A celebrity football match featuring stars of soap operas and sport is one of the main attractions happening in Ashby this weekend.

Ashby Ivanhoe FC are hosting a celebrity game at their Lower Packington Road ground this Sunday at noon.

It is a charity game between Miles for Smiles and Supporting Charities FC.

Miles for Smiles are the charity that have organised the game with Ashby Ivanhoe providing the venue.

The line ups for the day are still being finalised - but the club are encouraging people to get to the match as there are bound to be some familiar faces to be seen.

Ashby Ivanhoe FC. Photo: Ashby Ivanhoe

Six names have been confirmed so far, they are:

• Paddy Kenny (ex Sheffield utd, Leeds, Utd, QPR)

• James Hooton (Emmerdale 1995 - present)

• Jay Konztle (Emmerdale 2018 - present)

• Frazer Clarke (Super heavy weight professional boxer, won gold at 2018 commonwealth games, bronze at 2020 Olympics)

• Jack Downham (Emmerdale 2009 - present)

• Nathan Kirk (Former Kickboxing Champion)

You can find out more about the day HERE.

Saturday sees more street food on offer at Brew in Market Street.

This week, it will be The Dirty Mac and Wings Co taking centre stage.

They will be offering up burgers, wings and combo meals.

You can find out more HERE.

For a change of pace on Saturday, local artist Sue Gardner is holding a Woodland Stag Painting Workshop at St Helen's Church Heritage Centre.

All the materials needed for the day are provided. Spend the day with Sue painting, learning and socialising with a small group of like minded artists and take home your own original stag painting on canvas.

This workshop is suitable for beginners and improvers alike.

There will be experiments with colour mixing, mark making, splattering, and glazing, to create a wild stag painting like the one shown.

These are small group sessions of around eight people, and the emphasis is on enjoyment and confidence building.

For more details, click HERE.

Sue Gardner's painting class is on Saturday

The White Hart has something special for fans of The Jam this Sunday afternoon.

A Band Called Malice will be recreating the classic tunes of the 70s and 80s from Weller, Foxton and Buckler.

You can find more details of that HERE.

And we are back to Brew again for another of their Lazy Sunday afternoon sessions.

This week, it's an acoustic session with Sam Hinds.

You can find out more HERE.