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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 · 23 town editions

Visitors watching a racing pigeon auction at Doncaster RacecourseDoncaster Gazette · 22 Sept 2026Racing Pigeon International Event returns to Doncaster RacecoursePigeon fanciers, exhibitors and families from across the UK and Europe are expected at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday 31 October.Read on Doncaster Gazette →
Wolverhampton GazetteWolverhampton artist Magdeburg explores transformation through painting in first institutional solo show21 Sept 2026Barnsley GazetteNew exhibition invites visitors to see Cannon Hall through the eyes of artists21 Sept 2026Nuneaton GazetteSomel And Atem Star in Second Half Show to Secure Three Points - Match Report: Shepshed 1 NTFC 220 Sept 2026Cheadle GazetteMoorlands Voices Autumn Concert20 Sept 2026Grantham GazettePolice seeking witnesses after early hours assault in Market Place18 Sept 2026Stone GazetteLive piano to accompany silent western 3 Bad Men at Crown Wharf Theatre18 Sept 2026Wolverhampton GazetteLeading sculptor Permindar Kaur brings new exhibition Dread Naught to Wolverhampton Art Gallery18 Sept 2026Grantham GazetteGrantham’s industrial heritage brought to life at special Aveling Barford weekend16 Sept 2026Wolverhampton GazetteEvent celebrates impact of Shared Lives initiative in city15 Sept 2026Grantham GazetteRadio 4’s flagship politics show heads to Grantham13 Sept 2026Mansfield GazetteMansfield’s careers fair offers jobseekers chance to hand CV direct to employers11 Sept 2026Ageing Well Festival 2026 poster advertising a month of events across Dudley BoroughDudley GazetteMore than 600 Ageing Well Festival sessions planned across Dudley this October11 Sept 2026Sonic Boom Burton 2026 festival line-up poster headed by Pale WavesBurton-on-Trent GazettePale Waves to headline free Sonic Boom festival in Burton this weekend9 Sept 2026
Burton-on-Trent GazetteFree cost-of-living support event to be held at Burton Town Hall9 Sept 2026A handler and dog taking part in a demonstration at The Big BarkUttoxeter GazetteTwo-day dog festival coming to Uttoxeter Racecourse this September9 Sept 2026Barnsley GazetteMarket stall celebrates 60 years of trading on Barnsley Market9 Sept 2026Classic and modern Volvo cars outside the TMS Volvo showroom in HinckleyHinckley GazetteHinckley Volvo retailer to host free heritage exhibition of classic cars8 Sept 2026Strange Twig Theatre brings Journey to the Centre of the Earth to Rose TheatreChesterfield GazetteStrange Twig Theatre brings Journey to the Centre of the Earth to Rose Theatre7 Sept 2026Tamworth Craft Fair returns to support St John AmbulanceTamworth GazetteTamworth Craft Fair returns to support St John Ambulance2 Sept 2026
Hartlepool GazetteHartlepool Recovery Festival returns to celebrate recovery and tackle stigma1 Sept 2026
Manchester GazetteManchester Food Hygiene Ratings: What 17,666 Records Show31 Aug 2026Ludlow GazetteLudlow Museum at the Buttercross unveils new exhibition celebrating the story of Ludlow’s lost Town Hall31 Aug 2026Ludlow GazetteMayor of Ludlow Announces Charity Reception and Front‑Row Concert Experience30 Aug 2026Stoke-on-Trent GazetteCity centre festival cut short by weather30 Aug 2026Tamworth GazetteTamworth Ladies Choir helps raise around £650 at charity concert24 Aug 2026
Stafford GazetteStafford town centre plans go on show at Guildhall drop-in24 Aug 2026Grantham GazetteNew exhibition showcases work by 10 local artists and artisans20 Aug 2026Wigan GazetteFunding boost for historic Wigan theatre19 Aug 2026Tamworth GazetteArts festival returns after community crowdfunding14 Aug 2026Cannock GazetteUnder threat theatre in Cannock may be saved13 Aug 2026
West Bromwich GazetteSandwell launches free parking and free market stall pilot in Wednesbury and Great Bridge to boost town centres12 Aug 2026Wolverhampton GazetteFirst new market stalls installed on Wednesfield High Street thanks to Pride in Place funding11 Aug 2026Nuneaton GazetteHighly acclaimed Life in Pictures Exhibition by Gerald Ball11 Aug 2026Crewe GazetteCrewe Aleksandr | Famous Football Club re-named in celebration of landmark new partnership between Compare The Market and The EFL11 Aug 2026Stone GazetteStonefield Park concert to include Burma Star and VJ Day commemoration10 Aug 2026

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