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Listed below is a selection of events, many within about 30 minutes drive from Louth. Most of the events in Lincoln city would be better visited by bus; there is a regular service from Louth bus station, 10 minutes walk from the house. This list will be added to from time to time, but it is worth contacting Louth Tourist Information Centre (01507-609829) for forthcoming events. 2008 16-17 February St Peter’s Church, Gayton le Wold Snowdrop Flower Festival St Peter’s Church, Gayton le Wold Snowdrop Flower Festival The beautiful little church at Gayton le Wold decided to bring their community together to organise their first Snowdrop flower festival event to celebrate the coming of spring in this beautiful landscape. The churchyard is brimming with snowdrops at this time of the year and numerous helpers from the village and its surroundings worked hard to fill the church will striking flower arrangements, numerous spring poems and of course, to offer refreshments to visitors during the two day event. 4 March Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 8-9 March Discover Greater Lincoln weekend Various locations and attractions open their doors and welcome vistors to take a look around 29th March 2008 Spring Food Fair, Horncastle. The Town Hall, car park and marquee, Boston Road, Horncastle 10.00am – 4.30pm. Admission free. With Rachel Green demonstrating throughout the day, the Spring Food Fair provides lots of opportunities to pick up fresh new recipe ideas. For a mouth-watering medley of Lincolnshire produce, an array of stalls will be selling cheese, cakes, preserves, chutneys, beef, pork, chocolates, prize-winning sausages, organic vegetables and much more. 15 April Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 4 May European market, Louth 9 May-18 May Lincoln Book Festival 10-11 May & 17-18 May West Lindsey's Churches Festival 17 May-1 June Lincolnshire Wolds Walking Festival Discounts available at our holiday home for this event 20 May Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 24-26 May Tathwell art exhibition 1 June Louth classic car and country show 6 June Louth Male Voice Choir St Mary's Church, Marshchapel. 7.30pm 14 June Louth Open Singles Bowls Tournament 15 June Classic car day, Ludborough station 18-19 June Lincolnshire Show – one of the finest agricultural shows in the country 20-22 June EcoFest 2008. Bagers Farm, Asterby 22 June Midsummer market, Horncastle 24 June Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 5 July 1940s Day, North Thoresby 5-6 July Waddington International Airshow 11-13 July Skegness Kite festival 12 July Louth Open Pairs Bowls Tournament 19-20 July Exhibition of Fine Arts. St Mary's Church, Marshchapel. 19-20 July Lincoln Waterfront Festival 19-20 July The MSA British Superkart Grand Prix The MSA British Superkart Grand Prix is the pinnacle of the British Superkart year with the very best drivers from Britain and Europe competing for six GP titles. 20 July Mablethorpe illuminations switched on, with firework display 26 July Stunning firework display at Skegness, followed by the turning on of the illuminations 29 July Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 9 August Louth Open Triples Bowls Tournament 15-17 August Small World 2008, Bagers Farm, Asterby 23-24 August Craft Fair at Louth Riverhead Theatre 23-25 August British Superbikes 2008, Cadwell Park, near Louth 31 August Vintage Sports Car Festival. Cadwell Park, near Louth Many of the country’s finest examples of pre-war racing machinery will be on show, competing around 2.1 miles of unforgiving racetrack. 5-7 September Cleethorpes Jazz festival 2008 9 September Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 11-14 September Lincolnshire heritage Open days Around 80 special openings and events around the county 12 September Recital for Celllo and Piano. St Mary's Church, Marshchapel. 7.30pm 13-14 September 1940s Weekend, Ludborough Station 20-21 September Bathing Beauties Beach Hut Festival, Mablethorpe 14 October Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 14 - 19 October Wolds Words Festival Taking place in and around Louth, Lincolnshire during October each year, this annual festival offers everything and anything to do with words! 24-30 November Wild Coast Festival, Mablethorpe 18 November Auction of antiques, collectables and household items at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth 30 November Louth Christmas Market November-December Breeding seals at Donna Nook Donna Nook is one of the most accessible sites for seeing seals at a time of breeding in the UK. Elsewhere they either gather on beaches but in far away places like the Scottish islands, or they are out to sea in rocky outcrops. In Lincolnshire it is a short ride from Louth to the beach and there they are, from the end of October to early January. Last year there were almost 1000 pups born, so far this year around 700.
4-7 December Lincoln Christmas Market The Lincoln Christmas Market is an event not to be missed. More a Christmas experience than anything else, a trip to Lincoln is guaranteed to melt the heart of even the most avowed anti-shopper! Imagine a cobbled square overlooked by a floodlit 12th Century cathedral, a Norman Castle and black and white timber-framed buildings. Brightly coloured stalls decorated with lights, selling every conceivable Christmas gift and the traders in Victorian costume. The smell of chestnuts roasting, mince pies and a particularly potent hot mulled wine. The delicate sound of hand bell ringers or local choirs singing carols by lantern light, street theatre and beautiful services in the majestic Cathedral. These are just some of the reasons people flock to Lincoln at this special time of the year. Book accommodation early for this major event! 14 December Horncastle Christmas Market 19 December Evening auction of silver and jewellery at the Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth
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