The late May Bank Holiday 2016 runs from Saturday 28 May to Monday 30 May – and there’s a lot of activity in and around Newquay that weekend, although as it is Half Term week for many schools, organisations have spread their efforts across the week.
Keep an eye out for local boards and adverts as a lot of events are just advertised locally on posters, being hard to track down – and often not being advertised until the last minute!
Blue Reef Aquarium, on Towan Beach, will be open and Newquay Zoo is open every day over the bank holiday weekend.
Newquay Cinema will be open, running films across the multiplex cinema at all times of the day and evening.
Then there are the usual local tourist attractions, or those old favourites of playing pitch & putt before having an ice-cream!
Check out the National Trust property closest to Newquay – Trerice Manor which is open daily for house tours, the gardens and a tea room.
If you want to go walking, or exploring, even foraging for wild food, then check out:
The guy who was tasked with booking the good weather’s emailed me to say it’s arriving!
28, May 2016
Fistral Beach Clean Up (Monthly) 2016, Newquay
Every month, every year, an enthusiastic group of volunteers meet up for two hours and give Fistral Beach a good clean up, removing anything that’s considered rubbish from the beaches on the last Saturday of the month.
Working with Cornwall County Council and other interested organisations the Fistral beach clean up has been running successfully for several years and there’s always an enthusiastic turn out.
Cornish Real Ale & Beer Festival & Family Fun Weekend 2016,
This annual festival of Cornish Beers and Real Ales is a family fun weekend as a fundraiser and it’s on the late May Bank Holiday Weekend.
Fleetfest is a charity providing equipment for Cornish ambulances.
Over 30 beer specially selected by event sponsors. Plenty of musical entertainment as well as kids’ entertainment including a magic show, balloon modelling, face painting and bouncy castles.
Newquay Funfair May 2016, Newquay
The funfair is in Newquay at the Circus field. Daily from 2pm until Sunday 5 June 2016.
Free entry – just pay for rides – all rides £1.50.
Address: Trevithick Manor, Trellogan Road, Newquay, TR7 2GZ (opposite Morrisons)
29, May 2016
Maytime Funday at Trenance, Late May Day Bank Holiday 2016, Newquay
Trenance Gardens, Newquay will be open for a 1-day event on Sunday 29 May, late May Bank Holiday weekend, offering stalls, fairground rides, games, entertainment, sumo wrestling and the ever-popular duck racing on Trenance Boating Lake.
Organised by the Friends of Trenance Heritage Cottages as a fundraiser, funds raised on the day will go towards maintaining these historic, old, Cornish cottages.
There’s also live music, dancing, barbecue, bouncy castle.
Fun for all the family. Open 10am to 4pm.
Cornish Real Ale & Beer Festival & Family Fun Weekend 2016,
This annual festival of Cornish Beers and Real Ales is a family fun weekend as a fundraiser.
Fleetfest is a charity providing equipment for Cornish ambulances.
Over 30 beer specially selected by event sponsors. Plenty of musical entertainment as well as kids’ entertainment including a magic show, balloon modelling, face painting and bouncy castles.
Newquay Funfair May 2016, Newquay
The funfair is in Newquay at the Circus field. Daily from 2pm until Sunday 5 June 2016.
Free entry – just pay for rides – all rides £1.50.
Address: Trevithick Manor, Trellogan Road, Newquay, TR7 2GZ (opposite Morrisons)
30, May 2016
Newquay Funfair May 2016, Newquay
The funfair is in Newquay at the Circus field. Daily from 2pm until Sunday 5 June 2016.
Free entry – just pay for rides – all rides £1.50.
Address: Trevithick Manor, Trellogan Road, Newquay, TR7 2GZ (opposite Morrisons)