LAUGHTER is supposed to be good for the soul - and there's plenty on offer at this year's Another Fine Fest.

Come weekend Ulverston will once again erupt into a multicoloured feast of comedy, music, DJs, circus, street theatre, street art, window painting, yarnbombing, interactive workshops, and a cornucopia of various other weird and wonderful activity as the world record breaking Another Fine Fest returns for its fourth multi-arts, family friendly festival.

Last year festival saw around 10,000 revellers flock to Ulverston with 1,180 festivalgoers helping secure a Guinness World record for the biggest ever shaving foam pie fight.

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This time around, festival director Dave Crossley and his team have put together another fabulous five star gathering, running from Friday-Sunday, June 16-18, kicking off with just one show on Friday night (7.30pm) - the only ticketed show of the weekend - featuring five star stand up comedy courtesy of Canadian legend Tony Law at the Laurel and Hardy Museum.

Top turn Tony's taster of his brand new Edinburgh Fringe show features the inimitable surreal comedy-art that has made him one of the most celebrated live performers this side of the Atlantic.

A new and exciting feature of Another Fine Fest 2017 will be some of the UK's finest comedy talent giving an exclusive sneak peek of their brand new Edinburgh Fringe shows ahead of their month long side-splitting stint at the Scottish capital.

In honour of Stan Laurel, altogether nine Edinburgh preview shows will be staged live and direct at the Laurel and Hardy Museum. Two whole days worth of comedy, apparently equalling nine full one hour performances by a multitude of award-winning acts.

The line-up of laughter makers includes former Liverpool Comedian of the Year, Adam Rowe, who has established himself as one of the most exciting young acts in the country, with a combination of observations, stories and a ferociously quick wit.

Also joining the throng is another highly rated, accolade gathering stand up comedian, Freddy Quinne, whose meteoric rise has seen him play some of the biggest clubs in the country.

In the spotlight too is popular comic, writer and actor, Tom Toal, fresh from charming audiences while supporting Rob Brydon on tour.

And Tony Burgess, who many might recognise from his role in the cult BBC3 comedy Ideal where he played DJ Troy, Moz’s crazy, vinyl obsessed brother, will also bring a barrel of laughs to the Laurel and Hardy Museum. Tony was the winner of the prestigious City Life Comedian of the Year, and also a founder member of the topical MEN at work team at the popular Comedy Store in Manchester.

One of the 'must-sees' is multi-award winning comedian, actress, writer, performer, presenter, and former BBC broadcast journalist, Juliette Burton, who investigates the power of kindness in her new docu-comedy, Butterfly Effect, which asks is being nice outdated? or can we still connect and change lives for the better? The highly acclaimed and hugely talented entertainer has worked with several television and radio production companies on various projects, some of which are currently in development. An inspirational artiste who has a lifelong history of mental health problems, she is an ambassador for charities Rethink, Mind and B-eat.

All Another Fine Fest's Edinburgh Fringe preview shows are free but include a donation bucket to 'pay as you feel.'

Fifty advance tickets can be reserved for any of the shows by mailing anotherfinefest@gmail.com.

Meanwhile, with the help of several local promoters and the support of eight official partner venues, Amigos, Sun Inn, Kings Arms, Hope and Anchor, The Piel, The Mill, Rose and Crown and the Farmers, the festival brings lashings of rock, indie, jazz, blues, house, techno, breakbeats, hip hop, disco, reggae, funk, folk, world, country and psychedelic music to Ulverston.

Two outdoor stages at Market Cross runs from 10am-5pm and will play host to a variety of street theatre, circus workshops, live music, a mass banana dance and a spectacular finale consisting of a 100 piece drum band known as the Bang Gang.

Elsewhere, the Magical Melodrome stage will be stationed proudly outside the Laurel and Hardy Museum between 10am-7.30pm on Saturday, and noon-7.30pm on Sunday, alongside traders, live art, fine food, drink and chill space.

The first three hours of Saturday's events will be dedicated to entertainment for and by children, featuring storytelling and shows for kids as well as live music performed by local children who have been given free singing lessons provided by the festival in the run up to the event.

Not forgetting the Al Fresco gallery - a visual feast that will paint Ulverston several shades of nigh on every colour going with terrific live street art displays from some of the UK's most respected graffiti artists, yarnbombing and window painting on at least 20 shop windows.

For full Another Fine Fest details visit www.anotherfinefest.co.uk.