Stories from the regions

The Big Draw’s tenth anniversary
1-31 October

The Campaign for Drawing invites everyone to join in The Big Draw’s tenth anniversary, using drawing to engage with the past, present and future. Big Draw Day is 10 October, but events will take place throughout the month in over 1,200 venues… more 

East of England

Heritage Open Days in Norwich
10-13 September

Heritage Open Days celebrate Norwich’s architecture and culture by offering free access to over 100 events and interesting properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. This year’s events will be linked to the theme of International Connections to celebrate Norwich’s heritage as a great international city… more 

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North East

Great North Run Cultural Programme
15 September-15 November

The Bupa Great NorthRun Cultural Programme is an annual series of artistic commissions which celebrate and respond to the world's largest half-marathon – the BUPA Great North Run, which will take place this year on 20 September. Other cultural events include digital playgrounds at Great Street Games, a play for families 13.1, and an exhibition called Hit the Ground… more 

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East Midlands

Bathing Huts on parade
18-20 September

The third Festival of Bathing Beauties, the UK’s only beach hut festival, takes place this year between Mablethorpe and Sutton-On-Sea in Lincolnshire. Hundreds of public and privately owned beach huts will be on special display along the 16km stretch of blue-flag beaches. There will also be music, storytelling, puppet shows and temporary art installations, plus fireworks and fire sculptures in the evening… more 

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South East England

Extreme Sports & Music Festival in Brighton
18-20 September

The Brighton White Air Extreme Sports & Music Festival will feature almost every extreme sport imaginable – from BMX, skate and mountain board to mixed martial arts, jet skis and kiteboarding – plus the post-punk quartet White Lies, cult indie-rockers The Cribs, Natty, and hometown legends British Sea Power and much more… more 

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Yorkshire

Reliving wartime Britain

Housed in an original Prisoner of War Camp, Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum in Malton, North Yorkshire, transports visitors back in time to wartime Britain. The sights, sounds and even the smells of both the Home Front and Front Line are recreated in scenes and tableaux featuring the Blitz, the Street at War (with rationing and fashions), the Home Guard, Evacuation, the Battle of Britain and VE & VJ Day… more 

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North West England

Liverpool’s new AND festival
23-27 September

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture is new to the Northwest, debuting in Liverpool at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) for five days of mind-blowing media art and cinematic shenanigans, spilling from screens and gallery spaces into the streets of the city… more 

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London

Moctezuma at the British Museum
24 September-24 January 2010

Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler, a major exhibition at the British Museum explores the power and empire of Moctezuma II, the last elected Aztec Emperor. Presenting masterpieces of Aztec culture, it includes the stone monument known as the Teocalli of Sacred Warfare and loans of iconic material from Mexico, many of which will be seen for the first time in the UK… more 

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Heart of England

Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival
26-27 September

The fifth Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival brings a host of family fun and stunning night-time illuminations to this historic and scenic Shropshire location. This year’s festival also celebrates an important milestone in the Industrial Revolution: the 300th anniversary since Abraham Darby first smelted iron with coke… more 

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South West England

SUP – the new surfing craze

Having swept Hollywood, Stand Up PaddleBoarding (SUP) has now hit the UK, and the Harlyn Surf School of Padstow in Cornwall is one of the first operators to offer a wide range of tuition options, with lessons starting from £45 per person… more 

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