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Out of Order at Home in Manchester

Clowns are Out of Order in Manchester

An experimental performance art group returns to Manchester this week with a troupe of hapless clowns…

Being Human festival - I am human badge - credit - Being Human festival

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…

Light Up Lancaster 2017

Planets, shuttles and astronauts Light Up Lancaster

This year’s Light Up Lancaster will see two nights of illumination, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission…

Winter Droving Penrith - Performers join the procession

Street theatre, torch bearers and Balkan melodies at Winter Droving

The Winter Droving is an annual cultural event in Cumbria, celebrating the changing of the seasons with music, masked fire processions and quirky entertainment…

LICAF 2019 Exhibition Edward Taylor

Viz World Record challenge and zombie concert at comic art festival

This weekend, a world of comic art will return to Kendal for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival with live drawing, exhibitions and special events…

Grimmfest 2019 in Manchester

Zombies and werewolves in Manchester for Grimmfest

Grimmfest, one of the UK’s leading cult and genre film festivals, will take place at the Odeon Great Northern cinema in Manchester this week…

Escape Act

The story of a highly unusual Escape Act

The spectacular true story of how a Jewish acrobat escaped the Nazis by running away to join the circus will tour the UK this autumn…

View from the top of Arnside Knott. Arnside + Silverdale AONB, photo Adam Donaldson

Find some poetic fugitives in the countryside

This Saturday, at Arnside & Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Simon Armitage will give the first public reading of his third poem as Poet Laureate…

Egremont Crab Fair - Gurning World Championships

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…

Lakes Cakes Fest 2019

A showcase of bakes at Lakes Cakes Fest

Got a sweet tooth? Then head to the Lake District this weekend, as a festival dedicated to cake is set to take place…

The Border, Theatre Centre

Thought-provoking theatre about the absurdity of borders

An outrageous Brechtian parable, highlighting the absurdity of borders, will tour to theatres and engage audiences across the country in an urgent national conversation…

Royal Oak Ramsbottom - Black Pudding Throwing Championships

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…

Holker Hall Chilli Fest 2019, Cumbria

Can you handle the heat at Chilli Fest?

It may be the start of Autumn but things are hotting up in Cumbria this weekend, as competitors take on a spicy challenge…

Lakes Alive Colony

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…

Vintage By The Sea 2018

Immersive art and a pop up schoolroom at Vintage by the Sea

Head to the Lancashire seaside and enjoy a vintage bike ride, a pooch parade, break dancing lessons and some seaside mini golf with a difference…

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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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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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