Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival organisers are pressing ahead with plans for next year’s event and hope to make it the ‘biggest and best yet’ in memory of its founder Phillip Martin.
Mr Martin, who was proprietor of The Crown Hotel, established the festival in 1996 and was well ahead with plans for Easter’s music programme when he died of a heart attack aged 65 in November.
A Christmas carol specially composed for Nantwich will be premiered before a packed crowd at St Mary’s Church on December 16.
The Nantwich Carol, celebrating the town’s historic and famous cheese industry, will have its official unveiling during Nantwich Choral Society’s festive family concert this Saturday.
Nantwich Museum will host a sing-a-long concert with Wistaston Singers.
The Wistaston Singers will lead the drop-in event of Christmas music at 11am on Saturday December 16.
Nantwich Film Club is showing the comedy drama called Mindhorn on December 11.
Richard Thorncroft is a has-been British TV actor who used to be famous in the late 1980s for playing the charismatic lead role in the Isle of Man detective show Mindhorn, a character with a Robotic eye that can literally “see the truth”.
By Jonathan White
Santa Claus has taken time off from his busy schedule to meet and hand out presents to boys and girls in Nantwich.
He has set up a town centre branch of his Grotto upstairs in the attic of the Nantwich Bookshop & Coffee Lounge on High Street in the centre of Nantwich.
By Jonathan White
Inner Wheel Club of Crewe members have been filling and collecting shoeboxes as part of the Rotary Shoebox Scheme.
Other local groups have contributed to the scheme are Haslington Boys’ Brigade, The Dingle Primary School, Vine Tree Primary School, Rotary Club of Crewe and various individuals.
Santa’s started out on his Crewe and Nantwich rounds – but volunteers are still needed to help him.
The traditional Crewe & Nantwich Round Table Santa float has begun its journey around South Cheshire.
By Claire Faulkner
David Bowie fans were treated to a great tribute night at The Lyceum when The Bowie Experience, The Golden Years Tour came to Crewe.
Opening the show with Space Oddity, singer Laurence Knight was supported by an exceptionally talented group of musicians who celebrated the music of one of the world greatest pop icons.
More than 60 members and guests gathered in Nantwich Museum to celebrate 50 years of Nantwich Civic Society.
The organisation has been serving the community and town to ensure conservation, good design and practical volunteering thrives.
More Christmas events are coming your way as Nantwich families see in the festive month of December.
Santa returns to Nantwich Civic Hall with another fun-filled Christmas Show this Saturday December 2.
Nantwich Singers will be presenting an hour’s concert of Christmas Carols on December 9 in St Mary’s Church.
The chamber group of 16 voices will perform under the theme “A Spotless rose” – taken from an ancient German hymn “Es ist ein ros entsprungen”, translated as “Lo, how a rose e’er blooming”.
By Claire Faulkner
The audience at Crewe Lyceum definitely had their dancing shoes on and rocked the night away when Buddy Holly and The Cricketers performed their show Holly at Christmas.
Opening with ‘That’ll be The Day’, the show went on to feature all of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits.
The RSPCA’s Stapeley Grange wildlife centre and cattery in Nantwich is holding its annual Christmas Fair to raise much-needed funds.
The centre is inviting animal-lovers to get into the festive spirit at their annual Christmas fair on Sunday December 10.
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