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 on this last weekend of the year:

The Thameside Panto Jack and the Beanstalk continues - with performances right through the weekend.

Friday and Saturday sees a new event taking place, with a chance for dog owners and their animals to show off their search skills in a green event that's a lot of fun - and it's a rapidly growing phenomenon

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And Sunday brings New Year's Eve and a whole host opf events at Thurrock's pubs and clubs. Read about just some of them here.

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