Broad Sheep June 2017

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june 2017

What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

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Contents Small Ads

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Architecture

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Art

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Art workshops

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Cinema

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Dance

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Food

Music

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Music workshops 40 Band directory

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Theatre

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Word

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Grass roots

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Comp therapies

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We take no responsibility for the veracity of the information herein

Pete Mustill Mayfield, Stapleton, Nr Presteigne, Powys LD8 2LW Tel: 01544 260051 Email: info@broadsheep.com Website: www.broadsheep.com

Cover pic: Michala Petri, Gregynog Festival - 17 June

small ads PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Every Thursday. Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183/ john@johnhymas.com LAND WANTED - 1/2 - 1 acre (with a chance to purchase more in the future perhaps). Suitable for growing organic food. Preferably North Herfordshire but anywhere considered. Contact 07495 276269.

MENTORING - DRAWING - PAINTING Do you need help in developing your portfolio? Private tuition with experienced tutor Sue Purcell. Contact: sue@suepurcellart.co.uk or 01686 440668 www.suepurcellart.com BEEKEEPING AND SMALLHOLDING COURSES Interested in keeping bees but don’t know how to start?

Our ‘Bee Ready’ course, now in its fifth year, will prepare you to get your own hives in 2017. Held over a weekend it provides you with essential background information, lots of hands-on opportunities and plenty of encouragement. NOW BOOKING FOR JUNE 10TH/11TH 2017. One to one tuition also available. Courses are held on our own family-run smallholding near Bromyard, where we also offer smallholding taster days and advanced sessions. For details of any of these opportunities please email woodruffbank@btinternet. com or ring 01886 884752.

CATERING CROCKERY, CUTLERY AND GLASSWARE FOR HIRE. Up to 100 settings. Contact Ruth on 01544 350559 or 07870 752325.

WANTED URGENTLY VINTAGE CLOTHING for male/female, plus accessories including jewellery, shoes, etc. Also wanted: quality curtains, lace and textiles, even damaged.

And designer clothing including male/female... tweeds, evening dresses etc. Also unusual items including fans etc.

Please telephone: Annie 07798 632247. Teagowns and Textiles.

VIOLIN & VIOLA LESSONS given by experienced professional in Presteigne. All abilities and styles taught.

John Hymas 07969 440183.

P/T OR OCCASIONAL WORK WANTED Cheerful, fit, educated, mature woman seeks employment. Clean driving licence, DBS checked. Anything considered from office/ business support to house sitting including driving, gardening and dog walking. Phone Katie 01547 520328.

LEARN TO JIVE IN MID WALES. Mondays - Castle Hotel Llandovery. Beginners & Intermediate classes.

Wednesdays – Newbridge on Wye Community Centre (Adjacent to the School). Classes start 7.30 £5pp.

Some Sundays - Swing’n’Jive at Elan Hotel, Rhayader.

See main ad in dance section for more info, or visit. www.jive.wales or facebook - Mid Wales Jive OBOE LESSONS Experienced qualified teacher, beginners to advanced, near Ludlow. Contact Simon, 01584 823294.

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MANTON CUSTOMS Shropshire based luthier.

Handmade electric instruments and guitar repair services. info@mantoncustoms.co.uk VIOLIN/VIOLA LESSONS All styles, all ages, beginners to advanced. Help with composition, theory, aural training.

Accompaniment also offered. Ring Tony on 01544 321925 or visit his website: http://camelmusic.co.uk for a CV and more information.

OIL & WATER GILDING / CHAIR CANING / RUSHING Furniture repairs. Advice.Paul Richards 01544 209067.

AMANDA’S HOME HELP AND KITCHEN Providing quality home help. Do you need assistance with: Cooking, quality home cooking using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Baking and vegetarian cooking as well as any special dietary requirements. I can also help with cleaning, shopping, and light gardening. I am happy to chat to you over the phone about your needs at home.

Please phone me on my mobile: 07843007421 or email me on amandaoprice@gmail.com BLACKSMITHING EVENING CLASSES AND SHORT COURSES at Bluefoot Forge. For details, phone 01544 267810. info@wherethelightgetsin.co.uk or visit www.wherethelightgetsin.co.uk JAZZ PIANO TUITION A specially created course for beginners through to intermediate level students.

Also coaching for Associated Board jazz exams.

Now taking students in Presteigne and surrounding area.

Simon Deeley, 07890 303681. simon.deeley@aol.com GET YOUR MARKETING RIGHT: A workshop from the Small Business Clinic on 21st June at Kidwells House, Hereford. Booking on Eventbrite. Check our website at www.smallbusinessclinic.co.uk for WordPress and “Tweet & Eat” workshops. Call 07825 987114 for more information.

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS FROM ONLY 50P PER WEEK 1000 direct unique hits per month, top of the page on Google when you type in Presteigne, all administrative work done by volunteers, project is not for profit. SUPPORT YOUR TOWN WEBSITE. Very cheap rates: 50p per week, or full page £1 per week. For more information go to www.presteigne.org.uk, email jtennanteyles@gmail.com or telephone James Tennant-Eyles on 01544 267363.

A STITCH IN TIME Careful repairs & creative alterations to well-loved clothes. Vintage a speciality. Anne 01544 267997.

COURTYARD ANTIQUES, HIGH ST, PRESTEIGNE. A most unusual shop offering an eclectic and interesting collection of fine quality antiques, decorative and quirky items, Staffordshire pottery, country furniture and books.

01544 267033. aeleavis@yahoo.co.uk www.facebook.com/courtyardantiquespresteigne

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architecture

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N unexpected bonus resulting from Theresa May’s calling of a snap General Election this month is that any likelihood of Donald Trump appearing on these shores has mercifully been delayed until the autumn.

Breaths were held in Buckingham Palace, following Mrs May’s premature offer of a State Visit, during her hand-holding tryst with The Donald in Washington back in January. Now the earliest he is likely to appear seated in a gold landau being driven down The Mall (sadly bereft of any grassy knolls) is October.

One of the unpublicised reasons for the hastily cobbled together summer visit was so that it could coincide with the scheduled completion of America’s new Thames-side Embassy at Nine Elms next month.

The present US Embassy – which occupies the whole of the west side of Grosvenor Square – was designed by the Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. It has served the US government well for more than half a century. But to use that hackneyed phrase beloved of former Labour minister John Reid, it was no longer fit for purpose. Security issues (despite the ugly crash-proof barriers installed back in the 1960s) and soaring Mayfair land prices were doubtless the two main drivers behind the decision to move to the less-salubrious environs of Nine Elms. An option to sell the site (for an undisclosed sum) to The Quatari Diar Real Estate Company was signed in 2007. Doubtless the Saarinen building, although Grade II listed, will be razed to the ground to make way for yet more highend luxury apartments for the Middle East’s super-rich, which will remain unoccupied for most of the year.

A near neighbour of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s sadly neglected Battersea Power Station (now owned by a Malaysian consortium) and the new Covent Garden Market (not really so new, having been built over 40 years ago), the new 12-storey building, by Philadelphia-based architect Kieran Timberlake, is a veritable hi-tech fortress. Its designer describes it as a ‘crystaline cube’, because of the swags of semi-transparent polymer fabric, festooned down its elevations to reduce solar heat gain. The overall effect is a blinglike chocolate box. Few details about the building’s interior are currently available, though the flat roof will almost certainly be used as a helicopter landing pad, when Marine 1 transports The Donald across London from the US Ambassador’s official residence, Winfield House, in Regent’s Park.

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Though hemmed in on three sides by uninspiring high-rise towers for Vauxhall’s burgeoning population of cycle-riding sub-yuppies, Trump Towers 2 sits in a 5 acre parkland setting, complete with its own moat.

In terms of cost (the final bill is likely to be north of $1-billion), it will be the most expensive US embassy ever built and works out at more than twice the price of GCHQ’s doughnut-shaped HQ at Cheltenham.

For designers working abroad, embassies and legations in foreign lands are notoriously difficult to pull off with architectural élan: they have to please their government paymasters back home, yet must impress the natives. The Chinese Embassy in Washington, by centenarian I.M. Pei (he of the Louvre’s glass pyramid) is an elegant geometric exercise in angular French limestone, as far removed from Beijing as one could possibly get. Whilst further along Massachusetts Avenue, dear old Ned Lutyens’ Queen Anne style red brick British Embassy of 1928, is unashamedly a little piece of England, which could have been transported there from Virginia Water. Sadly, Keiran Timberlake’s crystaline cube is neither fish, nor fowl, nor good red herring.

Nick Jones

PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR SUNDAY 4 JUNE

First live performance Assembly Rooms Presteigne 3pm Tea and cakes Donations

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage

Friday 9 June 8pm DEVONBIRD (Folk in the Foyer) Exciting new sound. The trio combine foot-stomping jigs and reels with haunting ballads.

Thursday 29 June - Saturday 1 July 7.30pm CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS DOUBLE BILL MIXED DOUBLES a comedy by Lynn Brittney THE BROWNING VERSION by Terence Rattigan

Live Broadcasts

7 June 7.15pm THE DREAM SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, MARGUERITE & ARMAND (ROH live) 10 June 2.30pm PETER PAN (NT live) 14 June 7.30pm MICHELANGELO (Exhibition on Screen) 16 June 7.30pm TAKE THAT: WONDERLAND (Live from the O2) 22 June 7pm SALOME (NT live)

Film

7.30pm, £6/£5.50 2 June SCULLY MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12A) 23 June MOONLIGHT (PG)

Box office 01885 488575 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk

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art POWYS Shropshire Hills Art Week in Knucklas, near Knighton 3 - 11 June Open studios - TONY HALL, Castle Hill Arts - stoneware and terracotta pottery. LOTTIE O’LEARY, ANDY PEARSON, CAMBERWELL KIDS, Upper House - stone carving, wood carving and mixed media sculpture. MAGGIE JONES, Castle Gardens - paintings. ROBERT M WOOD, Castle Gardens contemporary glass. Open daily 11am-5pm, follow the signs in the village to each venue.

Knighton Library, West St, Knighton 01547 528778 20 June - 8 July Art for Amnesty 2017.

PETER CLARE - woodcuts. TINA CLARE - paintings. Open Tues-Sat, closed Wed & Sat afternoons.

Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne 01544 260149 www.sidneynolantrust.org Until 29 Aug SIR SIDNEY NOLAN OM AC - To mark the centenary of Nolan’s birth his studio will be open to the public for the first time. An exhibition in the gallery shows paintings from across Nolan’s career. Please note that conservation work in the studio is ongoing. Admission free. 10am-5pm.

The Table, 43 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA 01497 822802 Until 4 June SIMON DORRELL. Open daily 10am until late, serving coffee, drinks and fresh pasta by Nonna Caterina.

Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery 01686 668746 June Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm.

CARAD, East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 Until 23 June Rural Crafts exhibition.

Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 Until 24 June Open Art Exhibition.

Tues-Sat and Bank Holiday Mondays 10am-4pm, closed Sun. Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 01874 611622 2 June - 3 July ‘Farewell Rock, The Last Coal Miners of South Wales’.

HILARY POWELL - new work.

Open theatre times.

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Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 June KATH HORN - watercolours.

Open Wed-Sat 10am-5pm.

Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 June Selling exhibition of Staffordshire figures from 1800-1875, the folk art of Great Britain. 10.30am-3pm.

Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 1 June ‘An Eye for Nature’. SEAN MILNE - paintings and illustrations. Tues & Wed 12.30-9pm, Thurs-Sun 2-pm, closed Mon.

Globe at Hay, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 Until 8 July ‘Life Class’. ROBIN SCOTT. Open Wed-Sun 9.30am-5pm.

Erwood Station Gallery, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, LD2 3SJ 01982 560674 June A constantly changing mix of materials and styles occupying over 2000 square feet. Complimented by paintings and sculpture, plus seasonal exhibitions. Open daily 10.30am-5pm, tea room closes 4.30pm.

Old School Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton 01547 550377 Until 11 June ‘All The Days She Can Spare’. RUSSELL MORRIS. An exhibition encompassing art and poetry following the decline of his mother with Alzheimer’s. Open every day during Shropshire Hills Art Week 3-11 June.

9 June Meet the artist, Russell Morris, and Dementia Awareness talk.

From 16 June ‘Abstract Edge.’ Group show. Fri - Sun 11am-4.30pm plus Bank Holiday Mondays.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 3 June A selection of work from local artists and makers. Featured artists JASON AND JULIENNE BRAHAM Open 10am-3pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 June More flower woodblocks by 1920s ‘phenomenon’ JOHN HALL THORPE. New work by MARTIN DUTTON & ANTHEA STILWELL. Tin carousels, tortoises and owl money boxes.

C20th art, greetings cards and local crafts. Open Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 www.haymakers.co.uk Until 15 July Festival exhibition.

FRANCES CARLILE - prints.

CORNELIUS VAN DOP - silver boxes.

BARBARA SPENCE, AL & JESA MARSHAL & KATY LUXTON jewellery. SUE DUNNE - ceramics.

CATRIN DAVIES - stained glass.

Open daily 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Newtown Textile Museum, 5-7 Commercial St, Newtown SY16 2BL 01686 622024 June One of the few surviving handloom weaving factories. Craft demonstration on most Saturdays.

Open Tues, Thurs & Fri 12-4pm, Sat 10.30am-4pm and Bank Holiday Mon 12pm-4pm. Free. Private tours can also be arranged. www.newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk

Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 17 June ‘Always Water’.

BEATE GEGENWART. Until 22 June MEIRIONNYDD ARTISTS SOCIETY. Until 24 June ‘Inside the Studio’.

ROGER CECIL. Until 24 June “Welsh Chapels’.

DICK EVANS. Until 24 June ‘Always Water’.

BEATE GEGENWART. Until 24 June ‘Culture Colony: Interventions Part 1’.

Until 31 Aug Tabernacle Collection.

8 July - 19 Aug ‘Cluture Colony’.

Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 Until 3 June ‘Concealed’. Exhibition and workshops by the contemporary group Art Textiles: Made in Britain.

5 - 29 June The Wool and Willow Festival. A group venture showcasing unique, handmade products by textile, willow and wood artists from Wales and the Borders. Free entry. www.woolandwillowfestival.org 1 - 29 July Artisans Emporium. Mixed media show and sale by local artists.

Open daily 10.30am-4.30pm.

Cheese & Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye 07866 843538 Every Fri & Sat Flea & Vintage Market.

Vintage clothing, bric a brac, antiques and jewellery. Open 9am-5pm.

Lion Street Gallery, 6 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AA 01497 822900 June Spring exhibition. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 June Rare antique carpets and kilims.

Cafe. Plus TONY HALL - terracotta pots. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

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Carol Randall, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford

Maggie Davies, Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan

Shropshire Hills Cafe Artists, Discovery Centre, Craven Arms Sally Stafford, Greenstage Gallery, Bishop’s Frome

Shannon Donovan, The Chapel, Bromyard

Helen Haywood, Studio 54, Kington

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws 01686 688369 Until 4 June 4 MA’s exhibition.

11 June - 3 July ‘On the Edge’.

BORTH ARTS. Until 29 Oct Sculpture Cymru at MWAC - Home of Sculptors In Wales 2016. Thurs-Sun 10am-4pm.

Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until mid Oct TOM PERCEVAL - drawings of trees from Powys, Herefordshire and Shropshire, laser etched and engraved into various woods. Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 30 June ‘Migrations’. Dance film - a showcase of some best dance shorts from around the world.

Until 19 July ‘Who Lives in a Hole Like This?’ KATIE SURRIDGE. Until 19 July ‘Navigations: Art as Research’. MO ABD-ULLA, NICKY COUTTS, ANDREW DODDS, ALAN GOULBOURNE, MAIR HUGHES, CHEON PYO LEE AND DAN REES sculptural interventions, performance, photography and video works.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Treberfydd House, Llangasty, near Llangorse www.meg-stevens.com Until 1 May MEG STEVENS - oil paintings, grasses and wildflowers.

Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, Berriew SY21 8PJ 01686 640689 From 3 June - Sept A selection of Logan’s signature sculptures and jewellery, original costumes and memorabilia. Open Sat, Sun and Aug Bank holiday Mon, 12-4pm.

Court Cupboard Gallery, New Court Farmm Llantillo Petholey, Abergavenny, NP7 8AU 01873 852011 Until 13 July KATHRYN ROBERTS MA (RCA) - glass. LINDA MATHIAS paintings. 10.30am-5pm.

HEREFORDSHIRE Border Bean Cafe and Gallery, 22-24 High St, Kington 01544 231625 Until 28 July ‘The Border Views’.

An exhibition of paintings by SIMON BASTIAN. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm.

Ross on Wye Library 01432 383615 Until 3 June ‘One Cheetah, One Cherry’. JACKIE MORRIS - original paintings. Open Mon, Thurs & Fri 9.30am-5pm, Tues 9.30am-7pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm, closed Wed & Sun.

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Ledbury Library, The Master’s House, Bye St, Ledbury, HR8 1EA 01432 383499 12 June - 1 July ‘One Cheetah, One Cherry’. JACKIE MORRIS. Meet Jackie Morris on 24 June, where she will be painting and answering questions about her work, 10am-12pm.

Open Mon, Thurs & Fri 9.30am4.30pm, Tues 9.30am-6pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm, closed Wed. Berrington Hall, near Leominster www.nationaltrust.org.uk Until 31 Oct ‘War & Pieces’. BOUKE DE VRIES - ceramic sculpture.

Open National Trust times.

Studio 54, 54 Bridge St, Kington 01544 231527 4 - 30 June HELEN HAYWOOD botanical paintings, limited edition fine art prints. Plus sale of contemporary and historic works of art, small affordable bronzes, large splendid sculpture and enchantingly unique jewellery. Open Mon-Sun 11am-4pm.

Heritage Centre, Ledbury Until 25 June ‘Spring into Summer’.

ARTISTREE. Open 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Mon & Tues.

South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 3 June Fairtrade arts, crafts and charity information from Love Zimbabwe.

5 - 10 June THE HEREFORD LEISURE PAINTERS. 12 - 17 June Indian silks and saris with Jan Bishop.

19 - 24 June THE GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY. 26 June - 1 July SIAN THOMAS handmade stained glass. Nepalese handicrafts by PREETI THAPA. 3 - 8 July SIAN THOMAS - handmade stained glass. Nepalese handicrafts

by PREETI THAPA. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

Wobage Makers Gallery, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye HR9 7QP 01989 780495 June Contemporary craft work by makers BEN CASSON - furniture and treen. CLYDE HOARE - baskets and willow weaving. CLAIR HODGSON silver, gold and precious stone jewellery. PATIA DAVIS, SHEILA HERRING, ANDREW McGARVA, JEREMY STEWARD, PETRA STEWARD - ceramics. CLARE CASSON-McGARVA - handstitched and dyed textiles. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

The Market Hall, Mill St, Kington 07867 483135 17 June KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET. High quality art and craft desirables, all by local designermakers. Bespoke botanical lampshades; handbags, waistcoats and other textiles; original paintings, prints and artists cards; ironmongery; Alpaca products, knitted toys and wearables; French delicacies; handmade herbal skin care; jewellery; ceramics; personalised kid’s wear; gift items, and more. Our growing market is an event not to be missed! Held on the third Saturday of each month until December.

Open 9.30am-3pm. Plus - the popular KLEEN Repair Cafe will also be on site - bring beloved but broken belongings to be sharpened, mended, fixed - free or by donation! www.kingtoncommunitymarket. wordpress.com Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 June ‘Winged Jewels’. A detailed and colourful series of British butterfly portraits by HELGA POWELL alongside detailed textile interpretation by VIKKI LAFFORD GARSIDE. Our usual varied selection of contemporary art and craft will also be on display. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 10 June ‘Magna Carta and The Forest Law’. Local artists’ responses to the seminal documents sealed in 1217. Exhibition launches a programme of events available on www. herefordshire.gov.uk/magnacarta 14 June - 22 July ‘Light.’ HEREFORD ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY. Open Wed-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Framing available.

GreenStage Gallery, Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome, Worcester, WR6 5BT 01885 490839 Until 24 June SALLY STAFFORD & ROB VAN HOEK. Open Tues-Sat 10.30am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-5pm, closed Mon except Bank Holidays.

