BROAD SHEEP - OCTOBER 2023

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october 2023

What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

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Contents

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Hugh’s bit

Architecture

Art

Art workshops

Cinema

Dance

Food

Music

Music workshops

Band directory

Theatre

Word

Grass roots Comp therapies

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ERY surprised while picking up a newspaper at Spar to see the Glimmer Twins and Ronnie’s mugs on the front page of every newspaper! For a minute I thought they had gone on to a better place, but no it was the first new album for donkeys years called Hackney Diamonds. I must admit I did go home and have a listen to the first single off it – Angry (not very keen) but as is the way with YouTube I got diverted to a film of The Stones and Bob Dylan playing ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ together in 1998 at a concert in Argentina!! Have a look it is absolutely hilarious.

I suspect the boys skimped a bit on rehearsals. The band sounds fine but Mick and Bob forget to work out who was going to sing which bit. Bob nattily done up as the town doctor in a 50’s cowboy film completely misses his intro and from that point on things go from bad to worse. Mick decided to dress down for once and is resplendent in Adidas tracky bottoms and a rather creased T shirt but he forgot to learn half the lyrics. However he does prance around the stage a lot and whips up the massive Argentinian crowd who go apeshit for the whole thing. Meanwhile Bob sticks to his mic stand like glue, however much Ronnie tries to get him to crack a smile or jig about a bit. Keith sensibly stays well clear of the front line shenanigans.

Still both Bob and the Stones get lots of brownie points for not having to stage massively hyped come back tours because they never went away. They both just carried on gigging at a furious rate. Bob has played over 4,000 concert gigs in his life and that easily trumps the Stones measly 2,500. He would be a millionaire if he only charged £250 per concert but I bet he charges more than that. Meanwhile the Searchers have been in constant demand for 66 years and even better, Norwegian singer Helge Toft with three othe musicians, played 65 different concerts in one day at venues around the city of Haugesund, Norway.

But that’s quite enough interesting facts for now. So, stand by all you teetotallers and people who shout rude words at cyclists. It’s over a year since the last Pete’s Pub to Pub Cycle Route so before winter sets in here is a nice gentle roam around the black and white trail.

The Cross Inn Eardisland to the Crown Inn Dilwyn to the Monkland Arms Monkland

Starting in the picturesque village of Eardisland, The Cross Inn has recently been getting a good reputation for very classy, pub grub and interesting Saturday night specials (anyone for rich braised venison haunch casserole topped with fluffy horseradish scones). You can sit out front and watch the world go by or hideaway in the garden seating out the back and this is an Andy pic of what I ate there on Wednesday (cooked over charcoal). But come on, finish that glass of Rioja we have places to go. Come out of Eardisland heading for Pembridge but take the first left signposted to Burton Court. At the end of that lane cross over the A44 and go straight on signpost Lower Burton and then take the second unsignposted left turn. Then go straight across at the A4112 and then a left and a right will take into Dilwyn. The Crown Inn is in the middle of the village and does a natty line in tapas if you haven’t stuffed yourself down the road. It’s open Tuesday to Sunday. Still no time to hang about, come out of the pub and turn left signpost Stretford, Kings Pyon. You are now on an a brilliant bit of straight, flood plain road with amazing views and giant skies, then with just a right and left at the A4110 you can follow this lane all the way to Ivington. Then turn left and when you hit the sign for Newtown (no, not that Newtown you idiot) turn left again which brings you onto the A44. Turn left and a quick blast down the main road brings you to Monkland for a bit of music session at the pub if it’s the 1st Friday or the 3rd Wednesday of the month or a cheesy bite at Monkland Dairy if its lunch or teatime.

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APPLE MAC COMPUTER REPAIRS UPGRADES AND TUITION All Apple computers. On site service only. Any distance. Call or Email Lee on 07875 267790 mail@applemacmechanic.co.uk

LOST FOR WORDS? Experienced magazine, newspaper and book editor, advertising copywriter, journalist, author and longstanding Broad Sheep contributor can edit, re-write, proof read, research or write from scratch, whatever you need word-wise. Modest fees, quick turnaround.

