This Halloween, the Abertoir Horror Festival returns to our screens with a bloodthirsty bunch of films and special events…
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Have a low budget, high gore Halloween
This Halloween, join award-winning drag artist Baby Lame for an alternative night of cinema and cabaret…
Watch bespoke performances with Oracles in Sepia
Looking for something a little more unusual to fill your Thursday evenings with? Then, Oracles in Sepia may be just what you’re looking for…
Make/Love this autumn with a season of digital shows
This autumn, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) in London is inviting you to Make/Love, as a season of daring and intimate work is launched…
Watch Baby Driver at a Drive-In
This month, make going for a drive a bit more thrilling with a trip to one of the AA’s drive-in cinema events in Yorkshire and Oxfordshire…
Enjoy socially distanced Sundays with free arts club
Celebrate diversity in the arts with a free outdoor event taking place in London (and online) this summer…
A scary screening from HippFest at Home
This weekend, the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, aka HippFest, will present a special screening of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920) online…
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…