Things to do

As somebody who ranks the original Jurassic Park film as one of my all-time favourites, the Jurassic World films have been something of a bonus. It’s fair to say that the sequels that followed Spielberg’s 1993 classic were more low key, but the emergence of Jurassic World in 2015 managed to capture the feel of the original without directly copying ...

Roll up, roll up, make haste and delay ye not, for the Holbeach Medieval Festival is close at hand. On July 2 and 3 the town is going back in time as part of a host of free fun for the family. Living encampments are set to bring the period to life with events held throughout the church grounds and ...

Scottish duo James ‘n’ Wood are heading down to Gedney Dyke for this Sunday’s helping of country music. Steve James and Martin Coulson are from Glasgow but appeared at festivals throughout the country. The pair will be backed by Ed Cox. Doors open at 1.30pm for a 2.30pm start. To book a seat ring Mary 01406 362782.

Over 30 albums, well over 4,000 gigs and 20+ singles and EPs later, The Blues Band train is finally pulling into the sidings, but not until after their final tour steams into Spalding. It is now 42 years since five experienced musicians, no strangers to the pop charts of the 60s and 70s, decided they’d ignore the cultural slurry of ...

There’s a film for everyone at the South Holland Centre this week. If you’re looking for a Norse action packed epic, The Northman (15) is showing tonight (Thursday) from 7.30pm. The film with an all-star cast including Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe follows a Viking prince’s quest to avenge his father’s murder. Want something a bit more twisted? ...

Spalding Library has launched its Star Challenge aimed at pre-school pupils. Collect a Library Star Challenge booklet and each time you visit your child can collect a colourful star sticker. Once they have collected all the stars they will get a certificate and special prize! Amanda Reynolds, library manager at Spalding Library, said: “It’s free to join and use the ...

On Sunday (June 19) the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Museum in Broad Street, Spalding will be open to visitors from 11am to 4pm for the Celebrating Fens event and will be the last opportunity to view the Portrait Promenade Exhibition. This special exhibition is the result of collaboration between Transported Arts, photographer Steven Hatton and the Society. The exhibition showcases people ...

Holbeach Town and Country Fayre returns this weekend after an enforced four-year break to finally mark it’s quarter of a century anniversary. The popular event takes place at King’s Field on Fen Road from 10am to 4.30pm on Saturday and Sunday, (June 18 and 19). It was last held back in 2018 with 2019’s event having been cancelled due to ...

The organisers behind a Peterborough music festival have vowed to bring it back next year and hailed it a success. That’s despite one day having to be cancelled after James Dean-Bradfield, the lead singer of the headlining Manic Street Preachers, tested positive for COVID-19. But organisers said Friday’s Café Mambo event and the performances by Simply Red and Lisa Stansfield ...

A Moulton Chapel pub is putting on a free music festival this weekend featuring top local acts and a Beautiful South tribute band. The Jolly Farmer is hosting the event from 4pm on Saturday (June 18). An outdoor stage is being erected to host acts including Spalding-based The Sound Injectors. The high energy band will be bringing their ska, reggae, ...

Country singer/song writer Jeff Gallant is bringing his entire band to Gedney Dyke Village Hall this weekend. The Main Street venue continues its run of gigs from the genre on Sunday, June 12. Jeff Gallant is an established singer-songwriter who frequently performs either solo or as a duo. And he’s teaming up with his entire band for the Gedney gig. ...

A week after the village marked a 70th anniversary, Pinchbeck will be partying for a 40th celebration. The annual Pinchbeck Carnival is back with a theme of ‘Remembering the 40s’ as it celebrates it’s 40th year. The weekend begins on Friday, June 10 with the annual bingo night which will be held at Pinchbeck Church Hall. Doors open at 6.30pm ...

Three-days of live music is coming to Peterborough this weekend. Manic Street Preachers, Simply Red backed by Lisa Stanfield and Ibiza’s legendary Café Mambo are making their way to the city’s Embankment for three nights of top musical entertainment. Café Mambo Ibiza Classics On The Embankment (June 10) will bring thousands of dance music fans together for an unforgettable experience ...

BBC 6 Music favourites, Low Hummer, have been added to the bill as one-to-watch talent in support of Manic Street Preachers at The Embankment, Peterborough on Sunday, June 12. This final announcement completes the lineup of a huge three-day takeover of live music which starts with Café Mambo Ibiza Classics on Friday, June 10, followed by Simply Red and Lisa ...

One of the UK’s most renowned singers is coming to Spalding. Soprano Lesley Garrett will be wowing audiences at the South Holland Centre on Friday, June 17. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and National Opera Studio, she’s performed across the world with her amazing voice leading to widespread recognition. She’ll be telling plenty of those tales in ...

The South Holland Centre is getting into the Jubilee spirit by showing two Queen related films this weekend. ‘Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts’ will be showing from Friday June 3 to Sunday June 5. It’s a unique and inventive feature length documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth II. A spokesman for the South Holland Centre said: “Directed by the ...

The hype surrounding Top Gun: Maverick was as high as Tom Cruise’s titular character can fly in the series – so it’s pleasing to be able to say that this sequel to the 1986 cult classic is an absolute blast. Revisiting beloved old characters is always something of a risk – especially after so long – but this Top Gun ...

A local art group’s first exhibition in a while proved a big hit. Spalding Arts and Craft Society decked out the town’s library with some of its recent creations. And the feedback was positive as the club looks to hold another one this coming September. The club’s chair Maggie Goodsell said: “It proved very popular with quite a few paintings ...

My expectations were high ahead of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. I had it my head that Benedict Cumberbatch’s latest outing as the Sorcerer Supreme would serve as a major game-changer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – and had hopes for plenty of high-profile cameos, too. While the second part of that paragraph delivered in surprising ways, ...

Go your own way to the South Holland Centre for two exciting musical acts. On Saturday one of the UK’s leading Fleetwood Mac tribute acts is coming to Spalding. Fleetwood Machine bring to the stage a celebration of one of rock’s biggest ever bands. The show is performed by five experienced musicians who have found each other through their passion ...