Show Scotland (1-4 May)
Beyond Drag: An Evening of Entertainment, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
2 May, 8-11pm. Free with advance booking. Age 16+
An evening offering theatre from Tackno Team, Fancy Nancy's drag makeover corner and Sandra MacBeth's ambiguous Scottish Cabaret.
A Night of Tango, Aberdeen Art Gallery
2 May
Local dancers perform a tango demonstration. This will be followed by a dance for all levels, with live music.
Museums at Night (14-16 May)
Stockport Museums
14-16 May
Events at the eight museums include a Bollywood night and a Victorian Newsnight, complete with newsreader, at the Hat Works museum.
Futuresonic: Anti-Pop Consortium at Urbis, Manchester
14 May 7-11pm, £10 advance/£12 door
A rare UK performance by New York hip-hop crew Anti-Pop Consortium with support from local DJs.
Lady of the Lamp, Florence Nightingale Museum, London
15 May
A tour will be led by a guide using the actual lamp used by Florence in the Crimea.
A Duck for Mr Darwin, Baltic, Gateshead
15 May, free
A choir will sing Victorian hymns and torch-lit tours of artist Tania Kovats wormery will explore Charles Darwin's obsession with the creatures.
Spooky Sleepover, Bodelwyddan Castle, Rhyl
15 May, £30
The event comprises a family treasure hunt, buffet supper and a torchlight ghost tour with the castle's paranormal investigation team.
Night Fever, Cambridge Museum of Technology
16 May 7-11pm, £3/£1.50 concessions
The museum's location in the Old Pumping Station provides the backdrop for a history of how diseases such as cholera were overcome. Visitors will be made up as victims and meet resurrected figures from science and medicine, who will explain the connection between water pollution and disease.
A Night in the Shelter, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, London
16 May, £34.50
This family sleepover will involve a rationing-style meal and 1940s games.
Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare
16 May 6-9pm, £5.50/£3.50 kids
Flight simulators will allow the public to "pilot" helicopters.
Bath Celebration
Eight of the city's museums and galleries will have installations in Queens Square. The Roman Baths will also open late.
