What's on in Pembrokeshire
The Pembrokeshire year, from the New Year's Day swim at Saundersfoot to the Boxing Day one at Tenby. Deliberately no dates on these pages: they move every year, and a calendar that quietly goes out of date is worse than no calendar. Each entry says roughly when it happens and points you at the organiser for this year's dates.
What each month is actually like → — daylight, beach dog restrictions and what’s open, month by month.
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Autumn Fungi in the Woods
FreeAncient oak woods, mossy boulders and waxcap grassland. Autumn here produces fungi in numbers and in absurd colours.
late September to November, best after warm rain · Wildlife & nature
Autumn Surf Season
FreeThe swell arrives in September, the sea is at its warmest and the beaches are empty. Autumn is the surfer's season here.
September to November, and again through the winter · Sport
Tenby Blues Festival
Blues in Tenby's pubs and halls on a November weekend, when the town would otherwise be shut and empty.
a weekend in November · Music
Bonfire Night Displays
Rugby club fields, harbour walls and school playing fields, with fireworks going off over the sea in the dark.
around 5 November, mostly the nearest weekend · Community
Dark Sky Season in the Preselis
FreeLong nights, no streetlights and the Milky Way over a Bronze Age landscape. Winter is the county's best sky season.
October to February, on clear moonless nights · Wildlife & nature
Christmas Lights and Late Night Shopping
FreeLights going on, shops open late, mulled wine on the pavement and a brass band in the square.
late November into December, individual dates by town · Community
By month
Everything, by kind
Festivals
- Fishguard Folk Festival · a weekend in late May
- Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival · early summer, usually a weekend
- The Big Retreat Festival · the late-May bank holiday weekend
Sport
- Long Course Weekend, Tenby · early July, Friday to Sunday
- Regatta and Raft Race Season · July and August, individual dates by village
- Ironman Wales · a Sunday in September (19 September in 2027)
- Autumn Surf Season · September to November, and again through the winter
Music
- St Davids Cathedral Festival · late May into early June, around the spring bank holiday
- Fishguard International Music Festival · late July, across about a week
- Tenby Blues Festival · a weekend in November
Food & drink
- Narberth Food Festival · a weekend in late September
Shows & agricultural
- Village, Horticultural and Vintage Shows · July and August, weekends
- Pembrokeshire County Show · mid-August, midweek
Wildlife & nature
- Puffin Season on Skomer · April to late July, best late May to early July
- Island Boat Trip Season Opens · from around Easter, running to late October
- Bluebell Season at Colby and Minwear · late April into mid-May, two to three weeks
- Bosherston Lily Ponds in Flower · late May into June, occasionally into July
- Manx Shearwater Nights on Skomer · June and July, after dark
- Grey Seal Pupping Season · August to December, busiest in September and October
- Autumn Seawatching at Strumble Head · August to October, best on a strong onshore wind
- Autumn Fungi in the Woods · late September to November, best after warm rain
- Dark Sky Season in the Preselis · October to February, on clear moonless nights
Walking
- Winter Storm Watching · December to March, on the days after an Atlantic low
- Coast Path Wildflower Season · May into early June
- Heather on the Preseli Hills · August into September
Markets & fairs
- Christmas Markets and Craft Fairs · late November through December, weekends
Community
- Saundersfoot New Year's Day Swim · 1 January, late morning
- St Davids Day · 1 March, with events across the week
- Pembroke Castle Events Season · Easter to autumn, with events concentrated in school holidays
- Carew Castle and Tidal Mill Season · Easter to the end of October
- Village and Town Carnivals · July and August, mostly on Saturdays
- Cilgerran Coracle Regatta · a Saturday in August
- RNLI Lifeboat Days · through the summer, individual dates by station
- Bonfire Night Displays · around 5 November, mostly the nearest weekend
- Christmas Lights and Late Night Shopping · late November into December, individual dates by town
- Tenby Boxing Day Swim · 26 December
Arts
- Tenby Arts Festival · late September, across about a week
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