Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
My account: log in/register
Saturday 19 July, 9am to 3pm

Some online services will be unavailable.

List of services affected

Local events

Events calendar

Find out what's on
Photo taken at Hinckley BID's Vehicle Meet

17 July, 21 August – Hinckley BID's Vehicle Meets

Returning this year by popular demand, anyone with a classic vehicle of any kind who would like to pop along would be most welcome.

The event is held on Thursday 17 July and Thursday 21 August at Hinckley's Market Place. Free to visit and enter. Entry is by pre-registration only. 

The entrance will be from Station Road. Please spread the word to any enthusiast you may know.

For further details, call 01455 698494 or visit Hinckley BID's Classic Vehicles Meet (hinckleybid.co.uk)

Hinckley BID's Summer of Fun

Hinckley BID present a Summer of Fun in Hinckley town centre. Various themed days have been planned:

  • Wednesday 23 July - Seaside Fun
  • Wednesday 30 July - Emergency Services Day
  • Wednesday 13 August - Bike Spectacular
  • Wednesday 20 August - Allstars Show

Free fun for all the family on Wednesdays during the school summer holidays. No booking necessary.

For more details about each day, please visit What's on in Hinckley? (hinckleybid.co.uk)
 

Photo of children playing in sand at Hinckley BID's Summer of Fun - Seaside Day
Photograph of a man cheerfully accepting food at a Feast Hinckley stall

Saturday 2, Sunday 3 August - Feast Hinckley

Your free-entry food festival will feature around 45-plus street food vendors catering for all, along with live music and family fun. 

Visit Feast Hinckley (facebook.com) for up-to-date information.

For further information on Feast Hinckley, please call 01455 255833 or complete the events contact form

4 to 6 August - Snap Dragon Children’s Festival

Three fun-filled days of activities for all the family. The event is free to attend, although there may be a small charge for some activities.

Here’s what to expect on the three days:

  • Musical Mash-up (Monday 4 August)
  • Let's Get Moving (Tuesday 5 August)
  • National Play Day (Wednesday 6 August)

Join us from 11am to 3pm each day. There will be local traders and entertainment over the course of the three-day event.

Kids getting a framed picture taken at the Snap Dragon festival

Music in the Mead

More about performances

Events this year:

Man selling pies on a stall
  • Hinckley Pride – 23 August
  • Burbage Common Open Day – 7 September
  • Heritage Weekends – 12 to 21 September (event in the Mead on 13 September)
  • Hinckley BID's 14th Annual Motorshow – 21 September
  • Spooktacular Saturday – 25 September
  • Remembrance Sunday – 9 November
  • Christmas Light Switch-on & Tin Hat Fair – 21 to 22 November
  • Lights in the Mead – 21 November to 5 January
  • Christmas Car Light Trail – 3 December
  • Carols around the tree – 12 December
  • Festive Feast – 14 December
     
Artistic photograph of a tree wrapped up in colourful fairy lights for the lights in the mead event

Further information:

You might be interested in:

Photos and video may be taken at our events

By taking part in an event, you grant the event organisers full rights to use the images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising, publicity, or other purposes, to help achieve the groups aims. This might include (but not limited to) the right to use them in their printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding applications. If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform an event organiser.