Things to do

Italia in Piazza, the real Italian food market comes to Spalding on Sunday. The market will be held in Sheepmarket from 10am to 4pm. The Italian Piazza Market sells real Italian food from genuine Italians, all served with a smile, including some of the best cured meats and cheese you will ever taste. If you are a real “foodie”, you ...

If your children are looking for something fun and exciting to keep them occupied on a Saturday morning, then the “Alien Orchestra” could be the answer. Held weekly at St Margaret’s Hall, Quadring, the workshops run from Saturday, September 26 to December 19 and give youngsters the chance to learn to play tuned percussion and perform in the orchestra, along ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Meet your Health Trainer, 9am-4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm-9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm-9.15pm, 14 to 18-year-olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers, 9am-11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.45pm-2.45pm; Weston Village Hall, 2pm-3pm, £1.50, 01529 411941. Vibe Contemporary Youth ...

The annual Fenland Working Weekend takes place in Branches Lane, Fleet, this Saturday and Sunday. This popular event, held near Holbeach, attracts many tractors with farming machinery plus many farming enthusiasts who are able to take their tractors and machines along to plough and cultivate the fields in the traditional way. The event is open to both exhibitors and those ...

South Holland Centre, Spalding Box office: 01775 764777 Mari Wilson Tomorrow (Friday), 8pm ACT II Theatre Company presents Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida Wednesday, 7.30pm Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston Box office: 01205 363108 Broad Horizons Theatre Company presents Edith Cavell – Facing the Silence Today (Thursday), 7.30pm Dance Krazy – Celebrate 35 Years of Dance Saturday, 7pm & Sunday, ...

Lutton Autumn Show takes place on Saturday at the village hall. Organised by Sneath’s Mill Trust the show runs from 2pm to 4.30pm. This fun, informal event aims to celebrate the quality of local crafts and produce, while bringing people together for a fun afternoon. Entries are to be staged from 9.30am to 11am and there are certificates for each ...

The Fenland and Spalding Model Club holds its annual Wings and Things Show at the weekend. The show is on Sunday from 10am to 4pm, at Spalding High School, Stonegate, Spalding. Admission is £2 for adults and £1 for children and OAPs, with all proceeds this year going to the Spalding Hospice Foundation. Model clubs from around the country will ...

British heavyweight David Haye has been booked as special guest at Spalding and District Round Table’s boxing event next year. Confirmation of the former world champion’s appearance has led to a surge in ticket sales for the all-male black-tie annual event at Springfields Events Centre, Spalding, on Saturday, February 20. Ringside tables cost £1,000 for 12 people and standard tables £850. ...

Children are being given the chance to learn more about what the theatre has to offer by one of the country’s oldest amateur dramatic groups. St Nicolas Players have written to around 50 schools across South Holland inviting pupils to see its latest production of Little Shop of Horrors and then take part in a question and answer session with ...

Tom Hardy seems to be one of those actors (so far, at least) that simply doesn’t do bad movies. Be it his turn as Bane in the Dark Knight Rises, his portrayal of Charles Bronson or playing an ex-KGB agent in this year’s Child 44, he’s also proving to be extremely versatile. That’s something he takes to the next level ...

Spalding and District Round Table is offering a free night out on Monday (September 21) to potential new members. The organisation is for men aged between 18 and 45 and anyone who might want to join is invited to join Tablers to enjoy ten-pin bowling at AlleyCatz followed by a meal at Indian restaurant Indus. It will be an opportunity ...

The authors behind a book that has attracted international media coverage are to appear at Bookmark in Spalding. She’s A Boy is the true story of Spalding’s Joe Holliday (27), who was born a boy but raised a girl. The book was written by journalist Louise Chapman, who also lives in the town. She said: “There has been such a ...

TODAY South Holland Healthy Walks, 10.30am, Holbeach Services Club. Meet your local Health Trainer, 9am­4pm, Sutton Bridge Community Centre, 07532 236616. Holbeach and Spalding Explorers: Spalding, 7pm­9pm; Holbeach 7.15pm­9.15pm. Open to 14­ to 18-year- olds, www.handsscouts.com Tots and Carers Group, 9am­11.30am, Moulton Village Hall. Vitality classes, Broad Street Methodist Church Hall, Spalding, 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.45pm­2.45pm; Weston Village Hall, 2pm­3pm, £1.50, ...

A concert showcasing the best of local talent takes place at the South Holland Centre, Spalding, tomorrow at 7.30pm. This star studded show, one of four to be held over the coming 12 months, promises to entertain all ages. With acts including singers, dancers and much, much more, this evening will show South Holland has talent. All proceeds to Mission ...

Stamford Arts Centre Box office 01780 763203 Meditations for a Joyful Life – Workshop Tomorrow (Friday), 7pm Duology: “Vincent – A Stranger To Himself” and “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” – Chantry Dance Company Tomorrow (Friday), 7.30pm Poetry Writing Forum Monday, 6.30pm The Homecoming – Stamford Shoestring – Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday, 7.45pm South Holland Centre, Spalding Box office: 01775 764777 Spotlight ...

Mari Wilson: Ready Steady Girls Tour South Holland Centre, Spalding Friday, September 18, 8pm Tickets £16.50/£15.50 Box office: 01775 764777 Mari Wilson’s Ready Steady Girls Tour comes to Spalding’s South Holland Centre on Friday, September 18. The tour will pay homage to Dusty, Petula, Cilla and more. In 2000, Mari was the obvious choice to play Dusty Springfield on the ...

On Friday and Saturday, the Pode Hole Pumping Station and Pinchbeck Engine Museum will be open to the public from 10am to 4pm as part of Heritage Open Days. Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board open Pode Hole Pumping Station to the public just once a year. At Pinchbeck Engine, the 1833 Beam Engine which powers the wooden Scoop wheel ...

It’s happy 40th birthday today (Thursday) to Spalding and District Dog Training Club. It was on September 10, 1975 that its first committee meeting was held. Since then hundreds of dogs across many breeds and of all ages have been trained to become more obedient and even better examples of man’s best friend. Club chairman Dot Asplen – one of ...

There is an opportunity to spend a morning singing at All Saints’ Church in Holbeach with a Back To Choir Day on Saturday (September 19). The event is for anyone who enjoys singing, or who has never sung, or perhaps was in a choir at school but has not sung since then. Musical director Barry Lancaster will take people through ...

Imagine uprooting your family to an unfamiliar country on the very same day that a disturbingly violent political uprising takes place. That’s the situation facing Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson – Wedding Crashers) in director/co-writer John Erick Dowdle’s (Quarantine) thriller No Escape. Whatever its shortcomings – and it has quite a few – No Escape will at least resonate with most ...