Returning for the seventh consecutive year, Independent Venue Week is a seven day celebration of independent music venues around the UK…
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Follow a straw bear in Cambridgeshire
Follow a giant ‘bear’ around a Cambridgeshire town this weekend, as an unusual annual custom takes place…
A quirky 700 year old Twelfth Night tradition in Lincolnshire
Twelfth Night is celebrated around the country with lots of fun events taking place, but a village in Lincolnshire will be holding an event which is altogether different…
Roll out the barrel this Boxing Day
Every year, on Boxing Day, the village of Grantchester in Cambridgeshire comes alive with the eccentric sport of Barrel Rolling…
‘Tis the season for chilly dips into icy waters
This festive season, brave souls will be donning their trunks, swimming costumes, and fancy dress outfits as they prepare to take a quick dip in the waters…
Step into Dickens’ study for A Christmas Carol
This festive season, audiences can experience A Christmas Carol as Dickens himself performed it more than 150 years ago. ..
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…
Burn your bad news at the Pyre Parade
The Pyre Parade will take to the streets of Ipswich this Saturday (26th October), offering the chance to burn your bad news…
Cambridge Festival of Ideas embraces change
Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches this week with an array of events and cutting edge thinkers, tackling social, cultural and political change in a rapidly transforming world…
An exploration of adolescence in Five Years
Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…
Comic capers, heartfelt stories and tricky topics in Suffolk
This week, head to the Suffolk coast for a festival of new theatre and live performance as the 2019 HighTide Festival takes place…
Visit a Venetian Waterway in Norfolk
Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a Venetian style waterway in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth…
Join pirates and sailors at Ipswich Maritime Festival
This weekend, Ipswich will be celebrating all things nautical with pirate crews, Georgian sailors, maritime themed inflatables and ships…
Quirky 24 hour car race in Norfolk
This month, visitors to Snetterton Circuit will be able to watch strange-looking French relics take to the track in a unique 24 hour race…
Messing about on the river in quirky boats
This summer, there will be an array of events taking place on our rivers, celebrating the traditional yet quirky Coracle…