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The Eastside Arts Festival will be held from 19th August to 31st August and its organisers said this annual event will highlight the "journey of revival" currently East Belfast is experiencing. The festival will feature 33 free events of the 78 events, that includes workshops, talks, movies, theatre, comedy, music and exhibitions. The festival will also be hosting a wide range of readings, poetry, lectures, film-screenings and heritage events. Read More»

NME is Time Inc's music brand that is 63 years old and it is to become a free weekly magazine from this September. Time Inc said, NME through a mixture of curated and original content "dramatically increases its content output and range”. Its digital output will be expanded to contain fashion, film, television, gaming, technology and politics. Going free from a cover price of £2.50, the 300,000 copies of... Read More»

The Summer Reading Challenge organised by The Reading Agency, will run from 1st July to 31st August this year and is absolutely free. Libraries NI invites all children of age 4 and above to take part, with this year's theme as Record Breakers. Libraries across Northern Ireland are encouraging young readers to explore real-life achievements and world records, as those found in the Guinness World Records. As part of this year's... Read More»

Glasgow has special plans to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Glasgow Life will mark the occasion by hosting a series of free sports days. The free events will give young people in communities across the city the chance to try out sports of the Commonwealth games that was held nearly one year back. The Anniversary Games are planned at 5 venues used during... Read More»

The Official UK Gay Wedding Show will be arriving at Newcastle Pride to mark the occasion. On 19th July, Sunday, a host of North East venues will arrive at Newcastle Civic Centre, to outline what is in offer to same sex couples looking at marriage. John Dixon has the license to run shows in several cities. As organiser he said that they are happy to bring the show back... Read More»

A memorial service marking the centenary of the Battle of Somme next year, will have thousands of ordinary British citizens invited, the government revealed recently. John Whittingdale, Culture Secretary, announced a public ballot for 8,000 free tickets to the memorial service, a tribute to the fallen at the Thiepval Memorial on the Western Front. The free tickets released through a public ballot will allow guests from United Kingdom, Ireland... Read More»

The Three Rivers District Council will be hosting a range of free events later in the month. It is for supporting the Love Parks Week. The events will be held in parks and open spaces. The council will be hosting storytelling sessions outdoors, under 'Storytent' initiative led by Katheryn Holt. The event, a drop-in activity, is on 27th July (Monday), at The Aquadrome (Forgmoor Lane), from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Again,... Read More»

Belfast is all set to host its Maritime Festival. This is the 3rd time that Belfast is hosting the Tall Ship Race and ships from around the world have started arriving for the four days of festivities. Previous to Tall Ships Racing 2015, races were held in 1991 and 2019. The races will see more than 50 vessels, that also includes 18A Class ships, all competing. The first leg... Read More»

An impressive programme of arts, dance, shows and performances are being planned to take centre stage in Gloucester, during the Rugby World Cup. The 2015 Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union's world championship is being hosted this time by England, scheduled to run from 18th September to 31st October. Throughout the tournament days, thanks to a grant of £85,000, the visitors to the city can see lots of... Read More»

A free workshop will instruct you on how to use a GPS. The workshop will be held on 11th July, at the Gateway Centre, situated in Spine Road, South Cerney, Gloucestershire. The session is led by experienced staff from Cotswold Outdoor, the nearby outdoor equipment store. It will provide an opportunity to participants for a hands-on introduction to navigating using the GPS system. All related information on GPS units,... Read More»

The Last Night of the Proms is an event in its 14th year. It returns this year to Belfast, bringing together artists belonging to Northern Ireland and from across the world. The artists will be performing in a programme that mixes both contemporary and classical music and a few surprises also. The events of Last Night of the Proms will take place at the Royal Albert Hall, Hyde Park... Read More»

The Microsoft Lumia team has conceived a new newspaper, The Five to Nine, to be launched very soon. This new newspaper containing positive and inspiring content will be distributed from 22nd to 26th June, along with a free workshop to be held each of these days. The publication developed by Microsoft Lumia, in partnership with the editorial teams, like of Protein and Grafik, will have only positive and uplifting... Read More»

A series of free sporting events are to be hosted for women in Maldon (Essex) in the weekend on 20th June (Saturday) and 21st June (Sunday). Thanks to the Maldon District Council joining hands with Places for People, there will be a variety of free sporting events offered along with free fitness and health classes for ladies of all fitness and abilities. Women over 18 years of age can... Read More»

Google has launched at 'Campus London' its inaugural 'Founders over 50' programme. This initiative is to help people looking to start their own business, but are aged 50 and over. The programme starts on 17th June, being held one morning a week for 6 weeks. 'Founders over 50' programme will be led by investors and successful entrepreneurs, offering inspiration, training and skill sharing. Head of Campus London on Bonhill... Read More»

The Welsh town of Wrexham is getting upgraded CCTV camera network and will be offering free WiFi for everyone. Wrexam town council stated that 24 new HD cameras are currently being installed with wireless connectivity and it will create the Wi-Fi hotspots across the town . The council will be offering limited amount of WiFi everyday for residents, visitors and others. It would be operational by coming September. The CCTV upgrade... Read More»

A week long celebration is being held for the 'Adult Learner', to be hosted at Swadlincote, South Derbyshire. The celebration runs from 13th June to 19th June. The celebration of lifelong learning aims to encourage people to get back to learning. The series of free taster sessions, events and open days, all aim to encourage people to learn. They can try learning on the have-a-go sessions and celebrate the... Read More»

A special venue on a roof-top will be taken up by The Rainbow Venues this summer in Birmingham, to run what is called The-Next-Level, a series of enjoyable free events The series of events will be running from the 13th June (Saturday) right to the 13th September (Sunday) with the after parties taking place at their complex. The venue is the new terrace found on Digbeth High Street. The... Read More»

The annual 1940s event at Brighouse will have this year's theme based on VE Day. The celebration this weekend will be held from 5 June, Friday, to 7 June, Sunday. This celebration is one amoung others that pay tribute to the most memorable aspects of the 1940s (decade) that includes dance music, variety shows, the home front and the make do and mend attitude. Friday will start off the... Read More»

Free golf for women is being offered by the Macdonald Hotels and Resorts. Women interested in golf and would like to have a go at it, can find free golf sessions being offered at the company's five hotels and resorts. They are being offered at Macdonald Linden Hall Golf and Country Club, Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa, Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf... Read More»

The Aylesbury Town Council will be bringing you outdoor music, fun and picnics in a weekend of free events, coinciding with the Bank Holiday August, with Parklife in Vale Park, Aylesbury. Well known Dez Kay, Radio DJ, will compere the Live in the Park, on 29th August, Saturday. Working with the town council will be Stuart Robb, local promoter, to line up an array of local talent on stage.... Read More»