Arts and Entertainment

The Everyman Cinema in Lincoln is one of many cinemas to reopen this month, screening a mix of family favourites and big awards winners. The cinema has been met with enthusiasm and support by many local film-goers. Sebastian Mann sat down with Carl Frith, the General Manager at Everyman Lincoln, to...

Despite festivals such as 2000 Tree's and Boomtown having to cancel their events this summer due to the lack of a government-backed insurance policy, organisers of Lincoln hard rock festival Call of the Wild have reassured gig-goers that they will go ahead as planned. The festival will see names such...

Club events are opening once again very soon. After over a year of lockdowns, isolations and rigorous anti spread and testing procedures, many have become accustomed to life during the pandemic. So are we ready for large scale club events to return to Lincoln? I spoke to members of the...

Local music festival Beyond the Woods are running a competition for up-and-coming artists to open their 'Good Karma Club' stage at the festival this August. The competition, on the Beyond the Woods instagram page this Thursday, will be judged by Radio 1 presenter, Abbie McCarthy and singer-songwriter, Alfie Templeman. Prospective...

Lincoln locals The Rills have recently been booked as one of the acts to appear at this summers BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The indie band will join the likes of headliner's Ed Sheeran, AJ Tracey and Anne-Marie at this year's online festival happening over May 29-30. Playing as part...

To the sound of vibrating dub techno and screaming children, Lincoln's bi-annual Fun Fair returned to the South Common this week — running from May 14 to May 22. The City of Lincoln Council shutdown the fair in September due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases at the time. With...

Lincoln College Group’s takeover of the Lincoln Drill Hall, announced last week, saved the community and arts venue from permanent closure after the City denied grant renewal in September on top of the financial impact of COVID-19. Now that there is a future for the multi-purpose centre, LSJ News asked...

People who live in Sincil Bank have been conflicted by a new mural created by an international, French-born artist, Zabou. The mural was commissioned by Student Housing as part of a community-driven art development called The Sincil Bank Art Project, in the hope to improve the...

Lincoln’s premiere LGBTQ+ club, The Scene, will be livestreaming their final COVID-19 compliant cabaret performance tomorrow on Twitch. Fun banter and interactive prompts -- like group shots per £3 tip and prize wheels -- fill the five-hour shows, topped by cabaret numbers. Scene residents Jack Marshall, Celine Begone and Lin...

From the creators of the Great British Bake Off came the Great Pottery Throw down: a competition to test the skill of the best amateur potters in the country. For 10 weeks the contestants battled it out on Channel 4 until eventually Jodie Neale was crowned victorious. The potter from...