What’s on in the Skegness area this week

WEDNESDAY

* Fused glass workshop with Matt Sorrell. Alford Craft Market. 2.30-5pm. £49. All materials, use of tools, and equipment provided.

* Alford Arts and Crafts Group. Alford Corn Exchange. 1.30-3.30pm. £2.50. Painting classes with Fossey. Village Church Farm, Skegness. 11am-1pm.

THURSDAY

* Glyn’s Art For Life, Methodist Hall, Algitha Road, Skegness. 9-11.30am. Book on 01754 228477 or 07941 024285.

* Learn to dance – ballroom or sequence, Latin American, jive, rock ‘n’ roll – County Hotel, Skegness. Weekly modern sequence dance at the Pensioners Hall, Skegness, 7.30-10pm.

* Little Gems Dance Group, Lillibet’s and Imperial Rooms, Grosvenor Hotel, Skegness, 5–7pm.

FRIDAY

* Skegness Christmas Switch On. Hildreds Centre. Entertainment from 6pm, switch on at 7pm. Santa Parade will leave Briar Way at 6.20pm.

* That’ll Be The Day Christmas Show. Embassy Theatre, Skegness. 7.30pm. £26.50 (£25.50 for senior citizens, £15 for children).

* Palms Tai Chi Club, at Trusthorpe Village Hall, Fridays 10.30am to noon, £4.

* Bingo, Burgh Windmill Granary, 7pm.

* Keep fit class for over 50s, Burgh WI Hall, 11am to noon. 50p per crown.

SATURDAY

* Skegness Victorian Market. Lumley Road, Skegness. 10am to 4pm.

* Spilsby Christmas light switch-on with Santa’s Sleigh Ride, outdoor market, and entertainment. High Street, Spilsby. 1-7pm.

* Victorian Christmas Experience. Village Church Farm, Skegness. 10am to 4pm.

* Supreme Queen. Embassy Theatre, Skegness. 7.30pm. £26 (£14 for children).

* The Cabeytu Brothers. The Suncastle, Skegness. 7.30pm. £16.

* Annual Christmas opening at Gunby Hall on theme of ‘a wild Christmas’, with handmade flora and faune. Gunby Hall. 11am to 4pm. £9.25 (£4.75 for children, or £2.50 for adult members and £1 for child members). Daily.

* Burgh Methodist Church Christmas Fair. 2-4pm.

* Alford Christmas Craft Market. 10am to 7pm. Free.

SUNDAY

* Victorian Christmas Experience. Village Church Farm, Skegness. 10am to 4pm.

* Charity Christmas lights switch on at 16 Alma Avenue, Skegness. 6pm. Entertainment from 5.15pm.

* Alford Christmas Craft Market. 10am to 4pm. Free.

MONDAY

* Make Fairy Light Beads with Pris McGirr. Alford Craft Market. 10.30am to 1.30pm. £40. All materials included.

* Palms Tai Chi Club, County Hotel, Skegness, 10-11.30am. £4.

* Learn to line dance, Burgh Methodist Church. Beginners’ class from 1.30-2.30pm, and an improvers’ class from 2.30-3.30pm. Call 01754 811505.

* First Step To Fitness, Spilsby Pavilion, Ancaster Avenue. 9am. £5. Contact Lisa at Lincolnshire Fitness on 07749 842092 for details.

* Active Ageing, Spilsby Pavilion, Ancaster Avenue. 10.15am. £5.

TUESDAY

* The Skegness Branch of the Royal Air Force Association’s Christmas coffee morning. Methodist Church, Algitha Road. 10am to 1pm.

* The Mark’s Tuesday Walks group. Meeting at Finnigans Bar, Beacon Way, Skegness. 10-11am.

* Burgh parish quiz. WI Hall. 7.30pm. Teams of four allowed. £4 per team. To book, call 810194 before Sunday.

* Weekly Sewing, Knitting and Crochet group. Alford Craft Market. 10.30am to 1.30pm. £2 (includes refreshments).

* Weekly bingo. Alford Corn Exchange. 6.30pm for a 7pm start. £1 per book of eight games, £1 per flyer game.

* Skegness Running Club beginners, New Life Centre, Spilsby, 6.30pm.

* Zumba Fitness with Michelle, Lillibet’s & Imperial Rooms, Grosvenor Hotel, Skegness, 7-8pm.

* Tone-Fit, Burgh le Marsh WI Hall, Orby Road, 10.30am. Enquiries to Jan Hutson on 07833 331149.

* First Step to Fitness, Burgh le Marsh WI Hall, 6pm. £5. Stretch and Release, Burgh le Marsh WI Hall. 7.30pm. £5.

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