Have no fear freshers, LoveLincoln.co.uk is here to tell you all about what’s happening in the city during Freshers’ Week 2011.

To kick-start the week Britain’s Got Talent sensation Stevie Starr (aka The Regurgitator) will be at the Engine Shed for the icebreaker event on Sunday 18^th September along with live DJs, games and much more.

It’s Monday Madness on 19^th September with Rock and Roll Bingo at the Tower Bar – listen to a burst of all your favourite tunes and match them to the names on the cards and voilà! Rock and Roll Bingo!

Dick and Dom have left ‘da bungalow’ and have been throwing bogies around student unions across the country. They’re at the Engine Shed to Welcome you to L!

The all-important Freshers’ Fayre takes place at the Engine Shed on Tuesday 20^th so make sure you’re out of bed and up for it. Stalls will be giving out freebies and information and getting you involved in the fun.

Don those sweatbands and leg warmers – the Superfunk Roller Disco is back this year with your favourite 70s and 80s disco hits and pop anthems. Get your skates on or hire a pair for only £1.

Or if you’re after something a bit less energetic, Danny Mcloughlin will MC the Comedy Club at the Tower Bar with Chris Stokes headlining.

BBC Radio One legend Zane Lowe will bring the house down at the Engine Shed on 22^nd September and Nick Grimshaw will launch the Engine Shed’s new weekly club night, Stripped, on 23^rd with great drinks deals and everything from indie through to hip-hop, drum and bass, dubstep, funk and a little pop for good measure. The pre-party event takes place at the Tower Bar.

Rounding off the week with more of a whisper than a bang is the Headphone Disco over at the Engine Shed. What do you get with a room full of clubbers armed with wireless headphones and various channels to choose from to suit their musical tastes? The hilarity of a silent disco – that’s what!

Throughout the week alternative events will also be staged at other venues including indoor karting, movie showings, bowling and ghost walks.

If you’re planning to make a week of it why not invest in a Mega Freshers’ Package which includes all Engine Shed club nights for the week from Sunday to the following Saturday (Tuesday’s event excluded) as well as a £20 voucher pack which can be spent at the Engine Shed or Tower Bar – for just £36!

If you’re feeling funky you can also bag yourself a bargain with the Superfunk Freshers’ Package which includes all of the above plus Tuesday’s Superfunk Roller Disco event for just £42!

The Lincoln School of Performing Arts is mixing things up with professional theatre companies from Portugal and Poland to produce a multilingual and site-specific retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

STORM will be coming to England from 21^st to 25^th September 2011, with performances taking place at The Cloister within Lincoln Cathedral and at Medieval Bishop’s Palace in Lincoln as well as in Newark and Skegness.

In STORM an English-speaking cast will perform alongside either a Polish or Portuguese speaking cast. Each performance of the play will be influenced by the individual history and qualities of each open-air venue which will affect the actors’ staging of the story, creating a unique experience at each location.

The project has given the Lincoln students the ability to build and maintain working relationships across national and linguistic boundaries.

 “Some people will appreciate the subtlety of the project, and receive its messages about global fusion, but others will still simply see it as popular theatre,” said Mark O’Thomas, a playwright and English translator of Portuguese.

 “The Tempest is a funny and engaging script. I’ve seen children in the audience of STORM simply mesmerised by the sound of two different languages on stage at the same time.”

Frequency 2011, Lincoln’s first festival of digital culture, is drawing nearer by the day, and two artists are taking performance out onto the streets with two exciting pieces.

Wondermart by Silvia Mercuriali in collaboration with Matt Rudkin makes a cheeky jab at the dominance of supermarket culture and consumerism with an interactive audio tour. You’ll be guided through the familiar surroundings of the supermarket wearing headphones and anonymous behind your trolley. You’ll be immersed in a private world as the carefully constructed soundscape overlays a fictional world that blurs the real with the imaginary.

Hello for Dummies by Ant Hampton and Glen Neath explores what happens when we take facial expressions out of our communications. The audience is split up into pairs of strangers and sent out into the city to sit on a bench together. This journey, and the conversation they find themselves having on the bench (which will be fed to them through headphones), all happens without them ever seeing each other’s face!

