With all of the doom and gloom going on around us, it’s important we balance the depressive with equal amounts of enjoyment and based upon the fact we’re all now having to tighten the purse strings, I thought I’d scour the net for a few FREE upcoming events all around the UK.
1000 Years Of The Art Of Japanese Books
Thursday 18th April 2013 – Saturday 22nd June 2013
At the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London WC1 H
For tickets call 020 7898 4046/4915
A Million Brushstrokes 2013: New Collection
Friday 5th April 2013 – Friday 31st May 2013
At Llewellyn Alexander, London SE1
For details call 020 7620 1322/1324
10th Anniversary Of The Invasion Of Iraq
Friday 5th April 2013 – Saturday 1st February 2014
At Imperial War Museum north, Manchester
For tickets call 0161 836 4000/4007
Images Of Industry: Talk
Friday 19th April 2013 at 7pm-9pm
At Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, Pontypool
For tickets call 01495 742 333
19th–21st Century British Drawings, Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Friday 5th April 2013 – Friday 31st May 2013
At Cyril Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow
For Tickets Call 0141 221 3095
Mirrorball Showcase 1
Saturday 18th May 2013 at 7pm
At The Poetry Club, Glasgow
For details Email: jim@carruth.freeserve.co.uk
2013 artrepublic Visual Arts Prize Exhibition
(Part of Brighton Fringe Festival)
Saturday 1st June 2013 12pm-5pm
At Brighton Unitarian Church, Brighton
For Tickets Call 01273 917272
Paddy McCann: New Paintings
Friday 5th April 2013 – Saturday 20th April 2013
At Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
For details call 028 9023 5245
360’ Cinema and Shows for Kids
(Part of Brighton Fringe Festival)
First show Sunday 19th May 2013 at 5.05pm
At Jubilee Square Brighton
For details of ALL shows, click here:
http://www.souldome.com/#!kids-360/c18ty
Grande Boucle
Thursday 2nd May 2013 – Saturday 1st June 1013
At Kemistry Gallery, London
For details call 020 7729 3636
Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition
Thursday 11th April 2013 – Saturday 29th June 2013
At Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
For Tickets call 01224 523700
Patti Keane: The Song Of Los
Saturday 6th April 2013 – Saturday 27th April 2013
At Y Tabernacle, Machynlleth
For details call 01654 703355
Bare Bones Boogie Band
Saturday 4th May 2013 at 9.30pm
At the Brasenose Arms, Banbury
For details call 01295 750244
Sarah Pickstone: The Writers Series
Saturday 6th April 2013 – Sunday 12th May 2013
At New Art Centre, Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury
For details call 01980 862244
Hannah Robbins: Verdi, Wagner, Poulenc
Thursday 18th April 2013 at 12.45pm
At Firth Hall, Sheffield University, Sheffield
For tickets call 0114 222 0499
Rahila Gupta: The Shining Path
Friday the 19th April 2013 at 2.30pm
Studio at St James Theatre, London SW1E
For details call 0844 264 2140
Abie Longstaff: Reading
Saturday 27th April 2013 at 11am
At Waterstones, Barnet
For more details call 020 8449 8229
It’s A Wonderful Life
Saturday 13th July 2013 – Sunday 25th August 2013
At The Gallery, Ripon
For details call 01765 689554
Call The World Brother
Saturday 27th April 2013 – Friday 14th June 2013
At Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
For details call 01686 625041
Lubomyr Martinuk
Monday 8th April 2013 – Saturday 1st June 2013
At Balman Gallery, Corbridge
For details call 01434 634629
Absense versus Presence
Monday 8th April 2013 – Saturday 20th April 2013
At Frameless Gallery, London EC1 R
For details call 07974 976736
Eduardo Stupia: Reinventing Landscape
Friday 5th April 2013 – Saturday 27th April 2013
At Rosenfeld Porcini, London W1T
For details call 020 7637 1133
Africa: Exhibition
Saturday 18th May 2013 – Thursday 30th May 2013
At Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
For tickets call 0191 261 5618
Storytelling For Families: Kid In A Sweetshop (Over 3’s)
Saturday 30th April 2013 at 10.30am and 1.30pm
Room 31 at National Portrait Gallery, London WC2H
For details call 020 7312 2463
Danny Bryant’s Redeye Band
Friday 10th May 2013 at 10pm
At Bootleggers, 24 Finkle Street, Kendal
For details call 01539 723824
Stories From The Sea
Saturday 27th April 2013 at 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
At Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool
For details call 0151 478 4499
Degree Show 2013
Friday 14th June 2013 – Thursday 27th June 2013
At Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building at Plymouth University, Plymouth
For tickets call 01752 585050
Figuratively Speaking
Friday 5th April 2013 – Sunday 21st April 2013
At Byard Art, Cambridge
For details call 01223 464646
Script This
Wednesday 22nd May 2013 at 6.30pm
At Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln
For tickets call 01522 882000
For more events, I discovered a good website that allows you to search your local area: http://www.list.co.uk/events/