Jersey Events in 2019

Join the National Trust for Jersey as they make this delicious local delicacy from the island’s apple harvest. Peel the apples, stir the pot and learn about the history and tradition of Black Butter making in Jersey and how it can be used with different foods today. Enjoy a traditional ‘Genuine Jersey’ market on the Saturday with pumpkin carving for the children.

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This Halloween, explore Jersey Zoo after dark to find out which ghosts and ghouls visit the grounds after the animals have gone to sleep! Enjoy a range of spooktacular crafts and activities. Meander the Trick or Treat Trail spied by nocturnal eyes. Eat, drink and be scary at Café Firefly or Café Dodo – Bone Appetite! Come in your scariest fancy dress and let your little monsters loose at these freaky, yet family-friendly events.

The St. Helier Christmas light switch on, heralds the start of La Fête dé Noué, a series of events and activities celebrating Christmas. Shop under the twinkling lights with late night shopping, amidst the festive windows, as shops compete in the Christmas window competition. Feast on your senses at the French and Genuine Jersey markets. Festive music brings Christmas cheer in concerts around the island and, of course, there is the Christmas Panto.

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Step back in time and experience 16 New Street transformed for the festive season with boughs of holly, candles and traditional decorations. Admire the magnificent Christmas tree in the Victorian Club Room, visit the children’s nursery up in the attic and meet Louisa, the resident cook, who will be preparing some special festive treats for visitors to taste in the Georgian Kitchen.

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The 100km race is not only the longest race in the Channel Islands, it will take place at night starting at 22:00 in the middle of winter. We will be there to support you but make no mistake this will be a tough challenge.

The Christmas Day Swims are always very popular! Head down to Ouaisne Slip on Christmas morning for an early dip before your festivities begin or to The Watersplash, ready to go in at 11.00 for three minutes in the sea. The events raise money for Jersey Hospice Care and other local charities. Warm refreshments will be served afterwards a reward for your bravery! For all updates and weather information, please check the Jersey Surfboard Club Facebook Page.

Stride out with the National Trust for Jersey on the annual New Year’s Day walk. It’s the perfect ‘active’ start, and a fun and social way, to bring in the New Year. This year you’ll be guided by one of Jersey’s most experienced guides, Bob Tompkins, on a wonderful winter walk to brush off the Christmas ‘blues’ and lose a few calories in the process! The walk is a gentle ramble around the beautiful parish of St. Mary along small, very quiet lanes and stunning scenery.

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Wassailing is said to awaken the cider apple trees and scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest!  Come along to the Elms, bring ‘noise makers’, Join in the procession, watch the trees being ‘toasted’ in the orchard, enjoy the singing and dancing and a tot of Sloe gin. Cider and sausages available from La Robeline at own expense.

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HEAT is unique. It’s one of the best culinary competitions out there that gives students an opportunity like no other.  It is a competition that equally judges both the kitchen and front of house.  Qualifying heats are held throughout the UK with the main event taking place annually in March in Jersey.  In previous years, chefs from Michelin starred restaurants leading the college teams have included Mark Jordan, Frances Atkins and Lee Smith.

Save the date for Jersey’s most exciting red carpet night of the year – 07 May 2020 showcasing the best of what Jersey has to offer across the arts, culture, retail, tourism and style sectors. To coincide with the island’s 75th anniversary of Liberation Day, join the island’s most glamorous red carpet gala with some very special guests and celebrities, including an international music act.

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World class independent film festival featuring short films, features, animations and documentaries from around the globe as well as showcasing home grown talent from the Channel Islands. This will be our second event after a successful launch in 2019 which saw award-winning films from Portugal, Ireland, Sweden, France and Jersey being screened. Check out our website for up to date details.

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The National Trust for Jersey is staging its annual environment festival #LoveNature over the May half term. Set in and around St. Ouen’s Bay in Jersey’s National Park and at other Sites of Special Interest owned by the Trust, the event coincides with and showcases the open afternoon at Le Noir Pré to see the wild orchids in all their glory. Participants are invited to enjoy a week of all things ‘green’ such as scenic walks, bird tours, dawn chorus and sunset activities, bug safaris, pollinator picnics and a host of other wildlife activities.

