EAR TO THE GROUND
…in Camden, at Cecil Sharp House (home of the English Folk Dance & Song Society), where Stacked Wonky Dance Company is looking for artists/stallholders to infiltrate a May Fete at the House on 21 May, with a brief to play with tradition. Events already lined-up include guerrilla knitting, 15" dance competition, and Towering Thom's Green Man. For an artistic brief or further information, contact Marie Davies on 07710 780513; e-mail stackedwonky@clara.co.uk

…in Bristol, where a series of new artworks will be located around its historic centre. The exhibition, Thinking of the Outside, includes moving image installations, paintings, sculptures and live events in unexpected places. For details, visit www.thinkingoftheoutside.com, e-mail info@thinkingoftheoutside.com, or call 0117 328 1459

…in Edinburgh, where the Edinburgh People's Festival (7-14 August) is looking for arts companies who are unable to be part of the official festival/fringe this year for financial or venue reasons. They can help with finding a venue and provide extra publicity. Contact Tom Freeman at adept.theatre@virgin.net asap.

…in Leeds, where Vitrine presents its first exhibition, Launchpad, a 24-hour gallery for a 24-hour city. Vitrine has placed contemporary visual art in a series of glass display cabinets and windows around the city centre, until 1 May. Details on www.vitrine.org.uk

…in St. Asaph, N. Wales, where Essex-based Theatre Resource perform "At Home with the Cripps", on 16 May at Theatr Elwy as part of their two-month tour with a drama where four disabled adults show life as it really is. Details from www.theatre-resource.org.uk

…in Newport, at Newport Mencap Gateway on Thursday 21 April, when Hijinx Theatre begin the tour of their new show for adults with learning disabilities and the community, To Have and to Hold. For details, visit www.hijinx.org.uk

…in Sheffield, at the Clock Tower Gallery, where the Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is holding its annual staff show - an exhibition open to anyone who works for the trust, including part-time and voluntarily - from 23 May to 30 June. Call 0114 271 4949 for details

…on the Isle of Skye, at An Tuireann Arts Centre, where The Kids Open exhibits the artwork of Skye & Lochalsh under-5s, with images of dragons, tractors, a chicken kicking a ball, and much else besides, until 16 April

…in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, at Turnpost Farm, where the Glastonbudget Festival takes place on the weekend of 30 April and 1 May, featuring nothing other than the country's best tribute bands. For details, visit www.glastonbudget.co.uk

…in Scotland, where the engage Scotland Visual Arts Education Awards 2005 celebrates projects promoting creativity and well-being and/or positive mental health. Ten awards of £1,000 available to galleries, arts organisations, community groups, artists for visual arts education projects that linked participants and artists or art in memorable ways. Deadline 16 May. Sponsored by The Scottish Executive National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-Being. Contact Rebecca at scotland@engage.org or on 01592 563110 for info or visit www.engagescotland.org.uk

…in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where Museums and Galleries Month kicks off at the Hancock Museum with a Fabulous Finds Day on Saturday 30 April. Enthusiastic collectors of the weird and wonderful will have the opportunity to show off and get expert advice. For information about the day and other events, visit www.mgm.org.uk

…in Piccadilly Circus, London, where the latest Platform for Art exhibition at the Underground features a digitally-rendered forest by artists Anthony Gross. Experience it until 6 June

…in Nottingham, where Apna Arts is leading on a project with EMACA Visual Arts and City Arts using the arts as a tool to explore issues around community safety. They are working with a local school to create posters around community safety and positive images of young girls, a writing, drama and performance workshop exploring issues around drug and alcohol abuse, and a music/DJ/MC'ing project exploring mugging, gun crime and peer pressure. For details, call Apna Arts on 0115 942 2479

…in the Glenkens, Dumfries & Galloway, where the small and isolated communities are coming together to fundraise £1m for a new centre, through the Glenkens Community & Arts Trust (GCAT). Go to www.glenkens-arts.com for details

…on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, at Colliford Lake Park Café, Bolventor, on Saturday 30 April 8.30pm, when a music and firework special event marks the official opening to the season at Colliford, with music by Kangaroo Moon. Call the Box Office on 01840 214220