Weaver’s Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 634571 amanda.wright7@btopenworld.com Until 4 June MOLLY ROZIER paintings and mixed media.

5 - 11 June LEDBURY ART SOCIETY. 19 - 25 June KATE CULLING paintings.

29 June - 9 July Textile art on the theme ‘Fantasy’. Part of Ledbury Poetry Festival. Open 10am-4.30pm.

GEORGINA FRANKLIN Jewellery Individual Contemporary Design Commissions undertaken

Please see website for studio opening times.

www.georginafranklin.co.uk

The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells, Worcs. WR15 8EA

Phone 01584 810085

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Gallery 54, 54 High St, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 June New work from CELIA JOHNSON, STUART ELLIS, ANNICA NEUMULLER, MARIA PIERIDES, ZOE TAYLOR & RACHEL SUDWORTH. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Croft Castle, near Leominster www.nationaltrust.org.uk 3 June - 14 July MATTHEW WOOD. Paintings created on-site, responding creatively to Croft’s historic interiors.

Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 June Works by local artists and from artists further afield.

Hereford Cathedral 01432 374201 Until 15 July ‘Mapping Inspirations’. Grayson Perry’s 2008 limited edition print ‘Map of Nowhere’ will feature alonside works by EWAN DAVID EASON, GENEVIEVE BELGARD, CHARLIE CALDERPOTTS & ANDREA McLEAN. Plus students from Hereford College of Arts.

Open 10am-5pm, normal admission applies.

Made in the Marches Gallery, No. 12 Church St, Kington, HR5 3AZ 07531 820195 6 June - 29 July ‘The Long View.’

A diverse choice of art and crafts for sale and commission by artists living and working in the Marches. New work by resident and visiting makers including VERONIQUE AVON, JAMES BURNETT-STUART, JANE CULLUM, BRITTANY DAVIES, ROB FOUNTAIN, EMILY HEDGES, ADRIAN JERVIS, HEREFORD MAKE, MORETON WOOD, VONNIE SMEATON, PEARL TAYLOR. Cards, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, textiles, sculpture, stone, wood, metal and willow.

10 June JANE KEAY demonstrations in watercolour and ink, 11am-4pm.

17 June MALCOLM MELLEN demonstrations in stone carving, 11am-4pm. Galery open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford.

01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 70 designers. Our new designer of the month is Amelia Strong who is a member of Alloy Jewellers.

Open Mon - Sat,10am - 5pm.

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Blue Ginger Gallery, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, Malvern WR13 5NW 01886 880240 Until 2 July ‘Out of the Quiet Places’.

ANNABELLE OPPENHEIMER, PIPPA MEDDINGS & ROWAN McONEGAL print, paint and glass. 10am-5pm.

Hereford College of Arts, Folly Lane, Hereford HR1 1LT 01432 273359 10 - 17 June Hereford College of Arts Summer Show 2017. Featuring work by final year students in Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Extended Diploma in Art and Design and Diploma in Art and Design. Open Sat & Sun 11am-3pm, Mon & Tues 11am5pm, Wed - Fri 11am-7pm.

10 June Hands-on family art activities at Hereford College of Arts Open Day, 12pm-3pm.

14 June After-school ARts Trail for families with children up to 11 years, 3.30-5pm.

16 June Hereford College of Arts Art and Design Extended Diploma Show Tour in discussion with Course Leader, Dareen Williams. www.hca.ac.uk Upstairs, Market House Gallery, Ross-on-Wye 01989 769398 Until 30 June Made in Ross, the arts and crafts collective celebrating their 2nd Anniversary with an exhibition of “Art and craft inspired by the River Wye”. Paintings, textiles, acrylics, glass, wood, sculptures. 10am-4pm.

Hereford College of Arts, College Rd, Hereford, HR1 1EB 01432 273359 www.hca.ac.uk 10 - 17 June Featuring work by final year BA (Hons) students in: artist blacksmithing, contemporary design crafts, fine art, graphic and media design, illustration, jewellery design, photography and textile design. Open Sat & Sun 11am-3pm, Mon & Tues 11am-5pm, Wed - Fri 11am-7pm.

15 & 16 June Hereford College of Arts Graduate Show Tour in discussion with Curriculum Leader, Delyth Done, 1pm.

15 June Discussion with Anthony Plant, Sidney Nolan Trust Director, and panel, Queen’s Seminar Room, 7pm.

16 June Secret Dumpling Club, 6-9pm, limited tickets.

24 & 26 June Hereford College of Arts & Design Extended Diploma, 1st Year Show.

The Chapel, 2 Forbury Chase, Sherford St, Bromyard, HR7 4DL 01885 788064 www.thechapelbromyard.com 1 - 9 July ‘Into The Woods’.

An exhibition of works by local artists concerning trees. Open 11am-5pm with pop-up cafe. (Closed 3 & 4 July).

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 1 June - 31 July ‘Half and Half’.

KATHLEEN PACKWOOD & SUE PURCELL - an exuberant mix of black and white drawings, prints and paintings. Open theatre times.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester 01905 25371 Until 3 June David Cox and his Contemporaries.

17 June - 9 September ‘Celebrity’.

From Marilyn Monroe’s little black dress to Rihanna’s headband.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sundays and Bank holidays.

The Bishop’s Palace & Gardens, Herford HR1 2NG 01432 374259 www.palace-art-fest.co.uk 21 - 25 June 2017 Palace Art-Fest.

With over 30 invited artists exhibiting their latest pieces for sale. Private View 20 June, 6-8pm, £10 tickets.

Open 21 - 25 June, 10am-5pm, free entry.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 www.oldchapelgallery.co.uk June Hay Festival at OCG featuring sculpture, ceramics, glass, paintings and jewellery. Including new work by HANNAH WILLOW, VIVIENNE CAWSON, ALAN MORGAN and more.

Throughout the year Garden Sculpture exhibition in a variety of media. 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Tues by appointment.

The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net June Give a Print Shed gift voucher The Spring 2017 programme of print and painting courses now online.

SHROPSHIRE Shropshire Hills Art Week www.ShropshireHillsArtWeek.co.uk 3-11 June 2017, 11-5 daily Open Studios and group shows across south Shropshire. Visit our Sculpture Trail starting at Bank House in Bishop’s Castle; talk to mixed media artist Paul Baines in Church Stretton; spot Claudia Petley’s stunning work in the Coach House garden at Norbury; or see Art and walk in the meadows at the Art Cafe at the Discovery Centre in Craven Arms. Lots more information on our website or pick up a brochure.

See you there!

Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Museum of British Popular Culture. 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed. Gallery 3, Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury 01743 355159 Until 23 June Group Show - ROB LECKEY, BERNIE MOORE, CLAIRE EASTGATE & PENNY TIMMIS. 27 June - 4 Aug GEOFF HANDS. Open Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm.

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Ludlow Brewing Company, Railway Shed, Station Drive, Ludlow, SY8 2PQ 01584 873291 11 June ‘Showing Off’. CAROLINE BENNETT, CLARE LINFORD, ROBERT SHELTON, BRIAN MAIDEN, JOCELYN PERRY, JILL BAGNALL, PHILIPPA DAY, NICOLA HAIGH, ETTORE CONSORTE, BARRY LOCKWOOD, LIZZIE CHARLTON, JENNY O’LEARY, ANDREA MOUNTFORD, PEGGY BROWN. Local designer makers of jewellery, woodwork, ceramics, glasswork, leatherwork, textiles and more.

Open 10am-5pm. Part of Shropshire Hills Art Week.

St John the Baptist Church, Bishop’s Castle 01588 638288 24 - 28 June Flower Festival.

Donations in aid of the Church Kitchen Project. Plant stall on 24 June. Open 10am-5pm.

Barbara’s Picture Framing, Units 3-4 Beaumont Rd (by bookshop), Church Stretton SY6 6BN 01694 723586 Until 4 June Acrylic paintings, limited prints, tote bags, placemats and coasters etc by local artist DIANA NUTTALL. Stylised, colourful local landscapes and memories of recent Venice trip.

Open Daily including Sun 9.30am5pm, Diana in residence for duration.

The Sun Inn, 10 High St, Clun www.shropshirehillsartweek.co.uk 3 & 4 June Pop up exhibition. JOSIE CROMPTON - watercolours. JANET MANIFOLD & BRONWYN THOMAS sculpture. Open 11am-5pm.

The Gallery, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery.

Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm.

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery 01743 258885 5 June - 17 Sept ‘Antarctica: Life in a Hostile Land’.

23 June - 3 Sept ‘Synthetic Landscapes’. A Meadow Arts contemporary art exhibition featuring artists HEATHER & IVAN MORISON, PABLO BRONSTEIN, DAVID BETHELL, DAFNA TALMOR, EDWARD CHELL, GED QUINN, HELEN MAURER, HELENE MUHEIM, JULIAN OPI, JASLEEN KAUR, RYAN GANDER, SALVATORE ARANCIO. Exploring artefacts at the museum and creating new work with a radically different vision of man-made landscapes. Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

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Clun Barn, 9 Church St, Clun www.shropshirehillsartweek.co.uk 5 - 11 June Main exhibition featuring JOSIE CROMPTON - watercolours.

JANET MANIFOLD & BRONWYN THOMAS - sculpture. Open Mon 2-7pm with refreshments, Tues-Sun 11am-5pm.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, SY7 9RS 01588 676060 Until 26 June SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE ART CAFE ARTISTS. Open 10am-5pm.

Weston Park, Weston-under Lizard, near Shifnal, TF11 8LE 4 June - 3 Sept ‘Synthetic Landscapes.’ Reviewing the ideal landscape. A contemporary art exhibition by Meadow Arts. Artists include HEATHER & IVAN MORISON, PABLO BRONSTEIN, DAVID BETHELL, DAFNA TALMOR, EDWARD CHELL, GED QUINN, HELEN MAURER, HELENE MUHEIM, JULIAN OPI, JASLEEN KAUR, RYAN GANDER, SALVATORE ARANCIO. www.meadowarts.org The Cliffe at Dinham, Halton Lane, Dinham, Ludlow, SY8 2JE 01584 872063 Until July BRONTË WOODRUFF landscapes, horses, recent abstracts.

Open 10am coffee, 12-2.30pm lunch, 6.30-9pm evenings, later at weekends.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 13 - 18 June ‘Worlds and Otherworlds.’

This year’s show includes 15 artists working in a variety of mediums, exploring links between the wild landscape of the Borders and the world of imanination, fable and mythology beyond. Part of Shropshire Hills Art Week.

24 June - 2 July ‘Solstice/’ An eclectic group of artists who draw their inspiration from the rugged and beautiful Welsh countryside.

Part of Shropshire Hills Art Week.

Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 June Mixed media exhibition from regular artists including LIN BROWN, CHARLES MacCARTHY & MATTHEW WOOD. Plus mixed work featuring BOB BATES, EDWARD BELL, MARY GRIFFING, LOIS HOPWOOD, JENNY JONES & DAVID STOVES. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

The Dotty Dog Gallery, 77a Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury 07772 394984 3 - 4 & 10 - 11 June Shrewsbury Open Studios. STEPHEN VICARY - new experimental prints. Open 10am-5pm, closed Sun & Mon. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall 01588 630023 3 June Antiques and Flea Market.

Open 9am-4pm.

10 June - 8 July PAUL BEARMAN mixed media. Open 10am-4pm.

Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free. Year round, £40 per year

HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS LAUNCHES BRIAN HATTON YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION Open to anyone aged 5-16 years, 2D art entries, including painting, drawing, illustration, collage and print.

Deadline 5 June. yac@hca.ac.uk CALL FOR ARTISTS Mid Wales Arts are inviting artists to submit work for their Open Exhibition 2017 on the theme of ‘Borders’. Artists are invited to submit up to 3 peices, applications must be received by 1 July. All works should be available for sale, with collection at the end of the exhibition. Further details contact Cathy 01686 688369. info@midwalesarts.org.uk CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk GLASSBLOWING COURSES Experience the magic of glassblowing. Hay-on-Wye. www.glassgallery.co.uk STONE CARVING COURSES WEEKENDS May, July and October and Tuesday mornings with Lottie O’Leary. Also available for schools, festivals, shows etc. Details, www.lottieolearystonecarver.co.uk or phone me on 01547 528 792

ARTISTS & MAKERS AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

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A SELECTION OF WORK FROM LOCAL ARTISTS AND MAKERS THIS MONTH’S FEATURED ARTISTS JASON AND JULIENNE BRAHAM for details contact Rosamund 01544 260777

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COFFEE, CAKE & CREATIVITY Join us for a range of adult art & craft workshops at The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells. Classes in Portraiture, Still Life, Experimental Drawing, Fused Glass, Engraving and Paper Construction with artist Ann Wallace (18 years teaching experience) www.annwallace.co.uk on studio workshop page for class listings - 01584 811080.

GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design.

PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors. We offer a wide range of art and craft courses throughout the year:Basketmaking, dyeing, spinning and weaving, earth ovens, glass fusing, green woodworking, hand and machine knitting, hedgerow medicine, jewellery, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, rag rug making, stained glass, story telling, upholstery and woodworking. www.creativebreaks.co.uk for full details of our courses.

Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride!

ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds. Wednesdays 4-6pm.

With different art techniques by local artists. Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore. Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo. co.uk or call 01568 770110.

June JEWELLERY MAKING With Melissa Hunt.

8 June - Soldering tips and practice levels 2 & 3.

10 June - Beginners Jewellery: make a silver ring, all levels. 15 June - Stone Setting: collet mount levels 2 & 3. 17 June - Taster half day: make a pair of cufflinks, all levels 2-5pm. 24 June & 1 Aug - Stone setting, claw and channel settings level 2 & 3. Plus on Tuesdays running blocks of 6 week evening classes, 6-9pm, £150.

All courses in Brampton Bryan, bring a packed lunch or buy from the cafe at Aardvark Books, two minute walk from the studio. Details 07931 351233.

June BLEDDFA CENTRE 4 June - Bookbinding for Beginners, 10am-4pm, £45 includes lunch and materials are available to purchase on the day. 13 & 27 June - Bleddfa Sewing Group, 10.30am. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

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June EASTNOR POTTERY Family Pottery Fun during June Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Choose from an exciting menu of pottery projects using real clay, inc potter’s wheel. No minimum order of participants required and projects start at just £5. Great creative indoor activity. Potter’s wheel workshops 3 & 4, 10, 17 June 2017.

Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. Day £130 w/e £240. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. To book a space, simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886.

June LITTLE PENTRE ORGANIC RETREATS 15 June - How to Crochet Part 1. 17 June - Recycled Fiber Art Jewellery. Coming up - How to Spin Yarn for beginners, Crochet Bunting & Indian Torans. Open Studio on Saturdays. Little Pentre Organic Retreats, Montgomery, 01686 669893, www.littlepentre.co.uk June COURTYARD WORKSHOPS & FAMILY SATURDAYS 3 June - Moana Sing-Along film, Pre-activity - Make your own Sail Boat. 10 June - Fox & Rabbit’s Idiot’s Guide to The Owl and the Pussycat, Pre-activity: Create your own nonsense poem. 17 June - Zip & Zap and The Marble Gang film, Pre-activity: Spanish inspired treasure hunt.

24 June - Pizza Making Workshop with Jan. All start at 10.30am. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

June HEALTHY FRIENDSHIPS WELLBEING GROUP 6, 13, 20 & 27 June. Encouraging people who endure emotional and mental distress to live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10.30am-12.30pm, £2 per session, includes light refreshments and any craft materials, 07706 762140.

June ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am-12.30pm, £35 per term. First Thurs every month - Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

June SIDNEY NOLAN TRUST EVENTS Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 01544 260149, www.sidneynolantrust.org June COURSES AT THE PRINT SHED Visit www.theprintshed.net for the rest of the spring programme. The Print Shed, Madley HR2 9JD. info@theprintshed.net Call Jill 07796 673123.

June GLOBE WORKSHOPS 13 June - Globe Makers. Informal craft group that meet one Tues a month, 7.30pm. 17 & 30 June - Needlefelt classes, Furzie Wool sculpture courses, 10am-4.30pm, £65 includes materials and light lunch per session. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762.

June MID WALES ARTS CENTRE WORKSHOPS Thurs Art for Well Being, 10am-12pm. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, 01686 688369. www.midwalesarts.org.uk Sat 3 June & Sat 1 July HAVE A GO! 3 June - Extreme Knitting, by textile artist Chris Champness: knitting with wire and rope. 1 July - Green wood carving with Eleanor Kercher. Made in Ross, Market House, Market Place, Ross-on-Wye, 11am-3pm, 01989 769398. www.madeinross.co.uk 7 June MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE With Dr Paul Oliver. Introducing the local rock types and exploring how their distribution affects the development of our familiar landscapes. Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm, £55 includes refreshments, 01743 258881.

Tues 13 June ABSTRACTING THE LANDSCAPE Be inspired by the wonderful landscape with a painting and drawing workshop led by Lois Hopwood and Karl Sylvester. The Pales, Llandegley. Further details ThePales.org.uk/artday Sat 7 & Sun 9 July SQUARE BASKET COURSE Make an A4 letter tray or small picnic basket.

No experience necessary. £180 (£50 deposit required), 10am-4pm. 135 Bargates, Leominster. Information and booking 01568 615079.

Sat 17 June DESIGN & LAYOUT With calligrapher Peter Halliday. 10-4pm & Monkland V.Hall. £18 members £21 visitors. Info/booking 01544 327657. Marches Scribes.

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Sat 17 June - Sun 2 July LUDLOW FRINGE FESTIVAL 17 June - 2 July - Ludlow Fringe Art Trail. 21 June Painting without Brushes, Women’s Centre, 1.30pm, £15, 01584 873182. 22 June - Lino Printing Workshop with Cat Paquette, Eclectica, 56 Mill St, 7.30pm, £15.

24 June - Comic Art Masterclass with Kev F Sutherland, Ludlow Library, 12 noon, £7.50. 27 June - Exploring Line & Wash with Van Dyck Crystals, Women’s Room, 1.30pm, £15, 01584 873182. 1 July - Arts on the Green, Millennium Green, 12-3pm, free. 17 & 18 June - Big Get Together Weekend all in The Square, Ludlow, Sat, Charity Paint Jam, Children’s Dance displays, Zumba, Ludlow Big Sing, Sun, Music on the Square, Fancy Dress Parade, Big Tea Party, bring a dish to share, Storytelling and puppet show. www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

Until September GREEN-WOOD CHAIR MAKING COURSES IN PRESTEIGNE Redwood Valley Cabin and Yurts is the fabulous setting for these woodland-based courses in the ancient craft of chair making. Under the tutelage of green-wood craftsman Ben Willis, you’ll learn how to make a beautiful piece of furniture from freshly harvested timber. Courses run at various times throughout the year. Visit the website www.benwillis-woodcraft.co.uk/courses/woods or call Ben on 07976 287797 for further details.

Mondays APPLETREE KNITTING GROUP Studio 2, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow. 2pm and 6pm supporting ‘Knit for Peace’. Donations of £2, 0845 548 5449.

Wednesdays VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS For 11-16 year olds. Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, 4-6pm, 01568 770110.

Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities.

Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369.

Wednesdays KNITTING GROUP At the Workhouse Cafe, Presteigne, 2-4pm, 10% discount on food and drinks. All welcome, 01544 267864.

Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369.

3rd Saturday KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET Kington Market Hall, 10am-4pm. A range of high quality work by local artists and crafts makers. Craft making during summer months. www.kingtoncommunitymarket. wordpress.com 07867 483135.

CABINET MAKING - ANTIQUE RESTORATION KITCHENS / FREE STANDING KITCHENS JOINERY - GIFTS IN WOOD

GARETH GWATKIN

FORGE COTTAGE, EVENJOBB, PRESTEIGNE, POWYS, LD8 2SD

T: 01547 560150 M: 07884 231104

gareth@hiddenwren.co.uk www.hiddenwren.co.uk

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cinema MINDHORN (15) Richard Thorncroft (Mighty Boosh co-fo un de r Julia n Barratt) is a has-been actor who 25 years ago fronted Mindhorn, a macho t.v. crime series set on the Isle of Man. Recruited by his laconic agent (Harriet Walter) to return there and help the police nail a deluded killer who’ll only negotiate with the t.v. cop he thinks is real, Thorncroft discovers his old flame Patricia (Essie Davis) is now a t.v. reporter married to his gloating ex-stuntman, whilst a minor Mindhorn character (Steve Coogan) now has his own t.v. series. Theatre director Sean Foley makes his film debut co-scripted by Barratt, the period flashbacks and overblown conceits – human and visual – are pure joy, as are cameos by Simon Callow, Andrea Risborough, Kenneth Branagh and co-producer Coogan. Funniest film of the year, no contest.

