GRT annual events
Events
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month (GRTHM)
The month of June
More information:
- The Traveller Movement - GRTHM (opens new window)
- Friends, Families and Travellers - GRTHM (opens new window)
World Funfair Month
The month of September
World Fun Fair Month unites Showmen and brings people together from around the world to celebrate all aspects of fairgrounds and the joy they bring to communities everywhere.
I am a Showman - World Funfair Month - YouTube
Memorial days
Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day - 2 August
The Romani genocide or the Romani Holocaust-also known in Romany as the Porajmos, (meaning "the Devouring"), was the effort by Nazi Germany and its World War II allies to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against Europe's Romani people. Historians estimate that between 220,000 and 500,000 Romani were killed by the Germans and their collaborators. Later research cited by Ian Hancock estimated the death toll to be at about 1.5 million out of an estimated 2 million Roma.
More information
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (opens new window)
Porajmos - The Gypsy Holocaust - YouTube
Showmen - King's Lynn Mart Fair
Two weeks from 14 February each year
More information: King's Lynn Mart (opens new window)
Nottingham Goose Fair
6 October
More information: Nottingham Goose Fair (Facebook) (opens new window)
Travellers of Irish heritage - Solemnity of the Assumption, Walsingham
15 August
Travellers of Irish heritage pilgrimage to the shrine at Walsingham
Horse fairs
Appleby Horse Fair
Usually the first week in June
More information
Appleby Fair (opens new window)
Memories of Appleby Fair on Vimeo
Stow Horse Fair
Mid May and October
More information: Cotswolds Blogs - Gypsy Horse Fair (opens new window)
Horsmonden Gypsy Horse Fair
The second Sunday in September every year
More information: Horsmonden Village, Kent - Gypsy Horse Fair (opens new window)
Wickham Horse Fair
20 May
More information: Wickham Horse Fair (Facebook) (opens new window)
Kent Horse Fair 2023, Photography by Eszter Halasi, Travellers Times
Kent Horse Fair 2023 - a TT photo-feature | Travellers Times