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Steep winding hills and straights beside the long beaches provide the perfect combination for a motoring festival, and Jersey has it all. The RUBiS Jersey International Motoring Festival is the largest annual motoring event in the Channel Islands, with competitive sprint and hill climbs for classic and vintage cars and motorcycles, a touring event for visitors and locals alike visiting various places of interest and stopping for refreshments around the island.

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FREE event. This is the biggest single day in the British farming calendar when farms all across the British Isles are encouraged to open their gates and invite the public in. The Jersey Royal Company hosts the most southerly event, and is doing this again for a 5th year. Come and meet the farmers and learn about Jersey Royals. Pick your own FREE sample to take home. Ride on a harvester. Take a selfie on a tractor. Talk soil health, environmental projects, pollinators, Action for Cleaner Water. Learn about how we interact with Digital and use drones. Book a tour round the pack house to see potatoes being graded and packed.

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Enjoy live music in the beautiful natural setting of Mont Grantez headland overlooking St. Ouen’s Bay. Bring a picnic and enjoy fantastic live music as the sunsets and celebrate the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. This is the ultimate way to experience the delights of Jersey at this very special time of year.

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Jump in this July and swim in a variety of bays throughout the month. A fun way of making the most of our beautiful island and the feeling of having achieved something in the summer rather than it just flying by. Sea swimming has proven benefits for health and wellbeing and participants can visit new places or those bays they haven’t visited for years. Sea swimming makes you feel alive and loving life! Join the group swim at the start of the month then decide where and when to swim, joining the final group swim at the end of the month

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The Jersey Triathlon is the most Southerly triathlon of the British Isles and is one of the most exciting, challenging and picturesque courses in Britain. The event is centred around Jersey’s waterfront in St Helier, providing seemless transitions from swim to bike and bike to run. The popular course hosted the Jersey 2015 Island Games triathlon event and the 2019 event will follow a near identical course.

The Jersey Triathlon now operates with four different race categories, thus offering a distance for all levels of ability to participate. The largest of the races remains the ‘Standard’ distance, but the event also has a ‘Super Sprint distance and a ‘Jersey Sprint’ distance, which is a variation on the normal Sprint distance (where bikes course is a longer 40km). The event also operates a multi distance Junior Triathlon on the same day.

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Enjoy the spectacle of flower festooned floats, musicians, dancers and entertainers providing a tremendous atmosphere in the Grand Day Parade. First staged in 1902 in celebration of a Royal Coronation, The Jersey Battle of Flowers has grown over the past century to become one of the largest floral carnivals in Europe, and is without doubt, a major highlight in Jersey’s calendar of festivals and events.

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The Battle of Flowers carnival atmosphere continues during the Moonlight Parade, featuring once again many of the parade floats and entertainment. The floats, which are festooned with thousands of illuminated lights, offer a totally different experience and magical atmosphere. One of the most popular night time events in Jersey, the floral extravaganza concludes with spectacular fireworks and aeronautical displays (weather permitting).

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The event which will be in its fifth year in 2020 has welcomed approx 1000 challengers to take  on the adventure challenge by either Swim, Canoe/Kayak, Row, SUP or Running around the stunning Island of Jersey. In doing so they not only took on a massive challenge but also took on one of the highest tidal ranges in the world! This epic challenge raises awareness and valuable funds for the Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation, a local charity that supports families in Jersey with sick children needing treatment in the UK. To date participants helped us raise an unbelievable £45,000+ for the charity. In 2016 the Jersey Round Island Challenge grabbed the attention of national media and was even listed by Red Bull as one of their top 11 UK Extreme Challenges. The event has also captured the attention of the Ultra Paddle League Series.

Jersey Round Island Challenge

The Weekender Festival offers a full two-day diverse programme of arts that will immerse revellers within a fantastic festival experience. Witness global music artists and local acts over various music stages, coupled with gourmet food and drink, through daytime to evening and into the night.

