Three Choirs Festival The event is now established in the last week of July. The 300th anniversary of the original Three Choirs Festival was celebrated during the 2015 festival, which took place from 25 July to 1 August in Hereford (the landmark 300th meeting of the Three Choirs does not fall until 2027 due to there being no Three Choirs Festivals for the duration of both WW1 and WW2). The festival is closely identified with the musical careers of British composers Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The organists of the three cathedrals (who act as artistic director and festival conductor when it
The Daffodil Festival (Gloucester, VA) The Daffodil Festival (Gloucester, VA) Since 1986, Gloucester County, Virginia has had its annual Daffodil Festival. This festival is well known to people of the area and around the area. The festival takes place every year in early April to celebrate the heritage and community of the county of Gloucester, as well as the heritage of daffodils in Gloucester. (2014 Gloucester Daffodil Festival Program. (n.d.). Retrieved February 24, 2015.) Gloucester's historic production of daffodils led it to become named the "Daffodil Capitol of America." The Daffodil Festival offers many aspects including scholarships for local students, contests for Daffodil Queen, a