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WHAT’S ON Live events, music and theatre productions this July.
What’s On...
LINCOLN SATURDAY 9th JULY MASTERS OF SOUL AND MOTOWN AT LINCOLN CASTLE
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Not one... not two... but three musical legends and one stunning outdoor venue in the form of Lincoln Castle. The Real Thing perform their hits including Can’t Get By Without You and You To Me Are Everything, then original member of The Drifters, Roy G Hemmings, performs hits like Save The Last Dance For Me; Up On The Roof and Under the Boardwalk, and finally, The Foundations perform their most famous hits, including Build Me Up Buttercup and Baby Now That I’ve Found You. An all-star show in the sunshine at Lincoln Castle! n Hosted by Live Promotions, see www.livepromotions.co.uk/motown.
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LINCOLNSHIRE-BASED CHAPTERHOUSE BRINGS THE BARD TO BRIGG WITH TWO STAR CROSS’D LOVERS AT ELSHAM HALL
BRIGG SUNDAY 24thJULY ROMEO & JULIET
Lincoln’s own Chapterhouse Theatre Company is touring across the UK this month with its performances of Romeo & Juliet, as well as Cinderella and Pride & Prejudice. The former will be performed on Brigg’s Elsham Hall estate this month; £19.80/adults, £12.10/junior, doors 6.30pm, call 01652 657053. n Can’t make this performance? The play will also be staged on Sunday 7th August too, at Woodhall Spa’s Petwood Hotel, call 01526 352411. For booking and for more details, see www.chapterhouse.org.
SCUNTHORPE FRIDAY 1st JULY DIONNE WARWICK
With five Grammys, 60 hit songs and 100 million records sold across a 50-year career, Dionne is one of the most charted female artists of all time, famous for songs such as I Say A Little Prayer and ‘Walk On By.’ n From 7.30pm, Bath’s Hall, Scunthorpe, £68.60/adults, call 01724 296296.
BOSTON SATURDAY 9th JULY THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Heritage Opera presents Mozart’s sunniest comedy. Ravishing melodies accompany a farcical story centring on the wedding day of Seville’s favourite barber, Figaro. Heritage Opera returns to Boston with this masterpiece of classical opera. n From 7.30pm, tickets £29, call 01205 363108 or see www.blackfriarsartscentre.co.uk.
SKEGNESS SATURDAY 16th JULY STRICTLY PRESENTS: KEEEP DANCING!
A brand new spectacular show featuring Strictly 2020 finalist and EastEnders star Maisie Smith, together with semi-finalist and CBBC Presenter Rhys Stephenson plus Strictly professionals, Neil Jones, Gorka Marquez, Jowita Przystal & Nancy Xu. n From 7.30pm, £31.50/ad, see www.embassytheatre.co.uk.
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WOODHALL SPA SATURDAY 9th - SUNDAY 10th JULY WOODHALL SPA 1940s FESTIVAL
The home front is where the heart is this month as Woodhall Spa’s 1940s festival returns. Organisers carefully considered whether the war in Ukraine meant that hosting the event would seem insensitive, but decided that they could use the events’s popularity to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees in our area. The return of the event after two years away means a belated celebration of the event’s 10th anniversary, with its enthusiastic audience travelling miles to enjoy vintage memorabilia, cars, live music, re-enactments and displays. n For details of ticketed events and pack & ride provision, see www.woodhall-spa-40s-festival.com.
The Battle Proms are back!
ENJOY SENSATIONAL LIVE MUSIC, THE CAVALRY, FIREWORKS AND CANNON, AT BURGHLEY HOUSE
LINCOLN SATURDAY 27th - MONDAY 29th AUGUST ALFORD CRAFT MARKET
It’s time to meet the makers in Alford next month, so we’re giving you advance notice of Alford Craft Market’s August Bank Holiday event. In addition to the best Lincolnshire crafts, you’ll find live acoustic music each afternoon, Lincolnshire Morris Dancers on Saturday afternoon plus Banjo Bob on his guitar. There’s entertainment courtesy of a tradition Punch ‘n’ Judy show, and as well as the Earthbound Misfits street theatre and stilt walkers company. Admission ‘give what you can afford.’ n August Bank Holiday weekend, 10am-4pm, seewww.alfordcraftmarket.co.uk
A summer celebration with music, Spitfire flyover, cannons, cavalry and fireworks! Pack up the hampers and champers and join thousands of loyal fans for some exceptional entertainment at the 17th annual Burghley House Battle Proms Concert. In a beautiful setting overlooking the stunning Elizabethan architecture of Burghley House, this
LINCOLN STOP PRESS: 18th JUNE LA BOHÈME AT LINCOLN CATHEDRAL
A week after this edition appears in shops, there’s just time to secure your tickets for what will undoubtedly be a wonderful performance in the nave of the Cathedral. Nevill Holt Opera is an absolutely fantastic company normally located at their eponymous country estate, home of Grimsby’s David Ross, Carphone Warehouse founder and a philanthropist, responsible for funding the creation of the Magna Carta vault at the Castle. On 18th June, the group will perform at Lincoln Cathedral for the first time, and present La Bohème. n Lincoln Cathedral, 7.30pm, tickets £10-£65, call 01522 561600, see lincolncathedral.com.
quintessentially Great British ‘party in the park’ features magnificent musical firework displays and all of the ‘last night of the proms’ finale favourites, as well as toe-tapping vintage vocals, breathtaking Spitfire display, sensational freefall show by The Red Devils parachute team, historic cavalry display, and ground-shaking live fire from over 200 cannon! n Tickets from £44, gates 6.15pm, see 01432 355 416 or call www.battleproms.com. We have three pairs of tickets to give away to the first readers to email editor@pridemagazines.co.uk.
