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Newark-on-Sea beach opens to start summer of family events in the town

Events in Newark are in full swing this summer with the BookBench trail, Newark-on-Sea, Newark Festival, Heritage Open Days, Festival of Creativity and many more taking place over the next few months.

Hosted by the well-known local event and activity programme Newark Creates, there really is something for everyone with all events being free of charge to attend! Newark Creates has been organising free interactive events and activities across Newark for three years and this year it is being officially supported by Newark Town Board’s Newark Heart project, creating opportunities for more activities within these well-established events than ever before!

What can you expect to see in Newark in the summer of 2024?

Led by Newark Town Council, Newark-On-Sea has once again transformed the town centre into a beach paradise. Running from Wednesday 7 to Monday 19 August, this free event features more than just deck chairs, buckets and spades, as Newark Creates has worked closely with Newark Town Council to create a super extravaganza, with a jammed packed programme full of fantastic additional free activities and events!  Follow Newark Creates on social media for the full programme!

For a couple of sneaky peaks however, a special Eco and Sustainable Market is taking place this Sunday and includes the return of the Plastic Ocean show featuring the 19-meter-long whale. While tickets have already been snapped up for this show, there’s still a chance to see the whale and get a selfie! Plus get the chance to meet Nimbus and Cumulus, two curious puppet characters, riding aloft their cloud-top homes.

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The Plastic Ocean show 2
The Plastic Ocean show

These large-scale puppets will be in the Marketplace at 11am, 1pm and 2.45pm. And if you head over to Newark Castle, giant beanbags await you at our CLOUDSCAPES installation! You can enjoy performances by Gobbledegook Theatre, where the clouds take the main stage and with headphones on, you’ll explore a new world high above the clouds in these fantastic shows! Head to the Castle between 10am and 1pm to enjoy this fantastic experience!

And for a second sneaky peak, on Sunday 18 August the eco theme continues with more fantastic events! From Forest Cool Crafts with Mark Clarke and arts workshops with Bookbench artist Carla Dee throughout the day at the beach, it will be a great day to visit Newark Town Centre! Pif Paf Theatre will also be there from 10.30am, 12.15pm and 2pm with their awesome bee inspired travelling street theatre performances!

Later this month Newark Festival returns for another year led by Newark Town Council. Once again, Newark Creates will be supporting with a variety of activities throughout the few days between Saturday 24 to Monday 26 August. Watch out for more information but we really can’t wait for A La Puppet Carte who will be wowing visitors on Sunday 26 August with a mobile puppet show full of surprises, fun and a heart-warming story of friendship and a sense of home!

The Newark BookBench trail is running until 5 September too!  In co-ordination with Wild in Art who are responsible for sculpture trails across the country including Clumber Park’s Shaun the Sheep installation and Lincoln’s imps, the trail is a great edition to a family day out in Newark! The benches, designed by a variety of local artists, also include a fantastic programme of Meet Me At The Benches activities which will be running throughout the summer where the artists and local storytellers will host interactive sessions at each bench. This project has been funded through the Arts Council England and the governments Shared Prosperity Fund and again more information is available by following Newark Creates on social media!

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