48 h. ago Tiny beer festival set to return to Greater Manchester this park this summer

The fifth annual festival will feature a number of well-known names and faces from across the region's hospitality scene

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57 h. ago Dram lovers can grab tickets now as Stonehouse Whisky Festival returns

This year’s event, which will be held at Stonehouse Masonic Hall, will take place on Saturday, August 9.

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7 d. ago Inside Little Simz's Meltdown Festival as viral star Lola Young is revealed as headliner

Meltdown Festival returns for its milestone 30th year, with Little Simz curating what promises to be an inspiring line-up of artists who are set to take over London’s Southbank Centre this summer.

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9 d. ago UK Chinese Dragon Boat Race Festival to return to Greater Manchester as date revealed

The water sports event see teams compete in boats fitted with ornately carved dragon's heads and tails

Sport

1 week ago Scottish seafood festival to team up with Barras market for weekend of cooking and family fun

An annual seafood festival will return this month with a new partnership.

Society

2 w. ago Top actors and authors on bill for Boswell Book Festival's return to Ayrshire

More names have been announced for this year's Boswell Book Festival ahead of ticket sales going live on Thursday.

Culture

2 w. ago Hay Festival announces return of expert panel series The News Review for 2025

‘The Independent’ will host a selection of experts to dissect the day’s breaking news

Culture

2 w. ago C2C Festival Slates Return to London, Glasgow and Belfast for March 2026

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2 w. ago The best and most colourful pictures from spectacular Holi celebrations

The 'Festival of Colours' makes an epic return to Cardiff

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2 w. ago Oasis 'could break records' following rumours of return to major festival

The Gallagher brothers could return to a legendary festival which played host to one of their most famous gigs, fans have speculated ahead of Oasis' much-anticipated 2025 tour

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2 w. ago Oasis 'could return to legendary festival next year' as Gallagher brothers aim to smash record

Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher could be gearing up to smash a record attendance level with a rumoured appearance at a festival in 2026, an insider has claimed

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2 w. ago Magical street food festivals return to Welsh woodlands, coasts and castles this spring

The 2025 season is set to be its biggest yet

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2 w. ago Dance Reflections at Sadler’s Wells review: from the classy to the cutting

The return of the Dance Reflections festival is a mixed bag, as it should be

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3 w. ago Hay Festival 2025: ‘Carnival of ideas’ returns with new events programme

Annual literary event has become a prominent occasion in British culture and boasts a star-studded lineup with over 600 events

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3 w. ago Cheltenham Festival 2025 day one schedule and betting tips as Constitution Hill returns today

The unbeaten hurdler is back to retain his crown

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3 w. ago Sky Bet Cheltenham Festival offer: Bet £10 on Champion Hurdle and get £60 free bets

Sky Bet is offering new customers the chance to get £60 in free bets this Cheltenham Festival, when Constitution Hill will return to compete in the Champions Hurdle

Economics

3 w. ago Cheltenham Festival 2025 day one schedule and betting tips as Constitution Hill returns

The unbeaten hurdler is back to retain his crown

Politics

3 w. ago Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists

SXSW film festival: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favoriteOn paper, there are plenty of reasons to make a follow-up to A Simple Favor, Paul Feig’s 2018 comic mystery film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively as two delusive, scheming suburban moms. Though it gestured at being a serious thriller – a sort of Gone Girl for cable channel – the film, based on the 2017 novel by Darcey Bell, ultimately devolved into ridiculousness, untethered from logic yet with plenty of road for more twists. Lively’s Emily Nelson, an archly manipulative psychopath straight out of a Justin Baldoni lawsuit, remains her best work since Gossip Girl. And most pertinent to Amazon MGM studios, the film found post-theatrical success on streaming, becoming a modern camp classic during the pandemic.But Feig, by his own admission at the SXSW film festival on Friday evening, is wary of sequels, and for good reason – rarely does lightnin...

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3 w. ago Cheltenham will be ‘highly charged’ when Marine Nationale bids to honour memory of Michael O’Sullivan

Barry Connell, owner and trainer of O’Sullivan’s first Festival winner, is returning to the meeting with the 20233 Festival winner and William Munny

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4 w. ago Manchester Film Festival returns with Steve Coogan, Damon Hill and Tilda Swinton movies

From a F1 documentary to an apocalyptic musical from Tilda Swinton, there's more than 50 films on the line-up

Culture