Saltash Bridges FireworksTo help make the most of your time when visiting Looe and South East Cornwall, here is our pick of the upcoming events, festivals and live entertainment for you to include in your sightseeing plans. Check  if we have any last minute special offers available and use the links provided for further information.

  • 15-21 August - Fowey Regatta Week - Sailing, races, fun for all the family, processions and a firework display.
  • 28-30th August - Morval Steam Rally - a wonderful steam rally with a lovely ‘local’ feel held at Bray Farm, Morval near Liskeard. Vintage cars and traction engines, agricultural steam engines, live music, food stalls and alot of fun.
  • 11th September - 150th Anniversary Celebrations on the Looe Valley Line – Victorian Fayre and more being planned
  • 18th September - Start of the South East Cornwall Walking Festival including wild food foraging, mining heritage on Bodmin Moor, the Duloe Beer Festival and tying in with the steam train journies on the Looe Valley Branch Line
  • 19 and 26th September – Steam trains return to the Looe Valley Line on two consecutive Sundays for the first time in almost 50 years, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Looe Branch Line and the 175th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway. Tickets can be booked

South East Cornwall also has some great live entertainment venues including:

  • The Eden Project Sessions – held in front of the biomes and attracting international names eg Jack Johnson and Paulo Nutini
  • The Rum Store at Carnglaze Caverns, near St Neots - a slate mine/tourist attraction by day but with an amazing underground concert stage featuring a regular programme of tribute bands to the Beach Boys, the Beatles and the Eagles  as well as comedy one man shows, youth wind orchestras and choirs.
  • Sterts Theatre at Upton Cross on Bodmin Moor – take a picnic and enjoy open air theatre under canvas, with a summer programme including Peter Pan and Fiddler on the Roof.