All reviews by Mark Williams

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 1 June A QUIET PASSION (12A) 1 & 2 June PEPPA PIG: MY FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE (U) 1 & 2 June SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE (U) 2, 3, 5 & 7 June THE SENSE OF AN ENDING (15) 6 June ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (15) 6 & 8 June I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO 10, 12 & 14 June THEIR FINEST (12A) 13 June WEST SIDE STORY (PG) Dementia friendly film screening.

13 & 15 June AQUARIUS (18) 14 & 15 June THE HANDMAIDEN (18) 17 June GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (ctbc) 19 - 21 June THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (ctbc) 23 June MINDHORN (15) 26 & 28 June LADY MACBETH (18) 27 & 29 June LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD (PG) 30 June & 1 July A DOG’S PURPOSE (PG) Details 01584 878141

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend.

Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

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5 June LA FAMILLE BELIER Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon.

Membership enquiries 01874 623166

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 2 June SCULLY: MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12A) 23 June MOONLIGHT (PG) Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 June PEPPA PIG MY FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE (U) 1 June DANCER (12A) 2 & 3 June MOANA SING-ALONG (PG) 2 - 8 June THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (12A) 3 - 6 June THE HATTON GARDEN JOB (15) 6 June SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) Dementia Friendly Film 9 - 15 June WHISKY GALORE (PG) 9 & 12 June THE HANDMAIDEN (18) 12 & 13 June THE LEVELLING (15) 14 June TOMORROW (DEMAIN) (PG) 15 June DR STRANGE (12A) Relaxed screening 17 June ZIP & ZAP AND THE MARBLE GANG (PG) 17, 19 & 22 June MISS SLOANE (15) 17 & 21 June ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (15) 20 - 22 June THE PROMISE (12A) 21 June SHADOW WORLD (15) 21 June THEIR FINEST (12A) 23 - 29 June THE SECRET SCRIPTURE (12A) 24 - 28 June SNATCHED (12A) 26 & 29 June CERTAIN WOMEN (12A) Details 01432 340555

2 June LEARNING TO DRIVE (15) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 2 June THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (2016) (15) Staunton on Wye VH 01981 501031 2 June LA LA LAND (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Leominster 01568 616460 2 June LA LA LAND (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 2 June A STREET CAT NAMED BOB (12A) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 2 June A UNITED KINGDOM (12A) Fownhhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 2 June SULLY: MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12A) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575 2 June THINGS TO COME (12) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 5 June MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 5 June DEEPWATER HORIZON (12A) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 6 June LA LA LAND (12A) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 9 June A UNITED KINGDOM (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 10 June LION (PG) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 12 June LION (PG) Pattingham VH 01902 700586 12 June LION (PG) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 12 June LA LA LAND (12A) Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 12 June EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321 13 June A QUIET PASSION (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 720341 14 June COLLATERAL BEAUTY (12A) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 16 June HELL OR HIGH WATER (15) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415

17 June ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (PG) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 17 June ROOM (15) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 17 June LION (PG) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 591044 17 June DEVDAS (PG) Escleyside Hall, Michaelchurch Escley 01981 510696 17 June JACKIE (15) Playhouse Cinema, Leominster 01568 616460 20 June I, DANIEL BLAKE (15) The Royal British Legion, Newport 07886 697934 23 June BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (15) Dorstone VH 01981 550943 26 June HACKSAW RIDGE (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 29 June LION (PG) Perton Civic Centre 01902 745971 29 June LION (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321 30 June SALAAM BOMBAY! (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 30 June HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. 1 June LOST CITY OF Z (15) Until 3 June THE BOSS BABY (U) 1 June ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON (12A) Until 8 June THE HIPPOPOTAMUS (15) 9 - 15 June THE PROMISE (12A) 16 - 29 June MY COUSIN RACHEL 30 June - 6 July CHURCHILL (PG) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 2 June LA LA LAND 11 June CHEWING THE CUD Leominster Archive Films from Herefordshire.

17 June JACKIE (15) 24 June MOONLIGHT (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 June THEIR FINEST (12A) 1 June SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE (U) 2 June LOST CITY OF Z (15) 5 June A QUIET PASSION (12A) 8 June SENSE OF AN ENDING (15) 12 June WHISKY GALORE (PG) 15 June A DOG’S PURPOSE (PG) 19 June THE FENCER (PG) 21 June THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (12A) 23 June KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (12A) 27 June GOING IN STYLE (12A) 30 June ELLE (18)

MISS SLOANE (15) Against the evertopical backdrop of America’s desperately needed gun-control legislation, director John Madden reunites with The Debt’s leading lady, Jessica Chastain, to galvanise another gripping drama led by a fearless woman. The eponymous Miss Sloane (Chastain) is a searingly forceful but icy cool Washington lobbyist who quits her pro-gun agency to join a boutique outfit run

by Rodolfo Schmidt (Mark Strong) hired to help gild and push through a new law. From an intense, terrifically acerbic script by first-timer Jonathan Perera, Sloane deftly excoriates and manipulates all and sundry to achieve her ends despite a relentless inquisition from heavyweight politicians (including John Lithgow on top form), and her personal life threatening to derail her. Edgy cinematography, captivating soundtrack and above all Chastain’s tour de force turn guarantee peerless entertainment.

3 & 4 July SNATCHED (12A) 5 July ALIEN: COVENANT 7 July CITY OF TINY LIGHTS (15) Details 01584 811442

THEATR HAFREN, NEWTOWN 28 June ROOM (15) Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 1.30pm, £3, £8 includes light lunch, 01686 614555

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS 1, 26 & 29 June KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (12A) 2 - 4 June BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (PG) 3, 4, 11, 17, 18, 24 & 25 June THE BOSS BABY (U) 8 June A QUIET PASSION (12A) 9 - 11 June GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (12A) 9 - 16 June THEIR FINEST (12A) 2 - 8 & 21 June THE ZOOKEEPERS WIFE (12A) 1 - 8, 23 - 25 June PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZARS REVENGE(12A) 9 - 15 June ALIEN COVENANT (ctbc) 9 - 14 June MISS SLOANE (15) 10, 11, 17 & 18 June A DOG’S PURPOSE (PG) 13, 14, 17 & 18 June I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (12A) 16 - 22 June WONDER WOMAN (ctbc) 16 - 21 June BAYWATCH (ctbc) 16 - 22 June SNATCHED (ctbc) 23 June - into July TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (ctbc) 23 - 29 June THE MUMMY (ctbc) 30 June - into July DESPICABLE ME: 3 (ctbc) 30 June - into July CHURCHILL (ctbc) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 1 June TWELFTH NIGHT National Theatre live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555.

3 June RUSALKA (DVORVAK) Met Opera live. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 5.55pm, 01588 630321.

3 June ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD National Theatre encore screening.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125.

4 June HOKUSAI British Museum. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

4 June WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF National Theatre live. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322.

6 June ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD National Theatre encore screening.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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THE PROMISE (12A) In the dying days of the Ottoman Empire, Mikael (Oscar Isaac) an Armenian medical student falls for a French-educated Armenian girl, Ana (Charlotte le Bon, The Walk) who is also the mistress of Chris (Christian Bale) a fiery American journalist. But caught up in the genocide of 1.5million Armenians by the Turkish government – which to this day they totally deny – the love-struck pair face incredible dangers trying to make a run for it. Oh, and just to add to the drama, Mikael is already engaged to the lovely Maral (Angela Sarafyan). Writer/director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) is no stranger to personal melodrama set against harrowing historical backgrounds, and in this case the four-pronged romantic predicament takes centre stage but is mightily informed by the wholesale slaughter of innocent Armenians.

7 June THE DREAM / SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS / MARGUERITE & ARMAND Royal Opera House live. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 7.15pm, 01568 612583.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555.

10 June PETER PAN National Theatre live. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2pm, 01584 878141.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 2pm, 01588 630321. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 2.30pm, 01885 488575.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 2pm, 01952 728911. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 4pm, 01497 820322. Blake Theatre, Abergavenny, 2.30pm, 01600 791401.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555.

8 June LA TRAVIATA Captured live in 2014, Glyndebourne.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

13 June MICHELANGELO: LOVE AND DEATH Exhibition on screen (encore).

The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

9 June TAKE THAT: WONDERLAND Live from the O2. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 612583.

9 June THE NEW WORLD BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER Live concert, programme includes John Adams’ City Noir and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 6.30pm, 01584 878141.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 6.30pm, 01588 630321. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 6.30pm, 01952 728911. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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11 June PETER PAN National Theatre live. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 2pm, 01584 811442.

14 June MICHAELANGELO: LOVE AND DEATH Exhibition on screen. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

15 June TAKE THAT: WONDERLAND Recorded from the O2. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

15 June CARMEN.MAQUIA & CLUB HAVANA Ballet Hispanico, based in New York is the leading Latino dance company.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321.

16 June TAKE THAT: WONDERLAND Live from the O2. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

18 June PETER PAN National Theatre live. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 3pm, 01568 612583.

19 June DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL Live from Teatro alla Scala, Milan.

Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

22 June SALMOME National Theatre live. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911.

Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322. Blake Theatre, Abergavenny, 7pm, 01600 791401.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.pm, 01982 552555.

24 June WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF National Theatre encore screening.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125.

25 June OBSESSION National Theatre live. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 612583.

28 June OTELLO Royal Opera House live.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.15pm, 07967 517125. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555.

30 June ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD National Theatre live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555.

WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays FILM MAKING CLUB The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.30-7pm, £20 per term, 01432 340555.

BLEDDFA CENTRE WHAT’S ON - JUNE Open Fri, Sat and Sunday 11:00am – 4:30pm plus events as detailed below.

EXHIBITION ‘All the Days She Can Spare’

by Russell Morris until Sun 11. Open every day of Shropshire Hills Art Week, 3rd to 11th June.

A moving collection of drawings, prints and poetry responding to the experience of Alzheimer’s.

Mon 5 ‘Becoming Dementia Friendly’.

Fri 9 ‘Meet the Artist’.

Fri 2 11:00 – midday Silence and Stillness regular event Sat 3 11:30 – 1:00 Meditation Group regular event Sun 4 10:00 – 4:00 Book Binding for Beginners Art Workshop £45 Mon 5 4:00 ‘Becoming Dementia Friendly’ A FREE presentation from Graham Trew Tue 6 5:00 – 6:00 Beginners Pilates Start of four weekly sessions pre-booking only Fri 9 11:30 Meet the Artist Russell Morris Speaking with readings connected to his exhibition

Tue 13 and Tue 27 10:30 Bleddfa Sewing Group Fri 16, Sat 17, Sun 18 & Fri 23, Sat 24 & Sun 25 POP-UP EXHIBITION from local artist group Abstract Edge.

Sat 17 Bleddfa Village Ceilidh and Barbecue Live music. Ticket only 01547 550216 / 550412 Sat 24 10:00 – 4:00 Yoga for a Midsummers Day Stretching, relaxation, meditation and more £35 incl lunch, pre-booking essential Sat 24 7:30 Beautiful Music for a Midsummers Evening Castalia Quartet Tickets £8 Sun 25 Focussing: Inner Presence Workshop £35 Sat 1 – Sat 15 July Annual Shambhala retreat – closed for other activities

Visit website www.bleddfacentre.org for more information, phone 01547 550377 or email hello@bleddfacentre.org The Bleddfa Centre, Old School House Gallery and Hall Barn LD7 1PA are situated on the A488 halfway between Knighton and Pen y Bont

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dance A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Tues 6 June BELLY DANCING Wellington WI Open meeting. With Belly dancing demonstration, practice, refreshments. Wellington Village Hall, 7.30pm, £4, 01432 830189, all welcome.

Dance Performance Sat 3 June IN THE SPOTLIGHT THE VIV KELLY SCHOOL OF DANCE AND THEATRE bring an intimate evening of dance, music and song.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 14 June DYNASTIES: THE SANDS OF TIME LONDON STUDIO CENTRE’S JAZZ DANCE COMPANY perform hip hop, jazz and music theatre. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Thurs 22 June SMOTHER 201’s raw, contemporary hip-hop. A story of two men’s broken encounter. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £15/£12, 01432 340555.

Sat 24 June RHYTHM OF THE DANCE Celebrating Irish culture, embracing traditional and current to the ancient SeanNos dance style. Featuring world champion dancers, a traditional Irish band and the Young Irish Tenors. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 24 June MORRIS DANCERS - MIDSUMMER REJOICING! Featuring Jake & Dan Appalachian Step dancers and the amazing Gaorsach Rappers. The Square, Ludlow 11am-1pm, Ludlow Brewery 2-3pm, free. Part of Ludlow Fringe. www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Thurs 29 June A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM BALLET CYMRU present a stunning version of Shakespeare’s most magical play in this funny and heart-warming adaptation featuring vibrant classical choreography. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £14.50/£12.50, 01432 340555.

LEARN TO JIVE IN MID WALES Mondays - Castle Hotel Llandovery, SA20 0AP. Regular weekly class, just turn up & join in [TU&JI]. Check for Bank Holiday changes.

Wednesdays – Newbridge on Wye Community Centre (adjacent to the School). Regular weekly class, just TU&JI. Both classes are suitable for complete beginners and experienced dancers with or without a dance partner.

Doors open 7.20 £5pp Beginners Class starts 7.30pm.

Some Sundays - Swing’n’Jive from 6pm at The Elan Hotel, Rhayader. Free entry Jive dance night see website or facebook page for dates and more information www.jive.wales - fb ‘Mid Wales Jive’ - 07767 358079.

ECSTATIC RHYTHMS DANCE IN RHAYADER With Clive Hedger 4th Friday of the month 7.30-10pm At Carad - Rhayader Museum & Gallery, East Street, LD6 5ER. This is a freestyle dance class drawing upon elements of 5 rhythms, ecstatic / shamanic dance with some of the best ever music on a great sound system.

No experience necessary. No steps to learn, just following the heart in motion. Wear loose clothing and bring water. £10 (concessions available). For further info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 552535 / 07905 743272.

COURTYARD, HEREFORD CLASSES Tues - Zumba, 1.30-2.30pm, £5 per session. Fri - Chance to Dance, 10.15-11.15am, £4.50 per session. Tues - Dancefest, Adult Dance, 6.30-7.30pm, £55 per term. Tues - Laura Gale Street Jazz, Adults, 7.40-8.40pm, £39 for 6 weeks.

Tues - Find Your Feet, 11am-12pm, £2 per session. Fri - Dancing Tots for ages 4 and under, 11.30am-12.15pm, £4 per session plus £1 per extra child. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

ALANYA’S BELLYDANCE CLUB OPEN LEVEL BELLYDANCE CLASSES Mondays, 7.00-8.30pm Lady Hawkins’ Community Leisure Centre, Kington. Thursdays, 7.30-9.00pm Bodenham Parish Hall, Leominster. £30 per 5 or pay termly (includes 1 free class). For information and other classes visit www. alanyabellydance.com Enquires to info@alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

Wed 5 & Thurs 6 July SUMMER DANCE WILLIAM BROOKES SCHOOL DANCE. Annual celebration of many levels and styles of dance taught to students of all ages. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £5/£4, 01952 728911.

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Dynasties: The Sands of Time

CROOKED STEEPLE MORRIS Women’s North West Clog Dancers. New members welcome. No experience necessary. Monday evening, 7.45-9pm, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE, £2.50 per session.

Contact Linda or Nic 01746 718624, crookedsteeple@ btinternet.com

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds.

With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555.

APPLETREE ORGANISATION Tues - Belly Dance for Beginners, 2pm. Tues - Gym-Pan-Ze Rope & Trapeze for all, 5.30pm. Wed - Disco Dots, 10.30am, £3. Wed Dance Crusaders for the over 50s, 2.30pm. Wed - Fuzion Dance, for ages 4 - adult, from 4pm. Wed - All Tap Sessions for 7 to 12+, from 4pm. Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 07921 331764.

Tues FOXWELP MORRIS Why not try Morris dancing?

We practice very Tues evening at 7.30pm in Moccas Village Hall from Sept to May. Mainly dances from the Cotswolds, but also some from the Welsh Borders.

All sexes welcome, and ability to dance not necessary!

Beginners welcome. Contact Jude 01497 821775 or Paul 01497 821003.

LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. Wednesday, 8-9pm, Methodist Church Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EE. Wednesday, 8.30-9.30pm, Malvern Vale Community Centre, Malvern, WR14 1GU. Thursday, 7-8pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354. orinfo@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance.co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

Mon SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Join an enthusiastic adult group on Monday evenings to learn how to dance jigs, reels and Strathspeys at Llanelwedd School Hall, Builth Wells from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. £2 per session (first free). No need to bring a partner. Beginners and experts welcome. 01982 570324/01544 350707.

Mon HEREFORD TANGO CLUB Regular tango classes at Breinton Village Hall HR47PJ, 7.30-10pm, £6.

Details Jim 07977 541446, email tango4jim@aol.com or Hilda 07768 543660.

Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over.

With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555.

Tues LEARN TO JIVE Fun, easy to learn and no partner/ experience needed. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01989 750354.

Wed BIG FISH LITTLE FISH FOR MUMS AND TOTS! Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 2-3pm, £3 drop in, for tots aged 8 months+, 01597 824370.

Weds THE REBEL RAIDERS Linedancing, all abilities welcome. CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 7-9.30pm, 01597 810561.

Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180.

Thurs, Fri & Sat MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623219.

Thurs URBAN DANCE CLUB WITH 2FACED DANCE COMPANY Ages 7-11 years 4-5pm, ages 11+ 5-6pm.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711.

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food page The Baker’s Arms, Orleton

I

N the United States Donald Trump huffs and puffs his way around the White House like an amateur actor cast in the role of ‘President’ in a redneck version of The West Wing. He often forgets his lines and is making it up as he goes along.

Over here, the British people can do nothing but shut their eyes and hope that when they open them, the awful dream will have gone away. Or, if they lived in the Herefordshire village of Orleton, they could turn off the gloomy news on TV and head out to carouse with or benefit from the wisdom of the regulars in one of the two pubs – The Boot and The Baker’s Arms – which they are lucky enough to have serving their community. But here there is potential gloom, too, as their choice may soon be reduced to one.

The Boot is an attractive, authentically rustic boozer in the heart of the old village, which Mr P reviewed in the Woolly Organ in 2011. It has been owned since 2008 by a property developer who used to live nearby. He is now offering it for sale through pub agency, Sidney Phillips, at a price that the locals believe indicates that he would rather sell it as a private dwelling. Mr Pernickety has had cause from time to time to refer to this malignant practice of seeking to have planning use as a pub lifted from a building with potential as a private dwelling which, without the restriction, can be worth at least double its value. The lovely old Ancient Camp Inn at Ruckhall, near Hereford, was lost, some years ago, in this way.

The locals suspect that The Boot is now being deliberately run down in order to strengthen the case for having the planning use removed. Although their opening hours (closing at 9.00 pm several nights a week) suggest this, Mr Pernickety has been unable to contact the owner to confirm or deny that this is his intention.

If an applicant is able to demonstrate that the pub isn’t turning over enough to justify its retention, the planners may grant its lifting, especially if, as in this case, there’s another pub in the village. Mr P thinks that most of the villagers would be quite grumpy if their only choice was the Baker’s Arms, so he went along with his old friend (and former skillet wielder), the Wrinkle-Rocker to see what it had to offer.

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Mr P had once looked in for a pint a few years ago, when he’d been taken aback by the thoroughness with which any personality the old place might once have possessed had been destroyed, starting with the change of its name from the quaint and rare ‘The Maidenhead’, to the more prosaic ‘Baker’s Arms’.

