Metronomy, The Futureheads and The Sherlocks are among the bands lined up for the Handmade Festival, which descends on Leicester over the May bank holiday for a seventh year in 2019. Set across 10 stages, Handmade is an independent music and arts festival that takes place at the O2 Academy Leicester, the Attenborough Arts Centre…
Nottinghamshire’s Thoresby Park is the setting for one of the biggest gatherings of “fake” bands seen in the UK, with The Big Fake Festival bringing 24 unreal acts together for three days of the nation’s favourite hits from 30 August to 1 September 2019. The conclusion to a summer of “Fake Festivals” across the country,…
The Cardiff Blues home clash against South African outfit Southern Kings could prove to be a key fixture in the side’s battle to qualify for the end-of-season Pro 14 play-offs and provides the ideal time for supporters to enjoy the climax to the 2019 season, with the fixture on 2 March being officially designated as…
Selling everything from decorative antiques and silver jewellery to vintage curiosities and salvaged items of interior decor, Bath Vintage and Antiques Market has been running for more than six years and takes place on the last Sunday of the month at the historic Green Park Station, a listed Victorian building with a stunning vaulted curved-glass…
The last time the Open Championship left mainland Britain was 68 years ago when it was held at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Antrim, Northern Ireland, and this year it leaves for the second time in its 148-year history… returning to Northern Ireland’s flagship course from 18–21 July. The 36-hole club has two links courses,…
Cardiff will be turned inside out again this year, but it’ll be happening a bit earlier in 2019 and for two days instead of one. Returning to Cardiff’s Bute Park for a fourth year, Inside Out Festival will run from 31 May to 1 June rather than in September and for the first time it’s…
Now in its fifth year, Merthyr Rising stands out amongst the crowd of music festivals that take place throughout the year in the UK because of the events in 1831 that inspired it and the ideals it now serves to promote. A music, arts and ideas festival that celebrates working-class culture and community strength, the…
A family-friendly event set in the heart of Monmouthshire, Devauden Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year and organisers have big plans for Chepstow’s little music festival. Taking place across three stages in the middle of May, it will feature some of the best local talent from across South Wales and the surrounding area…
After a thrilling weekend of qualifying action at the British Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham last weekend, there will be at least six Scots competing on home soil in Glasgow when the European Athletics Indoor Championships get underway on 1 March 2019. Laura Muir, Chris O’Hare, Zoey Clark, Neil Gourley and Jemma Reekie all booked…
Bringing together 10 of the finest blues acts from across the region, York Blues Festival takes place at The Crescent on 6 April 2019. Organised by York-based DC Blues, the festival is raising money for their chosen charity, Charlies-Angel-Centre Foundation, which supports bereaved parents and families. DC Blues have been playing their take on “the…
