Things to do

Spalding’s ever-popular annual Pumpkin Festival will return to Spalding this Saturday (October 7) between 11am and 3pm. The event will celebrate the district’s proud horticulture and harvest traditions with a great range of activities for families to enjoy including live entertainment, food and gift stalls, arts and crafts and fantastic games.Coinciding with Spalding’s usual Saturday market, visitors will be able ...

Holbeach Town Band is hosting a UK charity Music for All – Learn to Play 23 event on Saturday, October 7. The event, between 10am and midday, offers new and returning musicians a chance to receive a professional music lesson for free.The event is open to all comers, regardless of age, experience and background and aims to inspire, encourage and ...

The South Holland branch of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is launching its latest season of lectures. The events take place at Pinchbeck Village Hall on Tuesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.The first event is this Tuesday (October 10) and features a talk from Charlie Kitchen.Other events coming up include The Unique Life of a Ranger on Blakeney Point by Ajay Tegala ...

Local cultural group White Horse Writers will be restarting their popular Open Mic Nights at Sergi’s Tapas Bar, Francis St, Spalding tonight (Thursday, September 28) at 7pm. These events are open to anyone who wants to try out poetry, music, drama or anything else in front of a friendly audience. One of the organisers, local poet and artist Callum Brazzo, ...

A long-standing flower club has raised £900 for palliative care at Spalding’s Johnson Hospital. The majority of the money was raised at Saracen’s Head Flower Club’s annual charity China Tea Party on September 5.The evening commenced with tea, which was supplied by the flower club ladies, followed by a flower demonstration by Ann Purts who created five wonderful arrangements.Following the ...

The history of this area has inspired a Spalding actor’s latest show which he’s performing at Ayscoughfee Hall tomorrow (Friday, September 29). The Arts Council funded Henry VIII Used to Hate Us is described as being ‘like Peaky Blinders but in the Fens’.It is aimed at 15 to 30-year-olds, though also suitable for older, and Ryan Gilmorton says he wanted ...

The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s latest lecture season kicks off tomorrow (Friday September 29). Dr Carenza Lewis was scheduled to be the first lecturer, but she’s had to postpone due to unforeseen circumstances. Instead society president Tom Grimes will step in with a lecture entitled “The City of London: History, Pageantry and 20 per cent of the British Economy”.Spalding Gentlemen’s Society lectures ...

Baby-faced singing sensation Aled Jones is heading to the South Holland Centre. The 52-year-old will be wowing people with his voice and tales of his incredible career in music and in presenting as part of Full Circle in Spalding on Friday October 4, 2024.“It’s time to come Full Circle,” he said. “I’m really excited about this tour. I’ll be telling ...

A group of volunteers looking to continue running a Holbeach centre for the community is putting on a host of events, including a Frankie Valli tribute to help get it more used. Holbeach Women’s Institute Hall on Park Road was given to the town by the Carter family, and for years it has been overseen by the WI.But earlier this ...

A Spalding man is to perform his new Arts Council backed show to the town. Henry VIII Used To Hate Us is described as being ‘Like Peaky Blinders but in the Fens’.Created by Ryan Gilmartin, it looks at the history of the local area in a production which includes live music scored by John Dipper who has scored for The ...

The Elizabethan Centre in Whaplode Drove is getting set to host its own Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 23.After being a success last year it’s back for 2023 as are the ‘Oompah’ Band, ‘Der Huffunpuffers’ coming from Milton Keynes.On the menu this year there will be guest beers to try and a vast array of authentic German food, great live music ...

Act II have some Big Fish to try this week. The youth theatre group are putting on their own adaptation of the Daniel Wallace novel that Tim Burton turned into a film. It’s on at The South Holland Centre until Saturday, September 23.A spokesman said: “Act II Theatre Company’s Music Theatre group follow up on their recent successes (The Sound ...

ABBA, T Rex, princesses and the real Francis Rossi, are all among the attractions at King’s Lynn’s Corn Exchange in the next few weeks.One of the leading tribute shows Forever ABBA’s seven piece band will be live in concert on Friday, September 29.Tickets are £28,50.The following day, real rock royalty will be in attendance.Francis Rossi, best known as being the ...

The Swinging Blue Jeans and a local Spalding band will be bringing the 60s back to Spalding on Friday (September 15). The band known for hits like Hippy Hippy Shake, Good Golly Miss Molly and Don’t Make Me Over are at the South Holland Centre from 7pm.They’re still fronted by long time member Alan Lovell who has recorded with artists ...

As part of the Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days, there are several events still to come.Vine House Farm Shop, Deeping St Nicholas, is allowing visitors to see its unique, and usually private, collection of vintage farm tools and machinary.It will be open from 10am to 3pm on Saturday and Sunday.In Spalding, The Gentleman’s Society is open until Saturday from 10am to ...

St Gilbert and St Hugh Church in Gosberton Clough is holding a Family Heritage Day on Saturday, September 9.The church which hit the headlines recently after its historic angels were restored for the BBC One programme The Repair Shop, will be open from 10.30am to 4pm.A spokesman said: “There will be guided tours with talks about the church, local history ...

After a break of three years the Siege of Crowland Abbey is back bigger and better with cannon, musket, pike and cavalry to mark the Siege of Crowland Abbey 1643.The Sealed Knot will be occupying Crowland for the weekend of September 16 and 17 to re-enact this English Civil War event.The weekend will consist of parades, mock battles, a torch ...

There will be plenty of pomp at Whaplode Drove’s Elizabethan Centre on Saturday as the King’s Lynn Town Band put on their own Proms Night.The theme this year is music from the stage and screen along with, of course, the stirring Proms-themed numbers that embellish the second half of the night.On the baton will be the ever-popular Steve Ingham and ...

The latest Best In Comedy show at the South Holland Centre boasts a fantastic line-up headed by Zoe Lyons.On Saturday, September 9 at 8pm the award-winning comic who has appeared on a host of the UK’s TV shows is joined by Tez ilyas, Paul McCaffrey and Peter Flanagan.Tez fronts his own sketch programme The Tez O’Clock Show on Channel Four ...

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is holding two fascinating events this month – The Adventures of William Stukeley exhibition from September 12-16 in the Broad Street Museum and Archaeology and Landscape – 18th century prints of Samuel and Nathaniel Buck on September 30 in Broad Street Methodist Church.William Stukeley was born in Holbeach in 1687.The museum has 44 drawings and documents, a ...