| Event (click below for more details) | Price | Location | Exhibitor | To book contact... |
Thu 20 Aug | Crime Writer Talk (2.15 - 3.45) | Free | Ashby Library | Anne Zouroudi | 0116 305 5917 |
Fri 21 Aug | Telstar Swing Band (8.15pm -11pm) | £8 adult | Venture Theatre | | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
| Concert in a Day - Grade 2+ 10am - 7pm | £10 per young person £3 for show (adults) | Ashby Baptist Church | Jackie Ashton | 01332 864007 |
Sat 22 Aug | Arts Festival Opening various events/time | Free | Market Street, outside Boots | | just turn up |
| Ashby African Drummers performance / Workshop 10-12noon | Free | Market Street, outside Boots | Ashby African Drummers | just turn up |
| | Salsa Dancing Performance / Workshop 12noon onwards | Free | Market Street, outside Boots | | Just turn up |
| Busking Session 11am - 3pm | Free | Rushtons Yard | Ashby Songwriters | Just turn up |
| Writing Folk Past Lives Fiction Workshop (10 - 4) | £30 adult | The Marquee 7 Melbourne Rd, Newbold, Coleorton LE67 8JH | Folk on the Farm | Tel: 01530 223467 sue@writelink.co.uk |
| Fiddling Folk Workshop (10 - 2) | Adult£10 child £5 | The Marquee 7 Melbourne Rd, Newbold, Coleorton LE67 8JH | Folk on the Farm | Tel: 01530 223467 sue@writelink.co.uk |
| Johanne with the Long Hair (7.30pm onwards) | £3 includes wine & nibbles | Ashby Museum | Sue Kendrick | 01530 223 456 |
| Exhibitions | Buy a ticket for £3 per adult to view all exhibitions and open studios | various | various | |
| Open Studios | Buy a ticket for £3 per adult to view all exhibitions and open studios | various | various | |
| Quorn Brass Band 7:30pm | £5 adult | Holy Trinity Church | | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
Sun 23 Aug | Harmony Singing Folk Workshop (10 - 4) | Adults £25 Conc £20 | The Marquee 7 Melbourne Rd, Newbold, Coleorton LE67 8JH | Folk on the Farm | Tel: 01530 223467 sue@writelink.co.uk |
| Performing Folk (7pm) | Free | The Marquee 7 Melbourne Rd, Newbold, Coleorton LE67 8JH | | Folk on the Farm | Tel: 01530 223467 sue@writelink.co.uk |
| Exhibitions | Buy a ticket for £3 per adult to view all exhibitions and open studios | various | various | |
| Open Studios | Buy a ticket for £3 per adult to view all exhibitions and open studios | various | various | |
Mon 24 Aug | Illustrate Your Story (for age 8+) 10 - 12 | £3 per child | Ashby Baptist Church | | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
Tue 25 Aug | 3 n 3 (3 plays in three days) 11-16yrs (9:30-7pm) | £30 per child | Ashby Venture Theatre | NWLDC | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
| 3 n 3 (3 plays in three days) Performance (6.30pm) | | Ashby Venture Theatre | NWLDC | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
| Open Reading (7:30 - 9:30pm) | Free | La Zouch Restaurant | Ashby Writers | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
Wed 26 Aug | Festival Art Talk 7-9pm | £3.50 to include refreshments | Ashfield In2Focus, Resolution Road, Ashby de la Zouch Le65 1HW | Hester Finch and Phil Redford | Ashby TIC T: 01530 411767 or Helen JoyceT: 01530 560166 |
| Ukuleles & Guitars for 6+ yrs 10-12 or 1-3pm | £5 child | Ashby Baptist Church | | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
Thu 27 Aug | Still Life Workshop | £20 adult | Ashby Museum | Di Lorriman | 01530 414276 Di Lorriman |
| Pyrography Workshop Age 8+ 1-3pm | £4 child | Ashby Baptist Church | | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
| Roots & World Music from Mellow Baku with David Anderson 8.15pm | £3 Adult £3 child | The Crowded House | | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 or The Crowded House |
Fri 28 Aug | Literary Dinner:"Twenty Years In The Word Mines" (7.30pm - 11pm) | £20 per adult | La Zouch restaurant | Ashby Writers | Ashby TIC 01530 411767 |
Sat 29 Aug | Himalayan bowls, gongs, percussion and voice 11-11:45am & 2:30-3:15pm | Free | Ashby Congregational Church, Kilwardby Street | Stephen Scotney | Just turn up |
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