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What’s on: festivals, events and culture

Festivals, exhibitions, concerts, markets and community events reported by Local Gazette town editions across Britain.

36 recent reports · 24 town editions

Hinckley Gazette · 15 Oct 2026Ultra Vibrant Blacklight Art Exhibition Opens at Hinckley's Atkins GalleryFree blacklight art exhibition Ultra Vibrant runs 19 October to 13 November at Hinckley's Atkins Gallery. Half-term activities and custom soundtrack…Read on Hinckley Gazette →
Stoke-on-Trent GazetteBurslem Market Hall awarded £1 million for restoration work15 Oct 2026The Core Christmas Market graphic showing Saturday 12 December, 9am to 5pm, with illustrated festive stallsSolihull GazetteFree Christmas market at The Core in Solihull set for 12 December15 Oct 2026
Coventry GazetteSikh Freshers’ Fair brings students together in Coventry14 Oct 2026Wolverhampton GazetteWolverhampton Healthy Ageing Festival Returns 19 October14 Oct 2026Photographs and archive material displayed as part of Always Here in a city libraryStoke-on-Trent GazetteAlways Here exhibition brings North Staffordshire LGBT+ histories to city libraries13 Oct 2026Baffo in cycling clothes performing in On Your Bike BaffoWeston-super-Mare GazetteOn Your Bike Baffo brings family clown show to Weston’s Front Room Theatre13 Oct 2026Dudley Gazette£150,000 Dudley Market Seating Area Removed Over Anti-Social Behaviour12 Oct 2026Manchester GazetteNavratri Nine-Day Festival Celebrations in Oldham11 Oct 2026
Liverpool GazetteLiverpool Library Exhibition Marks 200 Years of Audubon's Birds of America9 Oct 2026Stoke-on-Trent GazetteA View from the Wings: New Vic Theatre and Stoke Book Festival9 Oct 2026
Loughborough GazetteLoughborough Fair Returns 11–14 November 20269 Oct 2026A peacock butterfly resting on flowering blossomCrewe GazetteCheshire countryside photography exhibition opens at Crewe’s PLATFORM gallery8 Oct 2026Antonella Fittipaldi performing SCALENO on a purple-lit stageLiverpool GazetteNeapolitan performer brings solo show SCALENO to Liverpool Fringe8 Oct 2026
Chesterfield GazetteExciting new shows now on sale at Chesterfield’s refurbished theatre7 Oct 2026Manchester GazetteMarket street food traders 'sad to lose home'7 Oct 2026
Stoke-on-Trent GazetteAdam Kay and Clinton Baptiste join Stoke-on-Trent Comedy Festival line-up7 Oct 2026Derby GazettePlans to refurbish Guildhall Theatre approved6 Oct 2026Grantham GazetteChristmas Market and shows bring yuletide joy to historic Grantham House6 Oct 2026A group beside the scaffolded Market Street properties next to Tamworth CastleTamworth GazetteTamworth Market Street restoration uncovers building fabric dating to 16935 Oct 2026
Tamworth GazetteWarley model railway show returns to Statfold near Tamworth on 10 and 11 October4 Oct 2026Ludlow GazetteGobbett Nursery Farewell After 40 Years at Ludlow Market4 Oct 2026Sheffield GazetteFunds raised to buy church ahead of theatre plan3 Oct 2026Coventry GazetteMajor art show starts UK tour in Coventry3 Oct 2026Stone GazetteCrown Wharf Theatre brings its box office to Stone Farmers’ Market3 Oct 2026Barnsley GazetteNew gallery space opens at DMC with first exhibition showcasing Barnsley artists2 Oct 2026Councillor Lukasz Borcz, Wakefield Council Cabinet Member for Culture and SportWakefield GazetteWakefield's over-60s festival returns with more than 80 events2 Oct 2026Independent vintage clothing stalls at a North East vintage marketMiddlesbrough GazetteVintage market to bring 13 independent sellers to Middlesbrough1 Oct 2026Wolverhampton GazetteFind out about volunteering at city fair30 Sept 2026Oldham GazetteNew market delivers strong results six months on as visitor numbers and trader sales surge30 Sept 2026Children, young people and families taking part in an inclusive SENDiVERSE activity in BradfordBradford GazetteSENDiVERSE festival returns to Bradford with more than 70 half-term activities29 Sept 2026Stone GazetteBarlaston’s Got Talent seeks performers for first community talent show29 Sept 2026Grantham GazetteMedieval Onion Fair brings a taste of history to Grantham29 Sept 2026Birmingham GazetteBirmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market dates confirmed28 Sept 2026Wakefield GazetteWakefield District Heritage Celebration Event 202626 Sept 2026Wolverhampton GazetteAdult Education to host Community Support Fair24 Sept 2026

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