What’s on in the Advertiser area from November 21 to November 29
A round-up of club meetings, community events and theatre and music shows for the week ahead:
Thursday, November 21
Balderton: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 2.30pm-3pm
Coddington: Village Hall, Coddington History Group talk on Trinity House – Not Just Lighthouses! 7.30pm
Lincoln: Engine Shed, Jamie Webster
Newark: National Civil War Centre, Mini Museum play sessions for under fives, 10.30am-11.30am. Term-time only
Newark: Library, open reading group, 11am
Newark: Highfields School, Newark Flower Club, 7.15pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, Military Wives Choir, 7.30pm
Newark: Barnbygate Methodist Church Hall, Newark Choral Society rehearsal, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Motorpoint Arena, UB40 and Soul II Soul
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Opera North - Ruddigore, 7pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Tatty Macleod - Fugue, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Confidence Man
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Wheel
Nottingham: Bodega, Headsticks
Friday, November 22
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, Time Travelling Talk: Getting Dressed in the 17th Century, 3.30pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, Milton Jones : Ha!Milton, 7.30pm
Newark: Stray’s, live jazz, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Opera North - The Magic Flute, 7pm; plus 2.30pm tomorrow
Nottingham: Playhouse, Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens In A Christmas Carol,
Nottingham: Rock City, Massive Wagons
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Sports Team
Nottingham: Bodega, Kofi Stone
Southwell: Minster, Mariatu Kanneh-Mason, 1.30pm-2.15pm
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Saturday, November 23
Coddington: All Saints’ Church, music and mince pies, 2pm-4pm
Newark: Stray’s, live jazz, 7.30pm-9.30pm
North Hykeham: Terry O’Toole Theatre, Bernie Clifton - From Crackerjack to Vegas!
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Mo Gilligan - In The Moment World Tour, 8pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Lucy Beaumont live, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Hard-Fi
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Vola
Nottingham: Bodega, W. H. Lung
Rufford: Country Park, Santa’s Grotto, 9.15am-4pm, book in advance, to December22
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 10am-noon
Southwell: Minster, tour of Archbishop’s Palace and Palace Gardens, 12.15pm-1.15pm; Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle, 7.30pm
Sunday, November 24
Newark: Market Place, charity market and Christmas lights switch-on
Newark: Stray’s, live jazz, 1pm-3pm
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Jools Holland with special guests Marc Almond and Toby Lee, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Villagers
Winthorpe: Newark Showground, ‘Normous Newark Autojumble, from 8am
Monday November 25
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Fairytale Of New York, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Idles, and tomorrow
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, 86TVs
Southwell: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 9.30am-10am; followed by stay and play
Winthorpe: Newark Showground, Runway Monday, from 8am
Tuesday, November 26
Newark: Palace Theatre Cafe, Macmillan Cancer Support Group meeting, 2pm-4pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, Sherlock Holmes’ Christmas Casebook, 7.30pm
Newark: Bridge Centre, Newark Scottish Country Dance Society, 7.30pm- 9.30pm. Term times only
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Northern Ballet: A Christmas Carol, 7.30pm, plus matinees, to November 30
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, The Halle, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Paris Paloma
Nottingham: Bodega, Been Stellar
Southwell: Library, Storyhullabaloo, 4pm-4.30pm
Wednesday, November 27
Bingham: Carnarvon Junior School, Bingham and District Choral Society rehearsals, 7.15pm-9.30pm
Newark: Belvedere, London Road, Newark Breast Cancer Support Group meeting, 7pm-9pm
Nottingham: Motorpoint Arena, Fontaines D.C.
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, An Evening With Monty Don, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Nubiyan Twist
Nottingham: Bodega, Villanelle
Thursday, November 28
Balderton: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 2.30pm-3pm
Lincoln: Engine Shed, Rob Beckett - Giraffe
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, Northern Ballet: A Christmas Carol, 7.30pm, plus matinees, to Saturday
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Jamie Cullen, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Baroness & Graveyard
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, The Slow Readers Club
Nottingham: Bodega, The Skinner Brothers
Rufford: Country Park, Santa’s Grotto, 9.15am-4pm, book in advance, to December22
Southwell: Minster, The Snow Queen, 7.30pm
Friday, November 29
Lincoln: Engine Shed, Legend: The Musc Of Bob Marley
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: Stray’s, live jazz, 7.30pm-9.30pm
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Rhod Gilbert And The Giant Grapefruit, 8pm, and tomorrow
Nottingham: Playhouse, Jack And The Beansralk pantomime, times vary, to January 18
Nottingham: Rock City, Myles Kennedy
Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Smoove & Turrell
Nottingham: Bodega, Pip Blom
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 3:30pm-4:30pm