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OLD GUIDE Cut the cost of going out

Go out for free

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1) Hunt out free music venues

If you live in London, you can enjoy free concerts - such as jazz and Irish songs - every Monday to Saturday at the National Theatre.

The Visit London website and the Southbank Centre website also list a wide variety of free concerts and are certainly worth checking out.

But if you don't live in London, don't panic! The nifty websites allgigs.co.uk and gighit.com allow you to type in your home town and search for free - and very cheap - musical events, gigs and concerts near you.

2) Join the audience

If you've got a favourite TV show, there's a chance you might be able to be part of the audience and watch the live show absolutely free! Many websites regularly give out free tickets for shows such as Have I Got News For You, Dancing On Ice, Mock The Week, and The Paul O'Grady Show.

Sites to check out include BBC Tickets, sroaudiences, TVRecordings, ClappersTickets, ApplauseStore, HatTrick and LostInTV.

3) Go to a free event

If you're looking for other free (or ultra cheap) events, the aptly-named Free Events is a particularly handy website.

It lists all free events in chronological order so you'll be able to see what's going on next near you.

And if you're lucky enough to live in London, here's a list of some great websites to check out:

4) Go clubbing in London for free

If you like clubbing in the capital, this guide on free clubbing in London from Time Out could save your hundreds of pounds a year. And if you want to get on the guest lists for free entry to the top clubs, use ViewLondon.co.uk or sign up with londonparties.co.uk. Forbidden London also claims it will be launching a free, similar service soon.

And if you're feeling adventurous, you could join this facebook group, which claims to offer users "exclusive free access to some of the UK's top clubs".

Know of any good sites for going clubbing for free outside London? Please share them using the tips box below!

5) Go a museum or gallery for free

Wherever you live, there's bound to be a free museum or gallery nearby. Visit dofreestuff.com for details of museums near you or download this list (PDF) from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

6) Enjoy the great outdoors - it's always free!

If trailing round a museum is your idea of hell, then why not embrace the great outdoors and spend some time at one of the many free nature parks across the UK?

You can check out some of them on the National Trust website, which also has details on some of the brilliant events being run by National Trust sites in the coming weeks. A word of warning though - some of the places, and events listed, are not free.

Or why not spend a day out at one of the 14 National Parks sites across the UK, which include Brecon Beacons and the Peak District National Park. Entry is, of course, absolutely free!

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  • Mike10613
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    Mike10613 said

    My friend always suggests places to go when we decide to go out taking photographs. They are usually miles away and that takes time to get there and costs money in petrol. I have a pub that is 500 years old and was used by Dick Turpin that is about 1/2 a mile away, up the road from that is a 500 year old church that is interesting to photograph. There are three other churches within a mile of me and lots of other interesting things. My American friends are really interested in my photographs that I put on the Internet and share. I get questions like is England always that green? They are amazed at buildings that are 500 years old and that also impresses people from Australia. One church I recently took photographs of is hidden down a back street and I took pictures of the outside and was amazed at how well the inside had been kept. That is Victorian and has an interesting history to it. Even the park is Victorian and I had an enquiry about where it was because someone wanted a bandstand like ours in their local park. So don't drive miles before you look at what is on your own doorstep and of course a day out with a digital camera is quite cheap. You don't have to print them just upload them to the Skydrive (25 Gb of space for free) that you get with Windows Live; also a free download. It does take 64Mb of memory compared to 16 Mb of memory for the old MSN instant messenger though. Digital photo frames are good for displaying your creations and if you are really good you can sell your photographs to photographic libraries. The top one is of course is Gettyimages.com but they are a little fussy about the standard of photograph they will take. 

    Guy Fawkes night is coming up and while your neighbours spend a fortune on fireworks why not take photographs of the displays they create? You get amazing pictures and they pay for it all! Taking colour pictures of fireworks exploding and then changing them to black and white or sepia can produce a quite artistic effect. You could always splash out later on some ink and photo paper and print some out and have an exhibition in your local art gallery. Most small galleries welcome exhibitions that don't cost them anything. 

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