Free Festivals & Events in October (NON LONDON AREA)

crazyterrier2000

FOR LONDON AREA PLEASE USE THIS THREAD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2751516

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2010 Wimborne Food Festival

Saturday 23th October & Sunday 24th October 2010

A celebration of regional food and drink


Welcome to the 2010 Wimborne Food Festival, one of Dorset's best food festivals, where independent food producers, brewers, winemakers and chefs are dedicated to nurturing, preserving and highlighting the very best in local food and drink.
The Festival shows that people really do care about food, where it comes from and what they and their families consume. Throughout the Festival exhibitors and demonstrators will be showcasing regional food and drink, with an emphasis on locally sourced sustainable produce.

The Festival will be a celebration of eating and drinking, and of those who grow and produce our food and drink, this will be an exciting weekend with lots of delicious things to eat and drink and loads of excellent events, including:

• Food Market Tent
• Country Craft Demonstration Area
• Tasters Galore
• Demonstration Tent
• Chefs Showcase
• Kids Food Factory Zones
• Book signings
• Story Telling
• Music Recitals
• Street Performers
• Over 50 Town Events

The Festival is completely free, so bring your family and friends!

http://www.wimbornefoodfestival.co.uk/index.php

crazyterrier2000

Radio 3’s Free Thinking festival returns to The Sage Gateshead for a weekend of public debate, interviews and performance on 5-7 November 2010.
Free Thinking is about getting involved - exploring, sharing and debating ideas.
Free Thinking is a chance to come face-to-face with some of today’s leading thinkers, artists, scientists and writers. Jaqueline Wilson, Kevin McCloud, Fiona Shaw, Lord Blair, Frank Cottrell Boyce and many others will be there.
Fire questions at our speakers, sign up to speed-date a thinker or chill out in our Story Corner.
Over 30 events to choose from, plus on Twitter, Facebook and broadcast on Radio 3.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/

Festival events and booking

Tickets are free and you can start booking from 16 September.


http://www.thesagegateshead.org/whats_on/festivalDetail.aspx?e=&df=634201697012848750&dt=634530239990000000&g=&p=&f=&ar=&keywords=&match=any&fe=634201402057536250 book tickets here

crazyterrier2000

Thatcham Festival of Arts and Leisure

Sat 09 October 2010 to Sun 17 October 2010

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The 10th Thatcham Festival of Arts & Leisure will take place from Saturday 9th October to Sunday 17th October. Join us on the launch day in the Broadway to visit the stalls on the Green and enjoy the crafts at St Mary’s Church. Go through the Kingsland Centre to enjoy one of the bands playing during the day, stop at the Parish Hall for family activities. Then head to the Old Bluecoat School to admire a showcase of local talented artists and photographers before enjoying the Classic Car Show on Dunstan Green.

There are many other activities taking place on the first Saturday and throughout the 9 day Festival. For full details of all these events please look at our website



www.thatchamfestival.info

crazyterrier2000

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  14-17 Oct 2010

Kiteival

• The Race to be crowned British Champion’ in the following championship disciplines: Freestyle Kitesurfing, Kitelandboarding, Kitebuggy and Kitesurfing Course Racing.

The BKSA are pleased to be coming back to Blackpool for another round of Kiteival ‘The Race to be crowned British Champion’ in the following championship disciplines: Freestyle Kitesurfing, Kitelandboarding, Kitebuggy and Kitesurfing Course Racing.
Over 100 competitors are expected to take to the sands and seas off Blackpool including a host of local talent.

If anyone knows the start time for this event, could you please post it, and I will include it in the post. Cheers

http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/whats-on/search/kiteival-bksa-national-freestyle-tour-p551590

crazyterrier2000

Halloween Lantern Parade, Ormskirk

31 October 2010

This Halloween there will be some spooky and mysteries goings on in Coronation Park.
Come in your best terrifying fancy dress and you may be in with a chance to win some dangerously scary prizes. This is a free event; however it is advised that you book in advance to ensure you will have a place in this chilling night of mystery.

