With schools across the county gearing up to welcome the half term holiday, we give you the lowdown of top events in Lincoln for families to enjoy.
Frequency Festival 2013
When: October 17 – 26 Where: Various locations across the city Tickets: Many exhibitions are free (see site for details on individual slots)
Enjoy a packed schedule of digital culture, arts and innovation across a range of venues in Lincoln. The programme of interactive exhibitions and performances during the festival showcases national and international talents and promises something for all the family. See the full interactive programme of events.
Fresh Paella at the International Food Festival
International Food Festival
When: October 17 – 20, 9am – 5pm Where: Lincoln High Street
Bringing an eclectic sense of flavour to the city centre, the International Food Festival is certain to give you a scrumptious addition to your days out. Continental traders are set to bring foods such as delicious crepes, cheese and meats. For a list of stall at the festival, see our full event listing.
Do you collect or restore, vintage Teenage fashion dolls? Restore dolls? Following their successful Sindy Convention in July, organisers look forward to a unique day of trading. See our event listing here.
This live music event is in aid of LIVES (Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services) and welcomes all the family to join in with live music, karaoke, raffles, tombolas and much more. See our event listing here for more details.
Temple Bruer is a Lincolnshire Heritage Trust site on Temple Farm.
Get out and explore a piece of Lincolnshire’s hidden heritage with the kids this half term. Crack the code left by the Knights Templar at Temple Bruer and receive a prize from the locked treasure chest! See our listing here for more details.
Lincolnshire Sausage Festival
When: October 26, 10am – 4pm Where: Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln LN1 3AA
What better way to celebrate local heritage than to enjoy a festival of food — Lincolnshire sausages in particular! Bring the family along to Lincoln Castle for a day of cookery demonstrations by top chefs, entertainment, street music and activities for the kids. With over 50 exhibitors, there is something for everyone. Check out our full event listing here.
Planet Circus
When: October 22 – 27, 8am – 5pm Where: Lincolnshire Showground, Grange-de-lings, Lincoln LN2 2NA
See Britain’s number one family circus show at the Lincolnshire Showground. Audiences everywhere are describing the performance as “the best ever” and organisers are proud to announce that this is the only circus in Britain with five daredevil motocross stunt riders. See more information on the acts performing as well as times and ticket information on our full listing.
Guys and Dolls Family Fun Day
When: October 24, 10am – 3:30pm Where: The Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Burton Road, Lincoln LN1 3LY
The Museum of Lincolnshire Life are hosting a fun-filled free day of crafts for all the family to enjoy. The Guys and Dolls themed day will see you making your very own rag doll or even a Guy Fawkes puppet. Perhaps you would prefer to make a giant Halloween figure? See our full event listing here for details.
Lincoln Ghost Bus Tours will take place on October 26 from Lincoln Cathedral West Front.
Lincoln Ghost Bus Tours
When: Saturday October 26, 4:30pm – 6:30pm Where: Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PX Tickets: £6.00
This Halloween, get spooked with tales of haunted Lincoln by getting on board the open top city sightseeing bus – in an event that’s a “first” for the city. Margaret Green, Lincoln’s ghost tour expert will send a shiver down your spine as she regales passengers with tales about the ghosts and ghouls of Lincoln’s past, during an atmospheric, hour-long spooky tour. Booking details in our event listing here.
RSPCA’s Halloween Black Cat Disco
When: Saturday October 26, 7:30pm – 11:45pm Where: VIP Club, Lincoln City Football Ground, Sincil Bank, Lincoln, LN5 8LD Tickets: Adults £6.00, Children £3.00 Children under 5 go free Special Family Ticket (up to two adults and two children) – £15.00 Tickets are also available on the night at £7 per adult and £4 per child.
Join Lincolnshire RSPCA for their Black Cat Disco at Starglaze VIP Lounge. This spooky spectacular will run from 7:30pm until midnight and guests will be joined by ghouls, goblins and of course witches and their black cats. Tickets are now on sale at the office at St Marks, from any member of the fundraising team, or at RSPCA events leading up to the night. Full details in our event listing here.
Fangtastic Family Day
When: October 26, 10am – 3pm Where: The Showroom, Tritton Rd, Lincoln LN6 7QY
Bring all the family along to a day of apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, treasure hunts, arts and crafts, fancy dress and many more spooky Halloween activities! The day is free entry but some activities may be chargeable. For more info, call 01522 508360.
