The town of Whitby is steeped in history with its Abbey ruins and connections to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, making it the perfect location for a goth festival…
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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…
Gee up for England’s oldest and oddest horse race
England’s oldest (and perhaps oddest) horse race, the Kiplingcotes Derby, will be taking place this week in Yorkshire…
Unique storytellers from across the globe stream into Settle
Join Settle Stories as they celebrate World Storytelling Day with tales live streamed from around the globe…
Skip, flip and hurl this Pancake Day
From old local customs to wacky races, there are quirky events taking place all over the UK on Pancake Day. Contrary Life brings you a selection of our favourite events…
Stories take over Leeds
International storytellers will be heading to Leeds this month, bringing the ancient artform of storytelling to modern audiences…
Slaithwaite’s legendary smuggling festival
This month, the sleepy village of Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire will be celebrating a local legend with a festival of storytelling, music, and arts and crafts…
Wakefield’s rhubarb festival
Wakefield’s annual culinary festival of all things rhubarb takes places this month featuring the usual mix of foodie entertainment but with a rhubarb-themed twist…
Multi-sensory show tours the UK
A multi-sensory, immersive theatre show, for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities, will be visiting towns and cities across the UK…
Best beard competitions, spectacular battles and forgotten stories of Viking women
JORVIK Viking Festival will feature forgotten stories of Viking women, a battle spectacular, a Viking encampment, Strongest Viking and Best Beard competitions, mead tasting, a Viking banquet and Poo Day…
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…
A Human Aquarium in Leeds
The Human Aquarium is a new exhibition opening on Friday 15th February in Leeds, looking at the world through the eyes of sea mammals…
A Hair of the Dog Jog in Sheffield with beer and cake
Why not get 2019 off to a good/bad start, by putting some of those new year resolutions to one side and joining the annual Sheffield Hair of the Dog Jog on Saturday 12th January…
Bedale Medicinal Leech House
Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusual little building that looks like a castellated folly from the outside, but was actually built to store leeches…
Scarborough don their top hats for unusual Boxing Day match
Said to be Scarborough’s oldest surviving custom, the Fishermen & Firemen’s Charity Football Match takes place on Boxing Day at South Bay Beach…