Launched in February 2018 to celebrate Manchester label Gizeh Records’ diverse roster, Gizehfest has quickly expanded to two editions for 2019 with a second event in Eeklo, Belgium, in February alongside the core event at the Soup Kitchen in March. Known for not focusing on any one genre of music, Gizeh is bringing together an…
Flamingods and TVAM are the latest acts to join the lineup for this year’s Mutations festival in Brighton. The one-day event takes place at Hansen Hall, Portslade, on the outskirts of Brighton on Saturday, 23 February 2019. Founded in 2015, Mutations has grown to become one of the south-coast’s most sought after events and this…
From humble beginnings in 2016, Glastonbury Calling is expanding to two days when it returns to the town next month for its fourth year. When organisers decided to put on a multi-venue event in a quiet Somerset town during the off-season it was unsurprisingly met with a little scepticism but with a lot of hard…
From Perth in Scotland to Newton Abbot in Devon, there are 60 racecourses in Britain offering great facilities for functions of all descriptions and a fantastic experience for racegoers throughout the year. In Britain horseracing runs for almost 365 days a year with thousands of races taking place and there’s always a meeting going on…
With some of Britain’s top jockeys and trainers in attendance, 2019 got off to a racing start at Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse when the first meeting of the year took place on 8 January, with almost 1,300 guests enjoying an exciting six-race card on a crisp afternoon in North Wales. This year there are 13 more meetings…
Cricket fans around the world are looking forward to this summer’s big event, the 12th one-day World Cup, which will be held in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July. First contested in 1975, the tournament format has changed over time but in 2019 will comprise all 10 teams playing each other in…
It all started back in Atlanta in November 2013 when two fans of The Walking Dead staged a convention dedicated to the TV series following a memorable road trip to check out where the series was filmed. Attorney James Frazier and his pal Eric Nordhoff turned this “dream” trip into a popular podcast and then…
Southampton will be turning Japanese in March when Minami Con goes Back to School to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The convention started back in the 1990s with just four video rooms showing anime, a quiz, masquerade, some karaoke, artist alley, dealer’s room and a games room, but has grown into a themed events-focused showcase with…
The leading pop-culture event organiser in the UK, MCM Comic Con has four events lined up in the UK this year… in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland. First up is Birmingham, taking place from 23-24 March at the NEC, which is followed by London in May, Manchester in July and Glasgow in September. At the…
The Society of Independent Brewers has drafted in a new sponsor for BeerX UK 2019, which takes place at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool from 13-14 March 2019. SIBA will team up with tech-based keg and cask specialist Kegstar for the event, the biggest trade event in the UK for beer and brewing businesses, attracting thousands…