Admittedly the former Maidenhead hadn’t been the most salubrious of boozers, but gentle, tasteful refurbishment would have left it far more engaging

than wholesale blandification that had taken place.

It is now fitted out entirely from the Pub Furnishing Catalogue (‘Rustic Style’), with rows of banquette seating reminiscent of a ’70s steak bar, brand new characterless chairs and tables backed up with much beige paint and bogus beamery – nothing on the walls or nooks to demonstrate any individuality, while a large TV screen across a corner of the bar was showing an episode of Holby.

Mr P and the WR parked beside the reconstructed ‘beer garden’, a new Leylandia hedge, with a view across a tidy lawn to a static caravan, beside an area of meticulous fake paving stones. Nevertheless, despite the plain dreariness of the place, and the almost subliminal muzak that filled it inside, and a less than effusive welcome, Mr P and the WR were please to find no less than six local beers on offer; their pints of Three Tuns tasted well-tended.

Some potentially interesting special dishes were chalked up on a board, while the standard menu featured a predictable selection of expensive burgers (but Mr P is spoiled since eating the Beefy Boys burgers in Hereford). Sitting in the dining room with six other punters, Mr P and the WR started with a bowl of Garlic Prawns, which came with hunks of excellent wholemeal bread. The WR – more pernickety than Mr P – thought the crustaceans short on seasoning, though Mr P enjoyed them well enough.

Lack of seasoning featured in the WR’s next course – a Trio of Fish (£14.99). He pronounced the hunks of salmon, hake and smoked haddock overcooked without having been adequately deboned, while the white wine sauce that covered them was little more than a tasteless glaze. This was accompanied by three small bowls of relishes , chopped onions, something else they couldn’t identify, and tomato ketchup, which the WR used on his chips, about which, perversely, he was inclined to be complimentary.

Mr P liked the chips too, but the Beef Strogonoff (sic) at £15.99 (there are many ‘9’s on the menu) did not perform. Served with a tump of rice and a very ordinary salad (undressed), there was a lot of it, sadly lacking the key ingredients for a stroganoff

– sour cream, paprika, tarragon and brandy. Mr P considered, given the lack of diners, that this dish might have been a concoction from Brake Bros, although they would at least have got it right. Mr P finished it feeling badly let down.

At least the wine was a good Chilean Cab Sauv at £14.99, and the two reviewers would have enjoyed finishing it there, but the waitress, lacking any panache, ignored them for twenty minutes, without another punter left to serve, so they decided to pass on puddings, stick a cork in the bottle and take it home after what, they agreed, had been an utterly uninspiring evening in featureless surroundings, unhelped by overpriced, inadequate cuisine.

Mr Pernickety hopes very much that when he’s visiting Orleton in future, he’ll be able to revisit The Boot for many years to come. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS

Until Sun 4 June CASTLE STREET FOOD MARKET Step off the High St into Hay Castle’s attractive walled garden, sit under canvas and taste great street food from the Welsh Borders. The Honesty Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 10am-6pm.

Fri 2 - Sat 3 June THE MENAGERIE NIGHT MARKET New evening pop-up. Enjoy laid back DJs, the Bookshop Bar and dining alfresco. Expect small brewery beer, local cider, fine wines and delicious food. The Honesty Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 6pm onwards.

Sat 3 June KINGTON CELEBRATES SUMMER FOOD/ DRINK FESTIVAL 45+ stands of seasonal food and drink, street music and Little Rumba. Grand auction. Ale trail all weekend.

Specialist nurseries. Centre of Kington, 10.30am-4.30pm, free event and frree parking. summerfoodfest@gmail.com Sat 3 June SWAN BREWERY OPEN DAY Part of Leominster Festival, 2-5pm, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk Sat 3 June SUMMER FOOD AND DRINK - KINGTON CELEBRATES Seasonal produce. Free event, lots of new stands for summer. Eat, drink, buy cheese, pies, chocolate, patisserie and more. Kington, 10.30am-4.30pm, further details email summerfoodfest@gmail.com Sat 10 June YARKHILL FIELD TO FORK FESTIVAL A celebration of asparagus, cider and strawberries with live music in the evening. Watery Lane, Yarkhill, HR1 3TD, 11am-7.30pm, £5 adults, £1 for ages 3-16.

Thurs 22 June OFF GRID GOURMET SUPPER CLUB Hugh will source, create and cook his bespoke menu of the day. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, £25 vegetarian, £30 meat, 01497 821762.

Sat 1 & Sun 2 July HEREFORD FOOD FESTIVAL Showcasing the finest food and drink from Hereford and beyond. Plus live music. Hereford Racecourse, Roman Rd, Hereford, open Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-5pm. www.bigbullevents.co.uk Every Saturday PRODUCE MARKET Pastries, cakes, artisan bread, local crafts and homewares. Cheese Market, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-5pm, info@haymarkets.co.uk

First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm. The best collection of artisan food producers in the area.

2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET With live music a regular feature in the cafe. Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487.

3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-1pm, 01588 630023.

3rd Saturday of every other month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd, Clun, 12pm-2pm, 01588 641180.

Every Wednesday PIE NIGHT Pie, peas, potatoes and a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington.

Every Thursday HAY MARKET DAY Local produce, meat and fish, hot food, artisan bread, cakes, crafts, vintage, plants and more. Memorial Square and Clock Tower, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-4pm, www.haymarkets.co.uk Every Thursday BURGER NIGHT Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203.

Every Thursday SURF & TURF NIGHT Scampi & Steak plus a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington.

Every 2nd & 4th Thursday LUDLOW LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET 9-2pm Castle Square 01584 872043.

Every Friday KINGTON LOCAL PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.

FOOD BYTES AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Open MonFri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm.

THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

THE OLD STATION TEA ROOM, THE OLD RAILWAY STATION, NEW RADNOR, LD8 2SS 01544 350543.

Visit us at the Old Station Caravan Park for hot drinks and homemade cakes. Superb views and free Wi-Fi. We can cater for small groups, meetings and other events.

Accommodation also available. Open daily 9am-5pm, 1st March-31st October.

The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.co.uk Homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wednesday to Saturday. 9.30 to 5.00, (Sun, Mon & Tues - CLOSED).

THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes.

Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm.

RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers.

Old Garage Shop, Knighton. Tues-Sat. Free parking, opposite library. Friday morning market stall in Presteigne. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. Restaurant orders welcome. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk

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JUNE Thurs 1 June LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

MARK STEVENSON Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

OPEN MIC/JAM With The Wayne Martin Band. Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

OPEN MIC King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Quator Voce, St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £8.30. Emmy the Great, Oxfam Moot, 8.30pm, £7.30. Fitty Gomash, Baskerville Hall, Clyro, 8.30pm, £10.30. www.hayfestival.org 01497 822629.

WHITNEY: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT A stunning celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £23/£22, 01686 614555.

Fri 2 June MARK LATIMER / TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

DELRAY ROCKETS Rose & Crown, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336.

HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Baby Queens with support from Kizzy Crawford, Oxfam Moot, 10pm, £10.30. DJ Chris Munton, Baskerville Hall, Clyro, 11pm, £10.30. www.hayfestival.org 01497 822629.

MICRO BABY Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

SULTANA BROTHERS Chapel Lawn Village Hall, 7.30pm, £6, ticket only. www.chapel-lawn.co.uk In aid of Cancer Research.

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BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuing Brecon Jazz Celebration.

Cuban sounds, piano trio, swing band, three lineups, one place. Wellington Hotel, Brecon 7.30pm, £10.

VAPOUR The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, 9pm.

MISFIT PEARL AND THE ODDFELLOWS De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 9pm.

LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring Jazz with Pizazz. Grange Court, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk TORQUE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

WHITEHOUSE White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE BRIGHT EYES Glam rock covers band. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

STEVE YEOMANS & MATT ROVING CROWS Severn Sounds Festival, Cripplegate Park, Tybridge St, Worcester, 8.15pm.

EGO FRIENDLY Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

BLUES NIGHT With John Snocken. Reet Petite, West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

THE REVEREND FERRIDAY Acoustic slide and blues. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

GROOVE DYNAMITE The band that ignites the fuse to your dancing shoes! Explosive soul, funk and disco. Ludlow Brewery, Railway Shed, Station Drive, Ludlow, 8pm, £8, 01584 873291.

Sat 3 June CRIMSON CHILD Malthouse, Ironbridge.

WHALEBONE Award winning instrumental trio who blend Celtic folk music with strands of rock, Americana and Eastern European tradition. Coronation Hall, Kingsland, £10 from Kingsland Post Office or 01568 709579.

NIGHT FLIGHT The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow.

MARK & JILL FROM THE RHYTHM THIEVES Fred’s Yurts, Hay Festival, 8-9.30pm.

FUNKOMATIC Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Malt Shovel, Highley, 9pm, free. www.themaltshovel.co.uk HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Inna Modja, Oxfam Moot, 10pm, £9.30. Natalie Clein and Louisa Clein, St Mary’s Church, 11pm, £10.30.

Swing Patrol, Baskerville Hall, Clyro, 10pm, £10.30. www.hayfestival.org 01497 822629.

CHICAGO BYTES R & B, rock and blues. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

NIKKI ROUS The Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

LITTLE RUMBA Kington Celebrates Summer Food/ Drink Festival. 45+ stands of seasonal food and drink, street music and Little Rumba. Grand auction. Ale trail all weekend. Specialist nurseries. Centre of Kington, 10.30am-4.30pm, free event and frree parking. summerfoodfest@ gmail.com STONED CHERRIES Cafe At the Stores, Colwall, 8.30pm, £5.

KINGTON AMATEUR DRAMATICS & OPERATIC SOCIETY Programme includes show songs and some Gilbert & Sullivan. The Crown Inn, Dilwyn, £5 available on the door and include a buffet during the interval.

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES BAND The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring Leominster Choral Society.

Priory Church, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk SAMBUKA The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow.

BLIND EYE Stag, Llanidloes.

Live Music Every Saturday!

JUNE MUSIC Fri 2 - Blues Night with John Snocken Sat 3 - Flatworld Sat 10 - Pablo Alto Sat 17 - The Troy Redfern Band Sat 24 - Freeborn Rising

Open Mic

Every 2nd Friday in the month - 9 June

Jazz and Tapas with Mark Latimer

Every 3rd Wednesday in the month - 21 June

Reet Petite, 18 West Street, Leominster

07484 545368

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Sat 3 June

Tues 6 June

LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring Livewire Showcase. Talbot Hotel, Leominster, 7.30pm, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk

OPEN MIC NIGHT Courtyard Cafe Bar, The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, free, 01432 340555.

FLATWORLD Reet Petite, West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

MONTERAY JACK & THE MALCONTENTS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

STRATUS FEAR Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968.

Sun 4 June TRAFFICKER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE Open to all local talent, musicians, singers, actors, magicians, comedians and poets. Leominster Community Centre, 7pm, pay what you like, performers free. To register or more information, 01568 612583 or 07968 893719.

PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR First live performance. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3pm. Tea and cakes. Donations.

STEVE YEOMANS The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

NORTH STAR Folk Americana. Queen’s Head, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

Mon 5 June BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711480 www. roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub.

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OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche, swinging hot jazz from the 40s. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, 07970 343148.

Wed 7 June SPEAKEASY BAR Hereford Blues Club presents an evening of the blues. Come and listen, talk or even play the Blues. Live music and album tracks. The Left Bank, Hereford, 8pm, free. Want to play, call 07807 018110.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 8 June SWAN BREWERY BIG STREET PUB QUIZ The Grape Vaults, Broad St., Leominster, 7.30pm. Part of Leominster Festival.

THE POOBAHS Part of Land Festival. Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

THE MANFREDS With original front man, Paul Jones.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £22, 01432 340555.

Fri 9 June

AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8pm.

SONGS FROM THE SHOWS Priory Church, Leominster, 12pm. Part of Leominster Festival, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk

PUB QUIZ AND BUFFET The Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

JUAN MARTIN - ARTE FLAMENCO PURO An awe-inspiring guitarist, composer and all encompassing musician from Spain. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01432 340555.

JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Featuring Art Themen Quartet.

The Bonded Warehouse, Canal St, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £8, under 16s £4 on the door, 07766 910179.

LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring music and dance with Baroque Dancing Steps. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk

BLACKMOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS PICKING WEEKEND Clyro Court, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, free, camping £6 per night, caravans welcome, details 01981 510674, 07812 102177 or 07846 669890.

CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

DREWS BREW American country blues and Indie.

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

VIDEO DJ PETER PHILIPS Stag, Llanidloes.

THE TREVOR BURTON BAND One of the founding fathers of the Move. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

WHITE FEATHER COLLECTIVE / PABLO ALTO / RAPTOR The Royal Hall, The Southend, Ledbury, £3 on the door.

SLIPPERY SLOPE The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, 9pm.

TALON - THE BEST OF EAGLES Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £22/£21, 01874 611622.

DYNAMITE DICK BAND Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

BAND OPEN MIC Hosted by the Rhythm Thieves.

Drums and bass provided. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

LIVE MUSIC Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring Devonbird. The trio combine foot-stomping jigs and reels with haunting ballads. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 8pm, 01885 488575.

GROOVE CITY Part of Land Festival. Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

DAVE ROBERTS + TOBY HAY De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 9pm.

THE ROY ORBISON STORY Barry Steele takes you on this specially produced musical journey in time.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £22, 01432 340555.

Sat 10 June NICK ROSS ORCHESTRA: SOUNDS OF GLENN MILLER The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21, 01432 340555.

TWO TONE REVUE The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

BLACKMOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS PICKING WEEKEND Clyro Court, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, free, camping £6 per night, caravans welcome, details 01981 510674, 07812 102177 or 07846 669890.

THE RUMPUS RETURNS Summer barn dance in aid of The Music Pool. Dancing to Bandemonium, hot suppers and more. Caradoc, Sellack, near Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £27.50 in advance, 07775 751122.

RAGWORT Acoustic folk with a twist. The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, 9pm.

ROCKY ROAD TO RUIN Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

Sat 10 June OH CAROL! The musical story of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

SONIC BOOM Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

THE SKIN Folk Quintet from Scotland.

The Bolthole, Leasowes Bank Farm, Ratlinghope, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, under 16s £6, 01743 790903.

THE PAUL SNOOK BAND Soul, blues, R & B. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

PABLO ALTO / VELELLA VELELLA Reet Petite, West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

CHRIS BIG’S LASER DISCO The Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

MONNOW JAZZ QUINTET Top jazz tunes and great players.

Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

SAMBUCA The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow.

BLUES BUSINESS Richmond Place Club, Hereford, 3-5pm.

BLACKMOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS PICKING WEEKEND Clyro Court, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, free, camping £6 per night, caravans welcome, details 01981 510674, 07812 102177 or 07846 669890.

QUIZ NIGHT Supper included, teams of 4, 7.30pm.

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

ADAM HODSON The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

BIRMINGHAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Priory Church, Leominster, 7.30pm.

Part of Leominster Festival, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk

Mon 12 June

SEND TO U LATER Part of Land Festival in yard. Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

BRECON TOWN CONCERT BAND Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £8.50/£6.50, 01874 611622.

RICHARD NAVARRO His original songs take the folk traditions of melody and storytelling and supercharge them through live looping and improvisation. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £6, 01497 821762.

Tues 13 June

UNDERCOVER Stag, Llanidloes.

LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! A talk by Heather Morison joined by Kate Felus, author of The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden. Plus music by Eboracum Baroque. Berrington Hall, Leominster, 6pm-8.30pm, 01568 615721.

SKA BURST Malthouse, Ironbridge.

TAYO ALUKO & FRIENDS ‘‘Call Mr Robeson. A life, with Songs’.

A roller coaster journey through actor, singer, activist Paul Robeson’s remarkable life. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 7.30pm, £14/128, 01568 616460. Arts Alive.

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8.30pm, £16, 01584 878141.

Sun 11 June ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, musicians welcome, 7.30pm.

LIVE MUSIC Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

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HOT CLUB JAZZ Presents Jazz Strings Trio - violin, harp, guitar. Hot Club Swing Cafe, St Mary St, Cardiff, 6.30pm, £5 on the door.

GALA ORGAN CONCERT

By James O’Donnell. A live video feed from the organ loft, Westminster Abbey.

Hereford Cathedral, 7.15pm, 01432 374259.

BRECON JAZZ CLUB Presents Alison Rayner Quintet - UK Tour. The Muse, Brecon, 8pm, £10, members £8, info@breconjazzclub.org

Wed 14 June

STEADY EDDIE AND FRIENDS The Monk, Monkland, near Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 720464.

MUSIC GIG Enjoy the diverse repertoire of the Extended Diploma in Music students, including rock, funk, jazz, country, pop, world, plus some original material.

Hereford College of Arts, Folly Arts Theatre, Folly Lane Campus, Hereford, 1pm & 7pm, free, 01432 273359, www.hca.ac.uk/SummerShow DUSKI Young contemporary jazz band.

Queen’s Head, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

SYNERGY Housmans Cafe and Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm.

OPEN MIC With Mike Longmore. White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 15 June THE BOYS FROM THE ALL-NIGHT CHEMIST The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

LISA KNAPP Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £13.50/£12/50, 01982 552555.

MUSIC GIG Enjoy the diverse repertoire of the Extended Diploma in Music students, including rock, funk, jazz, country, pop, world, plus some original material.

Hereford College of Arts, Folly Arts Theatre, Folly Lane Campus, Hereford, 1pm & 7pm, free, 01432 273359, www.hca.ac.uk/SummerShow FOLK NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

THE ROY SAINSBURY TRIO Jazz. Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, Berriew, 8.15pm, £12 in advance, £15 on the door, reductions for under 16s, 01686 640689.

BECKI BRINDLE Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

CLOUDS HARP QUARTET Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 122/£10, 01874 611622.

Fri 16 June WILL KILLEEN Celtic roots mixed with American blues.

De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 9pm.

FIVE O’CLOCK HERO Malthouse, Ironbridge.

CRAVEN ARMS BIG BAND (Formerly known as Toot Sweet).

Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £8 from Bright Flowers, Caractacus or on the door. Bring a plate of food to share, 01588 641180. Charity concert to raise money for Disaster Appeal.

ROVING CROWS Colwall Village Hall.

THE ROYAL GEORGE BEER FESTIVAL Twelve local ales and barbeque. The Royal George, Lingen, 01544 267322.

MARTHA TILSTON Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

ALTERNATIVE ROOTS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

SUMMER MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT Featuring Ex Cathedra. St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 367482.

Tickets £12.

Doors open 7pm.

Performance 8pm.

Tickets £12, Doors open 7pm, Performance 8pm

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Fri 16 June CONTRABAND Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

SOUTH SHROPSHIRE BLUES CLUB Blues Jam at the Rose and Crown.

A chance for you to jam in with our semi-professional musicians and singers. Great informal friendly atmosphere. Rose and Crown, Ludlow, www.southshropshirebluesclub.co.uk LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

CLUN VALLEY JAZZ Presents BBC Radio 3 featured pianist, Elliott Sansom Trio, a finalist in the BBC Young Musician 2016 Jazz award.

Clungunford Parish Hall, 8pm, £12, 01588 630152 or email eventsclunvalleyjazz@gmail.com.

THE ZEPPELIN 3 King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

STAND BY ME A celebration of Ben E King & The Drifters. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

HAWTHORNES The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, 9pm.

DAN CASSIDY AND JAMES HICKMAN Transatlantic folk brought to you on violin, voice and guitar. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £12, 01588 630023.

STEPHEN CESARI Music from the 50s to 80s. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

Sat 17 June CRAFTERNOON DELIGHT With workshops from Fetch Theatre Company, Rooted Forest School, Panic Circus, Zu Aerial and many more. A day of new skills and a night of dancing.

Music by Strange Attractor, The Redlands Palomino Co and Presteigne Pop Choir. Went’s Meadow, Presteigne, 12 - 6pm, 6-11pm, daytime tickets £7 for children, adults go free. Evening £12 available from Winnies and No. 46 Wine Bar Presteigne. Sheep Music event.

CRAFTERDARK Music by Strange Attractor, The Redlands Palomino Co and Presteigne Pop Choir. Went’s Meadow, Presteigne, 6-11pm, £12 available from Winnies and No. 46 Wine Bar Presteigne. Sheep Music event.

