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Potty Morris & Folk Festival 2018 - Norfolk events

Norfolk’s Potty Festival goes Morris dancing mad

One a year, the town of Sheringham in Norfolk is taken over with colourful displays of dancing, folk music and processions…

WATCH OUT 2019

Watch Out for edgy theatre festival this weekend

Cambridge Junction’s popular WATCH OUT Festival returns this weekend with a day of experimental, unusual and risqué performances…

Maldon Mud Race - Essex

Watch the world famous Maldon Mud Race

The Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash (or sticky wade) through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex…

Charlie Parker on blue vinyl

Live music and special releases at Record Store Day 2019

The nation’s independent record stores are gearing up for Saturday’s big event, as Record Store Day 2019 promises a heap of special releases and in-store events…

Blackheath Morris Men - Chair Lifting - Greenwich

Ten quirky Easter events

Looking for some inspiration on how to spend your long Easter weekend? Contrary Life has compiled a round-up of the quirkiest Easter events taking place this year…

Twilight at the Museums - Cambridge - Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Half term adventures at Twilight at the Museums

This February half-term, 14 of Cambridge’s museums and collections will be opening their doors for a series of free, drop-in adventures and activities after dark…

Good Dog by Arinzé Kene

A fearlessly told story of growing up in a multi-cultural community

Tara Finney Productions and tiata fahodzi present good dog by Arinzé Kene, retelling the stories of multiple characters, families and years…

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire’s quirky Straw Bear Festival

The annual Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival takes place in Cambridgeshire from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th January with parades, dancing, music and storytelling…

Protein - The Little Prince - CREDIT CHRIS NASH

A dance performance of The Little Prince in Ipswich

The Little Prince, a beloved tale of a child navigating the baffling world of grown-ups, has been adapted into a dance theatre production, just in time for Christmas…

A Christmas Carol - Photo: Craig Fuller - Christmas events 2018

Authentic and refreshing adaptation of Dickens’ timeless Christmas tale

This festive season, audiences will be welcomed into Dickens’s intimate study, a warm inviting environment full of Christmas cheer and hidden surprises…

Art with Heart - Declaration - Image courtesy of Sam Ryley

Art with Heart tour UK with a comic and candid look at ADHD

After winning the ADHD Foundation Partnership Award in 2017, Art with Heart return with a brand new tour of Declaration, a comic and candid look at Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder…

Julie Rose Bower, Foley Explosion (Photo: Chloe Wicks)

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…

Pop-Up Opera's Carmen (The Other Richard)

Opera pops up in museums, distilleries and breweries

This autumn, Pop-Up Opera will be appearing in some unusual locations across the UK, including museums, gin distilleries, breweries, and historic buildings…

2CV 24 Hour Race - Photo: Neil Lambert

Retro French cars in unique 24 hour race

This weekend, visitors to Snetterton Circuit will be able to watch strange-looking French relics take to the track in the 2CV 24 Hour Race…

British Firefighter Challenge 2018, Suffolk (Photo: Kay Zieba Photography)

Weighty challenges for firefighters in Suffolk

The British Firefighter Challenge will take place in Bury St Edmunds on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th July, with competitive hose dragging and weight lifting…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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The World Egg Throwing Championships are no yolk
World Egg Throwing Championship 2016

Are you a tosser? If so, you may want to head to Lincolnshire this weekend as the 15th World Egg Throwing Championships takes place…

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