A guided walk around Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s Bickley Hall Farm - An exclusive guided walk around Cheshire Wildlife Trust's Bickley Hall Farm with Farm Manager, Ben Gregory, looking at the different habitats on the farm, how they are managed and the wildlife that call them home.

Venue: Bickley Hall Farm, Bickley, SY14 8EF

Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm

Tickets: £5.00

Tour of Cholmondeley Castle Gardens with Barry Grain, Head Gardener - Barry Grain has been Head Gardener at Cholmondeley Castle for the past five years. With over twenty years of horticultural experience, he has been instrumental in the continuing evolution of the gardens, and works closely with the Cholmondeley family.

Venue:Public Entrance, Nantwich Drive, SY14 8AH (Event will be signposted)

Time: 3.30pm – 5.00pm

Tickets:£7.50 to include tea and cake

The Life and Poetry of Wilfred Owen – Commemorating our finest poet of the First World War - Wilfred Owen was first 'inspired to poetry' during a boyhood holiday with his mother in Broxton. He was born in 1893 to a middle-class family in Oswestry and following the death of his grandfather had to move with his family to rented accommodation in Birkenhead.

Venue:St Nicholas’s Chapel, Cholmondeley, SY14 8AH

Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm

Tickets:£10.00

Ninebarrow - Ninebarrow are a multi-award winning folk duo who are impressing audiences around the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Superb music and storytelling at its best.

Venue: Bickerton Village Hall, Bickerton, SY14 8AR

Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm (Doors open 7.15pm)

Tickets: £10.00

The Amner Lunch - As we celebrate 100 years of the spirit of suffragism and women’s part in the democratic process, five dynamic, varied, independent and successful women will form a lively panel compered by Jeannie France-Hayhurst at a delicious Summer luncheon at Peckforton Village Rooms.

Venue: Peckforton and Beeston Village Hall, Peckforton, CW6 9TW

Time: 12.30pm – 3.45pm

Tickets: £25.00

The Chronicle of Afternoon Tea – its Extraordinary History - Enjoy a scrumptious afternoon tea nibbling delicious sandwiches and cakes whilst renowned etiquette expert, Diana Mather, talks about the fascinating history and social impact of this amazing beverage.

Venue:Mayfield House, Bunbury, CW6 9SY

Time: 4.15pm – 5.30pm

Tickets:£5.00

From Runner to Ultra Runner - Sportsmen and women following the extreme marathon in Cheshire over the Festival weekend can learn all about the development of marathon running over the past two thousand years from two highly experienced and very enthusiastic runners.

Venue:Tilly’s Coffee Shop, Bunbury, CW6 9QS

Time: 5.00pm – 6.00pm

Tickets:£5.00

Nuns and Roses - An a cappella vocal group set up to explore the wealth of music from medieval times to the present day written specifically for female voices. No props, microphones or gimmicks, just five stunning voices form Papagena.

Venue: St Boniface, Bunbury, CW6 9PE

Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Tickets: £10.00

Acorn Writers - The Acorn writing group members read some of their captivating and absorbing work in the beautiful setting of St Oswalds Church. If you are an aspiring writer or if you just love to listen, please join us, you are very welcome.

Venue: St Oswald’s Church, Malpas, SY14 8NU

Time: 10.00am – 11.00am

Tickets:FREE

Our Uninvited Guests - The Secret Lives of Britain's Country Houses 1939-45 - This book offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of life in some of Britain's greatest country houses that were occupied by people who would never otherwise have set foot in such opulent surroundings.

Venue:Bishop Heber School, Malpas, SY14 8JD

Time: 1.30pm – 3.00pm

Tickets:£7.50

A Lifetime’s Climbing, Altitude Medicine and Tibetan Traditional Medicine - Dr Charles Clarke is a well-known mountaineering doctor who has been on many expeditions with Sir Chris Bonington.

Venue:Bishop Heber School, Malpas, SY14 8JD

Time: 3.30pm – 5.00pm

Tickets:£7.50

Boys Allowed….Out! - Tony, Mike and Steve have been "allowed out" since 2005 - playing a distinctive style of blues-rock in and around the Cheshire region.

Venue:Jubilee Hall, Malpas, SY14 8NN

Time: 8.00pm til late!

Tickets:£10.00

The Peter Wheeler Short Story Competition - Peter Wheeler worked extensively in both radio and television for many years. He was a newscaster, reporter and presenter for Granada TV, as well as reading both radio and television news for the BBC.

Venue: The Barbour Institute, Tattenhall, CH3 9PX

Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm

Tickets:FREE

Foods with Character….Characters with Food - In 2011 Brian Mellor opened the doors to Harthill Cookery School which is nestled alongside Peckforton Hills in the Cheshire countryside and is set in a restored Victorian village school.

Venue:Harthill Cookery School, Harthill, CH3 9LQ

Time: 12.30pm – 2.00pm

Tickets:£25.00 to include the talk, tastings and lunch

Guns of Broxton – being a true account of Cheshire’s Wild West - Whilst conducting research for The Sandstone Ridge Trust into The Bloody Bones Cave near Raw Head, Trust volunteer Dave Trevor uncovered a number of information sources that (whilst publicly available) did not appear to have been previously used by local historians.

Venue:The Barbour Institute, Tattenhall, CH3 9PX

Time: 2.30pm – 3.30pm

Tickets:£5.00

Tattenhall Hall Garden - The Jacobean house with surrounding garden has been developed since 1995, when present owners bought the house. Previously a farmhouse, the garden was undeveloped with some mature trees.

Venue: Tattenhall Hall, Tattenhall, CH3 9PX

Time: 2.00pm – 5.30pm

Tickets:Entry £5 at the gate – Proceeds to National Garden Scheme

Grasping the Nettle - Anyone who saw Lucy Stevens in “What a Life” at the Festival last year will know they are in for a real treat!

Venue:The Barbour Institute, Tattenhall, CH3 9PX

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Tickets:£10.00