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Greg Davies, BAFTA nominated star of Cuckoo, Man Down, The Inbetweeners and Taskmaster, is back with his first stand up show in four years. Tickets are flying out for next year’s Greg Davies show, and they have added an extra date on Saturday 9 December 2017. Join “undoubtedly one of the kingpins of British comedy” (Evening Standard) on his biggest ever tour. Come witness the magnificent beast that is Greg Davies.

This year’s 10-day festival features headline appearances from Romesh Ranganathan (9 & 12 Oct, Town Hall), the entrancing silent Boy With Tape On His Face (13-15 Oct, mac Birmingham), and Kerry Godliman, co-star of Ricky Gervais’ Derek (14 Oct, The Glee). The festival also welcomes Irishman Jason Byrne (16 Oct, Town Hall), topical stand-up Matt Forde (7 Oct, The Old Rep), Nathan Caton (13 Oct, The Glee), Justin Moorhouse (8 Oct, The Old Rep), and Tony Law (14 Oct, Comedy Junction).

England’s gardens, farms and leisure and theme parks have seen the most significant growth in visitor numbers in VisitEngland’s Annual Attraction Survey published today.  Out of the 1500 English attractions in the survey, outdoor attractions performed particularly well in 2015. Gardens, farms and leisure and theme parks reported the biggest increase in visitors, each up 7%, with wildlife attractions and country parks also seeing visitor numbers grow by 4%. 

Over 4,000 young people from Wolverhampton have become members of The Way Youth Zone since the facility opened in January. Thousands of young people attend every week to take part in a range of activities such as rock climbing, art, football, basketball, boxing, dance and music. By getting young people engaged in positive activities in a supportive environment, the Youth Zone is helping raise the aspirations, enhance prospects and improve the health and wellbeing of the city’s young people.

Bournemouth has developed another first for their award winning seafront, with the launch of a new eco-friendly mini golf at the end of Boscombe Pier, with golf balls that feed the fish! This is the first eco-friendly mini golf at the end of a British Pier with a unique design specially manufactured in Germany for Bournemouth Seafront. The 18 hole course along the Pier uses ECOBIOBALL –the first ever ecological and biodegradable golf ball to contain fish food in its core.

On 30th August it is celebrated landscape photographer, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's birthday! Celebrate 300 years of 'Capability' Brown and a very special birthday at Blenheim Palace. From 'Capabili-teas' to over 2,000 acres of landscaped Parkland, there is nowhere better to get your Brownian garden fix.

A spectacular day of dance, music, storytelling and puppetry celebrating the best of Indian culture is on offer in Blakenhall next month. Tiranga draws upon the rich Indian heritage and culture in the UK, and will include performances from Jai Jashn Dance, Vidya Patel, Desi Nach, Jaivant Patel Dance, Bollywood Dance Dreams, Daijal Patel, Nachda Sansaar, Odissi Movement Company, Enter Edem's Ramayana, Rishii Chowdhury's Yo-Tabla, Adaa and Aaja Nachle Let's Dance and storyteller Peter Chand.

Four years on from the dazzling 2012 Games, the Olympic spirit returned to London at 'Brazil Day' which took place in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 10 September. This free event took place from 12.00 – 7pm and was a celebration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a chance to enjoy a taste of Brazil's culture, passion and vibrancy in central London.

The fourth edition of the Get Creative Family Arts Festival presents an extraordinary variety of activities for the whole family, suitable for all age groups, during October 2016. From site-specific public art, award-winning musicals and plays, innovative performances and workshops to spectacular science shows, the festival covers activities across a wide spectrum of disciplines.

The final countdown is on to the new 'Appleby Summer Pudding', bringing together a fun-packed family festival with live music, jaw-dropping street circus acts and a vintage funfair by day, and a special evening gig featuring some of the best from across the UK's festival scene by night. There is now just over a week to go until this brand new boutique summer festival, as part of Appleby's fightback from the after-effects of Storm Desmond last December.

Get into the Swashbucklin' spirit at Pirate's Quest on 16th August as the crew celebrate National Rum Day; learn all about Sir Henry Morgan, why pirates always head first to a tavern upon docking and why they drink grog (watered down rum). The Newquay attraction is home to 'Captain Morgan's Tavern', named after the infamous Pirate Sir Henry Morgan who was the inspiration for Captain Morgan's Rum, and is the centre of recruitment in the summer storyline 'The Republic of Pirates'.

Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park is celebrating after securing a £56,000 grant from Arts Council England (ACE) to help it improve the way it communicates and engages with current and potential visitors. The money is coming from ACE’s Museum Resilience Fund, which announced today it is investing £1.17 million in fourteen museums in the East and West Midlands. It is supporting a range projects that will make sure museums have the resources they need to make the most of their collections.

Hailed by the UK's leading vacation rentals website, Holiday Lettings, as one of the top ten things to do in August, the award-winning Bournemouth Air Festival returns in two weeks' time with a staggering line-up of aviation displays and three nights of chart-topping live music thanks to support from the armed forces, business partners and independent patrons.