LIVE MUSIC Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

THE LITTLE MIX EXPERIENCE With breath-taking dance moves, replica costumes and perfect vocals this high-energy show is suitable for all ages. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

RAY & MAIRE ROONEY White Horse Inn, Clun.

BLEDDFA VILLAGE CEILIDH With live music and barbecue.

The Bleddfa Centre, ticket only, 01547 550216.

THE TROY REDFERN BAND Reet Petite, West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

JACKHAMMER BLUES BAND Acoustic blues and roots trio. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

BEN WALKER & CHRIS KNOWLES Methodist Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10/£8, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk SHREWSBURY CANTATA CHOIR Holy Trinity Church, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10, students free, 01588 638728.

JUNIOR BILL The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

CHRIS QUINN The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow.

ROYAL GEORGE BEER FESTIVAL Twelve local ales and barbeque.

Featuring live music with The Rhythm Thieves. The Royal George, Lingen, 01544 267322.

STEVE DAY BAND Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

WIND BAND OF THE ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA The Lion Ballroom, 7.30pm. £12, £6 students, 01568 616460.

STIPE - THE REM TRIBUTE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £15/£13, 01874 611622.

TENBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Mike Sanchez & His Band, Arcadia Roots, Sticky Wicket, Abraxas, Abi K & The Roadsters, ADO, The Roustabouts, Stone Mountain Sinners and more. Tenbury Wells, from 12 noon, @25/£12, under 12s free, www.tenburymusicfestival.co.uk LOST THE PLOT Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Presents Jam Experiment. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14/£7 from Pengwern Books or 01743 234970.

THE GOLD ROOM Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

A CELEBRATION OF JOHN DENVER Featuring Wayne Denton. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

GREGYNOG FESTIVAL Featuring Michala Petri & Mahan Esfahani, recorder and harpsichord.

The Music Room, Gregynog, 7.30pm, £20, young person £10, 01686 207100, www.gregnogfestival.org

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Sat 17 June THE ROUGES The Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

DAN CASSIDY AND JAMES HICKMAN Transatlantic folk brought to you on violin, voice and guitar. Quatt Village Hall.

PHOENIX The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

EIRA / SNOW Lyndon Owen and Caractacus Downes perform Celtic, European and Middle Eastern music on wind and double bass. St Mary’s Church, Craswall, 7.30pm, £7.50 from 01981 570268 or on the door.

BLACK & BLUES BAND Stag, Llanidloes.

MOTOWN - HOW SWEET IT IS The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £23, 01432 340555.

Sun 18 June GRUIG Queen’s Head, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

STONE MOUNTAIN SINNERS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

THE ROYAL GEORGE BEER FESTIVAL Twelve local ales and barbecue. The Royal George, Lingen, 01544 267322.

RAGWORT Acoustic folk with a twist. Grapes, Hereford, 4-6pm.

BOON DOGZ The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

GREGYNOG FESTIVAL Featuring Ricercar Concert, Philippe Pierlot, director. Programme includes Bach, Purcell, Lawes, Rameau and Marais. The Music Room, Gregynog, 2.30pm, £20, young person £10, 01686 207100, www.gregnogfestival.org NANCY KERR & JAMES FAGAN The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970.

ACOUSTIC SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

Wed 21 June THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 22 June

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ECHOES OF SPAIN Contemporary and traditional Flamenco. Parkway Restaurant, 7.30pm, £15, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

IAN LUTHER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

TROY REDFERN BAND Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Fri 23 June SHIRLEY BASSEY - THIS IS ME Rachael Roberts delivers a stunning tribute to the girl from Tiger Bay. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £15/£13, 01874 611622.

MIDNIGHT RUNAWAYS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

HEREFORD HEAVY4 Featuring three killer Metal bands, Enemo J, We Come From Ashes and The Seventh Circle. The Booth Hall, Hereford, 7.30pm.

YOUNG MUSICIANS Ludlow Brewery, 7.30pm, £5 on the door, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk TONY & GUY Better know to many as Born in Chicago. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

BARE BONES Stag, Llanidloes.

GREGYNOG FESTIVAL Featuring Amy Dickson & Catherine Milledge, saxophone and piano. Chirk Castle Chapel, 7.30pm, £10, young person £5, 01686 207100, www.gregnogfestival.org ADAM HODSON Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SWING NIGHTS AND COCKTAILS The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow, 8pm, £5 on the door, www.ludlowfringe. co.uk LEWIS CLARK & THE ESSENTIALS Folk, blues and soul. De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 9pm.

ALCOHOUSTICS The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, 9pm.

DAWSON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

CREEDS CROSS Some of the country’s finest musicians take you on a thrilling ride through this great story, with a refreshingly modern and toe tapping approach. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20, 01432 340555.

Sat 24 June GA GA - A TRIBUTE TO QUEEN The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21/£20, 01432 340555.

GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

OCD Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

RUTH WATSON & FRIENDS Programme includes Beethoven, Elgar, Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Gershwin. The Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 7.30pm, £10. Profits to maintain/improve the Crown Inn, 01544 318738.

WORRIED MEN The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

THE GOODWATER A blast of rhythm and blues, backed with sharp drums and brazen riffs.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

WHISKEY RIVER BOYS The Angel Inn, Grosmont, 8pm, 01981 240646.

REMI HARRIS One of the UK’s top jazz guitarists.

Ludlow Brewery, 7.30pm, £14/£12, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk BLUE MOON Acoustic Indie, jazz and blues.

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

CASTALIA QUARTET ‘Beautiful Music for a Midsummer Evening.’ Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 550377.

TORQUE The Malt Shovel, Highley, 9pm, free. www.themaltshovel.co.uk ROVING CROWS Jinney Ring Folk Festival, Hanbury Rd, Hanbury, near Bromsgrove.

THE SOULMAN FLASH Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

GREGYNOG FESTIVAL Featuring Robert Plane, clarinet and Gould Piano Trio. Programme includes Beethoven, Brahms, Cyril Scott and Josef Holbrooke. Chirk Castle Chapel, 7.30pm, £20, young person £10, 01686 207100, www.gregnogfestival.org PROBABLY ROY Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

STRAWBERRY TEA & FETE Cream teas, stalls, raffles and more.

St James’ Church and grounds, Kinnersley, 2-4.30pm, all profits to the Church Restoration & Development fund.

MONTERAY JACK & THE MALCONTENTS Stag, Llanidloes.

JAZZ DOUBLE BILL Featuring Mike Blakesley Quintet and Westcoastin’ Octet. The Bolthole, Leasowes Bank Farm, Ratlinghope, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, under 16s £6, 01743 790903.

WILL KILLEEN The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow.

RHYTHM THIEVES

Saturday 3 June, 7.30pm

Kingsland Coronation Hall HR6 9SQ

WHALEBONE

Tickets £10/£6 under 18s are available from Kingsland Post Office, T: 01568 709579 or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/whalebone

Phone 01568 770134

Sat 3 June Mark & Jill from the Rhythm Thieves, Fred’s Yurts, Hay Festival, 8-9.30pm.

Fri 9 June

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, Band Open Mic, 8pm, drums and bass provided.

Sat 17 June Royal George Beer Festival, Lingen.

Fri 30 June Sun Inn, Leintwardine, Open Mic, 8pm.

SANDY BRECHIN Scottish Accordionist SATURDAY 22 JULY

Chapel Lawn Village Hall, SY7 0BW 7.30pm, £7 in advance or £8 on the door Bar / Raffle

WORKSHOP

For established players with Sandy 5-6pm, £5

07721 739973

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

Maker & Restorer of Violins, Violas & Cellos Repairs, Fitting Up, Tonal Adjustments etc Room 12, 2nd Floor, Lion House 15, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT

We also stock a selection of new and antique instruments and accessories T: 01568 620120 M: 07901 064875

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

Trevor Davies Music

For all your musical needs 87 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8AE tel: 01568 613611

We stock Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP, Fernandez, Epiphone, Indie, Aria, Ovation, Adamas, Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, Crafter, Burns, Washburn, Jackson, AER, Marshall, Hartke, Carlsbro, Laney, Zoom, Digitech, Tama, Casio.

Plus many other brands.

Approximately 500 guitars in stock and Brass, Woodwind, Drums, Keyboards, accessories and thousands of music books and sheet music.

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Sat 24 June CHOIR OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE The world-famous choir, in “Music for Trinity” - a concert of well-known and rare, ancient and modern choral gems. St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £12. 01497 820101, www.haymusic.org LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

HAY MEADOW FESTIVAL Free family day to celebrate wildflower meadows and their wealth of wildlife.

Guided walks, talks, scything demonstrations, competitions, arts and crafts, music and merriment. The Bog, Pennerley, SY5 0NG, 10am-4pm. www.stiperstonesandcrndon.co.uk FREEBORN RISING Reet Petite, West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

THE SEARCHERS This special solo concert combines anecdotes, reminiscences, famous hits, B-sides and a selection of other collector and well know favourites.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £22/£21, 01584 878141.

Sun 25 June FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

SEAN SAYE The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

ANNETTE GREGORY SINGS ELLA FITZGERALD Ludlow Brewery, 7.30pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk GREGYNOG FESTIVAL Featuring Llyr Williams, piano.

Programme includes Schumann, Grieg, Liszt and Josef Holbrooke. Chirk Castle Chapel, 7.30pm, £30, young person £15, 01686 207100, www.gregnogfestival.org

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IAN PARKER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

THE KILKENNYS Energy filled, toe tapping and hand clapping night, sprinkled with some of Ireland’s songs and ballads. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

SARAH SMITH Housmans Cafe and Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Howard and Clare.

The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

BACCHUS Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

THE SUNDAY EVENING CHILL A relaxed evening of music from local bands and artists. The Red Lion, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080.

Thurs 29 June

HEAVY QUARTET Queen’s Head, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

RAGWORT Acoustic folk with a twist. Red Lion, Knighton.

MIDSUMMER REJOICING WEEKEND Featuring Rushbearing procession with Morris Dancing from Stonehouse, Bishop’s Castle 10.30am, service 11am, then dancing, beer and burgers.

Bishop’s Castle, 01588 638288.

Donations in aid of the Church Kitchen Project.

Tues 27 June ACOUSTICA - BRIAN COPSEY Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01686 614555.

Wed 28 June BRIDGE DRIVE Brobury House, Hereford, HR3 6BS. Lunch 12pm, bridge starts at 2-4.30pm, £15 to include lunch, bridge and gardens. Tickets essential and paid before the event from Jan Baker 01544 327247, Zita Chilman 01544 267334.

In aid of Friends of Herefordshire Samaritans.

EDUOARDO NIEBLA Spanish guitarist. Methodist Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £14/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

THE DIME NOTES Blues driven New Orleans jazz.

Methodist Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk FUNKOMATIC Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Fri 30 June THE HARRISONS The Yew Tree, Peterstowe, 9pm.

BOUNCING BETTY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

CHARLIE BERESFORD & SONIA HAMMOND Guitar and cello. Classical, jazz and folk influences merge into a beautiful unique landscape. CD launch ‘Each Edge of the Field.’ The Art Shop & Chapel, Market St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £12, pre-concert suppers.

Booking essential, 01873 726430, artshopandchapel.co.uk THE ACCELERATORS Stag, Llanidloes.

DEBS HANCOCK With local quartet. Drop in for a cocktail, light bite or book a table.

Cliffe Hotel, Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 872063, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

OPEN MIC Hosted by The Rhythm Thieves.

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

HMV BAND Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

THE RED LION, MADLEY

Welcome Home!

Conversation, great food, friends and family.

Celebrating Canada Day (Canada turns 150 years)

Saturday July 1st Noon - Midnight with

Barbecue and Ceilidh Telephone: 01981 251696 www.theredlionmadley.co.uk The Red Lion Madley HR2 9PH the red lion madley

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Fri 30 June CHRIS QUINN The Clive, Bromfield, Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 856565, www.theclive.co.uk THE FUTURES Covers band with a little twist! The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

THE BEEZ NEEZ White Horse Inn, Clun.

EMMA AND THE PROFESSOR Hits of folk, rock and roots playing original songs inspired by local folklore, myths and legends. De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 9pm.

JULY Sat 1 July THE COUNTERFEIT SEVENTIES Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968.

THE BLAST Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

SHREWSBURY CHORAL SOCIETY Summer concert. Programme includes Samuel Barber, Caccini, Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Handel and Randall Thompson. St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12, £5 students, 01743 232236.

THE HICKSTERS Stag, Llanidloes.

KNIGHTON’S LIVE PROMOTIONS Present four bands. The Troy Redfern Band, Conspiracy of Kings, Shop Front Heroes & Pablo Alto. Community Centre, Knighton, over 18s only, 7.30pm, £4 in advance from AJ Pugh butchers, High St or online, www.knightoncommunitycentre.com or £5 on the door.

BAD SPANIEL The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

JAMES HICKMAN & SARAH SMITH The Square, Quality Square, Ludlow.

BARBECUE AND CEILIDH To celebrate Canada Day. The Red Lion, Madley, 12 noon - midnight, 01981 251696.

MARCHES CHOIR CONCERT Perform Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, £10, under 18s free, 01588 630321, www.sparctheatre.co.uk

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LITTLE RUMBA Queen’s Head, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

FRINGE FINALE Featuring Ludlow Concert Band, Castle Gardens, 1.30pm, free. The Sultana Brothers, Ludlow Brewery, 8pm, £8, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

THE JIVEOHOLICS The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

WILL KILLEEN BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

JACK BRETT Slide guitarist and singer playing the blues. De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 9pm.

LABORATORIUM PIESNI Using traditional, polyphonic singing this all-female Polish group performs songs from all over the world. They sing a capella as well as with shaman drums and other ethnic instruments.

Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 6pm, £12 performance only, workshop only 2-4pm, £10 combined ticket £20, 01691 670003. Arts Alive.

Mon 3 July CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

PUB QUIZ AND BUFFET The Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711480 www. roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub.

Tues 4 July UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche, swinging hot jazz from the 40s. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, 07970 343148.

Wed 5 July THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 6 July LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

THE DANBERRYS One of the hottest acts to emerge from the rockier underbelly of Nashville’s music scene. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £10, under 18s £6, 01588 630321.

Fri 7 July MARK LATIMER / TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

BEER ON THE WYE 120+ cask beers, 110+ cider and perries, hot food, camping available.

Music featuring Whiskey River Trio 6pm, The Haunted Souls 7.30pm, Hired Guns 9.30pm. Hereford Rowing Club, Greyfriars Ave, Hereford, www.beeronthewye.org.uk

BLUES HILL Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

Sat 8 July EIRA / SNOW Lyndon Owen and Caractacus Downes perform Celtic, European and Middle Eastern music on wind and double bass. St Nicholas Church, Grosmont, 7.30pm, £6 from 01981 570268 or on the door.

BEER ON THE WYE 120+ cask beers, 110+ cider and perries, hot food, camping available.

Music featuring The BBC Acoustic Band 3pm, Stone Sole River 5.30pm, Stone Mountain Sinners 7.30pm and Shamus O’Blivion 9.30pm. Hereford Rowing Club, Greyfriars Ave, Hereford, www.beeronthewye.org.uk ALAN BARNES & DICK PEARCE JAZZ QUINTET The Bolthole, Leasowes Bank Farm, Ratlinghope, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, under 16s £6, 01743 790903.

NATURE OF WIRES The Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

CONCERTS FOR CRASWALL ‘A Feast of Music by Handel and Bach’.

Featuring The Elysian Singers and Consort. Dore Abbey, Abbeydore, 7.30pm, £20-£10, 01432 839341.

MARK DAVIES BAND Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

LUDLOW CHORAL SOCIETY ‘New Directions’. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 878141.

TENBURY TEME VALLEY BAND Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

Music Workshops Tues 6 & Tues 20 June LEOMINSTER COMMUNITY CHOIR Choir leader: Olivia Preye No auditions, no need to read music.

7-9pm at Leominster Community Centre.anniewood@myphone.coop 01568 369074.

Sun 11 & Sun 18 June SINGING WORKSHOP With Mary Keith, part of the ‘Heartland project’, a collaboration between Shropshire Hills AONB, the National Trust, Stiperstones and Corndon Hill Landscape Partnership Scheme, Ben Osborne and Arts Alive. 11 June, Pole Cottage on the Long Mynd, 2pm (outdoors so come prepared!). 18 June, Norbury Village Hall, 2pm, free. www.artsalive.co.uk Sat 24 June MOTOWN - BIG SING UK A chance to learn a medley of songs from West End Shows with tuition from professional coaches. Working towards an end of workshop presentation which family and friends are free to attend.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 12-6pm, £25, group discounts available, 07908 853914.

Sun 25 June MUSIC FROM THE 18TH CENTURY PLEASURE GARDENS A Border Marches Early Music Forum workshop for singers and instrumentalists. Tutors: Steven Devine and Kate Semmens. 10am-4.30pm, Burton Court, Eardisland, Leominster HR6 9DN. £21 for Early Music Fora members, £24 for non-members, £5 for students. Prior booking essential. 01568 780559 or peterandsuerussell@btinternet.com www.bmemf.org.uk Sunday 25 June SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE We sing and play mainly West Gallery music, which is energetic, rousing, no-nonsense stuff that is great fun to perform. It is what you would have heard in rural parish churches in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Led by Sue Harris. FREE for newcomers! Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall, Station Street. 2-5 pm. Enquiries: bosky@btinternet. com Fri 30 June Sun 2 July VOCAL MASTERCLASS With Elizabeth Ritchie (Prof. RAM) and Graham Trew (Ex-Prof.Ram, TrinityLaban). Llanfair Waterdine, 6pm Fri - 4pm Sun, £150, students £75. Details and application form from 01547 510327, graham.trew1@btinternet.com.

Numbers limited to 16 singers.

Monday THE GARRICK SINGERS The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-1.30pm and 2-3.30pm. £5 per session, 01432 340555.

Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Mondays CRAVEN ARMS MALE VOICE CHOIR All ages welcome singing a broad repertoire of traditional and modern songs. Practice at The Craven Arms Community Centre, 7.30pm. To find out more contact Martin on 01694 722500.

Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Tuesday ST MICHAELS SINGERS Welcome interest from new singers, (particularly basses and tenors!) If you are interested please phone our Chairperson Pat Mutton on 01584 819875. We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in St Michael’s Village Hall, near Tenbury Wells.

Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427.

Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON We are a friendly community band which meets each week to practice drumming and have fun. Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631.

7-9pm, Village Hall just outside Brecon.

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Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £6. All welcome.

Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158.

Wednesdays PLAY IT BY EAR A new course for tune players starts Feb 1st. Fabulous repertoire & expert tuition - sheet music & videos of all tunes included. Join our sociable group, meets in Craven Arms, 7.30-9.30pm.

Full course £33 or £7 per week - contact Kitty Greenwood 01584 841564.

Wednesdays CON ANIMA Early music group based in Bishop’s Castle, singing renaissance and baroque music a capella and led by George Baker. Contact Jaqueline jacquelinesw@hotmail.co.uk Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world.

Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9.30pm. 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Wednesday DRUMMING FOR DEMENTIA The Courtyard, Hereford, 2-3.30pm, £2 per session, 01432 340555.

Thursday PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday VOICE ACADEMY AT THE COURTYARD For ages 13+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 4.30-6pm, £4 per session, 01432 340555.

Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall. All taught by ear. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD Mixed choir, early/classical music. Howey VH, 7.45pm, 01874 754774.

First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495.

1st and 3rd Thursdays HEREFORD CHANTING CIRCLE 11am-1pm plus one Friday evening 8pm - 10pm.

Beautiful chants from a variety of spiritual traditions, no need to be a ‘singer’, just sing from the heart, all welcome. Contact Mike: 01432 261222 mikejhadden@ gmail.com or www.karimandsusanne.co.uk Friday MUSIC TIME For under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, 01743 234970.

Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Sessions First Saturday OPEN MIC Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 9pm, 01547 550400.

First Saturday FOLK & IRISH SESSION Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373.

First Saturday of month PICKIN’ AT THE BIRD The Bird in Hand, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, 01743 357484, 9pm.

3rd Saturday OPEN MUSIC SESSION Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373.

Every Sunday FOLK SESSION The Old Mill, Llanidloes, 8pm, 01686 412008, all welcome.

