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What's
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Major dates in the
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Holly Holy Day and the Battle of
Nantwich,
held on the nearest Saturday to
January 25, the day of the
battle in 1644. This year the battle commemoration took place on the day itself. There
were events throughout the
town, but mainly in the town
centre. The re-enactment of the
battle took place on Mill Island (not
the site of the battle).
www.battleofnantwich.co.uk |
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EVENT POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER
Weaver Wander for classic and sports
cars, which was planned to held
on Saturday, May 23, has been
postponed to Saturday, September 12,
a notice on the website says. It
adds: "The
event will retain the current
arrangements for registration of
entrants and we have
confirmation from the owners of
Hankelow Hall that this revised date
is convenient.
We will be contacting all entrants
who have provided us with their
entries separately by e-mail to
ascertain whether they wish us to
retain the their entry or receive a
monetary refund." The
event is organised by the Rotary Club of
Crewe and Nantwich Weaver and
takes entrants on a 70-mile
navigation of Cheshire and Shropshire
to a different location each year.
www.weaverwander.co.uk
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St Mary's Summer Fete and the
SchoolsFest in
and around St Mary's Parish
Church in July. |
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Societies Spectacular, on The
Square (town centre) on Saturday, July
4. Local clubs
and societies set up stalls to tell the public about
their organisation and invite them
to join.
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Remembrance Sunday, on The
Square (town centre), on November 8.
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Christmas Lights Switch-on on
The Square (town centre) on Friday,
November 13. |
oThis
page
is based on personal knowledge and
verified by a leaflet produced by Nantwich Tourist Information Centre at The Civic Hall
in Market Street, together with
other publicity material.
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The 24th Nantwich Jazz, Blues and
Music Festival was cancelled due to
the coronavirus epidemic
during the 2020 Easter Weekend. Now
the organisers are planning to stage it from April 1 to 5 in 2021. The
2020
event would have included more than 150
gigs in local pubs and other venues
but the festival website
www.nantwichjazz.com says that with closed venues (that epidemic
again) they don't know what else will happen at this moment.
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CANCELLED DUE
TO COVID-19 EPIDEMIC
Nantwich Show and the International
Cheese Show, on the last
Wednesday in July. Billed as "the
UK's largest
one-day agricultural show", it
takes place on the showground in the
grounds of Dorfold Hall, just
outside Nantwich. The Cheese and
Dairy Awards take place on the
Tuesday. But this year's event has
been cancelled. For more information visit
www.nantwichshow.co.uk
and
this
page
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CANCELLED DUE
TO COVID-19 EPIDEMIC
Nantwich Food Festival, in the
town centre with support from food
outlets, from Friday, September 4 to
Sunday 6. A family friendly
festival with live music, events,
gourmet food halls and four celebrity
chefs. In April, the festival
website said the organisers were "planning as
normal", adding that the situation
wouldl continue to be reviewed. But
the organisers have now decided to
cancel the event. Visit
this
page on this website, or the
official website:
www.nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk |
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Words
and Music Festival. The
festival will be held from
Monday, October 12 to Sunday 18,
with well known and local artists -
plus a poetry competition - performing in Nantwich town centre and local
venues.
www.wordsandmusicfestival.com |
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PAGE UPDATED
MAY 14
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