Lancaster & Morecambe Athletics Club Christmas Festive Fun Run

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Lancaster & Morecambe Athletics Club is organising their popular Christmas Festive Fun Run from their clubhouse on the athletics track at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre, near Lancaster (LA1 5JS) again this year. It will be on Friday December 27th at 11.00am. The Run is aimed at families and fun runners as well as more regular competitors. There will be a great atmosphere and a super festive medal for all finishers and runners are very welcome to run in fancy dress. It’s still only £4 to enter with an extra £3 for registrations on the day. The route is flat and around 4k. Since this isRead More →

Remembrance Garden, Lancaster. Photo: John Freeman

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This year’s Remembrance Sunday falls on 10th November (2019) and a number of services have been arranged in the Lancaster district. Everyone is welcome to go along to remember all who died for their country in the two World Wars and also those who served in more recent operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq. Remembrance Sunday services will take place as follows: Lancaster Garden of Remembrance, Town Hall, Lancaster starting at 10.30am, followed by a service in the Priory Church at 11.30am. There will be a parade and March Past leaving the Priory Church and ending at Lancaster Town Hall at approximately 12.50pm. Morecambe Cenotaph,Read More →

Craig Charles - Photo by Luke Baker www.lukealexanderbaker.com

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TV and radio star Craig Charles will switch on the Morecambe Christmas Lights at the biggest festive extravaganza the town has ever seen. The Morecambe Sparkle weekend will be headlined by the popular actor, comedian and international DJ who is famed for his television roles in Red Dwarf and Coronation Street. The switch-on on Sunday 1st December at the Festival Market will also see live music from top Little Mix and Robbie Williams tributes, as well as local acts Jason Stardust, Ashleigh Wood and Sold to the Sky. Hosted by Beyond Radio presenters Duncan Moore and Greg Lambert, an afternoon of live entertainment will comeRead More →

Chameleon producer Reece Clarkson at last year's event at More Music in Morecambe. Image: More Music in Morecambe

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The talents of local young artists, musicians, film makers, dancers and theatre performers will be showcased at a special cabaret this December. Chameleon II, which takes place on Thursday 6th December 2019 at More Music in Morecambe, celebrates how the arts can positively impact and enhance mental health and wellbeing and follows a similar event last year. Among the performers will be local bands, Life In Neon and Buried In A Battlefield; magician Toby Rose, singer Amy Diggle and acapella group, LYVE. Chameleon II has been created by 16 young producers aged 14-21 who have been meeting weekly since September to plan and devise theRead More →

The Witching Way

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Two years ago Ali Matthews and Leo Burtin walked the 65 miles from Pendle Hill to Lancaster Castle, retracing the footsteps of the so-called Lancashire Witches who were hanged for seeming a little out of the ordinary. Reflecting on this pilgrimage led them to create the story of “The Witching Way”Read More →

Light Up Lancaster 2019 Fireworks. Photo: Robin Zahler

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Thousands descended upon Lancaster at the weekend to enjoy this year’s magical two night festival of light and art in the city. Delivered by Lancaster Arts City, Lancaster City Council and Lancaster BID, the city’s seventh Light Up Lancaster event drew inspiration from this year’s theme ‘Into the Skies’ to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing. Lancaster’s heritage buildings, public spaces and community corners were transformed through art commissions, video mapping, music and performance as local and national talent rubbed shoulders with international artists. This year’s programme saw the artwork Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram take centre stage. With a diameterRead More →

Dancer Seeta Patel

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Not Today’s Yesterday is the topical, critically acclaimed dance/theatre solo performed by Bharatanatyam (Classical Indian) dancer Seeta Patel who performed at Lancaster University’s Nuffield last year in Gandini Juggling’s SigmaRead More →

Morecambe’s Promenade Concert Orchestra

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Morecambe’s Promenade Concert Orchestra celebrates its 50th concert this November by reviving musical memories of a classic radio programme. Those Were The Days takes its name from a programme on ‘the wireless’ which was so popular that it survived for almost 40 years. Although the Promenade Concert Orchestra is young in comparison, having been founded in 2007, it will relive a selection of dance music from the original programmes at The Platform in Morecambe on 24th November 2019. Those Were The Days was originally broadcast on the Forces Programme before moving to the Light Programme and then Radio 2. For 23 years, the music wasRead More →