Fly-in day trips from Jersey

The picks

Hand-researched — the events worth planning a day around.

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BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall, London

Evening concerts suit a late day trip

Fri 17 Jul – Sat 12 Septbest any Fri/Sat✈️ ~1h40 doorSR22 (130-180nm)

Getting there: ~175nm → Biggin/Fairoaks + 45 min (near SR22 limit; TBM comfortable)

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Rocquaine Regatta

Rocquaine Bay, Guernsey

Classic west-coast beach regatta

Sat 18 Julbest Sat 18 Jul⛴ ~60 min

Getting there: Condor ~1h (or plane 15 min)

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Torteval Scarecrow Festival

Torteval, Guernsey

Quirky island-wide scarecrow trail

Sat 25 Jul – Sun 26 Julbest Sat 25 Jul⛴ ~60 min

Getting there: ferry ~1h / plane 15 min

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Tour de France finale — Montmartre + Champs-Élysées

Paris

Paris ~20nm closer from Jersey than Guernsey

Sun 26 Julbest Sun 26 Jul✈️ ~1h30 doorSR22 (130-180nm)

Getting there: ~165nm → Toussus/Le Bourget

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Cowes Week — Bicentenary (200th)

Cowes, Isle of Wight

Europe's biggest regatta, 200th-anniversary edition

Sat 1 Aug – Fri 7 Augbest best Fri 7 Aug or midweek✈️ ~55 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~120nm → Bembridge/Sandown + taxi ~55 min flight

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Meeting de Deauville Barrière + Polo Cup

Deauville

Group 1 racing + Coupe d'Or polo

Sun 2 Aug – Sun 30 Augbest best Sun 16 Aug (Jacques le Marois) or Sun 30 Aug (Grand Prix)✈️ ~50 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~110nm → LFRG customs on field ~50 min

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La Route du Rock (Collection Été)

St Malo

Fontaines D.C., Mogwai in an 18th-c fort; headliners past midnight — day trip catches beach sets only

Wed 12 Aug – Sat 15 Augbest Sat 15 Aug afternoon✈️ ~30 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: Dinard ~40nm 20 min + taxi (ferry 1h20 borderline)

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Isle of Wight Garlic Festival

Arreton, IoW

Cult food festival, easiest fly-in

Sat 15 Aug – Sun 16 Augbest Sat for music✈️ ~55 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~120nm → Sandown, airfield minutes from site ~55 min

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North Show & Battle of Flowers

Saumarez Park, Guernsey

Guernsey's biggest traditional show, floral floats

Wed 26 Aug – Thu 27 Augbest Thu 27 Aug⛴ ~60 min

Getting there: ferry ~1h / plane 15 min

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Rock en Seine

Saint-Cloud, Paris

The Cure close; closest airfield to the festival

Wed 26 Aug – Sun 30 Augbest Sun 30 Aug✈️ ~1h25 doorSR22 (130-180nm)

Getting there: Toussus ~20 min from site

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Notting Hill Carnival

West London

Europe's biggest street festival

Sun 30 Aug – Mon 31 Augbest Mon 31 Aug✈️ ~1h40 doorSR22 (130-180nm)

Getting there: Denham/Elstree

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Vale Earth Fair — 50th anniversary

Vale Castle, Guernsey

50th edition castle music festival, 50+ acts

Sun 30 Augbest Sun 30 Aug⛴ ~60 min

Getting there: ferry ~1h / plane 15 min

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Bruno Mars + The Weeknd Wembley runs

Wembley, London

The summer's two biggest stadium residencies

Bruno 18-28 Jul; Weeknd 14-19 Augbest Sat shows✈️ ~1h35 doorSR22 (130-180nm)

Getting there: ~175nm → Elstree/Biggin

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Coming up nearby

Looking further ahead — pulled nightly from live listings on neighbouring islands.

Reachable from Jersey

• Guernsey — ✈️ ~10 min (EGJB, 21 nm)
• Sark — ✈️ ~10 min (EGJB, 21 nm)
• Alderney — ✈️ ~14 min (EGJA, 30 nm)
• Isles of Scilly — ✈️ ~1 h 19 min (EGHE, 165 nm)
• Isle of Man — ✈️ ~2 h 27 min (EGNS, 306 nm)
• Luxembourg — ✈️ ~2 h 38 min (ELLX, 329 nm)
• Andorra — ✈️ ~3 h 31 min (LESU, 439 nm)
• Switzerland — ✈️ ~3 h 31 min (LSME, 439 nm)
• Liechtenstein — ✈️ ~3 h 50 min (LSZR, 480 nm)
• Monaco — ✈️ ~4 h 6 min (LFMN, 512 nm)
• San Marino — ✈️ ~5 h 28 min (LIPR, 684 nm)

Notes & what didn’t make it

NEGATIVES: Bournemouth Air Festival cancelled; Fête des Remparts Dinan biennial (2027); Sorties de Bain Granville finished 2-5 Jul; Granville LFRF no customs — not usable direct from Jersey. NEGATIVES: Amsterdam >300nm from Jersey — outside even TBM hour.

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