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Ironbridge Coracle Regatta 2014

Coracle races and games in Shropshire

This bank holiday Monday, the River Severn in Shropshire will play host to the unusual Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, with races, games and entertainment…

Pershore Plum Festival 2014 - Worcestershire

Celebrate plums in Pershore with a weekend of events

Over the bank holiday weekend, the market town of Pershore will be turning purple in tribute to the humble plum, with food, music, activities and quirky characters…

Newport Nocturne 2018 - Shropshire

A night-time cycle race with a twist

The Newport Nocturne, Shropshire’s annual floodlit cycle race, will take place on Saturday 18th August with winners rewarded in their weight in beer!

Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival

A free festival of brass at the Museum of Iron

The annual Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival will take place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July, with oompah, brass and training bands playing live…

Illyria Theatre - Pirates of Penzance - Storrs Hall Hotel, Windermere - Contrary Life

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…

Marvellous Mechanical Museum exhibition 2018

An exhibition devoted to marvellous mechanical art

Roll up, roll up, for Compton Verney’s Marvellous Mechanical Museum, offering visitors an opportunity to see an exhibition devoted to kinetic art and automata!

Charlotte Jarvis - Ort Gallery - Birmingham events 2018

Mortality and cancer are the unusual topics for art installation in Birmingham

Visual artist Charlotte Jarvis’ Et in Arcadia Ego, an unusual installation at Birmingham’s Ort Gallery, will open on Thursday 10th May, taking a look at how we view cancer and our own mortality…

Pop-Up Opera's Summer Season 2018 - A Mozart Double Bill

A Pop-Up Opera, popping up in some unusual locations

Returning with a twist to their summer season, Pop-Up Opera will present a special Mozart double bill, popping up in unusual and unique spaces around the UK, including farms, museums, castles and festivals…

Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival 2015

Forgotten heritage, pubs and mindfulness at Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival

The Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival, now in its 13th year, will take place from Saturday 5th to Sunday 13th May, with 53 walks taking in heritage, nature and pubs…

Clun Green Man Festival 2017 - the Jester and the Frost Queen

Watch the Green Man defeat the Frost Queen in Shropshire

The Clun Green Man Festival is a traditional annual event with music, drama and medieval merriment, celebrating the arrival of spring…

Yvette China Plate Theatre Image: Ed Collier

A story of teenage angst and survival with Yvette

China Plate presents Yvette, a one woman show about a stolen childhood and growing up with a secret, touring to Birmingham and London this May…

British Asparagus Festival

Celebrate the asparagus season with a festival of eccentric events

Vegetable lovers can celebrate the asparagus season with the British Asparagus Festival, running from 23rd April to 21st June in the Vale of Evesham…

Record Store Day 2017 - Photo: Emma Parlons

Support your local indie shop on Record Store Day

This year’s Record Store Day will take place on Saturday 21st April with a whole host of events and special releases for music fans to enjoy…

The Thelmas: Coconut - UK Theatre 2018

Coconut puts intercultural relationships in the spotlight

Coconut, a new play based on writer Guleraana Mir’s real experience of interracial and intercultural relationships, will embark on a UK tour from this month…

Anna Vasof - Flatpack Film Festival 2018 - Birmingham

Acrobats, animated sushi and a paper cinema at Flatpack 2018

A one-of-a-kind film fiesta, the critically acclaimed Flatpack Festival returns to Birmingham this spring, with everything from animated sushi and a Paper Cinema, to Swedish witchcraft and the Solihull underground…

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Curiosity of the Week

Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Italian Chapel, Lambholm, Orkney

For our latest Curiosity of the Week we are heading over to Orkney to discover a rather unusual piece of history…an Italian Chapel made from Nissen huts and a shipwreck!

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Exhibition finds beauty in forgotten and discarded items
Jimmy Turrell & Richard Turley exhibition Unforsaken at The Book Club in Shoreditch

This month, Jimmy Turrell and Richard Turley will be taking over The Book Club in Shoreditch with their exhibition Unforsaken, finding true beauty in forgotten and discarded objects…

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