Our weekly preview of 'What's On in Thurrock' picks out a selection of events hosted on our events guide.

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There's a lot going on, and Nub News is here to make sure you know about it.

Every Thursday we bring you event picks - if you have an event happening in the town you want our readers to see, just click the black 'Nub It' button here to add your event for free.

Here's just some of them coming up:

The sounds of sweet soul music will reverberate at the Civic Hall, Blackshots on Friday..

The show features songs by Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, The Pointers Sisters, Whitney Houston, Ben E King, Barry White and many, many more!

https://thurrock.nub.news/whats-on/music/the-story-of-soul-62100

Music of a different genre is on at the Thameside Theatre on Saturday night.

Barry Steele and his cast of musicians and singers present a great live show as they tell the story of Roy Orbison.

https://thurrock.nub.news/whats-on/music/barry-steele-presents-the-roy-orbison-story-62807

The Thameside will also be busy on Saturday for the second of the audition days for the forthcoming production by Rare Productions of We Will Rock You.

https://thurrock.nub.news/whats-on/theatre/are-you-ready-to-rock-63537

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