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LICAF 2019 Exhibition Edward Taylor

Viz World Record challenge and zombie concert at comic art festival

This weekend, a world of comic art will return to Kendal for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival with live drawing, exhibitions and special events…

British National Ploughing Championships 2019

Vintage ploughing at British National Championships

This weekend, the 69th British National Ploughing Championships will take place in Lincolnshire, with more than 250 top ploughmen and women expected to compete…

Light Night Leeds 2016

Large light sculpures and interactive installations in Leeds

Light Night Leeds will see spiritual creatures, optical illusions, illuminated origami boats and a unique light cycling challenge take over the streets…

Apple Day 2019 - Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Devon

Join a harvest celebration at Devon gallery

Celebrate the autumn with a free apple themed event in Devon, featuring toffee apples, apple puppets, harvest themed face painting and a pop up bar…

The Enchanted Forest (Photo: Angus Forbes)

Enchanted Forest lights up autumn trees

This autumn, take a trip to the Cosmos in Scotland’s Enchanted Forest, an immersive light and sound installation…

Now is the Time to Say Nothing

An installation that connects audiences to a human story beyond the headlines

An interactive sound and video installation exploring the role of screens in observing global conflicts, is heading to Battersea Arts Centre this autumn…

Wishful, Royal Docks

Light, water and fire in London

This weekend, head to Silvertown Quays for a magical experience with an event inspired by the Thai festival of Loi Krathong…

Wigtown Book Festival

Book town hosts monster slayers, suppers and tours

Scotland’s National Book Town is gearing up for a friendly invasion of book lovers when the annual Wigtown Book Festival gets underway this week…

Shademakers carnival group

Creative creatures and pyrotechnics at Arts by the Sea

There will be three days of free vibrant theatre, dance and music performances in Bournemouth this weekend for their annual arts festival…

New Harrogate Sculpture welcomes the world.

Spa heritage celebrated with unique light display

Harrogate’s spa heritage is to be celebrated this month, with a unique light display in the town’s Valley Gardens…

Culture Night Belfast 2019

Brilliant trails and a bijou speakeasy on a bus at Culture Night

Belfast will be hosting a two-day extravaganza with hundreds of free, family friendly events across the city centre and beyond…

Dudley Edwards Lactancia Adulta

Have you got rhythm? Join the dance in Harrogate

This month, RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate will present I Got Rhythm, a new exhibition by artist Dudley Edwards…

Cloudscapes (Photo: Brendan Buesnel)

Contemplate clouds with an immersive art experience in Dorset

Visitors to Studland Bay on Sunday will be able to make mountains in the sand and find their heads in the clouds with two immersive art interventions…

Saltaire Festival 2017 - Rainbow Morris

Lifesize puppets and pop up events at Saltaire Festival

Expect quirky street theatre, wonky games, eclectic displays and hidden heroes in Yorkshire this month at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire…

Lakes Alive Colony

The Lakes come alive with performance and art

A free festival of contemporary arts returns to the Lake District this month, inviting everyone be inspired by the magnificent landscapes…

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Curiosity of the Week

Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk
Great Yarmouth Venetian Waterway - photo: Gary Philo

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a Venetian style waterway in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth…

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Unique light display in Cornwall
Mousehole Harbour Lights

Head to the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole this winter, for their unique annual Christmas lights display…

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