What’s on in the Newark Advertiser area July 10 to July 18
A round-up of club meetings, community events and theatre and music shows for the week ahead:
Thursday, July 10
Balderton: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 2.30pm-3pm
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, ELO Again
Newark: Town Hall Spotlight Gallery, Digital Explorations exhibition, to Saturday
Newark: National Civil War Centre, Mini Museum play sessions for under fives, 10.30am-11.30am. Term-time only; Newark Book Festival (NBF) children and young adults book market, 9.30am-3.30pm; The NorthRoad talk with author Rob Cowen, 7pm-8pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, NBF fantasy and adventure panel, 10am-11am; Grow, Play and Live talk with author Luke Palmer, 1.30pm-2.30pm
Newark Library, NBF your first novel - writing workshop, 10am-noon
Newark: Cemetery, Chapel Interpretation Centre, open for grave search and refreshments, 10am-2pm
Newark: Inspire in Buttermarket, NBF From The Stars To Electric Cars workshop with poet Fiona Theokritoff, 1.30pm-3pm
Newark: Market Place, NBF The Zone pop-up community space, 3pm-6pm,and tomorrow
Newark: Gannets, Castlegate, NBF Wine and Words, 3.30pm-6pm
Newark: Barnbygate Methodist Church Hall, Newark Choral Society rehearsal, 7.30pm
Newark: Flying Circus, Michael Morrow and The Culprits, 8pm
Nottingham: Motorpoint Arena, Torvill And Dean: Our Last Dance, to Saturday
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Beyond The Barricade, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, 7.30pm
Southwell: Workhouse, Workhouse Whodunit trail, to October 17
Friday, July 11
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, Absolute Britney
Newark: Library, Newark Book Festival (NBF) Do Lions Hate Haircuts talk with author Bethany Walker, 9.30am-10.30am; Island Spirit musical performance by Nina Blaszcyk and Phil Baggaley, 11.30am-12.30pm; CAT Dungeons and Dragons workshop, 1.30pm-4pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, NBF Deadly Secrets and Dystopian Fears with authors Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir and Eve Smith, 10.15am-11.15am
Newark: Newark Art Gallery, NBF Storytime with Emma Oldham, 11am-noon
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am; Chauntry social group, 12.30pm-2.30pm
Newark: Town Hall, NBF The Best Of Everything with author Kit de Waal, 2pm-3pm; Creating Characters with authors Caroline James and Rowan Coleman, 4pm-5pm
Newark: Congregational Church, The Sanctuary offering quiet reflection and a listening ear, 2.30pm- 4pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, NBF An Evening with Sophie Hannah, 7pm-8.30pm
Newark: Navigation, Old Number Seven, 9pm
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Bing’s Birthday, 4pm; plus 10am, 1pm and 4pm tomorrow
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Rob Lamberti presents Perfectly George, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Miss Americana - A Tribute To Taylor Swift, 7.30pm
Southwell: Minster, Lunchtime concert: Piano recital with Joseph Murfin, 1.30pm-2.15pm
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Saturday, July 12
Burton Joyce: Village Hall, 10am to 1pm, Community market.
Lincoln: Engine Shed: Indiepalooza Festival - Copycat Killers V Scam Fender V Subarctic Monkeys
Newark: Market Place, NBF Literature Village, 9.30am-4pm, and tomorrow; The Zone community space, 11am-5pm, and tomorrow.
