What’s happening in the Newark Advertiser area August 8-16

A summary of club meetings, community events, and theater and music shows for the coming week:

Thursday, August 8th

Edwinstowe: Sherwood Forest, archery and axe throwing, 10am-5pm, until 3 September

Lincoln: The Exercise, Alabama 3

Newark: Downtown Book Bank Trail, through September 5

Newark: Castle, Wilde About Oscar, 7 p.m.

Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Classic Thriller Season: Murdered To Death, 7.30pm, plus Saturday matinee, until Saturday

Rufford: Country Park: Summer Superpowers Trail, until September 3

Southwell: Minster, How to Read the Minster Tour, 2pm-3.15pm

Winthorpe: Newark Showground, international antiques and collectors’ fair, and tomorrow

Friday, August 9th

Newark: Market Place, Newark On Sea Beach, until August 19

Newark: Stray’s, Jockey About, 7:30 p.m.

Nottingham: City of Rock, Hawkwind

Saturday, August 10th

Edwinstowe: Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood Festival events and activities, 10am-4pm, and tomorrow; Myths and Legends Walk with the Master at Arms, 1pm; Twilight Tales, 7pm

Gonalston: Glebe Steading, open garden for the National Garden Scheme, 2pm-5pm, and tomorrow

Lincoln: Engine Shed, Tough Fingers

Newark: Parish Church, Music for the Market – pianist Alexander Bradford, noon-12:45pm

Newark: National Civil War Centre, Newark Through Time City Tour begins, 1:30 p.m.

Newark: Flying Circus, The Ugliest Child, 4pm

Nottingham: Royal Centre, Limelight Backstage Tour, 10:30am

Nottingham: City of Rock, Daytime Fever

Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, The Black Charade and Fell Out Boy

Rufford: Country Park, mini vintage funfair, 10am-4pm, and tomorrow

Southwell: Minster, Archbishop’s Palace and Palace Gardens tour, 12.15pm-1.15pm

Sunday, August 11th

Bottesford: Off the A52, car boot sale, 7am-1pm

Newark: Market Place, The Plastic Ocean Show by Circo Rum Ba Ba, 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.

Newark: Castle, Blidworth Welfare Band, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Newark: Flying Circus, Cain Paisley, 4pm

Nottingham: City of Rock, Declan McKenna

Southwell: Cathedral, cathedral tour, 1.30pm-2.45pm

Winthorpe: Newark Showground, ‘Normous Newark Autojumble

Monday, August 12th

Newark: Parish Church, Toddle Together, 9:30am-11am

Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Red Fang

Tuesday, August 13th

Newark: National Civil War Centre, Playhem! Holiday Fun and Creativity, 10am-4pm, Daily Through Saturday

Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Classic Thriller Season – Fatal Encounter, 7.30pm plus matinees, until Saturday 17 August

Nottingham: Rescue Rooms, Armored Saint

Rufford: Country Park, Professor Temple’s Punch and Judy Show, noon-4 p.m.

Wednesday, August 14th

Lincoln: The Drill, Kiefer Sutherland and Tomorrow

Newark: Castle, The Gondoliers, 7pm

Nottingham: Playhouse, The Trials, 7.30pm plus 2pm Friday, until Friday

Rufford: Country Park, meet the animals at White Post Farm, 10am-3pm

Southwell: Minster, Archbishop’s Palace and Palace Gardens tour, 2pm-3pm

Thursday, August 15th

Edwinstowe: Sherwood Forest, archery and axe throwing, 10am-5pm, until 3 September

Kelham: The Renaissance at Kelham Hall, Jazz and Tapas Night

Newark: Market Place, Newark On Sea Beach, until August 19

Newark: Downtown Book Bank Trail, through September 5

Nottingham: Theatre Royal, Classic Thriller Season – Fatal Encounter, 7.30pm plus Saturday matinee to Saturday

Nottingham: Playhouse, The Trials, 7.30pm plus 2pm Friday, until Friday

Nottingham: City of Rock, Fat Freddy’s Drop

Rufford: Country Park: Summer Superpowers Trail, until September 3

Southwell: Minster, How to Read the Minster Tour, 2pm-3.15pm

Thursday 15th August

Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, The Halle – Sir Mark Elder’s Farewell Concert, 7.30pm

Friday, August 16

Newark: Stray’s, Trish HeenanJazz, 7:30 p.m.

Newark: Flying Circus, Crazy Chester, 8pm

Nottingham: Bodega, The Xcerts

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