BRIGG EVENTS NOVEMBER 2014 TO FEBRUARY 2015

 COURTESY OF THE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE AT THE BUTTERCROSS, BRIGG MARKET PLACE

NOVEMBER 

Saturday 1 November

10am to 2pm –Children’s Craft Saturday – Brigg Heritage Centre, The Angel, Market Place. Make a lantern, do thumb prints or make a poppy. Children must be accompanied by an adult, £1.50 donation requested.01724 296771.

Tuesday 4 November

8pm – Mary Queen of Scots - Illustrated talk by David Templeman for BASH (Brigg Amateur Social Historians), Brigg and District Servicemen’s Club, Coney Court. Free. 01652 657053.

Thursday 6 November

7.30pm - Brigg and District Horticultural Society – Methodist Church Hall, Barnard Ave. Illustrated talk on apples and fruit by Shaun D’Arcy. Members free, non-members £2 including refreshments. 01652 653985.

Friday 7 November

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED- Flying with 550 Squadron from North Killingholme - Talk by Wing Commander (Retd) Jack Harris OBE DFC, St Denys' Church, North Killingholme. Admission by ticket only, £5 including refreshments, from 01469 540271 or 01469 540795.

Friday 7 to Sunday 9 November

7.30pm – Theft – Written by Eric Chappell, performed by Broughton Dramatic Society, Broughton Village Hall. Tickets £5 from Brigg Tourist Information Centre. 01652 657053.

Saturday 8 November

7.30pm – WWI Festival of Remembrance Concert – Angel Suite, Brigg. With St John’s Singers and the WI Singstitute, clarinet solo by Oliver Charles Lee, extracts from the WWI research project by pupils of Sir John Nelthorpe School. Adults £5, children £2.50, proceeds to Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. 01652 659402.

Sunday 9 November

10.30am or 1pm – Children’s  Pottery Snowmen Workshop - Waters’ Edge Visitor Centre, Barton. £10, booking essential. 01652 631500.

Friday 14 November

11am to 1pm – Adults Christmas Needle Felting Workshop – Snowman Bauble – Live, Love and Create, 23 Wrawby St, Brigg. Please book., £17 including materials. 01652 600992.

Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start – Charity Fashion Show – Scawby Village Hall, Dn20 9AT. Proceeds to St Luke’s Special Primary School and Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance. Tickets £7.50 including free drink and sweet treat from Petticoats, Climatise and Adore in Brigg or 01652 601753.

Friday 21 November

7 to 9pm – Silk Screen printed Ceramic Plate Workshop- Christmas Snowflakes – Live, Love and Create, 23 Wrawby St, Brigg. Please book, £30 including materials. 01652 600992.

Saturday 22 November

9am to 3pm - Brigg Farmers’ Market - Market Place. Visit this FARMA accredited award winning market and buy delicious local food from the people who produce it.  Now with over 30 stalls selling everything from venison to smoked salmon and home-made cakes to sauces. 01652 657053.          

10am to 2pm – Antique Fair – Buttercross Meeting Room, Market Place, Brigg. Organised by Brigg Heritage Centre. 01724 296771.                                                                                                      

10am to 2pm –Children’s Craft Saturday – Brigg Heritage Centre, The Angel, Market Place. Autumn printing and other crafts. Children must be accompanied by an adult, £2 donation requested.01724 296771. 

Tuesday 25 November

7.15pm - Brigg and District Flower Society Meeting - "Christmas Style" demonstration by Beverley Artis from Long Eaton, Angel Suite, Brigg. All welcome. 01469 681768.

Friday 28 November

From 5pm - Brigg Lions Christmas Fayre - Christmas lights switch-on by cast of Dick Whittington, craft and charity market, street entertainment, dancers, carol singers, Father Christmas, in Brigg town centre, late-night shopping until 9pm. 01652 652979.

Santa’s Elves Workshop – Brigg Heritage Centre, The Angel, Market Place. Make a present to take home, have a lucky dip in the bran tub. 01724 296771.

Sunday 30 November

Slots between 10am and 4pm – Christmas Family Day Workshop - Santa Plate – Live, Love and Create, 23 Wrawby St, Brigg. Please book, £14 including materials. 01652 600992.

10am to 3pm – Furry Tails of Christmas – The Mount, Castlethorpe, Brigg, DN20 9LG. Jerry Green Dog Rescue. 07799416907.

DECEMBER

Tuesday 2 December

8pm – Frodingham Ironstone - Illustrated talk by Paul Hildreth for BASH (Brigg Amateur Social Historians), Brigg and District Servicemen’s Club, Coney Court. Free. 01652 657053.

Friday 5 December

7pm – Christmas Nostalgia – Talk by Terry Richards for Brigg Heritage Centre – The Buttercross, Market Place, Brigg. Tickets £7 including mulled wine and mince pie. 01724 296771.

Saturday 6 December

7.30pm – Christmas Concert by the Brigg Singers – Messingham Village Hall. In aid of Holy Trinity Church, Messingham. 01724 842485 or pay on the door.

Monday 8 December

7.30pm – Brigg Singers Christmas Concert – Brigg Methodist Church, Barnard Avenue. £5 including refreshments from Brigg Tourist Information Centre   01652 657053 or 01724 842485.

Thursday 11 December

7 to 9pm – Adults Needle Felting Workshop – Christmas Pudding Bauble – Live, Love and Create, 23 Wrawby St, Brigg. Please book, £17 including materials. 01652 600992.

Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 December

10am to 4pm - Let’s rock it! - 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe. Free crafty drop-in activity inspired by the gallery exhibitions. Suitable for all ages but under 8’s must be accompanied by an adult. 01724 297070.

Friday 19 and Saturday 20 December

7.30pm - Barnetby Silver Band Christmas Concerts – Barnetby Village Hall. Tickets £6 including refreshments. 01652 688695.

Saturday 20 December

9am to 3pm - Brigg Christmas Farmers’ Market - Market Place. Visit this FARMA accredited award winning market and buy delicious local food for Christmas from the people who produce it.  Now with over 30 stalls selling everything from ostrich to smoked salmon and home-made cakes to sauces.  01652 657053.

10am to 2pm – Antique Fair – Buttercross Meeting Room, Market Place, Brigg. Organised by Brigg Heritage Centre. 01724 296771.

JANUARY

Saturday 24 January

9am to 3pm - Brigg Farmers’ Market - Market Place. Visit this FARMA accredited award winning market and buy delicious local food from the people who produce it.  Now with over 30 stalls selling everything from ostrich to smoked salmon and home-made cakes to sauces.  01652 657053.

FEBRUARY

Friday 20 February

7.30pm – “Show for Ebony” – Brigg and District Servicemen’s Club, Coney Court. Music and variety acts, fund raising for Ebony Smith, a 5 year old Brigg girl suffering from neuroblastoma. Tickets £5 in advance from Brigg Tourist Information Centre 01652 657053 (£7.50 on door).

Jackson Live - Baths Hall, Scunthorpe. 0844 8542776.

Saturday 28 February

9am to 3pm - Brigg Farmers’ Market - Market Place. Visit this FARMA accredited award winning market and buy delicious local food from the people who produce it.  Now with over 30 stalls selling everything from ostrich to smoked salmon and home-made cakes to sauces.  01652 657053.

All of the information   is believed to be correct at the time of going to press. North Lincolnshire Council cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. PUBLISHED BY BRIGG TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE, THE BUTTERCROSS, MARKET PLACE, BRIGG DN20 8ER. TEL/FAX  01652 657053 brigg.tic@northlincs.gov.uk                                                www.visitnorthlincolnshire.com