SCHOOLS from across Preston and South Ribble are teaming up for the next annual high school music extravaganza.

Ashton High, All Hallows, Bishop Rawstorne, Corpus Christi, Fulwood County, Cardinal Newman College and Hutton Grammar, are taking part in the charity event, on Saturday, March 22, at Preston Guild Hall.

Tickets are £4 to £6 on 258858.

HARVEY Seager, ringmaster from Blackpool Tower Circus, is holding a workshop on February 20, at West View Leisure Centre, Westview, Preston, from 4.30pm. For information call June on 258081.

THE makers of hit television shows Big Brother and Fame Academy are looking for lively and outgoing people to take part on a new Saturday night game show -- Judgement Day.

For an application form call 09011 900777.

A GROUP of Preston Muslim women are displaying an art exhibition exploring Islam in Britain.

The artwork will eventually be displayed on billboards in New Hall Lane and Manchester Road and can be seen at the Harris Museum, Preston, until March 1.

TWO acclaimed, prize-winning fiction writers are giving a reading of their work at the St Peter's Arts Centre, Fylde Road, Preston, on Wednesday, March 13. Bernard MacLaverty will read from The Anatomy School and Jackie Kay from Trumpet -- their latest works.

SOUTH Ribble Museum and Exhibition Centre, Church Road, Leyland, is hosting a new exhibition -- Lancashire Monochrome -- until March 1. It will be open from 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Friday and from 1pm to 4pm on Thursday, and on Saturday, from 10am to 1pm. For information call 422041.

SEVENTIES legend Bryan Ferry is appearing at the Guild Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston, on Friday, March 7.

Tickets to the former Roxy Music singer/songwriter are £28.50 on 258858.

THE Harris Museum and Art Gallery is holding a series of mid-week half-term events for children aged eight to 12 years old.

They be will be taking place from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm from February 24 to 28.

Booking is essential and tickets are 50p. Call 905414 for details.

THE next production being staged at the Playhouse Theatre, Market Street West, Preston, is the Schoolhouse Group's Cemetery Club.

Tickets for the performance are £4 to £6 on 728817 or 720407.

A NEW photography competition has been launched for disabled amateur photographers -- Freedom in Focus 2003.

The themes of the competition are Nature and Modern Life, and two age categories, 18 and 18+, are available, with cash and camera prizes.

Entry forms are available on 020 7619 7319 or minicom 020 76197332. The closing date is 30 April 2003.

THE next films being shown by the Preston Film Society are Mexican movie Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) and US film The Royal Tenenbaums, on March 16, at the Holiday Inn, Ringway, from 6pm.

Membership to the society is £1 on the door, and admission to each film is £3.

THE winner of the BBC New Comedy Award is performing at the Stand & Deliver Comedy Club, University of Central Lancashire, Fylde Road, on Friday, February 21.Nina Conti will be joined by Lenny Jackson and Justin Moorhouse. Tickets are £4 to £7 from the Student's Union on 513200.

NORTHERN comedy legend John Shuttleworth is taking his unique brand of local humour out on the road and stops off at Preston's Charter Theatre, Lancaster Road, on May 25. Tickets for the star of the BBC's 500 Bus Stops and Radio 4's The Shuttleworths are available on 258858.

HOBBYCRAFT arts and crafts store, Deepdale Retail Park, Preston, is holding half-term art demonstrations for children at the end of the month. For information call the store on 661200.