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August 20, 2009
For the next few days, Boscombe will celebrate the RAF.
By weeks end, Boscombe skies will see planes and balloons taking off in droves and many activities will be on offer on the ground.
Visitors will be available to walk about among a multitude of stalls, from Boscombe to Bournemouth Pier. ... Read More >>
Art On The Waterfront On In Liverpool Comments Off
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August 18, 2009
A huge crowd of 45,000 people crammed into the Pier Head and Albert Dock all to take part into Liverpool’s for Art On The Waterfront last weekend.
The three-day festival was the second in a series of three free city wide festivals.
Art On The Waterfront’s attendance easily smashed the 15,000 strong ... Read More >>
Sziget festival draws best crowd Comments Off
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August 18, 2009
This year’s Budapest music lovefest, the six day Sziget world and pop music festival, drew a record of 390,000 visitors, organisers claimed Monday.
Lily Allen, Primal Scream, The Offspring, and Amadou and Mariam were among 200 top musical acts to perform at what is now one of the continent's largest summer ... Read More >>
Radiohead at Reading And Leeds with new material Comments Off
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August 17, 2009
Jonny Greenwood has confirmed that Radiohead will debut some new material at their headline Reading And Leeds Festivals concerts later this month.
The band's newest material, the song 'These Are My Twisted Words', is currently available for download free, since it's "leaking" on August 13.
Partaking on the band's Dead Air Space ... Read More >>
Children are celebrated at Venue Cymru Comments Off
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August 14, 2009
Children’s author David Wood will be performing to the first Llandudno Venue Cymru’s children’s arts and literature festival, where he will be reading from his latest book, The Gingerbread Man.
The event, which is presented from August 28 to 19, introduces young people to the arts and literature in ways they ... Read More >>
Northern Ireland’s Tall Ships Fiesta Comments Off
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August 13, 2009
Belfast is welcoming an armada of impressive tall ships bringing with them four days of family fun.
Activities for all ages are scheduled for the biggest event of its kind in Ireland this year.
Four days of festivities, from funfairs to fireworks, are planned to celebrate the amazing finale of ... Read More >>
Kurdish Film Festival on in Manchester Comments Off
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August 13, 2009
The fourth annual Manchester Kurdish Film Festival is on this weekend with feature movies, shorts and Q&A sessions with international film directors.
Its programme includes 10 feature films, both documentary and drama, as well as special screenings in association with the Family Friendly Film Festival and Kinofilm.
The line-up this year will ... Read More >>
Edinburgh Art Fest Comments Off
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August 07, 2009
The Art Festival features works of art displayed at more than 50 Edinburgh galleries and public spaces.
This is one of many festivals happening in the Scottish capital. Other notable festivals are the Fringe, beginning on Friday as well as the International Festival. Among others, the art festival showcases work ... Read More >>
Prize Tickets for France’s La Route Du Rock Comments Off
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August 07, 2009
Staged in the stunning walled seaside city of St. Malo on the Emerald Coast of Brittany, France's musical summer happening La Route Du Rock will begin this coming August 14.
Confirmed acts scheduled for idyllic St Malo are bands such as My Bloody Valentine, The Horrors, The Kills, Telepathe, Peaches, Deerhunter, ... Read More >>
London film festival to close with young Lennon Comments Off
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August 06, 2009
Nowhere Boy, a take on John Lennon's early years, will close this year’s version of the London film festival.
Sandra Hebron, the festival's artistic director, qualified Sam Taylor-Wood's debut film as "less a biopic and more a love-story."
"[The film is] as accomplished as it is moving and will ensure the festival ... Read More >>