The Zone

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Chill, create, be you at The Zone – Zest Theatre’s award-winning pop-up community space for 11–18 years coming to Newark this summer.

Do Lions Hate Haircuts: Storytime and Craft session

Newark Library Children's Area Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark

A morning storytime and craft session with author Bethany Walker! Hear Do Lions Hate Haircuts? and design a wild new look for Leonard the Lion.

Bookbench Storytime: Shimmer & Shine Bench

Newark Art Gallery 42A Kirk Gate, Newark, United Kingdom

Emma Oldham reads The Whale Who Disappeared at the Shimmer and Shine Bookbench inside Newark Art Gallery for a storytelling session.

Island Spirit

Newark Library Meeting Room Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark, United Kingdom

Join Derby-based songwriting duo –vocalist Nina Blaszczyk and guitarist Phil Baggaley—for a spellbinding musical performance of their latest project, Island Spirit.

CAT Dungeons and Dragons Workshop

Newark Library Meeting Room Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark, United Kingdom

Join Creatively Autistic Together for a fun, neuro-inclusive, and imaginative Dungeons and Dragons workshop with Lawrence Mahon and Via Macnab.

Literature Village

Newark Market Place Newark Royal Market, Market Place, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Books of all genres and local bookish crafts and trinkets. Find the Literature Village under the red and white stripes of the Newark Royal Market

2025 Summer Reading Challenge – Story Garden

Newark Library Children's Area Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark

Join Ally Pally Arts in sowing stories and harvesting happy endings at Newark Library to launch the Summer Reading Challenge.