What's On in Quorn
This is a new mobile/tablet version of the village calendar. Any problems,
please let us know.
September
Great Central Railway Beer, Cider and Gin Festival
Friday 18th September to Sunday 20th September 2026
Great Central Railway
11.00am
Thursday is a diesel running day with only the Loughborough bar open from 3.00pm. Friday onwards all three bars are open 11.00am to 11.00pm. Live music at Quorn and Rothley. Free entry to the bars just require to purchase a ticket for train travel along the line.
Tel: 01509 632323
Email: Tom.stewart@gcrailway.co.uk
Web: www.gcrailway.co.uk
National Emergency Briefing (Film)
Saturday 19th September 2026
Quorn Village Hall
6.30pm
Free
This is a 45-minute film revealing key points on the climate crisis made by the UK's top climate and nature scientists. It's free, no reservations are necessary and all are welcome. It will be followed by a short discussion.
The film was shown in Loughborough in May, but this will be the first public screening in any of the surrounding villages.
Tel: 07884 432 011
Email: richard_guise@yahoo.com
Web: www.nebriefing.org/
Quorn Local History Group - Flooding in Quorn - Duncan Jack
Thursday 24th September 2026
Quorn Church Rooms
7.00pm, doors open 6.30pm
Members £2, guests £4. No need to book
Ahead of the next flooding season, Duncan looks at the changing nature of flooding in Quorn over the last 250 years.
Email: quornlhg@gmail.com
Web: www.quorndon.com/localhistory/
October
Live & Local presents 'Sounds of Highlife'
Friday 9th October 2026
Quorn Village Hall
Doors open 6.30pm Show starts at 7.00pm
£15.00
Get ready for a musical experience like no other. Step out on a powerful journey through the heart of West Africa with the rich sounds of ancient Yoruba Orisa music and the joyful energy of highlife rhythms.
Seating is cabaret style and you can bring your own drinks and nibbles.
Tickets are available from Eventbrite or Quorn Old School Tearooms or email via our email address.
Tel: 01509 458 280
Email: adminassistant@quorndon.org
Web: www.quornparishcouncil.gov.uk
Quorn Local History Group - Crime and Punishment - John Adsley
Thursday 29th October 2026
Quorn Church Rooms
7.00pm, doors open 6.30pm
Members £2, guests £4. No need to book
A Just Measure of Pain - John will look at the changing definitions of criminality over the last 1000 years, the changing attitudes to punishment and measures to tackle crime in Britain. He will focus upon some celebrated cases including a notorious organised criminal gang in the Middle Ages, the hanging of an Earl and the greatest number hanged in one day, - all in Leicestershire. He will also focus upon several one-time residents of Quorn who were sentenced to death across three centuries and their stories.
Email: quornlhg@gmail.com
Web: www.quorndon.com/localhistory/
November
Live & Local present Swing from Paris. An evening of Parisian-flavoured music
Friday 20th November 2026
Quorn Village Hall
Doors open 6.30pm Show starts at 7.00pm
£15.00
Swing from Paris are an all-string jazz quartet of violin, guitars and double bass inspired by the music of the 1030s, 40’s and 50’s: from the cafes and cabarets of Montmartre to Artie Shaw, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli and the master of tango, Astor Piazzolla.
Seating will be cabaret style, bring your own drinks and nibbles.
Tickets are available online from Eventbrite, from the Old School Tearooms in Quorn or via our email address.
Tel: 01509 458 280
Email: adminassistant@quorndon.org
Web: www.quornparishcouncil.gov.uk
Quorn Local History Group - Lady Jane Grey - Sally Henshaw
Thursday 26th November 2026
Quorn Church Rooms
7.00pm, doors open 6.30pm
Members £2, guests £4. No need to book
Lady Jane Grey is shown in the Paul Delaroche painting as a saint and martyr, but there is more to her story than this Victorian depiction suggests. Jane, from Bradgate in Leicestershire, known as the 'Nine Days Queen' was executed in 1554. Did her royal blood and ambitious relatives make her death inevitable, or could it have been different?
Email: quornlhg@gmail.com
Web: www.quorndon.com/localhistory/