Complementing the inaugural King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival, two exhibitions are being mounted. Landscape in Abstraction, modern and contemporary art from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be in the Fermoy Gallery and in the Red Barn, Connect, works created by the local community inspired by the line, form and colour of the River Great Ouse; in conjunction with Stories of Lynn, .
Springwood Swing Band conducted by Eddie Seales of the famed Eddie Seales Big Band. GlenMiller standards to Gordon Goodwin and the NYJO, this band performs them all - and will be filing the Guildhall of St George with sweet music to help keep the medieval theatre where Shakespeare performed alive and working. The Ella McReady Trio will perform in tandem.
Ticket proceeds will go to the newly-formed Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust, which aims to provide a thriving arts centre at the King Street venue.
Ticket prices and availability and where to buy them will soon be published. www.shakespearesguildhalltrust.com. In the meantime make a note in your diary.
Complementing the inaugural King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival, two exhibitions are being mounted. Landscape in Abstraction, modern and contemporary art from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be in the Fermoy Gallery and in the Red Barn, Connect, works created by the local community inspired by the line, form and colour of the River Great Ouse; in conjunction with Stories of Lynn, .
Complementing the inaugural King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival, two exhibitions are being mounted. Landscape in Abstraction, modern and contemporary art from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be in the Fermoy Gallery and in the Red Barn, Connect, works created by the local community inspired by the line, form and colour of the River Great Ouse; in conjunction with Stories of Lynn, .
Complementing the inaugural King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival, two exhibitions are being mounted. Landscape in Abstraction, modern and contemporary art from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be in the Fermoy Gallery and in the Red Barn, Connect, works created by the local community inspired by the line, form and colour of the River Great Ouse; in conjunction with Stories of Lynn, .
Complementing the inaugural King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival, two exhibitions are being mounted. Landscape in Abstraction, modern and contemporary art from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be in the Fermoy Gallery and in the Red Barn, Connect, works created by the local community inspired by the line, form and colour of the River Great Ouse; in conjunction with Stories of Lynn, .
Complementing the inaugural King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival, two exhibitions are being mounted. Landscape in Abstraction, modern and contemporary art from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be in the Fermoy Gallery and in the Red Barn, Connect, works created by the local community inspired by the line, form and colour of the River Great Ouse; in conjunction with Stories of Lynn, .
Shop2Drop will be showing clothes from a range of companies and in sizes from 8 - 20, with up to 75% discount. Cash, visa and credit cards accepted. All proceeds will go to The Norfolk Hospice Tapping House. Bar, stalls and raffle. Tickets £5 from Stories of Lynn Saturday Market Place.
Scams, how to recognise them, deal with them and avoid them
8th May, 2019
Marriott's Warehouse
South Quay
PE30 5DT
Lisa Auker, Community Banker, Nat West, West Norfolk will outline the pitfalls of this growing menace.
She will be speaking at the quarterly meeting of the St Margaret's with St Nicholas Ward Forum, to which all are invited
Shakespeare Guildhall Trust fundraiser. Lynx Theatre: Sylvia Pankhurst and the Sufragettes
8th May, 2019
Guildhall Complex
King Street
King's Lynn, PE30 1ET
Celebrate May Day with serious drama at St George's Guildhall.
Ticket proceeds will go to the newly-formed Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust, which aims to provide a thriving arts centre at the King Street venue.
Tickets £14 - £12 concessions - available from the Corn Exchange Box office 01553 764864.
Full details of the production from www.lynxtheatreandpoetry.org
The close ties between Lynn and there Hanse will be explored by Professor Anthony Bale in his lecture 'Networking in Europe in the Fifteenth Century', Margery Kempe whose son lived in Germany and traded there as a merchant, will be featured.
Tickets £5, available on the door or from True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum on 01553 770479 or email hidden; JavaScript is required
Part of a weekend of festivities and events to celebrate King's Lynn Association with the Hanse focussing on the maritime heritage and European connections today.
Hanse Festival Weekend - lecture, 300 years of Hanse Assemblies
11th May, 2019 –
Marriott's Warehouse
South Quay
PE30 5DT
1358-1669: 300 Years of Hanse Assemblies – their End and Heritage leading Hanse scholar, Dr Angela Huang, details the Hanse's formidable history.
Tickets £5 on the door or from Trues' Yard Fisherfolk Museum 01553 770479 or email hidden; JavaScript is required
Part of the Hanse weekend celebrations.
The close ties between Lynn and there Hanse will be explored by Professor Anthony Bale in his lecture 'Networking in Europe in the Fifteenth Century', Margery Kempe whose son lived in Germany and traded there as a merchant, will be featured.
Tickets £5, available on the door or from True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum on 01553 770479 or email hidden; JavaScript is required
Part of a weekend of festivities and events to celebrate King's Lynn Association with the Hanse focussing on the maritime heritage and European connections today.
