Former Dandy editor, Morris Heggie is the latest name to be added to the line-up for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

• Ulverston Laurel and Hardy museum celebrates latest move
• Fangtastic outdoor cinema comes to haunted castles, gothic halls and forests
• New Cycle Rides around the Cartmel Peninsula
• Kendal author scoops book deal for supernatural murder mystery (1 comment)
• Weather forecast for Whitehaven Festival and the weekend

Cumbria Contemporary invites you to an amazing and inspiring audio adventure based around the shores of Windermere this summer.

• Kendal centre to host singer-songwriter double header
• Dead animals and mountain bikes combine to form a freaky new exhibition at Grizedale
• Free family zone planned for Comic Art Festival
• Painters 'paraphrased' landscapes go on show in Kendal

RUSSELL Kane, star of BBC3’s Unzipped, will be appearing at The Forum on November 9 for a preview of his 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show, Smallness.

• Two free outdoor concerts set for Cumbria
• Outdoor charity music festival returns to Kendal this weekend
• DJ Yoda joins Kendal Calling line-up
• DJ Felix Leiter ready to wow Wickerman
• Come to cabaret night

THE annual Furness Tradition Festival returns next month with a packed three-day programme which includes a wealth of homegrown talent.

• Weather forecast for Whitehaven Festival and the weekend
• Top names going begging in Millom
• Academy honour for Barrow artist
• Hutton-in-the-forest trees host art installation
• Lakes artist opens new exhibition in Ulverston
• International photography competition on show at Grizedale Forest

A fundraising cycle race is taking place through Cumbria in honour of a cyclist who was left paralysed after coming off his bike.

• Celebrating life of Lakes artist
• Honister Slate Mine stars in all new children’s TV show ‘Wild’
• Roman altar site excavated by historians in Maryport
• Carlisle's rich mix of cultures set to be celebrated
• Tour of Britain: Cumbrian route details revealed