Dance, laugh, discuss and change the world at Byline Festival, four days of independent journalism, comedy, music, dance, workshops and free speech for anyone concerned.

Running from: Fri 24 - Mon 27 Aug.

This year, Byline Festival has partnered with the Frontline Club, and boy do they have some treats lined up for you.

Expect: Alexei Sayle, Hugh Grant, John Cleese, June Sarpong, Bonnie Greer, Martin Bell, Jonathan Dimbleby, Rhoda Dakar, Tom Watson MP, Vince Cable MP, Baroness Warsi, Lord Adebowale, Damian Collins MP, Kate Mosse, A L Kennedy, Gary Lineker, Joanna Scanlan, Nick Davis, Andy Hamilton, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Salena Godden (read Salena's Run-Riot interview, here) as well as circus, theatre, drama, poetry and music. Musical acts will include: Pussy Riot (read their interview, here), Badly Drawn Boy, The Blow Monkeys, The Vapors, Tom Hingley from Inspiral Carpets, Rhoda Dakar, the Courtesans, Dramarama, Hows Harry, The Members and the Priscillas and much, much more.

This year the Whistleblowers on Cambridge Analytica Chris Wylie and Shahmir Sanni and John Ford will be speaking along with Carole Cadwalladr who broke the Cambridge Analytica story.

Kids activities include the Media Planet adventure and Newsroom run by the House Of Fairy Tales.

For the full programme, head to Byline Festival.

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend the full 4-days of Byline Festival with the Frontline Club at Pippingford Park at 14:00 on Friday 24 until Mon 27 August.

That's right! These are 4-day tickets for the entire event, including parking, the use of the campsite and entry to all venues and workshops!

To enter the competition, send an email to vienna@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: Byline Festival takes place within the beautiful Pippingford Park in Ashdown Forest, which just so happens to be the setting for which fictional teddy bear?
A: .1) Baloo .2) Yogi Bear .3) Sugar Bear .4) Winnie-the-Pooh