Newark: Library, NBF Summer Reading Challenge, Story Garden - green-fingered crafty fun, 9.30am-10.30am; young ambassadors’ writing workshop, 10am-noon
Newark: Town Hall, NBF The Brain At Rest with neuroscientist Dr Joseph Jebelli, 10am-11am; Georgian Creativity And Artistry with Essie Fox and Laura Shepherd-Robinson, 12.30pm-1.30pm; The Creative Battle with four creatives, 2.30pm-3.30pm; Pleasantly Disturbed with TV comedy writer Lee Stuart Evans, 7pm-8pm
Newark: Library, Lego and games club, 10am-noon; Scrabble Club, 1pm-3pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, NBF Byron’s Manor: Birthplace Of His Poetry with Geoffrey Bond, 11am-noon
Newark: Beaumond Gardens, From Page To Stage performance workshop, 1pm-3.30pm
Newark: Buttermarket bookbench, NBF storytime with festival’s young ambassadors, 11.30am-noon; Inspire, dragons and fairytale fun craft and music session, noon-4pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, start of town tour - Besieged But Never Beaten (deep dive), 1pm
Newark: Navigation, Southern Frontier Country Band, 9pm
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Captain Narwhal’s Pirates Vs French Dinosaurs, and tomorrow; The Greatest Star: Barbra Streisland Tribute Show, 7.30pm
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 10am-noon
Southwell: Minster, tour of Archbishop’s Palace and gardens, 12.15pm-1.15pm; Southwell Choral Society’s Summer Serenade, 7.30pm
Sunday, July 13
Bottesford: Off A52, carboot sale, 7am
Coddington: All Saint’s Church, Pet Service, 3pm
Long Bennington: 49 Church Street, open gardens for National Garden scheme, 1.30pm-4.30pm
Newark: Market Place, Newark Book Festival (NBF) En Plein Aire: Art Club, 10am-3pm
Newark: Town Hall, NBF A Trio Of Creative Criminals with M. J. Alrlidge, T. M. Logan and Ian Moore, 10.30am-11.30am; Rap School: Poetic Flow with Rob Bradley, 1pm-2pm; Love And Laughter, Tea And Cake with authors Cathy Bramley, Cressida McLaughlin and Sue Moorcroft, 3.30pm-4.30pm; Steve’s Stage Open Mic Fesival Finale, 7pm-9pm
Newark: Castle bandstand, NBF start of Writing The Worlds walk and workshop, 11am-12.30pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, NBF Oaklore with environmentalist Jules Acton, 11am-noon; One Step Ahead with author C. L. Peache, 12.30pm-1.30pm; Crimes, Clues And The Inside Man with author Trevor Wood, 2pm-3pm
Newark: Outside town hall, NBF start of Newark tree walk, 12.30pm-1.30pm
Newark: Stokes, NBF discover the coffee roasting, 1pm-2pm
Newark: Inspire Buttermarket, NBF Inspired Anthology Launch, 2pm-3pm
Newark: Gannets cafe, NBF Sunday news, 2pm-3pm
Newark: Flying Circus, Jack Brett and Luc Chignall, 4pm
Newark: Navigation, James Manners, country set, 6pm
Southwell: Minster, guided tour of minster, 1.30pm-2.45pm; tour of Archbishop’s Palace and gardens, 3pm-4pm
Monday, July 14
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am
Southwell: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 9.30am-10am; followed by stay and play
Tuesday, July 15
Newark: Library, places of welcome, 10am-11am
Newark: Services Club, bingo, 1pm-3pm
Newark: Bridge Centre, Newark Scottish Country Dance Society, 7.30pm- 9.30pm. Term times only
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, 7.30pm plus matinees, to August 2
Southwell: Library, Storyhullabaloo, 4pm-4.30pm
Wednesday, July 16
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, screening of 42nd Street,
Newark: Library, adult colouring group, 10.30am-noon
Newark: Services Club, bingo, 7pm-8.45pm
Newark: Palace Theatre, Albert Lee, 7.30pm
Nottingham: Playhouse, Rhythm Of The Dance, 7.30pm
Southwell: Workhouse, start of 2.5-mile Becher Walk, 10.45am-12.30pm
Southwell: Minster, tour of Archbishop’s Palace and gardens, 2.15-3.15pm
Thursday, July 17
Balderton: Library, Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 2.30pm-3pm
Newark: National Civil War Centre, Mini Museum play sessions for under fives, 10.30am-11.30am. Term-time only
Newark: Town Hall Spotlight Gallery, Digital Explorations exhibition, to Saturday
Newark: Cemetery, Chapel Interpretation Centre, open for grave search and refreshments, 10am-2pm
Newark: Barnbygate Methodist Church Hall, Newark Choral Society rehearsal, 7.30pm
Newark: Flying Circus, James Oliver Band, 8pm
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, 7.30pm plus matinees, to August 2
Nottingham: Playhouse, The Rat Pack In Concert, 7.30pm
Southwell: Workhouse, Workhouse Whodunit trail, to October 17
Friday, July 18
Lincoln: New Theatre Royal, Living The Life Of Riley
Newark: Library: Rattle, Rhyme And Roll for babies and toddlers, 10-10.30am; Chauntry social group, 12.30pm-2.30pm
Newark: Congregational Church, The Sanctuary offering quiet reflection and a listening ear, 2.30pm- 4pm
Newark: Flying Circus, Well Hung Heart, 9pm
Newark: Navigation, Conspiracy Rising, 9pm
Nottingham: Rock City, Fell Out Boy and The Black Charade
Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, Sweet And Sour: The Ultimate Tribute To Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter, 7.30pm
Southwell: Library, Lego club, 3:30pm-4:30pm
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