Jersey Events 2008

FEBRUARY

Saturday 16th February – Saturday 29th March   -   Winter Warmers Many Jersey restaurants offer special menus with set prices
www.jerseytrader.com

MARCH

Monday 10th – Sunday 16th March   -   Textile Showcase
Textile Art Display with exhibitors from UK, France and the Channel Islands.
www.mnlg.com

Saturday 22nd – Sunday 30th March   -   Lawn Tennis Association International Tennis Tournament

Thursday 27th – Sunday 30th March   -   World 2008 Kempo Karate Championships  www.competition.kenpojersey.co.uk

Saturday 29th – Sunday 30th March   -   Spring Flower Show
www.royaljersey.co.uk
 

MAY

Friday 2nd – Monday 5th May   -   Jersey MG Owners Club Spring Rally www.jerseymg.com

Friday 9th – Sunday 11th May   -   Liberation Festival

This celebrates the liberation of Jersey at the end of World War II.   
www.jersey.com

Saturday 17th May   -   Gorey Fête de la Mer - Popular festival on Gorey Pier. www.jersey.com/food  

Saturday 17th May – Saturday 24th May   -   Spring Walking Week
Free Guided Walks www.jersey.com/walking

Sunday 18th – Sunday 25th May   -   World Jersey Cattle Bureau Conference
www.worldjerseycattle.com/wjcb_2008/2008.html

Saturday 24th – Monday 26th May   -   Foire de Jersey Entertainment for all the family including craft shows, cattle shows, traditional games, floral displays etc.
www.royaljersey.co.uk

Thursday 29th May – Sunday 1st June   -   Secrets and Spies
Organised by the Jersey Heritage Trust at Mont Orgueil Castle participants can discover secret codes and clues with re-enactors to discover the stories of soldiers and spies during the Napoleonic War. www.jerseyheritagetrust.org

JUNE

Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th June   -   Irvine Whitlock Seniors Open Golf Competition www.europeantour.com

Friday 6th – Sunday 8th June   -   Jersey Festival of Motoring 
www.jerseyfestivalofmotoring.com   

Sunday 15th June   -   Dawn Chorus
Concert on the east of the island at dawn.

Friday 20th June   -   Solstice Sunset Concert
Open air evening concert  at sunset at the  Dolmen de Grantez overlooking St. Ouens Bay

Saturday 21st June   -   Itex Walk  www.itexwalk.je

Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June   - Samarès Summer Festival and Jersey Rose Show held at Samares Manor
 

JULY

Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th July   -   Out of the Blue Maritime Festival - St. Helier Harbour
Great fun for everyone with a maritime atmosphere with sea shanties sung and entertainment plus  a market with stalls from nearby Normandy in France www.jersey.com/food

Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th July   -   West Show, St. Peter

Traditional crafts, country food, exhibitions.

Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th July   -   Romans and Gauls at La Hougue Bie  Be entertained my re-enactors dressed as Romans and Gauls and see demonstrations of caligraphy and mosaic making.
www.jerseyheritagetrust.org
 

AUGUST

Monday 11th – Sunday 17th August    Jersey International Food Festival   
A variety of world foods.  Live Music

Thursday 14th – Friday 15th August   -   Battle of Flowers Carnival
www.battleofflowers.com

Thursday 21st August   -   Gorey Fête
Gorey Harbour has been the setting for this fun fesitval for many years.  A variety of events, competitions and refreshments.

Saturday 23rd – Monday 25th August   -   Treasure Island
Pirate adventure organised by the Jersey Heritage Trust
www.jerseyheritagetrust.org

Saturday 30th - Sunday 31st August   -   Jersey Live Music Festival
An increasingly popular festival live entertainers include well known names.
www.jerseylive.org.uk

SEPTEMBER

Friday 5th – Sunday 7th September   -   Brewin Dolphin Jersey Regatta www.rciyc.org

Monday 8th – Friday 12th September   Architecture Week
Weighbridge Square, St. Helier.

Thursday 11th September   -   International Air Display
www.jerseyairdisplay.org.uk

Saturday 13th – Saturday 20th September   -   Autumn Walking Week www.jersey.com/walking

Sunday 14th September   -   Canine ‘Come Dancing’ Tournament
www.k9-freestylers.com/donelda.html

Saturday 20th September  -  Fête des Dolmens  
Tour of sites travelling on  the special dolmen bus.
www.jerseyheritagetrust.org

Tuesday 23rd to Sunday 28 September 2008  Channel Islands Festival of Arts & Crafts at the RJA & HS Showground, Trinity
Over 80 exhibitors from the UK and Europe, some of whom have visited the island for the past  22 years display their wares.

Tuesday 4-9p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 2-9p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6.p.m.  www.cifestivalofartsandcrafts.com

OCTOBER

Wednesday 1st October   -   National Nines Golf Series Final

Wednesday 1st October – Wednesday 12th November   -   ‘Tennerfest’
In excess of 100 restaurants offer  menus for £12.50 & £15.00.
www.tennerfest.com

Sunday 5th October   -   Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon 
www.jersey-marathon.com

Monday 6th – Friday 10th October   -   2008 Players PGA Championship

Thursday 9th - Sunday 12th October   -   International Choir Festival www.internationalchoirfestivalofjersey.com

Friday 10th – Saturday 11th October   -   Jersey Rally
www.jerseymotorsport.com

Saturday 11th – Sunday 12th October   -   Autumn, Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show www.royaljersey.co.uk

Saturday 18th – Sunday 19th October  -  La Faîs'sie d’Cidre (Cider Festival) Hamptonne Country Life Museum.  www.jerseyheritagetrust.org

Thursday 23rd – Saturday 25th October   -   Black Butter Making
Black Butter is a traditional delicacy and is made from cider apples and various other ingredients which are cooked for many hours - even overnight - and stirred by a team of helpers.  www.nationaltrustjersey.org.je

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

Saturday 2nd – Sunday 9th November   -   ATP Tennis Event
Players from the top 100 in the world travel from around the globe for this professional tennis tournament.   

Saturday 29th November – Sunday 21st December   -   La Fête dé Noué Jersey and St Helier in particular is lit up for Christmas and in town there is late night shopping, street entertainment candle lit parades and markets. Guided walks are led by the "Ghost of Christmas Past" around the island's castles, country lanes and old graveyards.