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2020 will be Breca’s fifth year in Jersey, taking participants across the islands spectacular cliff paths, beaches, through bays and woodlands, hidden valleys and past coastal fortifications. Teams will battle against Jersey’s 40-foot tides – some of the highest in the world – resulting in an ever-changing course and a unique challenge in the world of swimrun.

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Enjoy a series of guided walks around the island walking to and nearby National Trust sites and properties. Enjoy themed walks such as wildflower walks, nature and bird tours and heritage and town trails. Visitors can enjoy ‘behind the scenes’ opportunities such as afternoon tea in a walled garden and visits to historic properties en route.

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Celebrating all that is best in wellbeing and lifestyle. Over 40 exhibitors including readers, therapists, healthy products and services, nutrition and fitness. Exhibitors from the UK and Jersey. Come and be pampered at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel and learn more about how you can lead a healthier lifestyle. Workshops, tastings and demonstrations throughout the day in the Noirmont Room on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Jersey Regatta is the flagship event in the Island’s busy sailing programme, designed to provide fun and excitement for all sailors be they regular racers or novices, locally-based or visiting. Cruiser, Quarter Ton, sportsboat, dayboat, dinghy, sport catamaran and windsurfer classes race in the beautiful arena of St. Aubin’s Bay and in the Island’s coastal waters.

Beer Island Festival at the Havre des Pas Lido will return for the second year, as a joint venture between the Be Served Group and the Jersey branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. 

More than 100 craft beers, real ales and ciders from the UK, Europe and United States are due to be on offer as well as local brews from Bliss Brew Co., Liberation, Stinky Bay and La Robeline Cider. 

A number of the best international brewers will travel to Jersey to support the event, giving guests a chance to ‘meet the makers’ while drinking some of the worlds most sought after beers. 

A full bar will also offer more than 30 gins as well as rums, wines and soft drinks. 

Local spirits including Fluke vodka from the Jersey Royal Distillery, gins and runs from the Channel Islands Liquor Company, Sippin Gin, Pink Granite & Tidal Rum will all feature with an opportunity for guests to meet the makers while drinking their local products.

Food will include JB’s Genuine Jersey brisket & hand-formed burgers, Jersey Oyster raw bar, Jersey Dairy ice cream, Jersey Wonders, Jersey Bean Crock, Brooklands Farm pork products & artisan bakery including cabbage loaves from Vienna Bakery.

There will also be musical entertainment throughout the entire event from a selection of local artists and DJ’s.

With the global rise of craft beers & craft spirits, Beer Island Festival brings to Jersey, a taste of the finest artisan products from both on and off island, and creates an opportunity for local producers to network with producers from around the globe. 

All of this at one of the island’s most iconic coastal landmarks, making Beer Island, the ‘festival with a view’!

See you at Beer Island 2020.

An opportunity to visit the National Trust for Jersey’s historic properties for free and which are not normally open to the public. Enjoy special events in some of the larger properties.

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The Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon is split into three categories, Marathon, Relay Race and 3K Fun Run, attracting over 2,500 entrants with over 60% of marathon runners coming from off-island. The event welcomes a variety of runner types, elite athletes compete for prize money and times, while corporate teams vie for the prestige of winning the trophy and many others compete to do something truly amazing for the benefit of others. Why not make this marathon your first?

Embrace the community spirit and participate in the ancient art of making Black Butter which takes place over three days at The Elms, the headquarters of the National Trust for Jersey. Apples grown for cider were once Jersey’s main crop. Today fewer cider apples are grown but the making of black butter (Le nièr beurre) carries on. Come along and peel apples, which are then cooked in a large copper pan or ‘bachin’ over an open fire or help to stir the mixture which is cooked until dawn. The event culminates in a produce market where the freshly made Black Butter is put into jars and sold.

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Celebrating the wellness and fitness movement, The Awakening Wellness & Fitness Winter Festival will include a stage with celebrity fitness and live podcasts, as well as number of workshops, from fitness, to meditation and mindfulness, creativity, healthy food and boutique shopping.

The Festival showcases a sought after mix of both local & celebrity talent.