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Culture Pinchbeck
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is reopening its History Hunters activity club after the summer break, with hands-on sessions planned at Pinchbeck Church and Spalding Baptist Church from September.
Culture Town Centre
The Rock School Bus is expanding its South Holland programme this autumn with a new Saturday youth club in Spalding, school workshops and a fundraising event featuring The Houndogs.
Culture
Ryan Gilmartin, who grew up in Spalding and attended Spalding Grammar School, will travel to Austria and Italy after receiving a Churchill Fellowship to study how rural communities create cultural events rooted in local heritage.
Culture Town Centre
Spalding’s annual Pumpkin Festival will return on Saturday, October 3, with activities, competitions, seasonal stalls and entertainment across the town centre from 11am to 3pm.
Culture Pinchbeck
South Holland Singers are preparing an informal afternoon concert at Spalding Baptist Church, with popular songs, refreshments, audience participation and a Last Night of the Proms-style finale. The choir is also welcoming new members and publicising further concerts and a taster day.
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A £45,880 Art Fund award is supporting the first large-scale redisplay of Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s collections in more than a century, with volunteers, young people and heritage professionals researching objects and preparing the museum for reopening in spring 2027.
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Refurbishment work at the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum on Broad Street has revealed historic building remains, Victorian water cisterns and previously hidden features, while structural repairs and piling continue ahead of a planned March 2027 return.
Culture Moulton
Moulton’s annual Harvest Weekend attracted crowds for tractor rides, scarecrows, livestock and ploughing contests, with organisers now preparing to assess the event and any money raised for the village.
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Spalding author Russell Dumper will release Britannia Hunts, the third book in his alternate-history Britannia series, on October 12, with a reading and signing at Spalding Library planned for November 10.
Culture Pinchbeck
Spalding Arts and Crafts Society has opened an exhibition of members’ work at Spalding Library, where visitors can view and buy pieces until October 3.
Culture Town Centre
The free Moulton Harvest and Tractor Weekend takes place on September 12 and 13, featuring machinery displays, family activities, a Saturday tractor parade, craft fair, live music and a weather-dependent Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast.
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The Greenwood Quire will perform A Winter’s Tale at Broad Street Methodist Church in Spalding on Friday, October 23, after being invited by the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society.
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Young performers from Spalding’s Act II Theatre Company will stage The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at the South Holland Centre from September 30 to October 3, with evening shows and a relaxed Saturday matinee.
Culture Springfields
Spalding’s Remembrance Sunday parade will again march back to the town centre after the service at St Mary and St Nicolas Church and Ayscoughfee Gardens, following complaints from some veterans about the route used during the past two years.
Culture Pinchbeck Road
A Victorian church vault, a historic mausoleum, a Cold War bunker and creative town-centre activities will feature in Heritage Open Days across Spalding and South Holland from September 11 to 20, 2026.
Culture Pinchbeck
The Spalding Arts and Crafts Society is celebrating its 110-year history with an exhibition at Spalding Library and a programme of monthly demonstrations at Pinchbeck Village Hall.
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Jeff Woods, known locally as Pavanotti, is bringing his Pavanotti & Friends concert back to Spalding after popular demand, with the September event raising money for local charities.
Culture Springfields
Soul legend Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band will perform at the South Holland Centre in November, almost 60 years after Washington headlined Spalding’s landmark BBQ 67 festival. The concert will launch a six-month oral-history project ahead of 60th-anniversary events in May 2027.
Culture Town Centre
A new daytime dance-music event will take place at Spalding Constitutional Club on Saturday, August 22, featuring local DJs, Northampton-based guest DJ Percy Williams and live act The Jump Ups.
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Ultimate ELO will perform at Spalding’s South Holland Centre on Saturday, September 5, with tickets priced at £29.50.
Culture Town Centre
A BID-organised free event brought live music, a major motorcycle display and thousands of visitors to Spalding town centre on Sunday. The BID is now planning further activities, including Countdown to Christmas and a month-long festival next May.
Culture Ayscoughfee
Ayscoughfest will take place at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding on Saturday, August 15, featuring tribute acts, local performers, children’s activities, charity organisations and community groups across the venue’s grounds.
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Holbeach Community Centre will host a summer party on Saturday, August 15, featuring live music from Stolen Fridays, refreshments from Holbeach Mobile Bars and food available at an additional cost.
Culture Market Place
Spalding Market Place will host a free day of live music and motorbike displays on Sunday, August 9, with eight acts scheduled to perform and viewing areas planned across six nearby streets and locations.
