Weekend Picks: What's on this weekend across the Midlands?

De Montfort Hall, Leicester: Saturday 18th March 2017

Leicester's Sam Bailey won the X-Factor back in 2013 and has since enjoyed significant success with her debut single and album.

Now three years on, she's embarked on her very own nationwide tour, which this weekend will see her return to her roots with a one night only performance at De Montford Hall.

The 'Sing your heart out' tour opened in Northampton 2 weeks ago, you can book your ticket or read more about the schedule here.

Main Road, (Lea) Near Matlock, Derbyshire: Sunday March 19th

Spring has now officially sprung so what better way to make the most of the milder weather than getting to grips with the great outdoors.

This weekend you can sample the Bushcraft experience, also otherwise known as acquiring 'rural survival skills.'

This event in Matlock allows aspiring amateur woodmen & women to spend the day setting up camp in a natural environment while learning how to build your own shelter, create a fire from scratch and get to grips with other useful ways to survive out in the wild.

You can book a place or read more about the event from the organisers.

Stafford County Showground: 17th – 19th March 2017

Last week it was Crufts, this week it's horses, as the Staffordshire Showground gets set to host their annual, National Shire Horse Show.

The event is thought to be the world’s largest gathering of Shire horses and features a variety of events where horses are put through their paces for spectators who visit the region from all over the world.

The show also gives visitors the opportunity to find out more about Shire Horses and the often unheard contribution they have made to human life throughout history, courtesy of the Shire Horse Society.

Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove: Sat 18th & Sun 19th March

Have you ever wondered how you would manage without the internet or your other home comforts? if so spare a thought for your Medieval ancestors, for who everyday life was a real world away from how we now know it.

This weekend the Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove is set to host its very own Medieval weekend, with the help of local students from King Edward's School Living History Group.

And, if a life of hard labour isn't quite your thing, theres plenty more to do as the museum chronicles 700 years of life in the West Midlands, with much of it open-air.

Main Road, (Lea) Near Matlock, Derbyshire: Sunday March 19th

Spring has now officially sprung so what better way to make the most of the milder weather than getting to grips with the great outdoors.

This weekend you can sample the Bushcraft experience, also otherwise known as acquiring 'rural survival skills.'

This event in Matlock allows aspiring amateur Woodmen & women to spend the day setting up camp in a natural environment while learning how to build your own shelter, create a fire from scratch and get to grips with other useful ways to survive out in the wild.

You can book a place or read more about the event from the organisers.