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GUITAR SETUPS AND REPAIRS. Electric and Acoustic guitars. Based in Ludlow. Neck relief, action height, saddle radius, bridge adjustment, intonation, fretboard treatment, fret polish, pickup height, electrics service, electrical screening, cleaning etc. Friendly professional service, fast turnaround. Can collect. Call 07770 321 904.

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BEEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS Introductory courses, talks on bees and beekeeping and one to one tuition. For further details phone 07813 276308/01886 884752 or email woodruffbank@btinternet.com

HAYSTACKS MUSIC, Backfold, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EQ. Tel: 07527 298199. Hay’s Headline Making Independent Music Shop - only a one minute walk from the main car park. Hay’s destination shop packed with pre-loved machine cleaned and new vinyl records, CDs, Books and more.

CHAIR REPAIRS: seats rushed & recaned. Also Danish cord & Habitat sheet cane seats. Paul Richards, 01544 209140. Email - paulrichardsft@gmail. com

CATERING CROCKERY, CUTLERY AND GLASSWARE FOR HIRE. Up to 100 settings. Contact Ruth on 01544 350559 or 07870 752325. RETIRED PROFESSIONAL PAINTER AVAILABLE for local work. References available. £80.00 per day. Try me. Roy 01547 520164.

JAZZ PIANO TUITION A specially created course for beginners through to intermediate level students. Also coaching for Associated Board jazz exams. Presteigne/Knighton, but happy to travel. Simon Deeley, 07890 303681. simon.deeley@aol.com

PIANO LESSONS IN PRESTEIGNE. All ABRSM grades or simply for fun. Contact Mzia 07981752405, mziag@hotmail.co.uk

HANCOCK & MONKS MUSIC, 6 Broad Street, Hay-on-Wye. Tel: 01591 610555. Specialists in recorded and printed Classical Music for over 40 years. Huge stock of secondhand CDs, sheet music, scores and books on music. Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm. Online catalogue at www.hancockandmonksmusic.co.uk

FRUIT TREE PRUNING From one branch to an entire orchard. Tel: 01544 260656. apjervis@myphone.coop

WANTED URGENTLY VINTAGE CLOTHING for male/ female, plus accessories including jewellery, shoes, etc. Also wanted: quality curtains, lace and textiles, even damaged. Plus designer clothing including male/ female... tweeds, evening dresses etc. Also unusual items including fans etc. Please telephone: Annie 07798 632247. Teagowns and Textiles. annies.30@hotmail.com

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 Katy 01547 520328.

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.

VIOLIN & VIOLA LESSONS given by experienced professional in Presteigne. All abilities and styles taught. John Hymas 07969 440183.

hugh’s

OME days it’s a good day and the words are near the surface like a shoal of fish, glinting in the light. They zig-zag this way and that above the gravel bed, but on bad days they’re far out in the lake, deep down, grazing in the shadows of the kelp. My job is to catch the fish and read the words. Today I was lucky and when I’d got all the fish laid out on the sand and put them in the right order this is what they said:

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“Some days it’s a good day and the fish are near the surface like a shoal of words.”

I am sat on a three legged stool under a great green umbrella, fishing rod poised at the correct angle, watching the lake fill up; the surface is all rings and bubbles. It’s raining cats and dogs but yet there are no fish.

Not a bite all day, but I don’t care. My mind, my float, it floats.

And then bobs momentarily, “Littoral, literary or literal?” rises to the surface and seconds later my float twitches again: “Alliteration, assonance and rhyme give false logic to a thought.” So It says! This is at least a tiddler. I copy it into my keepbook then let it slip back in the water, … and return to my dappled thoughts under this green shade.

I spent yesterday on the sofa also watching murky images stream by, feeling just as lethargic, dabbling with words and fishing half-heartedly for the scarce ideas that lurk somewhere between the world and me.

It is then that I have to watch Norwegian slow TV. The unedited train journeys are the best; a web-cam is mounted in the driver’s cab, and for hours and hours Nordic rocks and snow and lakes unfold on either side in real time - fancy that! - real … time! - uncut, while the hypnotic rails narrow towards the permanently elusive vanishing point. Narcoleptic TV.

