This weekend, enjoy food, live music, rickshaw rides and entertainment from living trees and a giant mechanical tortoise at autumn festival…
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A crab fair and competitive gurning in Cumbria
This weekend, Cumbria will host some competitive face pulling, alongside one of the oldest fairs in the world and a quirky apple tradition…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Watch the Sheriff carry out a traditional custom in Lichfield
Every year, an old boundary marking custom is carried out in Lichfield, Staffordshire, with the ceremonial Sheriff and a party of riders from the local area…
Meaty mayhem as Lancashire hosts quirky championship
Lancashire is famous for the production of the regional delicacy, black pudding. So, it makes a fitting home for the annual World Black Pudding Throwing Championships…
Surfing tradition at the World Belly Board Championships
Watch a thoroughly old-school surfing event in Cornwall this weekend as the World Belly Board Championships 2019 take place on Perranporth Beach…
Music, dancing and revelry in Yorkshire
There’ll be tradition and tomfoolery in the Calder Valley this weekend as the Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing festival takes place…
Hats off to Bridport’s quirky festival
Head to Dorset this weekend for a quirky celebration of hats, featuring a mass hat-wearing photoshoot, hatted dogs and best hat competitions…
Cornish dance, quirky games and a gigantic pasty
Join a celebration of the humble pasty in Cornwall this weekend, as Redruth hosts its annual International Mining & Pasty Festival…
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…
Imaginary artwork and a real brunch at The Book Club
This autumn, The Book Club in London will be turned into a gallery of imaginary artworks, advertising imaginary products…
Doggett’s Coat & Badge, a boat race with a difference
This week, watch London’s oldest continuously-running sporting challenge on the River Thames…