There are multiple slots daily for both events and they’re free so why not try something different? Contact 01522 837600 to book.

Frequency 2011 takes place from 21^st to 29^th October and it’s hoped it will lay the foundation for biennial event. 

The festival will take in popular venues such as The Collection, the Usher Gallery, Lincoln Drill Hall and the University of Lincoln as well as non-traditional, unexpected spaces. The aim is to encourage people of all ages to experience, explore and debate this new world of technology.

Festival director Uzma Johal said: “Frequency 2011 is the launchpad for what we hope will be a biennial festival of digital culture. We are now living in a digital world which is both exciting and challenging.

“This is the opportunity for people to explore, experience and debate digital culture and creativity.”

Other artists confirmed for the event include Cypriot-Australian performance artist Stelarc, multidisciplinary British artist Luke Jerram, light sculptor Roseline de Thélin, new media and interaction researcher Alex Posada and new media artist Andy McKeown.

In a world first, Metro-Boulot-Dodo will be presenting all four components of the Four Seasons project in the same city at the same time, including the premiere of SUMMER. Four Seasons is an ambitious, interactive, four-part multimedia installation that reflects the different stages of life.

Running throughout the festival will be seminars, workshops and debates and an exciting programme of activities for children which will coincide with the October half-term holiday.

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, think again. Lincoln is definitely on the up! New and exciting events just keep on flooding in and now an inspiring new festival of digital culture is set to light up venues across Lincoln in October – something Lincoln has never seen before.

Described as “a truly unique event marking the beginning of an exciting journey for Lincoln,” Frequency 2011 will take place from 21^st to 29^th October and looks set to return every two years.

The festival will take in popular venues such as The Collection, the Usher Gallery, Lincoln Drill Hall and the University of Lincoln as well as non-traditional, unexpected spaces. The aim is to encourage people of all ages to experience, explore and debate this new world of technology.

The amazing artists exhibiting at Frequency 2011 include Cypriot-Australian Stelarc, multidisciplinary British artist Luke Jerram, Roseline de Thélin and new media artist Andy McKeown.

One of the highlights of the festival will be a visit by performance artists Metro-Boulot-Dodo who will be presenting all four components of the four seasons project, including the premiere of SUMMER.

Four seasons is an ambitious, four-part multimedia installation that reflects the different stages of life. From 12^th to 21^st October AUTUMN and WINTER will be at Lincoln Drill Hall while SPRING and SUMMER will be at The Collection from 1st October to 15^th January.

Festival director Uzma Johal said: “Frequency 2011 is the launchpad for what we hope will be a biennial festival of digital culture. We are now living in a digital world which is both exciting and challenging.

“This is the opportunity for people to explore, experience and debate digital culture and creativity.”

The festival will feature seminars, workshops, debates and an exciting programme of activities for children planned to coincide with the October half-term holiday.

Not only will this fantastic festival attract visitors from other locations, it will also grab the interest of many local residents of Lincolnshire keen to experience something new and different.

For more information visit: www.frequency.org.uk  or  www.facebook.com/frequencyfestival

Stephanie will get to meet the amazing Lulu who is performing at Co-op's Birthday Bash!

To celebrate the Lincolnshire Co-op’s 150^th Birthday Bash, Lovelincoln.co.uk ran a competition to give away a pair of tickets and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the one and only singing sensation Lulu!

We would like to say a huge congratulations to our lucky winner Stephanie Bird who will be meeting the amazing songstress this weekend!

 The Big Birthday Bash will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the Lincolnshire Showground with a range of fun activities for all the family and something to entertain all ages.

There’s an extraordinary line-up including musical sensations Lulu and Scouting for Girls, local bands, XFactor and Britain’s Got Talent contestants, fairground rides, vintage vehicles, Peppa Pig and much more.

There will also be fireworks – literally. You don’t want to miss them at the fantastic fireworks finale!

The party kicks off at 3pm and tickets are still available costing from £12 to £24.

Visit www.lincolnshire150.coop/birthdaydaybash