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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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The Moira Folk Festival returns this weekend, running from Friday to Sunday.

The event features some well known and talented main acts, plus local and national, up and coming artists. A programme of workshops has been arranged and will be detailed on the website together with details of which days artists are performing, in advance of the Festival

Image: Moira Furnace and Country Park

Image: Moira Furnace and Country Park

Usually, most events take place on the green site of Moira Furnace, with a Ceilidh on Saturday Night at the Miners Welfare, just a few hundred metres from the main site. Singarounds and sessions also take place at local pubs, some 10 minutes' walk from the Festival main site, as well as various locations on the Festival site itself.

There are concerts all weekend in two marquees, each with a raised stage and PA system, plus singarounds in the Loft of the Furnace building and a wide variety of dancing, including Morris and Appalachian Step, in the Courtyard.

You can find more details HERE.

Conkers has two shows on this weekend.

On Friday, Pink tribute, Vicky Jackson, is playing the Moira venue.

She is the definitive Pink tribute, combining all of the star's major hits over 20-year period right up to the most recent releases.

You can find more details HERE.

Photo credit: U2UK

On Saturday, U2UK - with a strong connection to Ashby - return to Conkers.

Over their 16 year history, they have played to audiences all over the world, from Jersey, Beirut, Romania, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Azores, Ireland, Cyprus, Sweden, Holland, Belgium and of course all over the UK, and to crowds from as intimate as one hundred to over 10,000.

It's easy to see why U2UK are Europe's Premiere U2 Tribute Show.

You can find more details HERE.

Sports-wise, FA Cup football is back at Ashby Ivanhoe this Saturday.

The so-far unbeaten Ivanhoe take on Doncaster side Rossington Main at the NFU Ground hoping to make progress in the world's most famous Cup competition.

You can find more details HERE.

As usual, it is another packed weekend at Brew in Market Street.

Thursday night sees an open mic night with Mitch Colcombe and Saturday brings more pop up food in the shape of Colmobo Pop-up.

This weekend's Lazy Sunday Afternoon Session features Dorothy Ella.

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