This year’s Light Up Poole, Dorset’s annual festival of light art, will feature four world premieres, a European premiere and a raft of newly commissioned works.
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Best beard competitions, spectacular battles and forgotten stories of Viking women
JORVIK Viking Festival will feature forgotten stories of Viking women, a battle spectacular, a Viking encampment, Strongest Viking and Best Beard competitions, mead tasting, a Viking banquet and Poo Day…
Dracula visits The London Library
A new adaptation of Dracula will premiere at the historic London Library this February; the venue where Bram Stoker spent seven years researching his gothic masterpiece…
Vikings fired up for Shetland’s Up Helly Aa
From January to March, the Shetland Islands come alive with a whole host of Viking themed fire festivals, known as Up Helly Aa…
Acrobats, unique puppets and inventive physical comedy at Mime Festival
London International Mime Festival 2019 features cutting edge circus-theatre, juggling, puppetry, live art, mime and physical theatre, at venues across the capital…
A unique 700 year old tradition in Lincolnshire
The Haxey Hood Game is a unique 700 year old tradition, played on the 12th day of Christmas in Lincolnshire with a ‘Fool’ and ‘Boggans’…
A unique and lively Twelfth Night celebration in London
On Sunday 6th January, the Bankside area of London will come alive with singing, dancing, plays and storytelling for a unique Twelfth Night celebration…
Town planning just got tasty with London’s Gingerbread City
This festive season, the Museum of Architecture is bringing a Gingerbread City to London, with more than 60 buildings as well as gingerbread workshops to take part in…
Penguins, peacocks and Santa pop up at the Magical Lantern Festival
The Magical Lantern Festival is returning to Birmingham, from Friday 23rd November to Tuesday 1st January, with a colourful array of new lanterns…
Ditch the technology and delve into Christmas past
Take a trip to Christmas past, in a more pleasant way than Scrooge did, by visiting one of the many Dickens, Victorian and medieval themed events taking place across the UK this festive season…
An edible map pops up in Perth for Cake Fest
Scotland’s Cake Fest is returning on Sunday 18th November, as part of the annual Winter Festival celebrations in Perth City Centre, with an edible map to enjoy…
Large lies and tall tales at Cumbria’s quirky competition
Every November, a rural pub in Cumbria is taken over by tall tales and silly stories as the World’s Biggest Liar competition takes place…
Bridgwater’s unique illuminated parade and fireworks
This year’s Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival will take place on Saturday 3rd November in Somerset, with a large illuminated parade…
Can you cut it at the European Rock Paper Scissors Championships?
The inaugural European Rock Paper Scissors Championships will be held in London on Saturday 3rd November, with participants representing countries from across Europe in a fiercely contested knockout tournament…
An alternative spy thriller in Ipswich and London
This autumn, sound artist Julie Rose Bower will present alternative spy thriller, Foley Explosion, at the SPILL Festival in Ipswich and at the Hackney Showroom in London…