“It wasn’t quite Glastonbury but it got to the point where 6,000 tickets had been bought in two weeks,” Taylor says. Fed up with what she calls “moaning lemon suckers”, Bason decided to create her own festival based on the science of happiness. Like the Essex oysters, Davis had limited expectations; he even thought it might just be himself and a small gaggle of workmates. A second festival is set for October, with more than 1,000 tea-lovers expected to turn up for a brew. Rice Festival, Birmingham, 31 AugustThe UK’s first, surprisingly …Festival of Wheels, Ipswich, 3-4 AugustTractor pulling, 10-ton American trucks, BMX.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2019 12:00 UTC