WEDNESDAY.

LIVE Blues, the Ye Olde John O'Gaunt, Market Street, Lancaster; Karaoke, Chicago Rock Caf, Lancaster; DJ Freear, the Revolution, Lancaster; Juicy (lesbian, gay and bisexual club), the Sugarhouse, Lancaster; Morecambe Salsa, The Kings Arms, Morecambe; Karaoke at Fred's On The Ball, Marine Rd, Morecambe; Cooking with Jazz, Sun Street Caf, Lancaster; Big Pussy's Party. Varsity, Lancaster; Harry Goodwin and Dorothy Fisher exhibition, the City Museum, Lancaster (until December 23); John O'Gaunt Morris Men practice, the Farmer's Arms, King Street; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by David Holman, the Dukes Theatre, Moor Lane, Lancaster (until January 7); Lancaster Pride Festival (various venues) until Saturday; Christmas Music Hall 2.00pm The Dome, Morecambe.

THURSDAY.

QUIZ Night, the Morecambe Hotel, Quiz Night, the Owl's Nest, Bare; Pop quiz, Farmhouse Tavern, Morecambe Road, Lancaster; Live jazz with the New Riverside Jazz Band at the Wagon and Horses, St George's Quay; Rock night, the Crypt, Lancaster; Live music, Sun Street Caf, Lancaster; Quiz, the Golden Ball, Snatchems; Love Deluxe, the Lounge, Lancaster; Folk Session, the Gregson Centre, Lancaster; Cam's Open mic, Korners Bar; Old Time and Modern dancing, 2pm-4pm, the Platform, Morecambe; LA One open mic night, Penny Street, Lancaster, from 8pm; Lancaster Pride Festival (various venues) until Saturday; NCBI Diversity Dialogue 6.30pm St Thomas's Church Hall, Marton Street, Lancaster; Lancaster International Concert Series: Lancashire Sinfonietta, 7.30pm, the Great Hall, Lancaster University; Joe D'Urso, Gradbar, Lancaster University; Dave Gardner and Anne Topping, the Ye Olde John O'Gaunt, Market Street, Lancaster.

FRIDAY.

DJ at Fibber McGee's, Lancaster; Live music at the Bobbin, Lancaster; Karaoke on the Quay, the Wagon and Horses, Lancaster; Music and cabaret, Kampus, China Street, Lancaster; Retro disco, Paddy Mulligans, Lancaster; Hydra lite, the Morecambe Hotel; Karaoke night, the Dolly Blue, West Road, Lancaster; Sleeping Beauty, the Grand Theatre, St Leonardgate, Lancaster; Lancaster Pride Festival (various venues) until Saturday; One Love Sound System, the Gregson Centre, Moor Lane, Lancaster; the Monastery of Sound, the Yorkshire House, Parliament Street, Lancaster; Feedback, Misty's Big Adventure, the Seven Inches, The Baker Street Irregulars and Kr!ss Foster. Korners Bar, the Farmer's Arms, King Street, Lancaster.

SATURDAY.

Morecambe FC v Grays Athletic, Nationwide Conference, Christie Park, Morecambe, 3pm; Vale of Lune v Fleetwood RUFC, Powder House Lane; Disco night, Brooks, Dalton Square, Lancaster; Karaoke, the Palatine, Morecambe; Cooking with Jazz, the Sun Street Caf, Lancaster; Unwind, the Lounge, Lancaster; Music and cabaret, Kampus, China Street; Morecambe Winter Gardens, Marine Road Central. Open from noon until 4pm; The Dark Place 9.30pm to 2am, Hamlets, Lancaster Leisure Park; Live music, the Golden Lion, Moor Lane, Lancaster; Disco night, the Britannia, Lancaster; Live music the Wagon and Horses, St Georges Quay, Lancaster; Sleeping Beauty, the Grand Theatre, St Leonardgate, Lancaster; Lancaster Pride Festival (various venues); Noel Noel 8.00pm The Platform, Morecambe; Christmas Concert 7.30 pm Ashton Hall, Lancaster; Martyn Joseph in Concert 8.00pm Lancaster University, Chaplaincy Centre; 3D Tanx and Monolab and Frank Cougar and DJ sets from Holy Rose, the Yorkshire House, Parliament Street, Lancaster.

SUNDAY.

JAZZ, Dogs and Sausages live New Orleans Jazz, the Ye Olde John O'Gaunt, Lancaster, live blues at night; Quiz night, the Yorkshire House, Lancaster; Pop quiz, the Hest Bank Hotel; Jam Session, the Morecambe Hotel; Morecambe Winter Gardens, Marine Road Central, open noon until 4pm; Wendy Lee, the Duke of Lancaster, China Street; Lancaster and Morecambe Friendship Society, the Royal Hotel, Marine Road, Morecambe; Acoustic Blues jam session, 4pm to 7pm Korners Bar, King Street; Sleeping Beauty, the Grand Theatre, St Leonardgate, Lancaster; MONDAY.

Carnage, the Crypt, Lancaster; Open Mic night, the Lounge, Lancaster; Open mic night, the Royal Hotel, Morecambe; Jazz with Bob Moffat and Friends, the Ye Olde John O'Gaunt; Old Time afternoon, the Pier Hotel, Morecambe; Sleeping Beauty, the Grand Theatre, St Leonardgate, Lancaster; Penknife and Ulcat Row, the Yorkshire House, Parliament Street, Lancaster.

TUESDAY.

JO Jingles, music for pre-school children, 9.30am, the Gregson Centre, Lancaster; Quiz, the Bobbin, Lancaster; Indie night, the Crypt, Market Street, Lancaster; Karaoke, Fibber McGee's Lancaster; Live jazz, the Ye Olde John O'Gaunt, Lancaster; Student night at Brooks, Dalton Square, Lancaster; Quiz night, the Yorkshire House, Lancaster; Pop quiz, the Hest Bank Hotel; Jam Session, the Morecambe Hotel; Quiz night, the Wagon and Horses, St George's Quay, Lancaster.