What’s on in the Newark Advertiser area October 10 to October 18
A round-up of club meetings, community events and theatre and music shows for the week ahead:
Thursday, October 10
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, The Drifters, 7.30pm
Lincoln: The Drill, Seth Lakeman
Lowdham: Bookcase, Golden Age Mysteries, Historical Puzzles and Locked Rooms with Tom Mead and Martin Davies, 7-8.30pm
Newark: Town Hall Spotlight Gallery, Art On The Move exhibition, to Saturday
Newark: National Civil War Centre, Mini Museum play sessions for under fives, 10.30am-11.30am. Term-time only
Newark: Barnbygate Methodist Church Hall, Newark Choral Society rehearsal, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Art, 7.30pm plus Saturday matinee, to Saturday
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Gareth Gates sings Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Nan, Me And Barbara Pravi, 7.45pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Jet
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Scarlet Rebels
Nottingham: Bodega, Snayx
Winthorpe: Newark Showground, international antiques and collectors fair, and tomorrow
Friday, October 11
Long Bennington: Village Hall, Facing The Waves musical with the RNLI, 7.30pm
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am; Chauntry social group, 12.30pm-2.30pm
Newark: Buttermarket: Newark Art Club exhibition, to October 19, 10am-4pm, except Sundays
Newark: London Road Congregational Church, open for quiet reflection,2pm-4pm
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Live At Lunch: RNCM Piano, 1pm
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Sydnie Christmas – My Way Tour, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Tones – A Hip-Hop Opera, 7.45pm; Now, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Samantha Fish
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Total Stone Roses
Nottingham: Bodega, Blanket
Southwell: Minster, The Eric Thiman Singers (Caterham School) 1.30pm-2.15pm
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Saturday, October 12
Claypole: St Peter’s Church, book fair, 10am-1pm
Coddington: Village Hall, quiz night for All Saints’ Church, 7.30pm
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, Dear Zoo, 1.30pm, plus 11am and 2pm tomorrow
Lincoln: Engine Shed, New Model Army
Lincoln: The Drill, One Night In Nashville
Lincoln: LPAC, Art Of Believing – Flamenco, 7.30pm
Newark: Library, Lego and games club, 10am-noon; Scrabble Club, 1pm-3pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, start of Besieged But Never Beaten town tour, 1.30pm
Newark: Parish Church, church heritage project tour, 2pm
Newark: Flying Circus, James Manners, 4pm
Newark: Stray’s, Frank Birkbeck Duo, 7.30pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, Newark and Sherwood Concert Band, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Royal Centre, Limelight Backstage Tour, 10.30am
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, The Chicago Blues Brothers, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Black Is The Colour Of My Voice, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Punk Rock Factory
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Ariel Posen
Nottingham: Bodega, Walls Of Dada
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 10am-noon
Southwell: Minster, tour of The Archbishop’s Palace and Palace Gardens, 12.15pm-1.15pm; Museum Of The Moon display, to October 22
Thoresby: Thoresby Estate, British National Ploughing Championships, and tomorrow
Sunday, October 13
Bottesford: Off A52, carboot sale, 7am-1pm
Newark: Stray’s, Kat Kyriss, 1pm-3pm
Newark: Flying Circus, Graham Mizen, 4pm
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Sunday Piano Series – Can Cakmur, 11am
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Ed Gamble – Hot Diggity Dog, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Master Peace
Nottingham: Bodega, Mimi Barks
Southwell: Minster, Music In The State Chamber with James Beddoe, 7.30pm
Monday October 14
Averham: Robin Hood Theatre, Newark Amateur Operatic Society production of Beauty And The Beast, 7.30pm plus 2.30pm Saturday, to October 19
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, The Lion And The Unicorn, 7.30pm
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, The Horne Section, 8pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Lemn Sissay: Let The Light Pour In Live, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Sammy Virji Isn’t it UK tour
Nottingham: Bodega, Humanist
Southwell: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 9.30am-10am; followed by stay and play
Southwell: Minster, pilates under the moon, 9am-9.45am; Papagena - Moonset, 7.30pm
Tuesday, October 15
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, The Nutcracker by The Classical Ballet And Opera House, 7.30pm
Lowdham: The Bookcase, talk by Rachel Blackmore on feminist icon Costanza Piccolomini, 2pm-3.30pm
Newark: Bridge Centre, Newark Scottish Country Dance Society, 7.30pm- 9.30pm. Term times only
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Birdsong, 7.30pm plus matinees, to Saturday, October 19
Nottingham: Motorpoint Arena, Becky Hill
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Dick And Angel – Forever Home, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, An Audience With Sir Paul Smith, 4pm and 7pm
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Bodega
Southwell: Minster, pilates under the moon, 9am-9.45am
Southwell: Library, Storyhullabaloo, 4pm-4.30pm
Wednesday, October 16
Bingham: Carnarvon Junior School, Bingham and District Choral Society rehearsals, 7.15pm-9.30pm
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, Will Young - Light It Up Live, 7.30pm
Lincoln: The Drill, Lloyd Griffith: Baroque And Roll
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Steve Hackett – Genesis Greats Lamb Highlights and Solo, 7.45pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Harriet Walker and Friends – Shakespeare’s Women Speak, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Starset – Immersion The Final Chapter
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Lyvia
Nottingham: Bodega, The Undercover Hippy
Southwell: Minster, Words and Music Under The Moon, 3.30pm-5pm
Thursday, October 17
Coddington: Village Hall, Coddington History Group talk onThe Gunpowder Plot – the Nottingham Connection, 7.30pm
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, T Rextasy, 7.30pm
Lincoln: Engine Shed, The Undertones and The Rezillos
Lincoln: The Drill, Jason Byrne – No Show
Newark: National Civil War Centre, Mini Museum play sessions for under fives, 10.30am-11.30am. Term-time only
Newark: Castle House, CAB drop-in session to see if you are eligible for Pension Credit, 2pm-5pm
Newark: Highfields School, Newark Flower Club, 7.15pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, pianist Ignas Maknickas, 7.30pm
Newark: Barnbygate Methodist Church Hall, Newark Choral Society rehearsal, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Birdsong, 7.30pm plus Saturday matinee, to Saturday
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Squeeze, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Fern Brady – I Gave You Milk To Drink
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Ist Ist
Southwell: Minster, Museum Of The Moon display, to October 22
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Ist Ist
Nottingham: Bodega, Dan Croll
Friday, October 18
Colston Bassett: Village Hall, Sonrisa - Very Much Alive, 7.30pm
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, UK Pink Floyd, 7.30pm
Lincoln: Engine Shed, The Dualers
Kelham: The Renaissance at Kelham Hall, Live and Let Dine Dining Experience
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am; Chauntry social group, 12.30pm-2.30pm.
Newark: London Road Congregational Church, open for quiet reflection,2pm-4pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, talk by Stuart Jennings on Newark in the British Civil Wars, 7.30pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, Musicals Sing-a-long, 7.30pm
Newark: Flying Circus, Red Giant, 8pm
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, The Magic Of Motown, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Peter Hook and The Light
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, The Icicle Works Acoustic
Nottingham: Bodega, Noisy
Southwell: Minster, songs and piano music related to the moon, 1.30pm-2.15pm
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 3:30pm-4:30pm
* To add a listing to diary dates, send the details to news@newarkadvertiser.co.uk