 23 - August 23 2024

Squashbox: The Sea Show

The Sea Show is a quirky and hilarious mix of puppet show, natural history and comedy cabaret.

August 26 - August 29 2024

Jamaica Inn

Mary Yellan’s journey across the bleak Bodmin Moor to fulfil her dying mother’s wish that she stays with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn, is the start of a nightmare, drawing Mary unwillingly into the dark deeds of her Uncle and his murderous accomplice.

August 26 - August 26 2024

Locals Day at Bodmin Railway

Join for your last summer trip at Bodmin Railway and receive 50% off any adult or child all-line ticket, or 25% off a compartment!

August 30 - August 30 2024

Squashbox: Skillywidden

Legend has it there are five types of faery in Cornwall: the Small Folk, the Piskies, the Knockers, the Brownies and – most mischievous of all – the Spriggans.

September 1 - September 1 2024

Doug Allan: In the Company of Giants

Encounters with the ocean’s most charismatic animals. Doug’s unique experiences over fifty years of diving and filming have given him privileged, intimate glimpses, and deep personal knowledge of marine mammals.

September 1 - September 4 2024

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

Each morning, Mr Grinling rows out to his lighthouse, where he cleans and polishes the lamp. How can the Grinlings stop the scavenging seagulls from stealing the Lighthouse Keeper’s lunch? A musical adaptation of the best-selling children’s story.

September 2 - September 4 2024

Show Tunes of the Sea

Come on a voyage of discovery through musical theatre history with classic songs from the shows – all about the ocean!

September 7 - September 7 2024

Body of Water

A dance performance by Falmouth Unversity’s Propeller Youth Company, celebrating the power and passion of the sea.

September 7 - September 8 2024

China Clay Gala 7 – 8 of September

China Clay Gala – 7 – 8 of September Celebrate Cornwall’s china clay heritage at Bodmin Railway with our China Clay Gala. A mixed-traction event, expect to see engines in steam and our diesel home […]

September 9 - September 9 2024

Daisy Rickman

“A homage to the sun, the stars, and explorations of the cycles both within ourselves and throughout the turning wheel of the year.” Endlessly ethereal, Daisy’s voice makes you feel as if you were floating in space.

September 10 - September 12 2024

The Boatswain’s Mate

A happy widow. A lovesick boatswain. A plot to foil a fake burglary and so win her heart. What could possibly go wrong?
This tale of love and mischief by the sea is for farce lovers of all ages.

September 10 - September 10 2024

Old Time Sailors

Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew, ‘The Old Time Sailors’, for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing!

September 11 - September 11 2024

Gillian Burke : I Can See the Sea

Join biologist and TV presenter, Gillian Burke, on a trip down memory lane as she recalls her chaotic family holidays to the seaside on the Kenyan coast. A hilarious and heart-warming blend of storytelling, soundscapes, and science for all the family.

September 12 - September 12 2024

Henry Normal and Nigel Planer

A special one-off performance of poetry, stories and thoughts celebrating the sea, the coast and edges of things. Expect poetry, stories, jokes, Q & A, fun, knitwear and a few surprises.

September 14 - September 15 2024

The Cornish Proms

Symfoni Kernow return to perform a Last Night of the Proms set at The Minack Theatre. An eclectic mix of music from classical, pop, musical theatre and Cornish tunes with the traditional Proms finale.

September 18 - September 21 2024

The Pirates of Penzance

Bursting with fun and frivolity, and featuring some of operetta’s most iconic arias, from ‘I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’ to ‘Poor Wand’ring One’, The Pirates of Penzance is an adventure not to be missed.

September 20 - September 20 2024

Beach BBQ with Live Music

With live music from Will Keating at 6:30pm, enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere for friends, family and colleagues to come together and celebrate summer!

September 28 - September 29 2024

Bodmin Railway Diesel Gala

Diesel Gala 28- 29 of September Join in Bodmin Railways last gala weekend of the year, filled with purely diesel locomotives. Expect to see Class 47 and 50 out and about, with the chance of […]

October 4 - October 4 2024

Mad Dog Mcrea and JollyRoger

Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, love and life, to traditional songs Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs.

October 26 - November 3 2024

Silhouettes & Shadows – October Half Term 2024

The nights are drawing in and the shadows are taking over. Come and join us for a spooky half term this October! Join in with the eerie shadow puppet stories and songs in the Boat Hall, get creative in spooky Make & Take, and join the Museum trail!