Every Sunday OPEN MIC Stag, Llanidloes, 6.30pm, 01686 414824.

1st Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT with Danger Trains, England’s Gate, Bodenham, 7:30pm, 07969 470959

3rd Wednesday JAZZ AND TAPAS With Mark Latimer.

Reet Petite, 18 West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

2nd Sunday ACOUSTIC MUSIC SESSION Jill and Mark (from the Rhythm Thieves) hosting. All styles welcome.

The Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

Fourth Wednesday AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

2nd and 4th Sunday FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

3rd Sunday ACOUSTIC SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

Every Thursday SESSION Black Swan, Much Dewchurch, 01981 540295.

1st Thursday (except Aug) TRAD SESSION The Bull & Heifer, Bettws Cedewain, Newtown, 8pm, 01686 650603.

Last Sunday SUNDAY SOUL SESSION The Corners Inn, Kingsland, 8.30pm, free, 01568 708385.

1st Thursday OPEN MUSIC SESSION All styles welcome.

The Fforest Inn, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, New Radnor, 8pm, 01544 350526.

Every Monday ACOUSTIC NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, near Welshpool, 01691 830295.

1st Thursday FOLK Farmer’s Arms, Wellington Heath, 01531 660253.

Every Monday BLUES & COUNTRY JAM NIGHT The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

1st Thursday SESSION The Alma, Linton, 8.30pm, all welcome, 07779 144005.

Every Monday OPEN MIC NIGHT Bull Inn, Shrewsbury, 01743 344728.

1st Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT The Bridge, Tenbury Wells, call to book your slot, all welcome, 01584 810434.

Every Monday nights BRECON TOWN BAND Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7-9pm. 01874 623650.

2nd Thursday OPEN FOLK SESSION Horse & Jockey, Churchstoke, 8.30pm, all welcome, free, 01588 620060.

First Monday BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB 01584 711480 and the website at www.roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub

3rd Thursday FOLK SESSION King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

First Monday AMERICANA SESSION The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 01568 611404.

3rd Thursday FOLK SESSION Featuring mainly English tunes hosted by Christ Bartram. Horse & Jockey, Churchstoke, 8.30pm, all welcome, free, 01588 620060.

4th Monday FOLK/ACOUSTIC SESSION Any style, Crown Inn, Clunton, 8pm, 01588 660226.

3rd Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT Tarrington Arms, Tarrington, Hereford. Details ne-services@hotmail.co.uk

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC All welcome. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762.

3rd Thursday FOLK NIGHT Castle Inn, Knucklas, 7pm, 01547 528223.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC Run by Moz, PA provided, all welcome. Castle Vaults, Shrewsbury.

1st Friday ACOUSTIC SESSION The Unicorn, Corve St, Ludlow, 8:30pm. Contact: Ann Gray 01584 879 348.

Every Tuesday TUESDAY JAM SESSION The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 8-11pm, 01885 483034.

1st & 3rd Friday ACOUSTIC FEATURE NIGHTS Castle Inn, Wigmore, 8pm, 07549 414138.

First Tuesday OPEN MIC King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

1st & 3rd Friday every month OPEN MIC & ROCKAOKE The Exchange, Newtown, 01686 624275.

3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown, 8pm. e-Newsletter john.baxter87@btinternet.com Last Tuesday ACOUSTIC LIVE SESSIONS Hafren, Newtown, £2 on the door, 01686 614555.

Last Tuesday JAM SESSION Beer In Hand, Eign St, Hereford.

Last Tuesday HOMEND POETS & MUSICIANS Ledbury, www.folklife.org.uk/homend-poets.html 01684 563281.

2nd Friday OPEN MIC Reet Petite, 18 West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

2nd Friday BAND BASED OPEN MIC Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn,Leintwardine, 8pm.

3rd Friday THE SONG HOUSE The Blue Boar, Mill St, Ludlow, 8pm, 07887 535893.

4th Friday SESSION Lamb Inn, Stoke Prior, 01568 760226.

Every Wednesday JAZZ EVENING Incorporating all styles of jazz. Horse & Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, all welcome, free, 01588 620060.

Last Friday TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Yew Tree, All Stretton, 8.30pm, all welcome. Contact Keith 07971 661615.

Every Wednesday OPEN MIC Everyone welcome.

The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, free.

Last Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT With Mark from the Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8.30pm, 07885 467673.

Evert Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Bekki Cameron. Booth Hall, Hereford.

5th Friday SESSION Nelson Inn, Ludlow, 01584 872908.

Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC NIGHT Baskerville Hall Hotel, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, 01497 820033.

First Wednesday BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB Longtown, 01432 263495.

First Wednesday SONG AND GUITAR SESSION Red Lion, Llanidloes. 07445 338949.

Every Wednesday TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC SESSION Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8.45pm, 01531 632250.

Alternate Wednesdays SESSION Crown Inn, Colwall, 01684 541074.

2nd Wednesday JAM SESSION White Horse Inn, Clun, 8.30pm onwards. 01588 640305.

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band directory APPLEBY KINSEY a contemporary folk and jazz quartet: acoustic guitar, flute, saxophones, double bass, two female vocalists. A large repertoire of original songs from tender, lyrical, slightly dark, to up-tempo latin jazz and folk. Live original music with authenticity and sophistication for events, festivals, weddings, clubs. www.applebykinsey.com or call Ken on 07979 542 449.

BACK IN TIME Five-piece 50s and 60s band.

Tel: Alan on 01686 627679 or 07580 940006.

BANDAMANIA Community band playing wild and wonderful traditional music. Perfect for ceilidhs, parties and all sorts of local events. Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals in a variety of line-ups from duo to 6 piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece electric Swamp Rock band) The Whiskey River Quartet (Acoustic 4 piece version), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (6 piece Honky-Tonk Bluegrass Band with loads of harmony vocals), and Blakes III, (eclectic long standing trio with clarinet, fiddle, guitar & 3 part harmony vocals) - Pubs, Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Divorces etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: martin@martinblake. co.uk Website: www.martinblake.co.uk THE BUTCHER’S DOGS - Two crazy, high octaine Irish Bluegrass Country Americana Rockabilly loving dudes with a lust for life have guitars, banjos and mandolins to bring a borderland Ho-Down to a place of your choice.

Will travel, have played in London, Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff. Contact Toby 07870 781853, John 01544 230699, email eurolott@tiscali.co.uk CHRISIE J LOCAL VOCALIST! I sing Jazz. Soul, Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. For more information or to make a booking email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 079688 93719. Look at my Facebook page Chrisie J and Youtube channel Chrisie J for performance videos.

FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively 5-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk GROOVE DYNAMITE ignites the fuse to your dancing shoes! This 8 piece function band brings explosive Soul, Funk and Disco to parties, weddings and special events, packing dance floors across Shropshire and surrounding counties. For bookings/enquiries email groovedynamite@ gmail.com, visit www.groovedynamite.co.uk or contact 07964 714 754.

HOT CLIMATE Ultimate party band, best 6-piece line up ever. For top musical entertainment at your party/ wedding/festival or corporate function. Book now! New footage on www.hotclimate.co.uk. Contact Charlie 01568 613895 or mobile 07702 528088 anytime!

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LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues.

Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com LOS SQUIDEROS “The Greatest Mexican Band to come out of Hereford in a Hundred Years” Fabulous party band with a long history of amazing crowds.

Playing surf, funk and ska with latino beats.. Also, The Swing Set; Swing jazz, Blues and rock n roll from the Squid collective. Contact Leo 07816 686856 leocaithness@tiscali.co.uk MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engagingly humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out just how much fun a ceilidh really can be, either with separate caller or the minimal option with Tim calling and playing. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc.

Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises). For info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich 01743 718612. Email tim@melomanics.co.uk. Website www.melomanics. co.uk MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance.

4-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail.com.

See website www.muchadoband.com NEW TRICKS Lively 4-piece 60’s, 70’s band playing classic tunes of the era. With some blues/rock and country/rock. Barry 07754 534406 or David 01568 612661.

OVER THE HILLBILLIES - Lively, foot stomping, rip-roaring band performing everything from Led Zep to Kylie, Dolly to Motorhead, and Blur to the Bee Gees.

With a look fashioned straight from “Deliverance”, playing on a banjo, fiddle, tea-chest bass, drums, harmonicas, guitar and a suitcase(!) we are perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and anything else that involves drinking and dancing. Contactl Linda on 01686 670409 / 07816 125802 or find us on Facebook.com/Over-the-Hillbillies. YEEEEHAAAAA! REVEREND FERRIDAY Upbeat One Man Blues Band.

Playing driving slide guitar with rockabilly flair, seasoned with a touch of Americana, a mix of stomping originals and traditional classics. Available for all occasions, large or small. Contact the Reverend: 01584 711700 - 07766 185451 revferriday@gmail.com - www.revferriday.com RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. Firm favourites at festivals, pubs, parties and events around the Midlands and beyond, Rhythm Thieves are a lively must-see band who deliver an unforgettable and highly entertaining night out. “Full of fire and enthusiasm” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 “Great, super, lovely - our resident band” Genevieve Tudor. BBC Radio Midlands Folk Show. “If they don’t make you smile, you’re probably dead.” Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com

SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc.

For more information call Richard 07974 399524.

SEAN SAYE Great acoustic music for all occasions, easy listening to singalong party. Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Contact tel: 07734 399497 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk.

Website www.seansaye.com.

SILVER BRANCH (Ceilidh and Concert Band).

CEILIDH BAND with caller. Available for weddings/ birthday parties/fund raisers, etc. For photos/videos please see our Facebook page. For further enquiries, ring David on 01982 540832 or Anna on 07980 961187. SILVER BRANCH (UN-CALLED FOR) - Five piece cutting edge instrumental Folk Band. Available for concerts/gigs. Tel nos. as above.

SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan.

From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar. For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@hotmail.com SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk STONED CHERRIES Are: Dave Evans, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Roger Pugh, guitar, mandola, vocals; Aly May, whistles, vocals and Matt Donaldson, bass, percussion and vocals. A dynamic folk / rock fusion of original, traditional and modern songs and tunes. Roger 01885 483425 / 07779 694615 / pugh@ live.co.uk or Dave 01886 822132 / 07817 220016 / dgand2@btinternet.com www.dgand2.wix.com/ thestonedcherries STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll!

Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk

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THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/ thesultanabros THE TIME BANDITS are a top quality band playing a variety of different music styles to suit all tastes. We have a number of music package options, ranging from a duo for your ceremony, 6 piece party band and a fabulous 10 piece experience. www.thetimebandits.info 07815 800261 ian@thetimebandits.info THE VILLAGE QUIRE The Village Quire - spinetingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories. Various shows available to book, including ‘Back to the Garden’ – life and hope in the trenches based on original letters from WW1 Herefordshire soldier and gardener William Bevan. “The Village Quire have become one of my favourite singing groups of all time ... (Frank Hennessy, Celtic Heartbeat, Radio Wales). For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band.

For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022.

VIRG CLENTHILLS and his band BLUE MOON, sing Country & Americana songs that are often touching, sometimes comic. Virg is a true poet of Country music, evoking classic tales of the mountains of Kentucky. See website: www.garethowen.com. If you’d like to book Virg and his band, phone 01584 878 282.

XL’S Maximum R’n’B, Feelgood Rock & Roll.

01588 650686.

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theatre PERFORMANCE Fri 2 & Sat 3 June WALES FINAL FESTIVAL OF ONE-ACT PLAYS Montgomeryshire Community Drama Association hosting the final. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Fri 7.30pm, Sat 7pm, £10/£7.50 both nights, 01686 614555.

Sun 4 June VENUS AND ADONIS ‘Love is all truth, lust full of forged lies’ - an Edinburgh Festival preview as Christopher Hunter shares his vivid take on Shakespeare’s famous love poem. Willow Globe Theatre, Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, 3pm, £8 adults, £4 children, 01597 811487.

Tues 6 June VESTA WORCESTER REP. Vesta Tilley, Worcester’s wonder of the music hall is portrayed by Claire Worboys in this one-woman show. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 1pm, 01584 811442.

Tues 6 - Sat 10 June CIDER WITH ROSIE THE WORCESTER REPERTORY COMPANY with collaboration with the University of Worcester. A funny touching, achingly nostalgic story of a passing rural age. Swan Theatre, Worcester, 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2pm, £16-£10, 01905 611427.

Sat 10 June CALL MR ROBESON Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm. Part of Leominster Festival, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk Thurs 15 - Sat 17 June BREATH OF SPRING LADS. Dame Beatrice is given a mink shawl by her maid, she and her lodgers band together to return it to its owner but that is just the start, things start to get more interesting!

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, students £5, 07967 517125.

Fri 16 & Thurs 29 June UNDER MILK WOOD BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL. Set in the fictitious fishing village of Llareggub, this twenty-four hour peek into the lives and loves of the likes of Captain Cat, Polly Garter and Willy Nilly. 16 June - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01432 340555.

29 June - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £14.50/£12.50, under 25s £5, 01874 611622.

Sat 17 & Sun 18 June NEW FUTURES PENTABUS YOUNG WRITERS. Eight short plays about belonging in a changing world. The Charlton Arms, Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm & 7pm, £10/£7/£5, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Sat 17 & Sun 18 June POPE HEAD A dark comedic drama exploring the life, art, sexuality of the artist Francis Bacon. Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, Sat 7.30pm, Sun 2pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

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Sun 18 June SHAKESPEARE’S DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES Using excerpts from Shakespeare’s texts and based on the life of John Heminge, one of Shakespeare’s lifelong fellow actors, who published the First Folio after his death.

Willow Globe Theatre, Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, 3pm, £10 adults, £5 children, 01597 811487.

Sun 18 & Mon 19 June MENGELE SMOKESCREEN PRODUCTIONS. A powerful exposition of one of the most notorious war criminals of all time.

Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 8pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Wed 21 June FORBIDDEN NIGHTS A full theatre show with world-renowned circus performers and variety acts, jam-packed with action routines.The Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, £20, www.forbidden-nights. co.uk Thurs 22 - Sat 24 June WOOD A piece of semi-immersive, LGBTQ theatre exploring visibility, mental health, labels and camping. Millenium Green, Ludlow, 7.30pm, free with donations, Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 2.30pm, £9/£7, www.ludlowfringe. co.uk Fri 23 June YOUR BARD come and meet William Shakespeare and take the lid off a legend in your local, intermingled with a few of his greatest hits - and maybe a sonnet or a song. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £15/£14, 01432 340555.

Sat 24 June THE COUNTRY WIFE ROOFTOP THEATRE. This frantic comedy bursts into life with its wit and innuendo, building layer upon layer of farcical action and situations. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 24 June FETE WORSE THAN DEATH Llanfairchwaraesboncen village fete, hosted by 76 year old Eirys Evans... Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 2.30pm, £9/£7, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Sat 24 June SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPETS DO SHAKESPEARE Songs, sketches, socks and violence, taking on The Bard himself. Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 7pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Sat 24 June PLAY TIME MICE THEATRE. A fast-paced, heartwarming and hilarious new comedy. Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 8.30pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Sun 25 June MR MERRICK THE ELEPHANT MAN LUCKY DOG THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. This play deals with the facts about his final years and thorny relationship with his doctor. Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 7pm, £10/£8, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

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Sun 25 June BETHNAL GREEN LUCKY DOG THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. In 1943, the air raid sirens sounded in Bethnal Green. In the rush to the shelter, a woman tripped and fell; 173 people were crushed to death... Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 8.30pm, £10/£8, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Wed 28 June THE ESTABLISHMENT Dan Lees and Neil Frost have joined forces to bring you two quintessentially English gentlemen from a bygone era, struggling to hold on to their values, wealth and power.

Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Thurs 29 June THE PRETTY ONE (AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID) Cameryn Moore brings a multi-character monologue gallery exploring gender, sexuality and the human spirit.

For ages 16+. Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 9pm, £8 advance, £10 on the door, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Thurs 29 June SECOND BEST BED When Shakespeare died, he famously left his wife Anne only one thing, the second best bed. This superb one-woman play is full of both humour and pathos.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Thurs 29 June - Sat 1 July DOUBLE BILL CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS. ‘Mixed Doubles’, a comedy by Lynn Brittney and ‘The Browning Version’

by Terence Rattigan. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Thurs 29 June - Sat 1 July FAMILY (MIS) FORTUNES OR KING LEAR THE BUDGET VERSION IN 30 MINUTES THE OLD DIC THEATRE COMPANY. The intellectually declining king and his dysfunctional family struggle to come to terms with everyday life of castle folk. Thurs Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 8pm, Fri, 8pm, & Sat 1pm at The Chang Thai Garden, Ludlow, free with donations. www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Fri 30 June THE HOARDERS FOUNTAIN JUNIOR MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE’S telling of a newly devised folk tale. Willow Globe Theatre, Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, £8 adults, £4 children, 01597 811487.

Fri 30 June PRICE (STILL) INCLUDES BISCUITS Satirical, witty and topical with Jewish humour, original songs and biscuits. Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Fri 30 June TUTTI THE KAGOOLS. Silent comedy duo bring their unique brand of physical comedy and interactive film in an energetic hour or spontaneous fun. Ludlow Brewery, 8pm, £12/£10, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

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Sat 1 July SHELL SHOCK A stunning personal realisation of one soldier’s experience of learning to cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Ludlow Brewery, 7.30pm, £12/£10, veterans and armed forces 50% discount, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

Tues 11 & Wed 12 July SHIRLEY VALENTINE Featuring Bernadette Feeney. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Until Sat 3 June MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Starring Jason Donovan. This world-wide smash-hit musical is inspired by the famous recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Until Sat 3 June X-ENTRICITY: LEGALLY BLONDE High energy, feel good comedy. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Sat 2pm & 7.30pm, £16/£13, 01432 340555.

Wed 7 - Sat 10 June CATS GET YOUR WIGLE ON’s adult music theatre group bring this magical musical to the stage. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm and an additional matinee at 2.30pm on Saturday, 01743 281281.

Sun 11 June SERIOUSLY DEAD A brand new musical comedy play. An uplifting tale guaranteed to make you feel that even when your numbers up, life’s party never ends. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Tues 13 June THE WOMEN A musical all about men! Performed by Extended Diploma Performing Arts students. Adapted by Naomi Dale-Cook and featuring songs from Cole Porter, Cy Coleman and Marvin Hamlisch. Hereford College of Arts, Folly Arts Theatre, Folly Lane Campus, Hereford, 1pm & 7pm, £5/£3, 01432 273359 to book.

Wed 21 & Thurs 22 June FAME CURTAIN CALL THEATRE COMPANY get kitted out with spandex, legwarmers and all things 80s. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sun 25 June A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS HQPA. West End and Broadway hits intertwined with a comedic plot. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 26 June THE LADYBOYS OF BANGKOK With more songs and big-scale musical production numbers than you could pout a painted lip at. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £25/£23, 01432 340555.

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CHILDREN’S THEATRE Sat 3 June EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON FETCH THEATRE. Based on a traditional Nordic story, a spellbinding tale of adventure, mystery and romance.

A visual tale, told without words. Suitable for ages 5+.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2pm, £6, £20 for groups of 4, workshop at 3pm, £3, 01584 878141.

Sat 10 June FOX & RABBIT’S IDIOT’S GUIDE TO THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT THE MAKESHIFT ENSEMBLE bring a sense of adventure and humour to this wonderful retelling of Edward Lear’s classic nonsense poem, brought to life with puppetry and live music. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, £6, 01432 340555.

Mon 12 - Wed 14 June HORRIBLE HISTORIES - THE BEST OF BARMY BRITAIN BIRMINHAM STAGE COMPANY present a special onehour production of Barmy Britain - it’s the history of Britain with the nasty bits left in! The Courytard, Hereford, Mon & Tues 1.30pm & 7pm, Wed 10.30am & 1.30pm, £16/£14, 01432 340555.

Mon 26 & Tues 27 June DO I HAVE TO WAKE UP? Music, dance, flying, dreams a magical world where socks turn into breakfast and a lot of fun! An interactive production for young children 2-8 years old. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Mon 11am & 1.30pm, Tues 11am, £10/£7, 01874 611622.

