Twisted tales and scary happenings in Cardiff

Three days of alternative cinematic treats kick off today in the Welsh capital with the launch party for the Cardiff Mini Film Festival at Tramshed Cinema from 7pm, when some some teaser short films from the festival will be featured as well as the Music Video Category, showcasing live music from Cardiff’s finest live music…

Greenwich and Docklands buzzing with theatre

It’s the opening of the 2017 Greenwich And Docklands International Festival today, a fantastic programme of outdoor theatre and performing arts over three summer weekends. London’s leading festival of free outdoor performances, GDIF has been growing every year and in 2016 the festival featured more than 100 acts by dozens of national and international companies…

On the beer trail in Manchester

Manchester’s only city-wide beer festival starts today, providing an unrivalled celebration of Britain’s favourite drink across 10 event-filled days until Sunday, July 2. Now entering its second year, Manchester Beer Week’s first outing was a huge success, showcasing the best of beer through 94 events at 72 venues across Greater Manchester, including pubs, bars, breweries,…

Tickets for Bolt and Farah at London 2017

The world’s best athletes converge on London for 10 days of thrilling action for the IAAF World Championships from 4-13 August and tickets are still available. With London 2017 securing an increased capacity licence for the event, 60,000 tickets, across all 14 sessions of the IAAF World Championships, went on sale last week. The tickets…

Saddle up for Abergavenny festival

The Abergavenny Festival of Cycling begins this weekend with four events on Saturday and the Junior National Series Road Race on Sunday . The Sportives taking place on Saturday include the Monmouthshire 20 leisure ride, the Monmouthshire Sportif 40, the Iron Mountain 70, and the Iron Mountain 100, with the weekend’s action forming the precursor…

Trenchtown Experience a safe bet at Chepstow

Bob Marley tribute act the Trenchtown Experience are the special guests for one of the social occasions of the year at Chepstow Racecourse, when a day of great racing will be followed by a Caribbean Race Night party of red-hot reggae on Friday, 28 July. Trenchtown Experience will be on stage for an hour and…

Nottingham celebrating great beer

Craft Beer Week is well underway in Nottingham, where pubs and brewers are really entering into the spirit of the week with tastings, brewers’ forums and tap-takeovers frothing right across the city. The organisers’ aim for Nottingham Craft Beer Week is to “celebrate the city’s great brewing tradition and hopefully encourage people to drink better…

Five days of great live music

If you’re not heading to Glastonbury this week then Chester wouldn’t be a bad substitute if you happen to like great new music. From 22-25 June Chester Live takes over the city with more than 110 bands playing across 14 venues. The Chester Live Street Festival, an incredible free entry, community event on Brook Street,…

Lions, sevens and 23 great ales

Beer… tick. Gin… tick. Sport… tick. Live music… tick. Summer fun… tick. Seems the Ormskirk Beer Festival ticks all the right boxes for a fabulous weekend of great summer entertainment for all the family. Taking place at Ormskirk Rugby Club in Green Lane on 23-24 June, the festival will feature 23 great ales, lagers, craft…

It’s all happening at Kingskerswell

Taking place from 22-24 June 2017, the Kingskerswell Summer Moon Festival is a celebration of great beer and fine music followed by a community fun-day on the Sunday after the festival. Set on the Parish Meadow at Kingskerswell, near Exeter, all money raised from the festival goes to local charities. A “Night at the Proms”…