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The big top's gone up again on Knights Hill, Rewind's turning into a 70s/80s/90s disco floor for a good cause on Saturday afternoon, and Lynn Museum's got pewter-casting and a town walk if you fancy something more hands-on. A proper mixed weekend for the diary.

Have a good one.

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This weekend

🎪 Fri 18 – Sun 20 Sep — Wonder Circus: It's Show Time, Knights Hill (next to Rising Lodge Farm Shop). The big top's back on the outskirts of town, with shows Friday at 5pm & 7:30pm, Saturday at 2pm & 5pm (kids go free), and Sunday at 2pm & 5pm. Box office is on site, cash only. Read more and see how to win VIP tickets on Lynn News – Wonder Circus comes to King's Lynn

🕺 Sat 19 Sep, 4pm — Festival Too Daytime Disco, Rewind, King's Lynn. Iconic hits from the 70s, 80s & 90s, with every penny raised going towards next year's Festival Too. Tickets on TicketSource – Festival Too Daytime Disco

🔨 Sat 19 Sep, 10:30am–2:30pm — Pewter Pilgrims Workshop for Adults, Lynn Museum. Cast your own pewter souvenir using the same techniques medieval pilgrims once dropped into the Great Ouse, then join a guided walking tour of the town with a Town Guide. £10, includes museum admission. Book on Visit West Norfolk – Pewter Pilgrims Workshop

Fancy something quieter? Tuesday Market Place still does what it's always done — a wander round the Saturday market is a decent way to start the weekend before the crowds arrive.

In the news this week

🚨 CCTV released after ram-raid at North Lynn coffee shop. Police have released footage of a stolen vehicle being driven through the front window of Costa Coffee on St Nicholas Retail Park in a raid on 27 August, with a charity collection box taken. Read the full story on Lynn News – CCTV footage of coffee shop ram-raid released

🎭 Sleeping Beauty panto cast revealed. The Corn Exchange has announced its Christmas panto cast, running 8 December to 3 January, with Harry Hart returning as Dame Nurse Nellie — "it feels like a second home," he says. Read more on Lynn News – Meet the cast of Sleeping Beauty

💍 Golden wedding for couple who met at the Majestic. Born-and-bred Lynn residents Jim and Jan Taylor, who met at the Majestic ballroom in 1974 and married at Lynn Minster in 1976, have celebrated 50 years together with a trip to the coast. Read the full story on Lynn News – Couple celebrate golden wedding anniversary

On the horizon

🧺 Merchants Market, Sat 26 Sep, 9am–3pm. Local makers, producers and crafters fill Tuesday Market Place with handmade jewellery, baked goods, preserves and more — the last one of the season. See details on Discover King's Lynn – Merchants Market, 26 September

🎤 K-Pop Dance Heroes, Sun 27 Sep. A family show at the Corn Exchange taking younger fans through the biggest K-Pop hits, with plenty of singing and dancing along encouraged. See details and tickets – K-Pop Dance Heroes

🍺 Al Murray: All You Need is Guv, Sat 3 Oct, 7:30pm. The Pub Landlord returns to the Corn Exchange with his particular brand of bar-room philosophy on the state of the nation. See details and tickets – Al Murray: All You Need is Guv

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The big top's back on Knights Hill for the first time in a while — got a favourite circus memory from growing up in Lynn? Hit reply and tell us.

— The This Week In Team

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