Annual event celebrates Louth’s canal heritage
Louth's annual Culture at the Canal event takes place today (Saturday, September 12) celebrating local heritage with live music, food and drink.
It's the free annual event held in Louth that has been running for a number of years where people can go along for a chilled afternoon of music, drink and ice-cream.
Nestled at the head of the canal at The Riverhead, Louth’s Navigation Warehouse is one of the town’s most recognisable pieces of canal heritage, where there will be live music, spoken word, and water-based activities.
The Louth Navigation opened in 1770, connecting Louth with the Humber. The Navigation Warehouse dates from around the same period and played an important role in the canal’s working history, with goods including wool, corn, timber and coal passing through the waterway.
Today, the warehouse remains an important part of Louth’s canal heritage and is used by the Louth Navigation Trust for community, heritage and visitor activities.
Culture at the Canal is billed as a glorious combination and celebration of this part of town, in partnership with Louth Navigation Trust, arts festival event organisers Zero Degrees have helped to bring a vibrancy to the canal area.
There will be a local heritage talk by Stuart Sizer at 12noon and live music from 1-5pm.
Bensley’s ice cream will be on tap, as well as a Pimm’s bar, food and drink from The Woolpack Inn.