Kirton Brass Band will be paying tribute to the Dambusters with their latest concert. The Dambuster Concert will be held on Saturday, May 17 from 7pm to 10pm at Spalding Parish Church. During the evening there will be light refreshments and a raffle. Admission is £5 on the door. For more details contact 01775 766113.

There’s a chance to find out about the restoration work being carried out on the Grade I listed Sneath’s Mill at Lutton Gowts, Long Sutton. The mill – a site of special architectural interest – is hosting an open day on Sunday, May 11. Children are welcomed and there will be entertainment and a picture to colour in. Visitors are ...

Spalding’s iconic flower parade may well be a thing of the past – for now at least – but you can still count on South Holland’s churches to make the district bloom at this time of year. As always scores of volunteers from Spalding to Sutton Bridge and Whaplode to Weston Hills will be decking their churches out in a ...

Many Penguins? Thursday, May 15, 1.30pm and 3pm South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £5.50 Box office: 01775 764777 Frozen Charlotte presents a penguintastic show for children aged one to four. Come to the party and find out how many penguins are too many penguins? Mr Polaro thinks that one is more than enough, thank you very much. Penguina wants someone ...

Mike Freeman and Tania Opland South Holland Centre Lounge Bar, Spalding Wednesday, May 7, 8.15pm Admission is £6 on the door/£5 members Box office: 01775 764777. Spalding Folk Club presents an evening of music from all over the world! Mike and Tania between them play guitar, hammer dulcimer, ocarina, hurdy-gurdy, Native American flute, cittern and fiddle and Tania sings in ...

Mugenkyo Thursday, May 8, 7.30pm King’s Lynn Corn Exchange Tickets £20 (£17.50) Box office: 01553 764864. Thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums, mysterious masked choreography with inventive lighting, muscular synchronisation timed to perfection, post-apocalyptic martial imagery and infectious belly laugh humour – all in a spellbinding display of sheer athleticism. Feel the energy and experience the power of this unique ...

A Spalding businesswoman is turning to a new way of raising funds to help her expand her business. Nicola Raven has been running her DDC Vinyl business from her home for a couple of years, but until now has been limited to a single colour for printing on promotional materials such as mugs, coasters and even cars. But she is ...

Letz Zep Friday, May 9, 7.30pm Key Theatre, Peterborough Tickets £17 (£15 concessions) Box office: 01733 207239 There are many bands that copy the greats of old, but only few do justice to what the legends have created, let alone add an individual touch. British Letz Zep belong to this small minority that is not only authentic, but original. Led ...

The Trials of Oscar Wilde Thursday, May 8, 8pm Stamford Arts Centre Tickets £12 (£10) £8.50 for students & groups Box office: 01780 763203. An exciting new production which dramatises the libel and criminal trials of Wilde in 1895 is based on the original court transcripts. Audiences will get to see the most flamboyant character of his age in the ...

When Matthew Featherstone was made redundant from a closing flooring company after eight years, he quickly turned it into a positive. Twelve months later and his Pinchbeck firm Carpets 2 U is celebrating a promising first year in business. And to mark its first birthday, there are great offers and discounts on top of the usual competitively priced products. Matthew ...

This weekend sees Tulipmania come to town – and there’s still time to get involved. Tulip Radio is heavily involved in the event, which will see the crowning of the Tulipmania Prince and Princess who will lead a procession around the festival gardens. Their big part will follow a photoshoot around the festival site. So now the hunt is on ...

A Spalding studio threw open its doors for its Art in the Barns weekend to mark the official opening of its latest extension – a café. Although a major part of the studio’s conversion took place five years ago Unique Cottage Studios has now added to the gallery with a purpose built café and two additional studios. The purpose of ...

A 71-year-old man has died in an industrial accident in Spalding. The man was freed from machinery at premises in Cowbit Road, Spalding, after emergency services were called at 1.40pm on Wednesday. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives from Spalding CID will be working alongside  the Health and Safety Executive to establish the full circumstances of the ...

Weekend parking and night-time safety were among the issues raised at the first forum focusing on Spalding’s night-time economy. Only five businesses were represented at the meeting last week, but Loaded nightclub owner Matt Clark, who has recently taken on the portfolio for the nightime economy at the Spalding and District Area Chamber of Trade, said it was a positive ...

Increasing the number of shoppers coming into the town centre and free parking have been highlighted as priorities for the future success of Spalding. Those issues were top of the wishlist for a new town centre manager to focus on when one is appointed next month. They were chosen by representatives of Spalding businesses who attended one of two forums ...

More good news, readers’ letters and birth, marriage and death announcements were among the things you said you wanted to see in our Easter survey. The team here at Spalding and South Holland Voice have been through your answers and are now looking at the ways we can give you more of what you want in your new weekly newspaper. ...

A father falsely accused of sexually abusing his daughter has won £86,000 compensation. Jon Coupland (53), of Green Lane, has been awarded the payout after a social worker alleged he had touched his daughter inappropriately. He suffered the humiliation of being arrested and handcuffed in front of his neighbours and being thrown in a cell and interrogated for ten hours ...

A popular group for teenagers has vowed it will not let the vandals who smashed windows and went on the rampage inside their hall win. The Vista Crew, which caters for young people aged 11 years and over, wants everyone to know its doors are still open, despite the havoc wreaked by a gang who left behind drink cans, evidence ...

Residents are being offered the chance to save up to £300 on their annual gas and electricity bills with the return of the Lincolnshire Energy Switch Scheme. That’s how much some of the 1,000 households who joined the scheme’s first round already stand to save. The average saving per household is £186. If you missed out the first time, this ...

A new mobile classroom could be lifted into place at a primary school to help meet demand for places for under twos. A planning application has been submitted by Lincolnshire County Council for the extension of Sunbeams Playgroup, based at Westmere Primary School, Sutton Bridge. A decision was due to be made by South Holland District Council and if granted ...