Fri 30 June & Sat 1 July ROOM ON THE BROOM Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up. Adapted from the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The Courtyard, Hereford. Fri 1.30pm, Sat 11am & 2pm, £13, 01432 340555.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS Sat 3 June PUPPETRY WORKSHOP FETCH THEATRE. Explore the inspired style of Banraku puppetry in this hands on workshop. Spaces limited and available only to East of the Sun, West of the Moon ticket holders. Assembly Rooms, 3pm, £3, 01584 878141.

Sat 24 June STAGE COMBAT WORKSHOP Taught by an experienced practitioner, a great opportunity to learn and develop a new skill and having fun.

Berrington Hall, Leominster, £2 per child, normal admission charges apply, 01432 340555.

HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE Fortnightly group sessions for anyone interested in having a go at Shakespeare read, discuss, explore, perform and have fun!

Wednesdays - Llandrindod Wells. Thursday - Rhayader.

Fridays - Builth Wells. www.shakespearelink.co.uk or call 01597 811487.

HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430 for details or to express an interest.

MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE Tuesdays Junior Youth Theatre 8-11, 4.15pm-5pm. 11-14 years, 5.15pm-6.15pm.

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Senior Youth Theatre 14+ 7pm-9.30pm. The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells.

Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

COURTYARD THEATRE, HEREFORD Wed - Courtyard Kids, reception 4.15-5pm, Year 2 5-5.45pm, £62.50 per term. Sat - Junior Youth Theatre.

From Year 3 - Year 9, phone for times, £67.50 per term.

Wed - Intermediate Youth Theatre. For years 10 & 11, 6-7.30pm, £69.50 per term. Fri - Senior Youth Theatre, for ages 16+, 6.30pm-8.30pm, £72.50 per term.

Thurs - Courtyard Musical Theatre for ages 11+, 6.30pm-8.30pm, £50 per term. Mon - Bromyard Conquest Kids, 3.45-4.30pm, £35 per term. Bromyard Juniors 4.305.30pm, £42 per term, £38 per term. Bromyard Intermediates, 6-7.30pm, £42 per term. Bromyard Seniors, 7.30pm9.30pm, £45 per term. Wed - Kington Juniors 4-5.30pm, £42 per term. Kington Intermediates, 5.30pm-7pm, £42 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Kate Ganderton. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 4-6. Juniors ages 6-1. Intermediate ages 11-14. All £30 per term.

Senior ages 14-18, £35 per term, 01432 340555.

Mondays TOTALLY ACTING Do you love acting? Learn the TV, film, stage acting techniques used by professionals. The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. Contact Rob Ford on 07772 823775, email: robjuckes@yahoo.co.uk THEATR IEUENTID / BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Are you passionate about drama, performing and being involved in theatre? Aged 4 to 25? With weekly sessions tailored to suit the needs of each year group, from 4 years and up, this is a great opportunity to explore and create exciting theatre, develop as a young actor and grow in confidence. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in the new Theatr Brycheiniog’s Youth Theatre productions. Theatr Brycheiniog is a member of The National Association of Youth Theatres. Mondays 3.45pm - 4.45pm Roundabout, Reception & Years 1 & 2.

Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm Junior Youth, Years 3,4 & 5.

Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm Junior Youth, Years 6,7 & 8.

Thursdays 8.30pm - 10pm Senior Youth, Years 9, 10 & 11, 16 - 25. Call 01874 611622 for details or visit www. brycheiniog.co.uk Tuesdays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE The Courtyard, Hereford, £62 term, 01432 340555.

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kate Ganderton. Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555.

Thursdays and Saturdays SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Providing training in a range of theatre skills for ages 5-25. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. Contact Maggie Love: 07813 026367.

Every Thurs ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having fun trying out some performance skills with Janine Sharp. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. 07733 055430.

Thursdays LEINTWARDINE YOUTH THEATRE Run by Teme Valley Youth Project. For ages 11+. Leintwardine Community Centre, 4-5pm, 01568 770110.

Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928.

Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6. Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

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word Poetry & Storytelling Fri 9 June WRITING AWARD CEREMONY Grange Court, Leominster, 6pm. Part of Leominster Festival, 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk

Mon 12 June POETRY IN PRESTEIGNE An evening with young poet Rhiannon Hooson in performance with Isabel Palmer from Wiltshire and Rebecca Bilkau from Germany. The Radnorshire Arms Hotel, Presteigne. 7.30pm £5.00 on the door.£2.00 students 01544 267418. Supported by Literature Wales. www.poetryinpresteigne.org Sat 17 June - Sun 2 July LUDLOW FRINGE FESTIVAL 1 July - Poetry workshop with Jean Atkin. The Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, 10.30am, £15. 1 July - Tales of Britain live, Millenium Green, 2pm, The Blue Boar Courtyard, 3.30pm. 1 July - My Family and other Strangers, a talk by Gareth Owen, The Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, 7.30pm, free with donations. 2 July - The Naked Dietician.

Women’s Room, 2.30pm, £10/£5. www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Tues 27 June POETRY AND FILM NIGHT Hosted by Toni Cook. A creative showcaase of work made and performed by young people from Close House projects and Media SHYPP. Some pieces contain strong language. Hereford Library, Broad St, Hereford, 6-7pm, free.

Fri 30 June - Sun 9 July LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL Over 135 events in 10 days including talks, readings, performances, slams, sign language, translations, competitions, workshops, prescriptions, residencies, theatre, song, dance, puppetry, comedy, art, walks and bike rides. Some of the stars featuring this year are Paddy Ashdown, Hugh Dennis, Richard, Dawkins, Simon Armitage, Bejan Matur, Emma Bridgewater, Juliet Stevenson and Larry Lamb. www.poetry-festival.co.uk Tues 4 July POETRY EVENING Local poets Allen Fisher, Chris Hall, Omar Majeed and Charles Wilkinson, will be reading from their current works.

Apple Store Gallery, Rockfield Rd, Hereford, 7pm, £5 to include wine/juice, 01432 263937.

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Comedy Until Sun 4 June HAY FESTIVAL Headline comedians include Graham Norton, Eddie Izzard, Mark Watson, Marcus Brigstocke, Ken Dodd, Shappi Khorsandi and Ava Vidal. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org Sun 4 June JUNIOR JESTERS Anyone who likes comedy without the rude words.

Featuring MC Jim Smallman with Edd Hedges and Markus Birdman. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sun 4 June SEVERN JESTERS Featuring MC Dan Nightingale with Edd Hedges, Ian Moore and Markus Birdman. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Tues 6 & Wed 7 June AL MURRAY - LET’S GO BACK TOGETHER The Pub Landlord embarks on a common sense campaign to re-Great Britain. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £28.50, 01432 340555.

Tues 13 June COMEDY AND CURRY Book a meal beforehand for £7 including a line-up of great comedians. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

Thurs 15 June JETHRO A stream of irreverent twaddle that has created a comedy genius. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 16 June CLWB COMEDY + MUSIC FROM PHIL KING Featuring Simon Emanuel, hosted by Drew Taylor and supported by Josh Elton and Andrew Rutledge.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8, 01497 821762.

Fri 16 June HEINEKEN COMEDY CLUB Fast witted comedians and a lively atmosphere.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £12.50, 01432 340555.

Sat 17 June - Sun 2 July LUDLOW FRINGE FESTIVAL 18 June - Paul Sinha, plus support from Fran Jenking and Jo D’arcy with MC Jon Pearson. Ludlow Town Football Stadium, 4pm, £14/£12. 18 June - Harun with a View, Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 6pm, £7.

21 June - Ben Van der Velde, Steve Vertigo, 8.15pm, free, Alex Kealey, 9.30pm, free, Sitting Room, The Blue Boar.

22 June - Mark Thomas: A Show that Gambles on the Future, Ludlow Football Stadium, 7.30pm, £12/£10.

23 June - Drew Taylor and Steffan Evans, 8pm, £10.

Col Howarth, 9.30pm, £10, Sitting Room, The Blue Boar.

27 June - Joe Lycett and Patrick Monahan, Ludlow Brewery, 8pm, £14/£12. 28 June - Andrew Ryan and Juliet Meyers, 8pm, £14/£12. 29 June - Larry Dean and Luke Graves, Ludlow Brewery, 8pm, £14/£12. 30 June - Tony Cowards, 9.30pm, £10/£8, Sitting Room, Blue Boar, Ludlow. www.ludlowfringe.co.uk

Fri 23 June DAVE JOHNS One of the most respected and best-loved stand-up comics. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 23 June KEN DODD Master of Mirth, comedy legend and national treasure.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 26 - Wed 28 June JASPER CARROTT’S STAND UP AND ROCK A new stand up show before introducing his musical compatriots that have benn rockin’ audiences all over the world. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 30 June COMEDY CLUB Featuring Spencer Jones, Mark Simmons and MC Brennan Reece. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £10, 01874 611622.

Fri 7 July PHILL JUPITUS - JUPLICITY Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £14, 01982 552555.

Sat 8 July JEREMY HARDY Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £14, £5 unwaged, 01982 552555.

BLEDDFA CENTRE AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE BLEDDFA CENTRE BECOME BETTER KNOWN

Publicist (part-time): Bleddfa Trust (salary to be confirmed) We are looking for a dynamic person to help publicise, promote and support all the wonderful things which go on at Bleddfa.

The Publicist’s role would include: building our mailing list, copy-writing, developing our social media presence, and energetically promoting our exciting programme of events and activities, plus the facilities available at Bleddfa. In this role the publicist would be supporting Sarah Pearson, who is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Bleddfa Centre. The role would initially be for 1 day a week (ideally Friday). Working from home occasionally is a possibility.

An interest in the arts is important; but the main qualities sought by the Trustees are dynamism, flexibility, and a flair for communication in all its forms.

This is an exceptional opportunity to help shape the identity of a very special place.

Please email your covering letter and CV to: Tony Morris, Chair, Bleddfa Trust: tonymorristonymorris@icloud.com Closing date: midday Monday 19 June 2017

AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE New website: www.aardvark-books.com

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; SHROPSHIRE HILLS ART WEEK AT AARDVARK BOOKS We buy books Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening

Also open our superb CAFÉ!

‘Worlds and Otherworlds’ 13 - 18 June This year’s show includes fifteen artists working in a variety of mediums, exploring links between the wild landscape of the Borders and the world of imagination, fable and mythology beyond.

The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

Tel: 01547 530744 OPEN EVERY DAY ‘The Solstice’ 24 June - 2 July aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com An eclectic group of artists who draw their inspiration Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm from the rugged and beautiful Welsh countryside.

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Colm Toíbín, Hay Festival

Talks

Thurs 1 June ESSIE FOX: THE INSPIRATION OF HEREFORDSHIRE Born and raised in Herefordshire, Essie Fox is returning to talk about the inspiration behind her novels.

Books will be available on the night. Leominster Library, The Buttercross, Leominster, 7pm, £3.

Mon 5 June BECOMING DEMENTIA FRIENDLY A free presentation from Graham Trew. The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 4pm, 01547 550377.

Tues 6 June BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE FINE ART SOCIETY The Borgias with speaker Sarah Dunant.

Theatr Brycheiniog, 2.30pm, 01874 625679.

Until Sun 4 June HAY FESTIVAL The 30th Hay Festival presents an inspiring programme of conversations and performances in Hay-on-Wye over the summer half-term with appearances from Colm Toíbín, Peter Singer, Neil Gaiman, Elif Shafak, Bernie Sanders, Nemat Shafik, Tracey Emin, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Brian May, Graham Norton, Elizabeth Strout, Jeanette Winterson, Howard Jacobson, Yanis Varoufakis, Paul Beatty, Carlo Rovelli, Jacqueline Wilson, Judith Kerr, and Chris Riddell. Plus a new night-time venue Sound of the Baskervilles offers DJ sets and live performances.

Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org 01497 822629.

Sat 3 - Mon 5 June ANNUAL THOMAS TRAHERNE FESTIVAL Speakers at the 2017 Festival will include Malcolm Guite, the priest-poet whose latest collection is Parable and Paradox, and Anne Wroe, author of the recently published Six Facets of Light. For full weekend events, venue and booking see Thomas Traherne Association website.

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June LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL 5 June - ‘Elizabeth’s Footprint Walk of Love’, a talk by Natalia Spencer. Baptist Church, Leominster, 7pm.

6 June - ‘Downton Gorge: Richard Payne Knight’s Secret Garden’. Leominster Library, 2pm. 8 June - ‘Greening the Town’. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm. 9 June - Anne O’Brian, Grange Court, Leominster, 7pm. 11 June - Story Sharing - Tales of Herefordshire. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 11am. 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk

Sat 10 June THE WILDLIFE ROLEPLAY BOOK BY JENNY OGDEN Book launch. Wildlife Roleplay is a fun way for children and adults to learn about the wild creatures which share our earth. This book is a collection of scripted interviews with native UK wildlife, creating an opportunity to put yourself in the shoes of a honey and realise the problems they face because of human activity. Assembly Rooms, Market Hall, Presteigne, 11am, free.

Sat 10 June LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! A talk by Heather Morison joined by Kate Felus, author of The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden. Plus music by Eboracum Baroque. Berrington Hall, Leominster, 6pm-8.30pm, 01568 615721.

Sun 11 June FIELD TRIP: ON THE TRAIL OF THE MORTIMERS Starting point of a tour led by Philip Hume visiting Welsh locations associated with the Mortimers including Pilleth, the scene of the battle of Bryn Glas in 1402. Tour in own cars, car-sharing arranged on the day, bring your own packed lunch, finish around 4pm. Assembly Rooms, Market Hall, Presteigne, refreshments and introductory talk 10am, £4 on the door or email trail@mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk Tues 13 June LOCAL CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS Peter Brown, professional archaeologist and historian will give a talk which examines a range of local customs and traditional events that survive across Britain. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £5, includes refreshments and dial-a-ride bus, 01588 630023.

Thurs 15 June GREENPEACE AT THE GLOBE AT HAY Activists talk about their experiences volunteering for Greenpeace. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762. pbdelphiee@hotmail.com Fri 16 June AN AUDIENCE WITH MARTIN BELL: WAR AND THE DEATH OF THE NEWS His conclusions in his new book ‘War and the Death of the News’ are first hand and personal. He draws on his memories as a soldier and journalist, his broadcast reports, his notebooks and diaries and original documents from the war zones. There will be a book-signing with Martin Bell after the talk. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £17/£15, 01584 878141.

On Conservatives the Establishment and the Environment Successive Conservative Governments have a bad track record with environmental issues.

Amongst their ranks there are climate deniers, proponents of G.M. and supporters of nuclear power, fracking and the oil industry.

They push the agenda to further industrialise agriculture with all it’s attendant problems of pollution and threats to biodiversity.

They assault the planet for short-term gain at the expense of sustainable future.

They are defenders of privilege.

They are the Establishment.

Sat 17 - Sun 18 & Fri 23 - Sun 25 June GREGYNOG FESTIVAL TALKS 17 June - Jeanne Dolmetsch. The grandaughter of Arnold Dolmetsch reflects on the pioneering contribution made by her grandfather to the early music movement. The Music Room, Gregynog, 2.30pm, £10 adults, young person free.

23 June - Thomas Seymour, the grandson of TE ScottEllis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden discusses his famous forebear. Chirk Castle, 2.30pm, £10, £5 students.

24 June - Hazel Walford Davies. An exploration of the fascinating live of Howard de Walden: patron, poet, playwright, soldier, medievalist and sportsman. Chirk Castle, 2.30pm, £10, £5 students. 25 June - Peter Lord, the renowned historian of the visual culture of Wales considers the artists who were associatied with Howard de Walden and the Harlech composers. Chirk Castle, 2.30pm, £10, students £5, Chirk Castle Chapel, 7.30pm, £10, young person £5. 01686 207100, www.gregnogfestival.org

Sat 17 June - Sun 2 July LUDLOW FRINGE FESTIVAL 19 & 26 June - Alfred Jenkins MBE shares his knowledge of local traditions, the industrial past and Middle Ages. The Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, 7.30pm.

20 June - Crosswords for the Clueless, workshop, Rose & Crown, 7pm, £6. 26 June - The Forgotten Tales, combining storytelling, poetic verse and traditional folk songs.

Methodist Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £8/£6. 27 & 28 June - Money is as Innocent as the Sun. Tues Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Wed Ludlow Library, 2pm, £10/£5. www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Mon 19 June BENEDICT ALLEN - ADVENTURES IN PARADISE Author, adventurer and film-maker, Benedict Allen reveals the full story of his dramatic return to Papua New Guinea.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, £11.50/£10.50, RGS-IBG members £9.50, 01874 611622.

Thurs 22 June MID BORDER ARTS AGM Trustees’ reports followed by an informal social event. All welcome. Assembly Rooms, Market Hall, Presteigne, 8pm.

Fri 30 June DESERT ISLAND PICKS: ROBERT ROBINSON Part of local band Cherryshoes, founder of the Majestic Bus B & B and ex traveller. Hosted by Ollie Balch.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

Workshops & Courses Thurs 8 & 22 June PHILOSOPHY CAFE An informal group which offers the chance to discuss philosophical issues. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762.

Sat 3 June TUNE INTO NATURE Poetry, meditation and discussions in beautiful fields and woodlands at Berrington Hall, Shropshire, 10-4.30pm.

Fresh vegan lunch provided. £75. Discounts available, please enquire. Contact Jo Blackman at tuneintonature42@gmail.com Tues 13 June DEATH CAFE Not to be confused with a grief support class, this group encourages tackling the complex ideas which surround death. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762.

Every 4th Tues SCIENCE CAFE Each time looking at a specific topic, or chat about science in the news. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762.

Benedict Allen

STORY SPACE - Storytelling Workshops and also Creative Writing; Coaching; CPD Training for Educators, and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. The next open Storytelling Workshop is on October 21st 2017 at The Fold, near Worcester. For more information see www.storyspace.co.uk or email info. storyspace@gmail.com RAISE MONEY FOR REFUGEE CHARITIES A fundraising poetry event is being planned for 9 Sept in Knighton. If you are a poet, please come and participate.

Details email nicky.colston@btinternet.com Knighton & District Refugee Support Group.

2nd & 4th Saturdays WELSH CHATTING GROUP CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 10.15am-11.45am, 01597 810741.

Mondays STORY CORNER AT THE COURTYARD For ages 4 years and under. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11am, £4 per session, £1 per extra child, 01432 340555.

Mondays WRITING FOR THE STAGE The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, 01432 340555.

Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £52 per term, 01432 340555.

Fourth Tuesday SCIENCE CAFÉ New, informal group discussing scientific topics. The Globe in Hay, 7pm, free, all welcome. Contact sciencecafe@outlook.com First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813.

2nd Wed of each month MID WALES WRITERS GROUP An informal writers’ group for wordsmiths of all kinds.

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01982 552555.

Every 3rd Thursday PLAY READING Led by Simon and Paul of Rooftop Theatre. All scripts provided. The Sitting Room, Ludlow, 7.30pm, email paul@rooftoptheatre.co.uk International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451.

Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tues, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group 2nd Tues, 7:30pm.

The Kings Head, Cross St. 07400 084794.

Border Poets 01547 530380.

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grass roots Sheep Drought D

RIP. Drip. Drip. Not the sound of rain. But the steady build-up of evidence that parts of Britain are going through a very dry period. And this time the threat to farming and food supplies from low rainfall is not confined to the east and south east, which have suffered several parched spells in the last quarter century.

The National Farmers Union has voiced its concern about “exceptionally low rainfall during March and April”. There is talk of low reservoirs in Cornwall. Dry river beds in Cumbria. And fear of failing spring crops in Wales and the west of England.

In April, overall rainfall in England and Wales was less than one third of the historic average. Farmers Weekly reported that up to half of expected wheat crop yields could be lost if the drought was prolonged. And the National Climate Information Centre of the Met Office says that the six months from last October to March this year was the driest winter since 1995-96. I make that over twenty years.

So why has rainfall in Britain become such a lottery?

Traditionally, wet westerly winds brought plenty of rain.

And the good old Gulf Stream brought warm water from the tropics to north west Europe.

But there are signs the Gulf Stream may have begun to go on the blink. Remember the time about 6 years ago when the prevailing wind came from the general direction of the arctic for about three months? Then there have been the periodic floods of the last 20 years or so. The climate models certainly predict such extremes. And, in the case of Britain’s weather, behind the big variations there seem to lie a runaway rate of warming in the arctic.