Friends of King's Lynn's Samaritans charity bike ride
12th May, 2019
Sandringham Visitor Centre
Wolferton Road,
Sandingham, PE35 6AB
This years optional fancy dress theme is 'musicals'. There are two routes, one of 14 miles and one of eight miles. Registration is from 9.30am and the ride begins at 10am.
For further details, registration and sponsorship forms please contact Jenny Storf on 01553 773099, 07717056884 or email email hidden; JavaScript is required.
West Norfolk Association National Trust: AGM and update on the gardens of Peckover House, Wisbech
12th May, 2019
South Wootton Village Hall
Church Lane, South Wootton
PE30 3LJ
The AGM will be at the earlier time of 2pm. This will be followed by Jenny Windsor, senior gardener at Peckover House, Wisbech who will give an update on the gardens there.
Concert: An Evening of Russian, German and English Song
22nd May, 2019
Town Hall
Saturday Market Place
PE30 5DQ
Joan Rogers, soprano and Rebecca Cohen piano. Songs include those by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Shostakovich, Medtner and Rubenstein. Hosted by the King's Lynn Music Society.
Suggested donation£10; free to under 18s, students in full time education and those with membership affiliated to FRMS.
King's Lynn Music Society: Recital, Nazran Fikret, soprano.
22nd May, 2019
Town Hall
Saturday Market Place
PE30 5DQ
Nazran studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made her operatic debut aged 13. She will be accompanied by Rebecca Cohen, piano, who is staff accompanist at the Guildhall School and Morley College.
Coffee available thirty minutes before the event.
Visitor's fee £10; free to full-time students and under 18s. Annual membership £50.
King's Lynn Civic Society annual meeting and lecture: Success of the Townscape Heritage Initiative.
23rd May, 2019
Thoresby College
The Great Hall
South Quay
Key buildings in St James Street and Saturday Market Place have been restored supported by grants from the THI and their enthusiastic owners, as Steven King, THI project officer, Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk will relate.
Members free - visitors £2.
Dress up Forties' style, dance to Major Swing and music of the Forties - and enjoy a chip supper.
Tickets £12 (bring your own drinks) which includes chips - and an accompaniment of your choice: fish/fishcake/sausage or vegetarian option.
Reserve tickets on 07578 828529 or email hidden; JavaScript is required
All proceeds to the new Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust, which has been formed to keep the Guildhall of St George in King's Lynn as a working theatre and make the Guildhall Complex a thriving arts centre.
Lynn Museum hosts a coffee morning on the last Wednesday of the month with a different theme each time: a chance to learn more about the museum collection, try a new craft and enjoy coffee and cake.
Only £1 or Free for Friends of Kings Lynn Museum (FKLM). Details 01553 775001
Just like a pub quiz but no sport nor celebs.
Instead: heritage, arts, literature, nature and local and general knowledge
And a warm, friendly atmosphere.
£5 per head including coffee and home-baked biscuits.
Proceeds in aid of Marriotts Warehouse Trust.
Details: 07582 037301
Another in the popular series of True's Talks. Subject TBC. Wise to book as these talks book up quickly, irrespective of the subject.
No charge - donations welcome for the work of True's Yard.
Frederick Savage is famed for the fairground rides he invented, developed and sent around the world from his engineering works in North Lynn, the St Nicholas Ironworks. Dr Paul Richards traces the effect he had upon the area and his importance as a part of Lynn's history.
Tickets £5. Places limited so booking essential. 01553 770479 email hidden; JavaScript is required
Local History Week - Frederick Savage, Engineer, Northender & Mayor
30th May, 2019 –
True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum
North Street
PE30 1QW
Join Dr Julian Litten & Dr Paul Richards at True’s Yard and St Nicholas Chapel – looking at Savage’s amazing achievements and the Victorian way of death. £5pp (Lunch not included).
Details: 01553 770479
Local History Day at True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum
1st June, 2019
True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum
North Street
PE30 1QW
Full day of events at True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum
The Pat Midgley Research Centre will be open to the public throughout. Discover the rich source material held there and more about family history.
12noon– Exhibition Opening The 150th Anniversary of The Alexandra Dock (1869-2019)
1pm North End Guided Tour what better way to get to know your local history than to walk the streets and see the marks our ancestors left on the landscape? Hear the remarkable stories of the people of the North End and round it all off with a cup of complimentary tea or coffee in the museum's newly restored Georgian tearoom. £5pp. Advisable to book.
1pm-2:30pm –Drop In- An introduction to Family History - Free
1:30pm & 2:30pm - 1000 years in 10 minutes. An abridged history of King’s Lynn- performed by museum manager – Lindsey Bavin. Suitable for all ages. Free.
For more information or to book tickets call 01553 770479
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Festival Extra - Shakespeare: exhibitions
