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If you're all credit-crunched and austerity-bound, then summer might not be as much fun as it should be. That's why you need to get to the newsagents and shell out a modest £1.50 for this week's Venue with:

FUN FOR FREE - We’ve rounded up a whole summer’s worth of free do-it-yourself and laid-on entertainment that’ll have you smiling all the way to September without busting your bank account. Theatre, films, festivals; tours, trips, tips... it’s all here.

MAKE IT YOURSELF - Craft-y DIY workshops and classes are cropping up everywhere of late, and from knickers to night caps and curtains to cushions, everyone’s doing it for themselves. We gave it a crack.

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THIS WEEK

Music: The Bristol Mini Fringe

The live component of this week’s Music South West conference sees the likes of local rocklords Kill It Kid (pictured).THE BRISTOL MINI FRINGE RUNS ON WED 11 & THUR 12 NOV AT HAMILTON HOUSE, THE JUNCTION & THE CROFT.

Clubs: Stanton Warriors

Ka-boom! Those purveyors of room-shaking, spine-snapping bass-led breakbeat pound. THE STANTON WARRIORS PLAY BLOWPOP AT MOTION, ON SAT 14 NOV.

Music: Daniel Johnston

Freewheeling lo-fihero Daniel Johnston has an incredible life story provide support.DANIEL JOHNSTON PLAYS TRINITY ARTS CENTRE ON SUN 8 NOV.

Music: Ugly Duckling

The comical, smart, speed-rhyming three-piece from Long Beach return to Bristol.UGLY DUCKLING PLAY METROPOLIS, BRISTOL ON TUE 10 NOV.

Theatre: Normal

Notions of what we perceive as ‘normal’ behaviour lie at the centre of this subverted play about the infamous ‘Düsseldorf Ripper’.CATCH NORMAL AT THE BREWERY, BRISTOL, FROM WED 11-SUN 22 NOV.

Film: The Men Who Stare at Goats

A reactivated US military unit attempts to win the war in I-rak with a suite of alternative psychic.THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS IS OUT NOW.

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