This weekend, the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, aka HippFest, will present a special screening of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920) online…
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Home entertainment from Flatpack film festival
This year’s Flatpack film festival will be heading direct to your home, with all the usual animation, documentaries and inventive weirdness to enjoy…
Join Captain Picnic for an alternative isolation party
This weekend, the folks behind the wonderfully eccentric Picnic Cinema are hosting an isolation party with a difference…
Stay safe and support your local venue
In these uncertain times, your beloved cultural spaces need you. Here’s a few ways to support your local venues…
Immerse yourself in a free VR festival in London
Enjoy a day of free interactive virtual reality experiences and all the fun of the fair on Saturday 7th March in Mitcham…
Pasties and parades on St Piran’s Day
On 5th March, the annual celebration of St Piran’s Day takes place in Cornwall. Celebrate with pasties, plays and parades…
Get ready for a trip to Uncle Monty’s this Summer
This Summer, watch UK’s no.1 cult film, Withnail & I, at the cottage where it was filmed. Tickets go on sale this week for this quirky event…
An alternative guide to Valentine’s Day
Contrary Life is back again with An Alternative Guide to Valentine’s Day, and we’ve dug out some great quirky events taking place in the UK this year…
Celebrate your local live music venue
Returning for the seventh consecutive year, Independent Venue Week is a seven day celebration of independent music venues around the UK…
Riverside Studios has reopened and you can take your dog
The multi-arts venue in Hammersmith, Riverside Studios, has reopened its doors to all local residents, even those of the canine variety…
A good dose of slapstick comedy in Bristol
Slapstick, the UK’s biggest celebration of silent screen and classic comedy, will take place in Bristol this month…
Head on HOME for festival
Beginning this weekend, PUSH Festival will be showcasing a wealth of creative talent from the north west of England…
Watch a cult classic at Crap Film Club
Is watching trashy films your guilty pleasure? Then head along to the Crap Film Club (CFC) this month as they present Best F(r)iends: Volume 1…
Ditch the ice rink this winter and go to the roller disco instead
Head to Bristol this festive season for an alternative winter skating experience, as well as an Apres Bar, music and family activities…
Discoveries and secrets at this year’s Being Human festival
From trawling for treasures in archives to discovering secret lives and overlooked histories, the annual Being Human festival is back this month…