Shankara Andy Bole

Andy Bole is on stage at the fourth annual Blind Cat Festival at Cabourne Parva on Sunday August 13.

Andy is a musician with a first class pedigree in acoustic and electronic music. He is a member of Bonfire Radicals, one of 7 guitarists in Daevid Allen’s Glissando Guitar Orchestra and is the guitarist with Fret and Fiddle. He has over the past several years played in some of the finest Acoustic bands, most notably the legendary Bushbury Mountain Daredevils and The Late Night Band who for many years were regarded as two of the finest acts in the U.K.

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Great British Folk Festival 2017

This year the seventh Great British Folk Festival weekend is scheduled from Friday 1st to Monday 4th December 2017, at the Butlins resort in Skegness.

Top of the bill – Hothouse Flowers, Fairport Convention and Eddi Reader. For a list of all acts announced so far please see this line-up page. Tickets for the whole weekend are priced from £116. The festival is an adult only break so no children will be allowed on the Resort during the festival. Further details and online booking link.

Vera gets a makeover in Canada

Don’t worry, it’s only temporary! Petwood Hotel Director Emma Brealey recently spent some time in Hamilton, Ontario, and sent back a souvenir video (via Facebook,) showing “our” Lancaster being transformed with the temporary markings of the Ruhr Express, KB700, Canada’s first built Lancaster. All was revealed at a special event at the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum. “It’s so wonderful to see our Canadian friends on screen again – and doesn’t Vera film well?!”

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Metheringham airfield visitors’ centre gains Full Museum Accreditation

The Friends of Metheringham Airfield are pleased to see that over two years of hard slog, mainly bureaucratic, have been rewarded by the granting of Full Museum Accreditation standard to the Visitors’ Centre. This prestigious award will open up further opportunities to improve the visitor experience to the centre and enable other artefacts in store to be exhibited in a more interactive environment.

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1940s festival video

Woodhall Spa 1940s weekenders may appreciate this video playlist celebrating this year’s event, produced by Dragon Studios:

Kaiser Chiefs on stage at a racecourse near you

Market Rasen in fact. The Brit Award-winning, multimillion-selling band will take centre stage in an open-air show on Saturday, August 19th.

Widely regarded as one of the best live bands the UK has produced in the past decade, the Leeds indie-pop group have become the darlings of the British music press. Their new album Stay Together marks the band’s sixth top ten release and they are about to take on a UK arena tour as well as playing a number of major festivals in Europe and beyond.

Tickets and more info here

The Snowman returns to Lincoln Cathedral

Following the success of last year, The Snowman is returning to Lincoln Cathedral for five performances on Saturday 18 November, Showing at: 11:30, 13:30, 15:00, 19:00 and 20:30. This festive Christmas classic will be shown on the big screen in the Nave, lit to create a magical atmosphere, accompanied by a live orchestra and soloists from Lincoln Cathedral Choir, who will make the most of the incredible acoustics of the Cathedral to ensure an unforgettable experience for adults and children alike. Links to buy tickets will be appear on the Cathedral website on Tuesday 1 August at 9:30am.

Originally published in 1978, The Snowman, created and illustrated by Raymond Briggs has become one of the world’s most popular children’s books, selling in excess of 8.5 million copies worldwide and being translated into over 15 languages. The book was adapted for screen by producer John Coates, first aired in 1982 and later broadcast on a global scale.