The Green Flag flying at Hartsholme park. Photo: CoLC
Hartsholme Mask Making & Halloween Trail
Mask making: October 22, 1pm – 3pm Halloween Trail: October 23 – 27, 12noon – 3pm Where: Hartsholme Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln LN6 0EY Price: Masks £3.40, Trail £2
Join the Hartsholme Park rangers and make your very own Halloween mask in time for ‘Trick-or-Treating’. For those a little braver, the Hartsholme Halloween Trail starts at the visitor centre and is set to scare you out of your skin. See if you can make it to the deliciously ghoulish treat at the end!
All children must be accompanied by an adult. To book, contact the park visitors’ centre on 01522 873577.
Family Fun Day
When: October 26, 9am – 5:30 Where: Waterside Shopping Centre High St, Town Centre, Lincoln LN2 2PG
Free family fun with bouncy castle for children and community while you shop.
Magic Pantomime Fun
When: October 21 – 25, 2:30pm
Where: Barn Theatre at Rand Farm Park, Rand, Lincoln LN8 5NJ Price: No extra cost, regular admission charges apply
Packed with family fun and audience participation, this unique pantomime brings together The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella in one production. With more undercover fun across the farm, meet all the Rand Farm Park cows, mountain goats and softer than soft alpacas; zoom around the go-kart track and enjoy hours of fun in the indoor play!
Multi Sport Holiday Club
When: October 21 – 25, 9am – 4pm (early drop-off and late pic-up available) Where: William St, Saxilby, Lincolnshire LN1 2LP Price: £12 per person per day (Discount for five day bookings)
The St Andrews Community Centre in Saxilby are hosting a series of exciting sports days especially for girls and boys aged between 4 and 11. Fully trained, CRB checked coaches will offer seven hours every day, teaching new sporting skills and building confidence in a safe environment.
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Few people attended the second Kill the Bill protest in Lincoln on Saturday, as Extinction Rebellion activists stood alone on the High Street to campaign against a proposed policing bill that could make many protests illegal.
Activists from Extinction Rebellion Lincolnshire gathered at Speakers’ Corner to oppose plans for the latest Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which could curtail protesting rights if passed through parliament.
Extinction Rebellion were the main representatives at the protest. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Under the proposed bill, police officers will be given greater powers to put a stop to any protests, as well as determining start and finish times for them, and controlling noise levels.
A few stopped to talk with the protestors, but most just went about their day walking down Lincoln High Street in the first weekend that non-essential shops and beer gardens reopened.
The Lincolnite spoke to one of the rebels at the protest, to find out the reasons behind the march.
They said: “This draconian bill cannot go ahead, it needs to be taken apart and re-evaluted completely.
“People have been walking past us shaking their heads, but they don’t realise that it’s their freedom we are fighting for.”
The Lincolnite photographer Steve Smailes captured some pictures from the protest.
Signs were put up by the works at Speakers’ Corner on Lincoln High Street. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A 19-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the A52 on Friday evening.
The single-vehicle crash, involving a white Suzuki Splash, happened in the westbound lane of the A52 between Barrowby and Sedgebrook at around 7.20pm on Friday, April 16.
The driver of the car is now in hospital after suffering serious injuries, and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Officers believe the driver had travelled from Grantham on the A52 at Barrowby before the crash.
Anyone who has dashcam footage or saw the vehicle before the incident is being asked to call 101, quoting incident 420 of April 16.
Alternatively, you can email [email protected], using the same reference in the subject box.
It has been a tragic week with three deaths on Lincolnshire’s roads after two male motorbike riders and a man on a pedal bike lost their lives.
The roads are now busier again after further lockdown restrictions were eased on April 12, but since then three men have sadly died.
A man died after falling from his pedal bike in Branston on Wednesday, April 14 and police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.
On the same day, a 34-year-old male died after a crash involving two motorcycles near Gainsborough.
The man who lost his life in the collision was riding a silver Wuyang motorcycle. The second motorcycle was a blue Suzuki being ridden by a man in his 30s, who was taken to hospital with suspected serious injuries.
A 54-year-old man from North Lincolnshire also died after his motorbike crashed with a Royal Mail post van on the A631 near Glentham at around 4pm on Thursday, April 15.
This comes after it was revealed on March 11 that for the first time in over three decades nobody had died on the county’s roads in the first months of the year, according to Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership.
Lincolnshire Police revealed earlier this week that between 2018 and 2020 twenty five motorcyclists lost their lives on Lincolnshire’s roads.
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