Mansfield Library is holding an indoor street party to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

It will take place on Saturday, 28th May, from 10am-3pm.

Visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of free and fun Jubilee-themed activities for all the family, including craft activities, a storytime session with a local author, board games, a Dementia Friendly film screening of The Queen’s Corgi, and more.

Inspire Learning and Mansfield Townscape Heritage Project will be in attendance for visitors to find out more about their services.

There will also be several music performances throughout the day:

• 30am – Performance from the Inspired Voices Choir
• 00pm – Performance from The Red Hot Band (swing band)
• 30pm – Performance from soprano singer Lily Taylor-Ward

The library is run by Inspire on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council.

Peter Gaw, chief executive at Inspire, said: “Mansfield Central Library was opened by The Queen during her Silver Jubilee in 1977 and is one of the jewels in our crown at Inspire, so I am delighted to welcome the local community to this event to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. With events also in many other libraries across the county and a virtual exhibition of the Queen’s reign in the Inspire Picture Archive, I am proud of the way my colleagues are celebrating such a momentous occasion.”

Coun John Cottee, cabinet member for Communities at the county council, added: “The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is an historic occasion and where better to celebrate than at one of our wonderful libraries?

“Libraries really are at the heart of local communities, and are the perfect venue for local people to come together to celebrate special occasions. It is wonderful to see so many activities to mark the event across Nottinghamshire. I hope that residents and visitors of all ages will be able to take part and enjoy celebrating with an excellent programme of events.”

Jubilee celebrations continue across Inspire throughout the Jubilee period with many of Inspire’s 60 libraries hosting activities for children and adults, and The Inspire Picture Archive has been updated with a special collection of images of the Queen in Nottinghamshire throughout her reign. Customers can find out more about what is happening at their local library by visiting inspireculture.org.uk/jubilee.

Further information can be found at https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/whats-on/events/jubilee-fun-day-at-mansfield-central-library/