If anyone knows the start time please post & I will include it in this post

http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/whats-on/search/halloween-lantern-parade-p591150

crazyterrier2000

Thunder Cat Racing

UK FINALS ‘The Golden Coast of Southern Wales’ Porthcawl - 2nd & 3rd October

Practice Starts at 10:30am, racing start at 11am

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 20th - 24th Oct '10

Lough Derg, Killaloe, Ireland

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/10073

mcallister1

Hey Crazyterrier
Thanks so much for putting all these together in one place. Often individual events get lost on this thread- is this the first time you have done it or have I missed it before?
Anyway, I really appreciate it and will keep my eyes peeled.

crazyterrier2000

mcallister1 wrote: »

Hey Crazyterrier
Thanks so much for putting all these together in one place. Often individual events get lost on this thread- is this the first time you have done it or have I missed it before?
Anyway, I really appreciate it and will keep my eyes peeled.

This is the first time, hoping to have 1 for every month, so everyone, please post your free events that you find. Cheers

mcallister1

On Sat Oct 30th Street Diversions returns to Chelmsford Town Centre.http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=16347
This unique, free festival of international outdoor performance will bring many more surprises this year! ESSEXstreetdiversions returned to Chelmsford town centre between 10.30am and 4.30pm on Saturday 30 October for the eighth year with dozens of performances, all packed into one day. This free,award-winning festival of outdoor performance featured professional artists from all over the country and beyond.

crazyterrier2000

Throughout October the Adventure FIlm Festival will screen the very best adventure films and documentaries at over 30 cinema locations nationwide . The festival will consist of three themed nights – Action Adventure, High Altitude Adventure and Elemental Adventure –

ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Altrincham Book! >>
Plymouth Book! >>
Barrow in Furness Book! >>
Preston Book! >>
Birmingham (Ski + Board Show) Book! >>
Redditch Book! >>
Bristol Book! >>
Sheffield Book! >>
Buckingham Book! >>
Stroud Book! >>
Burnley Book! >>
Torbay Book! >>
Camberley Book! >>
Canterbury Book! >>
Carlisle Book! >>
Carmarthen Book! >>

Edinburgh Book! >>
Acton Book! >>
Fareham Book! >>
Islington Book! >>
Inverness Book! >>
Fulham Book! >>
Leamington Spa Book! >>
Finchley Rd Book! >>
Leeds Book! >>
Shepherd's Bush Book! >>

http://www.adventurefest.co.uk/2010/free-tickets

crazyterrier2000

Friday 8 October 2010


Play with your city on Light Night!

On Friday 8th October 2010, for one night only, venues including theatres, galleries, shopping arcades, museums, prison cells and city streets will host a plethora of strange and scintillating performances, art installations, exhibitions and participatory projects and all of them are FREE!
You can expect happenings and interventions from the subtle to the spectacular including wandering harvesters, dancing in the Town Hall cells, city centre statues wrapped in winter knits, storytelling under the duvet and a performance in a swimming pool. Re-imagine the Aire as the River Styx, join in participatory theatre in the Victoria Quarter or listen to spine-tingling opera in the Library. Light Night showcases the work of artists, performers and organisations, both established and emerging. We invite you to come and enjoy this after hours celebration of Leeds’ cultural wealth!



Most of the work included in Light Night is newly created and never seen before. Much of it is designed specifically for the venue in which it is shown; shedding new light on familiar buildings and locations and opening up some you may not have experienced before. The event has always been about participation and this year is no different with projects allowing you to barter with apples in an imagined city, take part in a board meeting, build a cairn, play mixed reality games or simply to meet with friends and strangers on a Friday night in Leeds.


For regular updates of Light Night, and to hear about what we're up to as well as how the artists are coming along, follow us on Twitter @LightNightLeeds.


For regular updates on other Arts & Regeneration projects, events and opportunities follow us on Twitter - we're called: 'LeedsArts'


http://www.lightnightleeds.co.uk/