SY’s Freshers’ Week Scavenger Hunt was so popular it’s now time to prepare yourself for round two! Divide into equal teams and try to collect as many points as possible by completing these tasks in pursuit of the ultimate summer festival experience! Woop! Woop!

!!!POINTS!!!

Insist on wearing your straw hat and sunglasses all day, every day, whatever the weather – 40 points

Have messy, drunken sex with a randomer in your tent – 100 points per day you go without washing afterwards
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Between Friday 5th and Thursday 11th June 2009 @ The Old Firestation, Bristol

“The Grafikea Competition has become my favourite part of the whole festival,” says Bristol Design Festival Director, Neil Ferguson, “It really seems to capture people’s imaginations and everyone who sees them always wants to do their own, myself included!”

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Saturday 16th May 2009 @ Photographique, Bristol
Exhibition running between Friday 22nd and Friday 29th May 2009 @ Southbank Centre, Bristol

The principal of a PhotoMarathon is very simple: just turn up, collect a disposable camera, and then take twenty photos of twenty topics. This city’s first PhotoMarathon was coordinated by the lovely people at Second Look and was completely embraced by the people of Bristol. As I arrived on the Saturday morning of the event, Photographique was already bustling with life and energy as over 100 people flocked to take part. There was a fantastic spectrum of ages and abilities, all eager for the creative challenge.
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As part of…Bristol Design Festival 2009
Friday 5th until Thursday 11th June 2009 @ The Old Firestation, Bristol

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Wednesday 20th May 2009 @ CIA, Cardiff
Featuring Performances From: Rick Astley, Kim Wilde, Howard Jones, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Altered Images, Brother Beyond, Hazel O’Connor

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Saturday 16th May 2009 @ Photographique, Bristol

A PhotoMarathon is an exciting, one-day event that combines a photo competition with a treasure hunt to produce an exhilarating creative challenge.
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1st - 25th June @ Newquay, Cornwall
Featuring: Pendulum DJs, Judge Jules, London Elektricity

If you’re a student, Summer Break is the ultimate post exam blow-out! Taking control of Newquay from June 1st, Summer Break will see 12,000 students put up camp on the Cornish coast for 4 sunny weeks of non-stop fun and frolics! Expect pimpin’ parties, beautiful beaches, surf school, Summer Break Beach Olympics, none stop barbeques, awesome accommodation and a whole lot more!
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Green Tracks, an independent initiative which aims to promote the social awareness and use of urban greenways, with the support of Sustrans, Life Cycle UK, Bristol City Council and Bristol Clean & Green, has launched a photography competition to celebrate the Bristol & Bath Railway Path.

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This summer’s ultimate accessory for any fashionista is a glass of Pink bubbles. Pink sparkling wine with its soft, ice pink colour and delicate bead is the deliciously decedent way to get thing rolling this season with the girls.

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!Calling All Designers!

Fancy your chances as the next Damien Hirst? Or think that modern design is pants and you could do a much better job? Well now’s your chance to get creative and design a table as the Bristol Design Festival’s Grafikea Competition returns for a third year. The question is: how will you design yours?

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