That’s another story, but a couple of years ago a top climate research team at Germany’s Potsdam Institute concluded that, over the twentieth century, the Gulf Stream had slowed down to around four fifths of its previous flow, reducing its warm wet influence.

Of course, if there is really a problem with lack of water someone from officialdom will give us a bit of warning won’t they? Well maybe not, at least not until it is too late to do much about it.

Possible threats to our food and water supplies used at least to be mentioned by the government in the notso-distant past. David Cameron’s coalition, in its first two or three years, even put some quite bright and knowledgeable ministers on the case.

But in recent times climate change has been downgraded as an issue. Indeed last year the very words climate change were removed from the ministerial doorplates of Whitehall. The Department of Energy and Climate Change was obliterated.

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The water industry, by contrast, has been trying to sound alarm bells for some time. Its trade body, Water UK, has warned that British food producers are facing growing dangers from water shortage. Research it published last September predicted longer, more frequent and more acute droughts. The report said

regions in the north and west of Britain were now more exposed to possible drought than in the past.

In January this year the government got the perfect chance to bring the threat to public notice when its own agency, the Committee on Climate Change published its big five-yearly Risk Assessment Report. The document addressed what the CCC saw as the significant risk to food supplies from climate change.

But the chance to give the issue a bit of welly was notably ignored by the Environment Secretary, Andrea Leadsom. Both she and her department were utterly silent when the report was issued and it made no impact in the national press. Leadsom had admitted that when made an energy minister in 2015 a question in her mind was whether climate change was real.

In case you’ve forgotten her, she was the Tory leadership candidate in 2016 who made a clumsy attempt to promote her own cause by suggesting the fact of her being a mother gave her a great stake in the future, implying that the childless Theresa May had a lesser stake.

If ministers are keeping a low profile on drought and climate threats, the stance of the Environment Agency is not much more lively. So far it has largely downplayed the drought fears of the farmers and responded with the platitude that that everyone should use water wisely.

The Agency’s almost business-as-usual stance has brought a stinging response from the wildlife charity WWF. Its water policy manager, Dr Rose O’Neill, has said that droughts are likely to be frequent in the UK in future unless there is rapid action. She says that WWF and other agencies worked for six years with government on a new bill to protect and conserve our water supplies.

She reckons it was pencilled in for this year but has now been abandoned because of Brexit.

At the end of January, the European Environment Agency suggested that regions of the continent were facing more heatwaves, droughts, storms and flooding because of climate change. But the chances of such messages getting the attention of UK government ministers in the future is low. That agency is one of about 40 EU bodies from which Britain is likely to be excluded, as a result of Brexit.

In the past, one labour prime minister, Jim Callaghan, was apparently able to produce rainfall - by appointing a minister for drought. After three months of heatwave in 1976, the labour government resorted to naming Dennis Howell, a former football referee, as its drought supremo. He scarcely had time to blow his whistle. For within three days, huge downpours brought that the water shortage to a dramatic end.

However, after the mounting and relentless evidence of climate change in the last 40 years, it seems too much to hope that any government in this era could be so lucky.

Julian O’Halloran

Green Events

Fri 2 June BIRD SONG WALK With Peter Carty of the National Trust. A two-hour walk which introduces birdsong and how to identify birds by song, beginners welcome.

Bury Ditches Car Park, Bishop’s Castle, booking required, 6pm, £5 from Town Hall, 01588 630023.

Sat 10 June NATIONAL TRUST WILDPLAY Discover mud play, sculpting and mud banner printing for young explorers. Berrington Hall’s walled garden and pleasure grounds, activities £2 per child, normal admission charges apply, 01432 340555.

Sun 11 June CLUNBURY VILLAGE OPEN GARDEN DAY Tickets on sale from Clunbry Village Hall, 12-5.30pm, £4, under 12s free, cream teas £3.50pp, 01588 660629.

Sat 17 - Sun 25 June HEREFORDSHIRE WALKING FESTIVAL 2017 Featuring a a long-distance 136 mile walk, a walk around Monkhall Farm, Duchy of Cornwall, Summer Solstice, a morning ramble, a walk to commemorate the 555th anniversary of the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross, Hay Heritage Tour and much more, www.walkingfestival.com Sun 18 June SECRET GARDENS OF LUDLOW A splendid range of new gardens and firm favourites in Corve St, Mill St, Lower Mill St, Broad St and Upper Linney. A champagne bar in The Angel Gardens and afternoon teas in Oscars, Assembly Rooms. 12-6pm, £7.50 and map from the Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Sat 24 June HAY MEADOW FESTIVAL Free family day to celebrate wildflower meadows and their wealth of wildlife.

Guided walks, talks, scything demonstrations, competitions, arts and crafts, music and merriment.

The Bog, Pennerley, SY5 0NG, 10am-4pm.

Details www.stiperstonesandcrndon.co.uk Sat 24 June MOTH BREAKFAST Over 2000 species of moths in the UK, now you can get a chance to have a look at some over breakfast. With Tim Kaye on hand to explain them all. All welcome, young and old, free entry, but the cafe will be open for sale of bacon/egg rolls and beverages. The Hub, St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 01981 550043.

Sun 25 June & Sun 2 July WALKING TOURS OF CLEE HILL Meet in Victoria car park at Clee Hill village, warm weatherproof clothing, packed lunch and strong shoes, 10am, finish approx 3.30pm. Part of Ludlow Fringe, www.ludlowfringe.co.uk Sun 25 June TOUR D’ARTS ALIVE Arts Alive and Flicks in the Sticks charity fundraiser. Scenic Shropshire cycling.

Three circular routes, quiet roads, unique participant edible medals, friendly feed stops, team prize. www.tourdartsalive.co.uk

Tues 27 June SOUTH WEST SHROPSHRIE GARDENING CLUB Outing to visit The Laskett Gardens, must book in advance, www.gardeningshropshire.co.uk June SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE Until 2 June - Pirates on the Onny Meadows, for ages 3-11 years, 1-2.30pm, £4, booking essential, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

June KNIGHTON TREE ALLOTMENTS TRUST Learn woodland skills. Dates 5 - 8 June, 10 June, 15 June, 22 June, 24 June 29. For full details website www.tveg.org.uk, email woodland@tveg.org.uk or 01547 520374.

June HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 1 June - Lake Play at Bodenham Lake, acivities, crafts and games, bring a picnic, 10.30am-12.30pm, free.

2 June - Marvellous Moths, Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, Leominster, 10am-12pm, £3 children, £2 adults. 4 June - Wildlife Watch Club for ages 7-14 years, Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, Leominster, £2 member, £4 non-member. 9 June - Visit to the Marises Nature Reserve, a walk led by Andrew Nixon. Meet at the entrance of the Canon Tump Common Nature Reserve, Michaelchurch Escley, 2.30pm. 11 & 12 June - Hellens Garden Festival, 10am-5pm. 18 June Mini WildPlay at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, 11am-5.30pm, £7 adults, £5 3-15 year olds, family £20. 25 June - Gardens in the Wild.

Guided walks, stalls, demonstrations, food to go. Whitfield Estate, Wormbridge, 9.30am-4pm. 30 June - Lugg Wetland Gem Project: Moths Trapping. Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve, 9am-11am. Full details 01432 356872.

June LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL 4 June - Walk, Footsteps Through Early Leominster. Grange Court, 10am. 6 June - Walking for Health, Tourist Information Centre, 11am. 7 June - Cycle Ride, Transition Leominster, Corn Square, 11am. Walk Around Quaker Leominster, Corn Square 2pm. Walking for Health, Tourist Information Centre, 6.30pm. 8 June - Walk Bache Camp, Broad St CP, 10am.

10 June - Family Fun Day, The Grange. 01568 616460, www.leominster-festival.co.uk June and July GREEN EVENTS AT KARUNA 18 June - Scything Day Course with Andrea Gilpin, 10am-4pm, £60 includes hot soup, bread and refreshments. 14 - 16 July - Forest Gardening Weekend.

Full rate, includes all meals £150-£175, concessions £130 (limited to 4 places), 8am-5pm on Sat & Sun. 22 & 23 July - Permaculture Introduction led by Fionn and Laura Quinlan. Full rate, includes all meals £150 - £185, concessionary rate is available. All workshops at Karuna Insight Design, Picklescott, Church Stretton, 01694 751374, www.karuna.org.uk Sat 1 & Sun 2 July FIVE OPEN GARDENS St Margarets, HR2 0QW, 2-6pm, £7, under 16s free, £12 per couple.

Teas and tickets at the church, 01981 510360.

1st Sunday of every month until November 2017 KEEP BRECON TIDY Litter picking. Meet 10am at Watergate Car Park.

GREEN-WOOD CHAIR MAKING COURSES IN PRESTEIGNE Redwood Valley Cabin and Yurts is the fabulous setting for these woodland-based courses in the ancient craft of chair making. Under the tutelage of green-wood craftsman Ben Willis, you’ll learn how to make a beautiful piece of furniture from freshly harvested timber.

Courses run at various times throughout the year. Visit www.benwillis-woodcraft.co.uk/courses/woods or call Ben on 07976 287797 for further details.

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A GENTLE SOFT TISSUE BODYWORK (fascial adjustment). A non-invasive technique re-balances and stablizes the body, suitable for: adults, children and babies. Addresses any number of pre-existing complaints. Contact Sarah Birchall VHT Practitioner sarahbirchall@btinternet.com 01981 500628. www.vhtworld.co.uk/members VHT is a holistic modality.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE lessons in Leominster. Ian Lyon MA PhD MSTAT. www.atinmarches.com ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE IN HAY-ON-WYE. Philippa Morrell BA, Member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. Please visit my website for more information about me and the Alexander Technique, www.philippamorrell. co.uk. To make an appointment contact me online at philippa@philippamorrell.co.uk, or ring 01497 821355.

ALLERGY &/OR FOOD INTOLERANCES? Find out the complete picture by having a blood test to help you make the best choices for your health.

Enquiries: 01568 709142.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO HEAL AT A DEEP LEVEL? Would you like to move forward in your life, or improve your health and wellbeing, or release your creative and spiritual nature? I offer a wide approach to help you discover your inner healing potential. I am an experienced and fully qualified practitioner in Bowen Therapy, Alexander Technique, Healing Treatments, Chi Gong Movement - and much more! For enquiries or Free Assessment (20 mins) please phone Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010.

AUTISM & HOMEOPATHY MIKE ANDREWS DSH RSHom, author of Homeopathy & Autism Spectrum Disorder a guide for practitioners and families (Singing Dragon 2014).

In practice since 1990, qualified CEASE therapist. Autism is the challenge of our times; my goal is to bring the benefits of homeopathy to your child. Clinic nr Ludlow SY7 or via Skype.

For a FREE 15 minute chat call 01588 660793 or mike@ mikeandrewshomeopathy.co.uk BACH FLOWER THERAPY AND REIKI Jane McDonnell, Registered practitioner. Bach Flower remedies are safe, gentle and effective at helping to relieve anxiety, stress, restore balance and well being. Reiki is a hands-on healing technique for stress/pain reduction and relaxation which also promotes healing. To discuss your needs or make an appointment please phone 07866495654 or email mcdonnell.jane@virgin.net BOWEN TECHNIQUE Bowen is a holistic, non invasive therapy consisting of gentle moves over soft tissue and muscles, interspersed with periods of rest. Suitable for adults and children. Working from clinics in Bishop’s Castle and Church Stretton. Home visits available. Contact ROB ROWE MBTPA tel: 01588 630648, email rob@robrowe.co.uk or learn more at www.bowentherapy.org.uk COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more!

Couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred).

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited.

ValĂŠrie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH I offer a range of interventions for children, young people and their families/carers struggling with emotional issues. I have fifteen years of experience working at a senior level for a NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service and offer families and young people a confidential space in which they can explore the issues that are troubling them. I provide a range of evidence based interventions to address problems such as depression, anxiety and OCD as well as self harm, low self esteem and self confidence. I also specialize in eating disorder therapy and I am registered as a Master Practitioner with the National Centre for Eating Disorders. I offer supervision, consultation and training for other professionals working within this area of mental health. Ruth Sandeman. Bsc,Hons Mental Health, Dip HE, RMN, Specialist Childrens Nurse, Master Practitioner Eating Disorders (NCFED), registered with NMC. Contact - ruthsandeman99@gmail.com / 07803 354081.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT), COUNSELLING AND COUPLE COUNSELLING Hello!

CBT can work well for depression, anxiety, panic, OCD, anger, phobias, self-harm, eating disorders, low self-esteem and more.

I also offer counselling for most issues, including sexuality, bereavement and past sexual abuse. Couple counselling is available and counselling for those who have problems concerning self-esteem, relationships or lack of them. Contact Gail Venables MBACP (Accred) on 01544 350384 or www. cbtgail.co.uk for sessions in Leominster and New Radnor (Powys).

COUNSELLING & MINDFULNESS COACHING with Matthew Ward MBACP, Accredited Mindfulness Trainer.

I provide a safe and confidential counselling service to explore the challenges that life can bring such as loss and anxiety.

I also offer individual mindfulness coaching and run regular courses locally. 01568 708836 or 07982 466224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling. co.uk

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST. Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair. Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster Osteopaths and Kingsland.

Phone for more info: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy. co.uk EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with sufferers of panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/ loss, anxiety and attachment issues. Centres in Powys/south Shropshire. See also www.thewritetofeel.com for forthcoming workshops and talks.

HEALING in Bishops Castle. Soul Healing can help you create Positive Change by removing energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties.

Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A. (Dublin), Cert.

E.S.H., Dip. Counselling (Wales). Tel: 01588 638242. Email: philomena@soul-healing.net. Web: www.soul-healing.net HEREFORD HOMEOPATH Juliet Ablett RHom, MARH, MNCHM. Experienced practitioner works with you as an individual, listening without judgement; working with whatever symptoms or issues you have. Natural, effective treatment suitable for all ages. I am very happy to chat with you on the phone about what treatment you are looking for before you commit to an appointment. Weekly clinics at Hereford Centre for Natural Health and Monmouth Natural Health Centre. Juliet Ablett www.julietablett.co.uk julietablett@rocketmail.com 01981 241456 HOMEOPATHY : My name is Shayna, I have worked as a registered nurse for 23 years and am now a registered Homeopath. I work in the Newtown and Montgomery area but am happy to do home visits should you prefer and I am also in Shrewsbury once a week at Neals Yard Remedies. Following a consultation to determine your unique ailments, be they physical, mental or emotional, I will carefully select a remedy to match your specific disease. The remedy prescribed will help to stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal itself. I am very approachable, have great integrity with my patients health at heart and always welcome any interest whether to ask questions or simply to book an appointment. Please contact Shayna Cashmore RN LicWSH RSHom. 07528 774 032.

HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing.

Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021.

KAY FLETCHER COUNSELLING, BA Hons, FdSc Counselling, BACP Associate Member. I offer safe and confidential child and adult counselling together with a range of natural holistic techniques including life coaching, energy healing and hypnotherapy. For a friendly chat about how I may be able to help you, please contact me on Leintwardine 01547 540899, email kay@kayfletchercounselling.co.uk or visit www.kayfletchercounselling.co.uk LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition

at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre. com.

MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley.

One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352.

MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage.

Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Llandrindod Wells (Rock Park) or at your workplace or event. Contact: marian@ silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454.

MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation. Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford.

PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@ radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk PRESTEIGNE NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Offers a wide range of Natural therapies including: Osteopathy, Chiropody, Acupuncture, Remedial & Swedish massage, Reiki, Homeopathy, Emmett Technique, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Bowen Technique, Counselling, Cranio Sacral Therapy. Visit our website www.presteignenhc.com or facebook page. To make an appointment, 01544 267532, email pnhc2014@gmail. com RELAXING, RESTORATIVE MASSAGE in Mid Wales and beyond for stress, anxiety, illness or bereavement with Kirsten Hubmann (MTI) qualified Holistic Massage Therapist at The Retreat, The Workhouse, Presteigne Industrial Estate, LD8 2UF. Contact 07860 156615, khubmann@hotmail.com for enquiries or to book a treatment.

RELAX & RECHARGE MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Are you a caring person who has an overwhelming need to help others but you are fed up of feeling overwhelmed, stressed and tired all the time and like you’re running on empty but can’t stop? Afraid of BURN OUT because you have nothing in reserve anymore and powerless to change anything? Then you are invited to come along to weekly meetings where I will be your guide: Tuesdays from 7pm to 8pm £10; And/ or monthly, Second Monday each month 10am to 1pm, £30.

You will then: understand why Self Care is a necessity, not a luxury; find yourself surrounded by people just like you who also care deeply and need to take better care of themselves first and together you’ll feel more supported, increase your energy, inner peace and well-being and feel more like yourself again and give yourself permission to relax, recharge and reflect.

Sound good? Contact me: 01568 709194/07792 256 451 or email: karenrobinson67@live.co.uk. www.karen-robinson. com

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE New location

Group classes and individual tuition Stapleton Yoga Studio Marie Hudson 01544 260352

www.theyogapractice.org.uk

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SELF CARE FOR CARING PEOPLE SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 26 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SOUND HEALING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP RETREATS We run the 5 part Sound Therapy training programme for the College of Sound Healing as weekend retreats in the beautiful setting of Primrose Haven with lovely gardens and sacred spaces. Also Seasonal Sounds Days and weekend retreats: Sound Healing and Nature; Magical Resonance of Celtic Sounds and Sound and gardening for the soul. Retreat stays in our cosy Shepherd Huts. Occasional evening sound and Gong meditations. Please contact Paul Benham, paul@primrosehavenretreats.co.uk and www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk. 01497847299.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free.

Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year for inclusion in the magazine and website.

June HEALTHY FRIENDSHIPS WELLBEING GROUP 6, 13, 20 & 27 June. Encouraging people who endure emotional and mental distress to live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10.30am-12.30pm, £2 per session, includes light refreshments and any craft materials, 07706 762140.

June & July BLEDDFA CENTRE WORKSHOPS Fri 2 June - Silence & Stillness, 11am-12pm.

Sat 3 June - Meditation Group, 11.30am-1pm.

Tues 6 June - Beginners Pilates start of four weekly sessions, pre-booking only, 5-6pm. Sat 24 June - Yoga for a Midsummers Day, 10am-4pm, £35 includes lunch, pre-booking essential.

Sun 25 June - Focussing: Inner Presence Workshop, £35.

Sat 1 - Sat 15 July - Annual Shambhala Retreat, closed for other activities. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

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June/July HILL COTTAGE RETREAT CENTRE 2 - 4 June & 30 June - 2 July Dreaming Awake with Manda Scott. Hill Cottage Retreat Centre, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, LD7 1PD, 01547 520044.

Fri 7 - Sun 9 July SOUND HEALING AND NATURE RETREAT In the beautiful gardens and sacred spaces of Primrose Haven.

Please contact Paul Benham 01497847299; paul@primrosehavenretreats.co.uk www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY: Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs.

Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal.co.uk or 01531 670075.

EVENTS IN THE YURT BUILTH ROAD, 17 RAILWAY TERRACE, LD2 3RH Meditation 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month 7.30-9pm A guided meditation evening drawing on many different traditions. No experience necessary.

Drum and song circle 1st Friday of the month 7.30-9.30pm Bring drums, rattles, songs, no experience necessary.

Shamanic Practice Group 3rd Wednesday of the month 7.30-9.30pm journeying for guidance, wisdom and healing for self and others.

Women’s Circle with Philippa Hedger 4th Sunday of the month 4.30-6.30pm Calling women of all ages to gather for support, love and wisdom sharing.

All our groups are held in sacred space. Cost is £10 (concessions available) for further info clivephilippa@ hotmail.com 01982 552535 / 07905 743272.

Mondays YOGA With Lisa Arundale, 5.15-6.15pm.

CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01686 413608.

Wednesdays KUNDALINI YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASSES 9.30-11am, The Everest Hall, Llanfairwaterdine. £7 a class.

Everyone welcome. Suitable for beginners. Please bring water, blanket, cushion and yoga mat if you have one. Contact Kirsten for enquiries, 07860156615 / khubmann@hotmail.com