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1. REFLECT FOR EASTER Easter runs from April 15 to 18, and there’s plenty happening in Cornwall. Truro Cathedral is a good place to start; as well as major services, you will find The Stations of The Cross, ten oil paintings by artist Zoe Cameron recording Christ’s final journey and resurrection (until April 21). Also in Truro, the BIG EASTER Market will run on Lemon Quay from April 13 to 16, 9am to 4pm, with over 60 stallholders in attendance. The St Endellion Easter Festival takes place from April 9 to 17 at St Endellion near Port Isaac; highlights include Sir James MacMillan conducting his own Stabat Mater, and two performances of a new translation of Bach's St Matthew Passion. www.endelienta.org.uk
2. FEAST ON TASTER POTS Porthleven Food Festival (April 22 to 24) makes a welcome return following a twoyear break due to Covid-19. While the Chef’s Theatre sits at the heart of the event in the tent on the Harbour Head, The Diner’s Club offers space to sit and enjoy samples from street food stalls. These taster pots will cost less, so you can try more - the very essence of a food festival. The food market is now run by the team behind the n 12 |
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Food & Farming tent at the Royal Cornwall Show. Family entertainment on the playing field includes circus skills, crafts and a visit from Porthleven’s resident mermaid; and the new Ann’s Pasty Lounge will offer comedy, choirs, cocktail masterclasses, crimping workshops and more, while Busk Stops provide music across the site. Unticketed; donations welcome. www.porthlevenfoodfestival.com
3. TAKE IN A SPRING FESTIVAL Folk and jazz, history and art, films and photography, choirs and quartets, walks and talks – all feature in the diverse programme of events of the Roseland Festival (April 23 to May 7), taking place across the beautiful peninsula in locations including St Mawes, Veryan and Portscatho. www.roselandfestival.co.uk. In Falmouth, the team at the Cornish Bank have curated grassroots music and arts festival Wanderfal (April 8 and 9), with more than 30 bands spanning five venues (including the Princess Pavillion). Headline acts include This Is The Kit (pictured), Martha Tilston and the London Bulgarian Choir. wanderfalfestival. eventbrite.co.uk. And Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm at Penhallow presents RattlerFest (April 21 to 24), with headline
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acts including The Feeling, DJ Scott Mills and The Utah Saints. rattler-fest.co.uk
4. SPEAK CORNISH The Annual Cornish Language Weekend (Pennseythen Gernewek Bledhynnyek) is hosted by Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek at St Austell Arts Centre from April 22 to 24. The three-day weekend offers language lessons, workshops, talks, social events and entertainment for Cornish speakers of all levels, from absolute beginner to fluent and with family language sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Buy tickets via Eventbrite, or find out more about the weekend line-up at cornish-language. org/cornish-language-weekend/ Speak Cornish – Feasts and Festivals. Page 37
5. VISIT A GARDEN Spring has arrived, and with it a dazzling display of camellias, magnolias and rhodondendrons. There are so many gardens to choose from in Cornwall, including Pentillie near Saltash (open Sunday, May 8) and Trewidden near Penzance (open daily until September 25). Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Open Gardens season launches on April 24 with Pedn Billy,
