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Public wireless internet access for free is available across eight buildings in west London. Free Wi-Fi is accessible in five of the Brent Libraries. In Westminster, both the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery offer it. London's National History Museum found in south Kensington also offers a hotspot for free. Other signature buildings in London that offer free Wifi for internet access, include all three museums of University of... Read More»

The internet giant Google will be holding a series of free events during October and November in Birmingham and Leeds to help charities going digital and to get the best out of it. The events will provide one-to-one advice by experts from Google on a range of online issues. It will cover networking opportunities with local charity peers. Talks on charity specific functions, online storytelling and using social media... Read More»

In its fourth year, the Leamington Spa Comedy will be running from 10th to 17th October, at Leamington, Warwickshire. The festival builds on its success of the previous years and presents a wide range of comey and fun. Also, returning this year are free events, such as a Family Fun Day, pop-up comedy at Nandos and also Comedy Pub quizzes to be held at White House and The Fat... Read More»

The Birthabiity fair is a free pregnancy and baby fair, which will be held on 18th October, Sunday, from 11:00am to 2:00pm. It will be hosted in Warwick, at the Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow. Expectant parents, new mums and dads can find tips and new parents can bring their baby to the venue. They can learn how to use a sling. Or they can learn to... Read More»

The Town Hall Christmas Craft Fair will be returning next month to the town of Eye, near Diss, in Suffolk. The free event will be held on 21st November (Saturday), between 10:00am and 3:00pm. The fair will bring a festive mood to the town, featuring some 18 stalls that will be showcasing unique hand-crafted items for sale, made by locals. There will also be stalls for items of Xmas... Read More»

A free workshop will be offered for women at Halfords' stores. A free introductory winter motor workshop will be held on 12th October, at 420 of Halfords stores, that includes stores in Howe, Brighton, Newhaven and other places in Sussex. The model Jodie Kidd posed for a photo-shoot to mark the start of the Halfords scheme, on Wednesday (30th September), held at their Horsham store. The free workshop sessions... Read More»

The sixth International Puppet Festival at Skipton is a three-day festival that will start on 2nd October, Friday and end on 4th October, Sunday. The festival will feature 30 companies coming from 8 different European nations that include Iceland, Bulgaria and Belgium. Local talents too will be performing as part of the London School of Puppetry, including Lempen Puppet Theatre of Skipton. The puppet festival will have something for... Read More»

There's a free event putting the manufacturing enterprise on the spotlight at EventCity in Greater Manchester, as the Northern Manufacturing & Electronics 2015 will be held from 30th September to 1st October. The free event will showcase the sectors contributing to the regions economy. Engineering firms will be participating in the event, either as visitor or as one of the 250 companies present here. It is also a hub... Read More»

Dog owners in Sheerness will be benefited, as Kent Police have partnered with Swale Borough Council and the Dog Trust to offer free micro-chipping of dogs. This free service will be available on 10th October (Saturday), at the Tesco Supermarket in Sheerness, from 10:00am to 2:00pm. The police officers will be at hand at the supermarket, situated on Bridge Road. Sheerness, to offer the free micro-chipping service. By micro-chipping dogs,... Read More»

This year the Carholme gala, or what is called WestFest now, is a free event that will be taking place this weekend, on 27th September, Sunday, at the Grandstand grounds which is on Carholme Road, Lincoln, from 12noon to 4:00pm. Hundreds of people are expected to crowd here during the gala festival. The event will see Paul Gibbard's band with Riki Bell DJ along. Children can enjoy pony rides and free... Read More»

The Codsall Beer Festival is the first ever beer festival, to be held here, on 3rd October, at the Codsall Village Hall. The inaugural beer festival of Codsall in Wolverhampton, is a free event for one day and will feature additionally various activities for young children, including a bouncy castle and performances of local musicians. They include Alexandra Jayne and the bands Cosmic Goldfish and Priory Road. The festival... Read More»

A great line-up is scheduled for the 53rd session of the Bromsgrove Concerts. The first concert will be held on 25th September (Friday) with the Carducci Quartet performing at Artrix, in the Bromsgrove town. The performance has the musicians Emma Denton on Cello, Michelle Fleming and Matthew Denton both on violin, and also Eoin Schmidt-Martin playing the viola. The group has been playing all 15 quartets of Shostakovich, to... Read More»

To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, Wycombe will be inviting women and girls around the community on 10th October to a free event. It is being held from 11:00am to 5:00pm, at Buckinghamshire New University, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe. The community event is a move to empower women, an opportunity for both girls and women to get together to share achievements and experiences here. The event is... Read More»

The Budweiser Live Project has been launched. This is part of Budweiser brand's Global Music Series and is a music tour in a bespoke tour bus. It will take British acts across the country, this autumn, over three weeks. It will be creating free gigs across the cities toured with fan experience at the heart. The tour will not only support local artists and acts from each city on... Read More»

Leeds will be hosting what apparently is the world's first festival of arts and science collaboration, between scientists, artists and makers, at Live Art Bistro, Regent Street, from 18th to 20th September. The ASMbly festival has an exhibition featuring new artworks, plus hands-on workshops. It has talks by experts and also live music performances mixing science and technology into it. There is also a talk by Dr. Jordan Boyle,... Read More»

In a free event by BCS-The Chartered Institute for IT, how the Enigma machines of the Germans worked, will be explained by Dr. Mark Baldwin, an expert on war-time code-breaking work and Enigma machines. He will deliver his talk and bring in one of those machines at the session to take place on 30th September, Wednesday, at 6:00pm, at the Abertay University. The machine to be brought to Dundee,... Read More»

People will get an opportunity at an open afternoon, on 19th September, Saturday, to try out free workshops for singing dancing and acting for youngsters, by the 1Life Academy, at the Harpenden Sports Centre. The academy is a new stage-school and the event will be held for 8 to 12 year-olds at 2:00pm and for 13 to 18 year-olds it will be at 4:00pm. Booking for the workshop is... Read More»

Everyone is invited to sing in the chorus, as part of the Come and Sing events of Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society. Aspiring singers are being invited to join the free event, a day for rehearsing and singing Hayden's Creation, on 10th October (Saturday). The place for the performance is at the Lighthouse, 62 Cromer Road, Sheingham. Registration opens at 10:00pm for the 10:30am start. An informal concert will... Read More»

There's a sport festival at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday. Anyone can try to follow the footsteps of their sporting heroes at this free Stratford sport festival, this Saturday weekend. The free event here will feature 20 activities to be tried out and also give you a chance to meet Lizzy Yarnold, Olympic champion skeleton racer. Over 20 activities are open to all abilities and ages, also... Read More»

The National Fitness Day is being planned as UK's biggest fitness festival, as hundreds of health clubs, gyms, leisure centres parks and organisations are opening doors to people and offering free fitness sessions on 9th September (Wednesday). This year almost 2,000 venues will be opening their doors to participants. Both fitness fanatics and phones are encouraged to try out exercising in the quest for a healthier lifestyle. This year... Read More»