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This weekend's Ashby events cover a wide range of entertainment and activities hopefully there is something for everyone.

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There is a two-day Christmas Fair at the Wellie Deli in Newbold Coleorton near Ashby.

There will be lots of gifts and goodies for everyone with some fantastic local, artisan and boutique sellers lined up.

The Marlborough Square Community Choir will be there on the Saturday and Coalville Male Voice choir appear on the Sunday.

Santa will be in his grotto (pre-bookable) and you can even relax with a taster treatment or tarot reading.

There will be a couple of activities organised by the stallholders, food and drink available.

More details are HERE.

Tonight (Thursday) is the second of three Christmas Wreath/Garland Workshops at the Health workshop, Rushton's Yard in Ashby.

Join Chrissy and Tina from Ashby Toolbox for a festive evening and learn a new skill.

Places are limited so please book early - you can pick up a leaflet from the Health Workshop or Toolbox.

More details are HERE.

The Globe in Snarestone is under new management and having a relaunch party this Saturday.

The new landlord and landlady and keen to introduce themselves at this special event.

Adjacent to the Ashby Canal in the picturesque village of Snarestone, The Globe offers a blend of country pub food and drinks.

More details are HERE.



Brew's Lazy Sunday Afternoon Session returns this weekend.

Local husband and wife duo, Luke and Lucy, aka Unplugged, are back.

They are one of the Market Street venue's favourite acts and are always guaranteed to entertain the crowd.

More details are HERE.

St Helen's Heritage Community Centre is hosting a talk - The Bate & Kirkland Families of Ashby: their lives, ancestry and descendants next Tuesday.

The talk will be given by Anthony Yates, a descendant of the Bate & Kirkland families.

It covers Dr Thomas Kirkland, his life in medicine and music and his role in the trial and hanging of Earl Ferrers - this talk will be a tour across countries and continents, tracing the long ancestry of the Bates and later Kirklands from 1605 to the present day. 

More details are HERE.