Britain's What's On Event Guide
What's on around Alfreton
Today to Wed 24 Feb, closest first.
Coronavirus: Do check with venue for Cancellations
1 Highfield Road - Open Garden for NGS
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Offers a large variety of plants, shrubs, rhodos, azaleas, bulbs and alpines. Large heuchera collection gives colour and texture all year. Espaliered archway, with apples, plums & pears.
1 Highfield Road, Nottingham NG16 1BQ
Sat 13 Feb
East Midlands Virtual Careers Fair
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Out of work due to the current global pandemic? Join us at our East Midlands Virtual Careers Fair, the perfect place to find your next career!
Virtual Event
Wed 24 Feb
The Dower House - Open Garden for NGS
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Beautiful view of Melbourne Pool from balustraded terrace running length of 1829 house. Garden drops steeply by paths and steps to lawn with herbaceous borders and bank of shrubs.
The Dower House, Melbourne DE73 8JH
Sat 13 Feb and Sun 14 Feb
10 Chestnut Way - Open Garden for NGS
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A large garden full of interesting and unusual plants designed to have colour and interest throughout the year. Storm damage to some large trees has given yet more opportunities for new planting.
10 Chestnut Way, Repton DE65 6FQ
Sun 21 Feb
The Poplars - Open Garden for NGS
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Mature ½ acre garden on the site of a Victorian flower nursery, now a series of well planted areas each with its own character.
The Poplars, Newark NG23 6QA
Sun 7 Feb
Considering the care of your loved one? Local care home offers advice
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On Wednesday 27th January, from 6.30pm-7.30pm, the Care UK team at Lonsdale Mews, on Farley Way, will host a free ‘How We Care’ online event.
Virtual Event
Today
Leicester Comedy Festival
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Leicester Comedy Festival and The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival will be returning in 2021, running from the 3-21 February, with special measures in place to comply with current government COVID-19 Secure
Leicester LE1 1RE
Wed 3 Feb to Sun 21 Feb
Lunar Lecture – Food & the Georgian Pauper
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Lunar Lecture – Food and the Georgian Pauper: Evidence from Sandford Street Workhouse Garden, c. 1770-1834
Oliver Twist asking for more gruel has cast a long shadow over the diets of workhouse...
Virtual Event
Thu 28 Jan
Jason Manford
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He’s back! It’s been a busy few years for Jason Manford since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t changed a bit.
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester LE1 7RU
Sat 13 Feb
Virtual Comedy Bingo
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This will be a hilarious and unique event, hosted by comedian Bren Riley, and filled with family fun and prizes, all whilst raising money to grant Wishes for children with life-threatening
Virtual Event
Fri 29 Jan
The East Indies comes to Lincolnshire: the Story of Maidenwell Manor
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Afternoon Talk organised by the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology (SLHA) and presented by Naomi Field, Senior Archaeological Consultant, Prospect Archaeology Ltd, Lincoln.
Virtual Event
Sun 31 Jan
The Acers - Open Garden for NGS
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Medium sized garden, with a Japanese theme incl a zen garden, Japanese tea house, koi pond, more than 20 different varieties of Acers, many choice alpines, Trilliums, Cyclamen, Erythroniums, Cornus,
The Acers, Hinckley LE10 1NA
Sun 21 Feb
Westview - Open Garden for NGS
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Organically managed small walled cottage garden with year-round interest. Rare and unusual plants, many grown from seed.
Westview, Leicester LE8 9EH
Sat 20 Feb and Sun 21 Feb
Train to Teach London
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People in London are being encouraged to join a virtual careers event to find out more about life as a teacher.
Virtual Event
Sat 30 Jan
North West of England Careers Fair
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Out of work due to the current global pandemic? Join us at our North West of England Careers Fair, the perfect place to find your next career!
Virtual Event
Today, Fri 5 Mar
Larry Dean - Fudnut Tour
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Chambers Touring is delighted to announce that Larry Dean will be taking his brand-new show Fudnut on a tour of the UK and Ireland in Autumn 2020 – Spring 2021.
The Dancehouse, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5QA
Sat 13 Feb
Earth, but not as we know it: Lovelock’s legacy and our future
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Join us for a YouTube live stream of this unique event exploring James Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis.
The Gaia Hypothesis, which was first formulated by James Lovelock in the 1960s, suggests that...
Virtual Event
Sat 13 Feb
Changing the system: Brian Eno and James Thornton in conversation
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Join Brian Eno, a dedicated climate campaigner and Trustee of ClientEarth as well as a renowned musician, record producer and visual artist, as he talks to ClientEarth’s CEO and founder, James
Virtual Event
Mon 15 Feb
West Midlands Careers Fair
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Out of work due to the current global pandemic? Join us at our West Midlands Careers Fair, the perfect place to find your next career!
Virtual Event
Wed 17 Feb, Wed 31 Mar
Webinar - Monthly Photo Critique Feb
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Online - Webinar - Submit two photos (edited+original for each) - Alan will provide a photo critique on technical execution, composition and editing.
Virtual Event
Mon 15 Feb
Zoom into Sing Political!
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Bring your songs, raise your voices, let the songs be heard, whether they were written yesterday or hundreds of years ago, let us learn from them and take heart from them.
Virtual Event
Wed 10 Feb, Wed 10 Mar
Scandi music session - online
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Another chance to meet up and play a few Swedish and other Nordic tunes .
All musicians welcome - more info and links to tunes via the ScandiBrum facebook page or...
Virtual Event
Sun 14 Feb, Sun 14 Mar, Sun 11 Apr
Left-Write
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SONGWRITING SESSION ON ZOOM
We are sometimes a bit uncertain about bringing a new song to Sing Political: about the song itself: does it work, is it too long, etc.
Virtual Event
Today
Zoom into Tales and Ales
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AN EVENING OF SHARED STORIES
A relaxing night out with a cool drink and surrounded by friends listening to stories would suit us well right now.
Virtual Event
Wed 3 Feb, Wed 3 Mar
Counterfeit Seventies Show
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Having toured extensively with The Counterfeit Sixties show they now bring you their unique Seventies show from a decade of glam rock through to new wave music, and everything in between.
The Core at Corby Cube, George Street, Corby NN17 1QG
Wed 24 Feb