Needham Market is hosting a festival of sport and entertainment on Friday.

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The festival will feature street entertainment, as well as concerts at the WMC, and a St David's Day market at The Hayes.

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This year the range of entertainment offered by the Gamescom festival was, just like Gamescom itself, bigger and more even more varied.

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Showtime: Entertainment Everywhere -- a festival that includes touring performances, hidden games and public movie showings -- has already begun to take London by storm.

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Downtown, wander over to the Place des Festivals, a large public space dedicated to the city's continuous schedule of urban entertainment, including the annual jazz festival that takes place each summer at the end of June or beginning of July.

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Among several new initiatives announced by Marvel Entertainment at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival was a two-day giveaway of 700 issues of classic Marvel No. 1 issues via their app.

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While the royals are in town the entertainment options include Cirque du Soleil, the Festival International de Jazz and, our personal favourite, the Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibition at the Centre de Sciences de Montreal.

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Today, the yamahoko parade is a representative urban summer festival showcasing the creative spirit and artistry of the float-building districts and providing entertainment for the entire city.

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Blizzard Entertainment had plenty to celebrate with its fans at its annual BlizzCon 2011 fan festival.

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