Free Festivals

harrymilo

A fantastic night of music and dancing, the biggest Samba Carnival outside of Rio!!
Saturday 17th July, 8.30pm start at Cambridge Street ending at Chinese Arch one and a half hours later. Liverpool city centre.
come along and have a great time!!

Anarcholoko

Ventnor Fringe Festival on the Isle Of Wight.
The Ventnor Fringe Festival is a modern pilgrimage. An open arts festival dedicated to celebrating the power of art through performance, practice and participation.
The Festival will take place over four days in locations encompassing the quirky town of Ventnor, from parks to basements, churches to courtyards, all will play host to artists in disciplines as diverse as spoken word, film, music and theatre. The Festival will run from the 11th - 14th August 2010 to coincide with the 121st Ventnor Carnival celebrations and is an open arts festival in which artists from any discipline and from any location in the world can take part in, performing and experimenting with their work, networking and developing new skills and ideas.
Discover a secret speakeasy, learn to play the piano in the street, take part in one of the first carnivals in the UK, join in a debate on the future of art or catch a film under the stars. Anything is possible. Lots of free stuff.

simonearly

3rd Sep - 12th Sep

Seaford Live!® is back in September 2010 for a third year with its music & arts festival. Promising to be bigger and better than before it will be hosting events including music from bands and performers, exhibitions, theatre, dance, family days and much more from the local area and beyond.

Free to enter, free to play (with some ticket items, but not many) over 50 bands/acts will be playing throughout the festival. Please see our facebook page (seafordlive) and join the group if you'd like to be informed of updates,venues,bands etc

We are currently in the process of booking acts and venues and will be publishing the line up shortly.

mrfrostie

Huge mass ascent of Balloons in a lovely setting Ashton Court Estate -plenty of things to do on the ground and an appearance by The Red Arrows car park £6 admission free http://www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk/content/2/visiting-the-fiesta.aspx
this year its 12th-15th August

davon_2

11 -12 Sept in Hull (East Yorkshire)

The freedom festival has been running in Hull since 2008 and has now been deisgnated an anual event. It is a free festival, and anyone is welcome to attend.

The pilot Freedom event took place in Hull on Saturday 30 August 2008 and it was a great success attracting about 30,000 visitors.


Free activities included street theatre, dance performances, live music and a ‘silent disco’ which took place in Queens Gardens, Queen Victoria Square and Trinity Square.


The event followed on from the successful Wilberforce Weekender in 2007 as part of the Wilberforce 2007 year - a commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade with 2009’s festival also marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wilberforce.


Hull's most famous son - William Wilberforce - was a leading light of the anti-slavery movement and the city's involvement with modern human rights issues continues today through the work of the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation.

The event in 2009 ran from Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September and was bigger, and better, than 2008s pilot event.
The weekend of activity saw the city centre come to life in -

• Queen's Gardens - Live music and activities on Saturday and Sunday plus the two fountain bars
• Humber Quays - Live pop acts on Saturday and the start of the Clipper 2009-10 Round the World Yacht Race on Sunday
• Jazz in the Boatshed - Hull's hugely popular Jazz festival will feature as part of the Freedom Festival celebrations this year. Saturday and Sunday
• Queen Victoria Square - A link-up with the BBC's Last Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday
• Fruit Market - Thursday, Friday and Saturday saw French company lit up the streets with fire installations, to the sounds of DJs and artists,

The dates for the 2010 festival are given as 11 - 12 September, but at this time none of the acts have been confirmed.

deemanz

free carnival / festival live band stage etc all details on website free entrance all childrens / teenagers rides only £1 beer tent belly dancers folk music rock music pop etc good mixture see website and come and have a great day parking £1 per car all day the website is spondon village festival .co .uk all details on there

Katiehound

July 22nd-25th 2010 Skegness, Lincolnshire

Many events are free including street theatre, street art, different dance types,giant inflatable puppets, fireworks etc.
Some events are free but have limited numbers so they are ticketed- get them from the Embassy Theatre.

Here is full page colour flyer with all the details, times etc
www.sofestival.org/downloads/SOFestival2010_Programme.pdf

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Christchurch Carnival
Sat 14th - Sun 15th Aug

Join us in Christchurch, Dorset. Carnival procession on Saturday 14th with fireworks in the evening. Family entertainment across the 2 days. Raising funds for good causes in Christchurch.

https://www.christchurchcarnival.co.uk

shanebets

Start Time:
Thursday, 29 July 2010 at 13:00
End Time:
Monday, 02 August 2010 at 11:00
Location:
Bull Bay Hotel, Amlwch Anglesey

Description

The Bull Bay Hotel is proud to announce the 3rd annual Bull Bay Music Festival

Schedule of events and names to be confirmed next week but for now this is the idea:

Thursday 29th July – early bird session in the bar
Friday 30th July – Bands in the bar plus sessions
Saturday 31st July – Bands in the bar in the afternoon plus sessions
Sunday 1st August – Session afternoon and evening
Monday 2nd August- Campers to clear field by 11am

Search for 'Bull Bay Music Festival' on Facebook for up to date details

oakwoodlott

the Big Cheese in Caerphilly in it's 13th year - 23rd-25th July 2010 Check it out at caerphilly.gov.uk