Barton Ukes

Barton’s own ukulele ensemble perform in the Playground as part of Barton Arts 2019 Art Trail at 2pm.

Full Barton Arts programme at bartonarts.co.uk

Appleby 1940s Festival

Try our Anderson Shelter and see what life on the Home Front was like – and find out about our Wartime Schooldays programme for schools visiting the Wilderspin National School.

A nostalgic, family day in the Lincolnshire countryside.

Tickets and more information online at applebyfestival.com

A Night at the Barton Oscars

Join the South Bank Players and meet the stars of stage and screen for an evening of entertainment and intrigue as you pit your wits against the rest of the audience and try to work out ‘Who Nicked It?’

All tickets£5

Available from the Wilderspin School Museum or via the group’s website at www.sbplayers.co.uk

Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm show start.

Summer Fair

What better way to kick-start our summer re-launch than a chance to browse and buy?  We expect over twenty stalls selling a range of crafts, plants and bric-a-brac – and who knows, maybe a few clothes pegs too as part of a Victorian twist!  Stalls can be booked now on (01652) 635172.

Just Like That

Hambledon Productions return with the UK’s number one Tommy Cooper tribute.  Cooper was a true comic genius.  His impeccable timing, misfiring magic, trademark fez and quick-fire gags made him an international star.  This show has been at the Edinburgh Fringe, and is part of a UK tour Tickets are £8 in advance and £10 otd.

Steampunk at Wilderspin

Hull Steampunk Rebels present Lady Clara’s Steampunk Sitching and Associated Arts

Be inspired by Steampunk Crafters: Dressmaking, Hats, Jewellery, Foam Craft, Gadgets, Gizmos and more!

Try your hand at Tea Duelling with our Tiffin Master

Parasol Duelling for the adventurous!

Whether you are already Steampunked or just Steam Curious, there will be  something for you!

From 10am

A Christmas Cardio

A heart attack, Ebenezer Scrooge, the NHS, and a couple of squirrels feature in this new heart warming seasonal play by Theatre on the Edge in support of the Daisy Appeal raising funds for Molecular Imaging Research Centre for PET CT scanning .

Admission is free but a donation for the Daisy Appeal is much encouraged! (£5 if possible!)

Joseph Wright Hall (first floor auditorium), 7.30pm (doors open 7pm).

Barton Christmas Festival

We are preparing for the Barton Christmas Festival on Saturday 24 November and our Dickensian Christmas (from 29 November) so the Wilderspin Infants Schoolroom will be getting a seasonal facelift which will change its historical authenticity!  If you were planning to visit Samuel Wilderspin’s Model Infant Schoolroom we would advise you to visit another time – it will be back to “normal” from Thursday 20 December.

But come along also to our Victorian Christmas Fair on 24 November between 11am and 4pm featuring an indoor Christmas Market, seasonal refreshments in the Old School Canteen and Barton’s only truly Victorian Father Christmas in his Gallery Grotto!

The School in Action

We have local schools visiting and getting a taste of Victorian school life, on Thursday and Friday this week which visitors might like to watch in the Wilderspin Infant Schoolroom and the Victorian Classroom.

Victorian Classroom in session

We’ll be hosting a visit from a local today so visitors can watch the Victorian Classroom in action in the morning, and the Wilderspin Schoolroom in the afternoon.