This years Festival Too is set to be “bigger and better than ever” with headlining acts Blue, Gareth Gates, and The Christians Also new this year will be a second stage to be located outside Debenhams in the High Street, and a performance by the spectacular Trans Express, featuring acrobats and trapeze artists performing 75 [...]

King’s Lynn will be celebrating International Hanse Day on Saturday 25 May with a packed programme of events and activities to showcase the Hanseatic links. Events will include: • Maritime Trail Procession • A Guided Walk • Specialised Food Market • Free Hanseatic Nibbles • Beer Festival • A Medieval Banquet • A Concert for [...]

A brand new, self-guided walking tour focusing on King’s Lynn’s maritime heritage will be launched on International Hanse Day, Saturday 25 May. The Maritime Trail guides people through King’s Lynn’s exceptional historic built environment. By incorporating the stories of the merchants, shipbuilders, sailors, fishermen, press gangs, porters and pubs, which have played key roles in [...]

An exciting and unique mobile cinema will be coming to Lynn to offer free screenings of local archive films from the last century aboard the 22 seater digital cinema. The ‘Archive Alive’ mobile cinema tour will be visiting the Vancouver Quarter shopping area on Monday 10 June from 10.30am – 1pm. It will then visit [...]

The next exhibition at Greyfriars Art Space, ‘Fifty Shades of Greyfriars’ by Victoria Hussain, opens on Tuesday 28 May. The exhibition shows mainly bronze figurative sculpture, together with drawings and other interesting objects, which reflect the artist’s life – her children, her home, teaching jobs and housework etc. Visitors will be able to chat to [...]

Vicky The Volunteering Bear will be in The Town Centre on Wednesday 5th June, talking to local volunteers and thanking them for the wonderful contribution they make to the local community. West Norfolk Voluntary & Community Action in partnership with the Time Credits Programme, will be giving away vouchers to volunteers that will enable them [...]

It’s a day of animal treats and country crafts at Bircham Windmill this Bank Holiday Monday, May 27th. A day The sheep at Bircham Windmill are looking forward to getting their winter coats off and getting to be centre of attention for the great annual sheep race. There is much excitement in the paddock this [...]

The team at KL.FM were in jubilant mood this week, after winning the Sony Award for best small radio station for the second year running. Managing Director Darren Taylor told us “We were absolutely thrilled to win the Sony Radio Station of the Year Award for our category. We’ve really changed the way we engage [...]

A local alternative rock band from King’s Lynn has been featured on BBC Radio 1. Deaf Havana’s 1st single Boston Square was released this week and featured on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show as the ‘hottest new track’. The band was formed in 2005 at the King’s Lynn campus of The College of West Anglia. [...]

A special series of Shwopping events has been planned for 20 -23 May. During the events people will be able to donate old clothing and textiles for recycling by M&S and Oxfam. People who donate will be rewarded with a special M&S voucher (which gives a £5 discount when the bearer spends £35 or more [...]

Looking to try sailing or windsurfing? Want to get back out on the water? Fancy trying something new with the family? The Royal Yachting Association Push the Boat Out on the 18-19 May 2013 is a fantastic opportunity to experience sailing and windsurfing. RYA clubs and centres across the country are offering a range of [...]

Blood donors will be recognised all over the world this month as internationally acknowledged World Blood Donor Day is set to take place on Friday 14th June. Falling during National Blood Week (10th to 16th June 2013), World Blood Donor Day recognises the birthday of Dr Karl Landsteiner who discovered the ABO blood group in [...]

Local radio station KL.FM has won the Sony Station of the Year Award (under 300,000 category) for the second year running. Presenter Adam Newstead proudly announced on Twitter: ‏KLFM won AGAIN!!!! Sony Award Radio Station Of The Year 2013. So proud Host Chris Evans welcomed hundreds of hopefuls from radio stations around the country to [...]

Hi, Frodo Cavalier here and I am a dog! To be precise I am a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and I am in charge of organising the Hunstanton Fun Dog Show, the only dog show that’s organised by a dog, and I would like to invite all the doggies out there to come along. It’s [...]

A Community Coffee Bar based on the ground floor of the Borough Council Offices is celebrating it’s Ist Birthday. Anyone buying a hot drink on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (14th, 15th and 16th May) will get free homemade cakes to help celebrate the milestone, as a small thank you to loyal customers. The Coffee Bar [...]