Events

A charity ball has raised around £7,000 to allow parents to stay in hospital with their children. Organised by Hayley Warner, who is the ward sister at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital, the A Night in Wonderland ball was a huge success. The event, which took place at Springfields, Spalding, raised money for the young person’s assessment unit at the hospital. The ...

Moulton will be hosting ‘royalty’ on Sunday when the village holds its Tulip Parade for the first time since 2019. The youngsters picked to be the royal family in 2019 will finally have their chance to take part in the event. The Queen is Abbie-May Wilson-White, the Princesses are twins Keisha and Jenna Campbell and the Prince is Jack Bell. ...

Monster trucks are back over the Bank Holiday weekend when Truckfest returns after two years away. Staged by Spalding-based Live Promotions, the show is celebrating its 40th anniversary and TV’s Todd Dewey from Ice Road Truckers is flying in to meet fans across the three days. This year the doors open at 2pm on Saturday, but visitors are invited to ...

One of the original Sultans of Swing is heading to Spalding tonight (April 28) to talk about his time in one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. Dire Straits founding bassist John Illsley is at the South Holland Centre from 8pm. As part of the show The Life and Times of Dire Straits, he and some of his musician ...

He’s been treading the boards for decades and now he’s heading to Spalding. Wayne Sleep is appearing at The South Holland Centre on Friday, May 6 (7.30pm) where he’ll be talking though his long and distinguished career. The 72-year-old dancer, director and choreographer has shared the stage with some of show business’ most famous faces. Now he’s touring the country ...

A charity concert is being held to celebrate the lives of two Pinchbeck men. Let’s Celebrate will be held at Pinchbeck St Mary’s Church on Thursday, April 28 as part of the village’s returning Flower Festival. The concern is being held in memory of choir master John Bland and Rev Paul Hardingham. The John Bland Memorial Choir is organising the ...

Polar Star – The Expeditions of Roald Amundsen will be the final lecture of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society (SGS) winter season. Historian Alastair Goodrum will speak about the great Norwegian explorer at Broad Street Methodist Church from 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday). Amundsen picked up many firsts including to reach the South Pole, and fly across the Arctic Ocean and North Pole. ...

Professional entertainer Alan Bolt will be talking about his career in the U3A Sutton Bridge’s next lecture. The Market House in Long Sutton will host the comedian and musician on April 5 from 1.30pm to 2pm. It’s to be followed by Britain’s first firefighter Josephine Reynolds at the Curlew Centre in Sutton Bridge on May 3. Theatre consultant, lecturer, historian ...

Handforth Parish Council nemesis Jackie Weaver, Songs of Praise host Pam Rhodes and local author Christina James are just some of the names heading to the Deepings Literary Festival. It’s due to run from April 27 and May 1 in and around the Deepings with Bookmark in Spalding involved has brochures as does the South Holland Centre. A spokesman for ...

A free day of fun-filled activities is being promised for later this month including a petting farm, virtual reality experiences, vintage rides and live entertainment. South Holland District Council will be encouraging families to Spring into Spalding on Saturday, March 26.The event, which will run from 10am until 2pm, will have activities for all ages, running alongside the usual traders ...

The Spalding Festival organising committee in 2019.

June will be an extra special month at Moulton Mill as it celebrates its 200th anniversary with four days of festivities around the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The whole of the village is set to get involved in the events from Thursday, June 2. In the evening there will be a lantern parade around the village from the green to coincide ...

South Holland Concerts are returning this weekend bringing yet more top musicians to the area. Moldovan violinist Ionel Manciu and pianist Kaoru Wada are at Broad Street Methodist Church this Sunday (February 27) from 3pm. Together the pair will perform, Beethoven’s violin sonata number five ‘Spring’, Profokiev’s violin sonata number one and Cezar Franck’s violin sonata. Ionel has been performing ...

Talented people of Moulton Chapel are being sought as part of 300th anniversary celebrations. St James’ Chapel in the village is celebrating its third century this year and a programme of events is being put together. And it includes a Moulton Chapel’s Got Talent event being organised by local entertainer Jeff Woods aka Pavanotti. It will take place at the ...

A Hollywood star is on his way to inspire an amateur theatre group. That’s the premise of St Nicolas Players’ latest production A Bunch of Amateurs. They’ll be performing the play by Ian Hislop and Nick Chapman at the South Holland Centre from March 16 to 19. A spokesman for the group said: “To boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood ...

Legendary darts player John Lowe landed in Spalding this weekend. John Lowe popped in to Spalding Services and Social Club on Sunday, January 30 to take on 14 local players in a night of entertainment MC’d by Ian Tilley. And there were famous wins for six of the local darts players – Tracy Harness, Amie Newton, Eileen Barnard, Steve Stancer, ...

Act II Theatre Company are taking on a show like no other this week. Their Advanced Skills group will be telling the story of London Road: an innovative and ground-breaking verbatim musical by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork. This show tells the story of the residents of London Road, Ipswich, around the time of a series of murders that shocked ...

Holbeach is set to get medieval as part of a free new festival in the town. The Holbeach Medieval Festival is taking place at a number of locations in the town on July 2 and 3. Living encampments are set to bring the period to life. Not only will there be military re-enactments but there will also be opportunities to ...

Spalding’s South Holland Centre has been granted the ‘See It Safely’ mark to guarantee attendees it’s following all Covid-19 guidelines and keeping them safe. The Market Place is currently showing the pantomime Dick Whittington until December 30. A spokesman for the centre operated by South Holland District Council, said: ”We have been granted the use of Society Of London Theatre ...

Long Sutton’s Christmas Fayre takes place on Sunday (December 12) with plenty on offer. The event takes place in the Market Place and St Mary’s Church. There is a funfair, starting at 12pm, and Santa’s Grotto is in the church from 1pm for children aged ten and under. Children must be supervised by an adult. All current Covid guidelines must ...