This autumn, Pop-Up Opera will be appearing in some unusual locations across the UK, including museums, gin distilleries, breweries, and historic buildings…
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Celebrate autumn in Cumbria with apples, parades, wrestling and gurning
The annual Egremont Crab Fair will take place on Saturday 15th September with a whole day of events including the World Gurning Championships…
A tour of eclectic dance performances heads out across the UK
The Rural Touring Dance Initiative’s (RTDI) autumn programme will be bringing dance performances to village halls around the UK from 11th September…
A regional food fight at the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
Lancashire is famous for the production of the regional delicacy, black pudding, making it a fitting home for the annual World Black Pudding Throwing Championships…
Retro seaside fun at Morecambe’s annual vintage festival
Vintage by the Sea will take place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September in Morecambe, with seaside games, a vintage marketplace, heritage bus rides and retro entertainment…
Isle of Man’s bonkers bath race
The 47th World Tin Bath Championships will take place on Saturday 1st September at the Middle Harbour in Castletown, Isle of Man…
Slippery competition at the World Gravy Wrestling Championships
This bank holiday, Lancashire will host a sporting contest with a difference, as the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships take place in Stacksteads…
Traditional custom with a unique cart and dancing in the street
The 44th annual Saddleworth Rushcart will take place on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August, with processions, dancing and merriment…
Get into the swing of things at Lytham’s 1940s weekend
The ninth annual Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend will be taking place this weekend (Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August) in the Lancashire seaside town…
The All England Stone Skimming Championships in Cumbria
The annual All England Open Stone Skimming Championships will be taking place on Saturday 18th August at the National Trust’s Fell Foot Park in Cumbria…
A boutique weekend of vintage and quirky fun at Lowther Castle
The North’s quirky outdoor cinema, Picnic Cinema, will be joining forces with the award-winning Crafty Vintage, to stage a weekend of entertainment in the grounds of Lowther Castle…
Rural racing and unusual stunts at Cumbria Steam Gathering
This year’s Cumbria Steam Gathering will take place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th July, with quad bike stunts, lawn mower racing and vintage high teas…
Cumberland wrestling and local ales at Ambleside Sports
Ambleside Sports takes place on 26th July in Cumbria, with traditional Lakeland sports, including quirky Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling matches…
The HandleBards cycle their way around the UK
The HandleBards, the UK’s infamous troupe of cycling actors, have taken to the road again to perform their fun and environmentally sustainable versions of Shakespeare’s plays…
An open air performance of The Pirates of Penzance
Illyria’s 2018 outdoor theatre season is under way, so we headed to Storrs Hall Hotel in Windermere for a performance of The Pirates of Penzance…