LOCAL EVENTS DIARY

Following on from the August bank holiday festivities, the Bude Jazz Festival takes over the town. With an extensive line-up at various venues throughout Bude, there is always at least one performance happening over the four day festival.

The Bude Shoreline Triathlon has been running from Summerleaze Beach since 1991. Welcoming competitors from absolute beginners and first time triathletes, right through to national team athletes. The course includes a 500m swim in Summerleaze Bay, followed by a 11 mile cycle around Bude to Widemouth Bay and back, then a three mile run through Bude and along the canal.

Leopallooza festival is a multi-award winning, grass roots music festival held in the unique event venue, The Wyldes, hidden is a wooded valley just outside of Bude. Described as ‘the greatest house party… in a field’, Leopallooza celebrates new, up-and-coming and established bands, artists and DJ’s over the three day, family friendly festival.