Long running popular event, this bijou 2 day fair fills the ground floor rooms of the fabulous Brooksby Hall (up to 30 stalls) 10am - 4pm both days £2.50 (cash entry on gate) Light refreshments, ample parking, beautiful grounds. Dogs NOT permitted inside this venue. FREE TRADE ENTRY 8.30am - 10am Saturday ONLY (with trade ID)
Melton Mowbray Vegan Market will take over the Market Place, right in the centre of the town and where the regular market operates. The event will bring together a huge variety of vegan street food vendors, artisan bakers, craft brewers, ethical jewellers, sustainable chandlers, local artists, zero-waste champions, environmental charities and loads more. To apply to trade at a Melton Mowbray event click the 'Apply Now'
Join the Friends of Melton Carnegie Museum the third Tuesday of the month at 2.30pm for an exciting series of historical talks by Jed Jaggard. Attending the talks is free for members, membership is just £10 per year. If you would like to attend a talk without joining up, the cost is £3. Everyone is welcome! For more information about joining the Friends of Melton Carnegie and their talks contact us or pop into the museum for further information. 21st November - Donald Campbell and the Final record attempt
Christmas Tree Festival opening times Friday, 1st December - Tuesday, 5th December, Entrance Fee £2.50. Accompanied children FREE Friday 1st December 10am….Church open for viewing. (Last entry 8pm). Saturday 3rd December 10am….Church open for viewing. (Last entry 3.00pm). 5pm….Family Carol service amongst the Christmas trees. All are welcome to attend. Sunday 4th December 10am….Church open for viewing (Last entry 4pm). 6:30pm….Songs of Praise amongst the Christmas trees. All are welcome to attend. Monday 5th December 10am….Church open for viewing (Last entry 7pm). Tuesday 6th December 10am….Church open for viewing (Last entry 3pm). 4pm….Festival closes with prayers
A traditional Christmas experience for all the family! Traditional Christmas Market with an array of festive gifts, local produce, food & drink & hand-crafted wares, Santa’s Grotto, Live Music & Entertainment & much more! The Melton Mowbray Christmas Market will be held in the town centre over the weekend of Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd December, offering an array of traditional festive gifts, local produce, food and drink and hand-crafted wares. With music and family entertainment, it's the perfect place to enjoy some Christmas gift buying and local shopping, whilst also indulging in a drink or lunch in one of our [...]
Get creative! Enter the competition to make the best and most original Christmas Wreath! Great fun for anyone to enter, of any age, and a wonderful opportunity to promote your company or organisation. There are prizes in four categories: Age under 11 Age 11-16 Adult Business / group All wreaths will be on display in the church for the two days of the Christmas Wreath Festival Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd December. Wreaths can be made out of anything, and anyone from the youngest to the oldest can join in, even if it’s just on a paper plate. You will be [...]
Walk, jog or run the Santa Fun Run, over either 5 km or choose a 1 mile route. Registration from 09.30am onwards, run starts at 11am. Entry Details £10 per adult, with free adult Santa suit. £5 for children over 5 years, with free large child or small child Santa suit. Children under 5 - free. If you want to raise money for a charity or good cause of your own choice, download a sponsorship form. Sponsorship you raise is entirely for you to pass on to your choice of charity. Organised by The Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray, raising money to [...]
From the 30s, 40s, and 50s to Christmas Festivities! Experience the Bluebird Belles’ beautiful, slick vocal harmonies in an authentic vintage style. After two sell-out performances Burrough Jazz is delighted to welcome back the mesmerising, close harmony trio, the Bluebird Belles. Dubbed 'the best thing since The Andrews Sisters', The Bluebird Belles are a professional 1940s & vintage vocal harmony trio from the West Midlands. Inspired by The Andrews Sisters and specialising in retro sounds from the 1920s up to the present day, the truly talented trio is guaranteed to engage the audience with a highly polished and visually stunning performance. [...]
Christmas Wrapping & Classic Car Meet in the Market Place Free to attend, for further info contact Nigel Keep on email nigelkeep@hotmail.com Plus FREE Christmas Gift Wrapping service and FREE drink vouchers courtesy of the ‘Melton Elves’!
Wendy Kirkland - Vocals and Keyboard Pianist and singer Wendy Kirkland has been a mainstay of the UK Jazz scene since the late noughties. After being persuaded to sing by a great friend and guitarist, Bill McCreath, Wendy learned to reach people who are perhaps turned off by instrumental jazz, as she learnt to communicate with the audience through the songs. Pat Sprakes - Double Bass Pat Sprakes is a guitarist and bassist, who has the uncanny knack of combining technicality whilst retaining solid harmonic rhythm and groove. A UK established jazz guitarist, Pat cut his teeth working with Tony Kofi [...]
Born in Durham and raised on a heady musical diet of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin, Jo Harrop cut her teeth as a session singer, working with a host of iconic artists including Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart and Gloria Gaynor. After moving to London, she quickly established herself as one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz. Having signed to London-based jazz label, Lateralize Records, she recently received a raft of rapturous reviews for Weathering The Storm, her debut with guitarist, Jamie McCredie. The Guardian dubbed it ‘a little gem of an album: simple, modest and perfect,’ whilst [...]