And today I’m so tired that I can hardly keep my eyes open, I’m wandering around the margins, or perhaps the river has risen and I’m viewing the world through a periscope.

It’s all too far away.

I fall asleep watching the patterns move across the water, half listening to the distant thunder that follows the lightning of other people’s ideas, only attached to my senses by a slender thread, a helium balloon tethered to a doll. In my dream I galumph after my elusive quarry, whiffling through the tulgey wood, a chimerical image in the wavey forest of kelp, like King Pellinore in pursuit of the Questing Beast. We’re in the submarine Forest Sauvage. This is another tiddler, a crass pun, typical of dreams: Chimaera is a genuine genus of fish species, ghost fishes, shadow fishes, and spook-fishes, while a Chimera is a classic corps exquise or heads, bodies and legs thing composed of several animals, like the Questing Beast, Giraffes, the Jabberwock or Tom Waits’

Then I dream that I have wandered off to the bar mid-song looking for my drink and leaving my sax to play its solo on its own…. what does that mean? Does it matter? Did I lose count of the bars? Eventually I wake and my brain and I settle down to argue a few points in sequence, like whether one should rely on dreams to even formulate questions, let alone answers… do they mean anything at all? If not? … what are dreams? By-products? But without them we get weird in the head. More collateral images drift by …. “Answers came there none…. for they’d eaten every one”, “snicker-snack!” and “the rest is silence” “Never more… nevermore”. The cry echoes from shore to shore…….

Finally a fully formed dream arrives on the flood and takes the bait; this is Caliban’s dream which I keep in an inside pocket near my heart:

“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices, That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.” Shakespeare, The Tempest: III: 2. Which I would have on my gravestone.

© Hugh Colvin 2023

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Volte Face Farce

THE ink was barely dry on the September issue of this magazine when, under the leadership of Cllr Harry Bramer, Hereford Council’s newly-elected administration announced that it was scuppering the idea of relocating the city’s Lending & Reference Library to its Maylord shopping centre (a piece of commendable lateral thinking), opting instead to refurbish Sir Robert Smirke’s ornate Grecian Shire Hall overlooking St Peter’s Square. Footfall-for-footfall, I’d guess the Maylord location is at least four times busier than St Peter’s Square. And don’t forget that shortly after it opened it picked up a UNESCO design award.

Barely a month into office and the council’s ‘new brooms’ were thumbing their noses at the £2.5-million Levelling Up Ministry grant on offer; shrugging their shoulders that the fees wasted on feasibility studies probably exceed £100,00; or the lost rental income from leaving four units standing empty in the Maylord Centre for the best part of six months. This was payback time, with a vengeance. Four years almost to the day the Indies had savaged the plan for a west crossing of the Wye, wasting £10-million in aborted design fees in the process.

Now, for the foreseeable future, the city’s only public library and reference source will be housed in temporary accommodation in Friars Street (try stopping a shopper in High Town and asking them to direct you to Friars Street). For the moment the plan to transform the 1874 Kempson building in Broad Street into a Museum & Art Gallery opening in 2024, remains unaffected. But I shouldn’t hold your breath. The council’s bean counters would do well to remember that Levelling Up grants are conditional on being spent by the time the next General Election is called.

Notwithstanding the £7.5-million roof repair bill which hangs over the Smirke building, HC seems to imagine that architectural transformations can be achieved “just like that”, as the late Tommy Cooper would have put it. They can’t. Smirke’s masterwork (the British Museum) took 25 years to complete; his Shire Hall - built under his supervision by Charles Heatherwent up in just two years – and it shows: a labyrinth of gloomy committee rooms, a library, two courtrooms, a custody suite and an acoustically-flawed Assembly Hall. It would take fully five years to pull the old place into shape. Meanwhile, the Maylord Centre is about to lose Wilko, its biggest tenant. 2000sq ft on one ground floor level, two entrances, acres of empty shelving. Make a lovely library!

M&S eats humble pie

A landmark London ruling, handed down by one of Britain’s most respected Planning Inspectors, may thankfully have scuppered the chances of the crackpot idea of demolishing Hereford’s largest tourism hotel – presently being used by Mrs Braverman to house Rwanda-bound immigrants – to make way for a Lidl supermarket. The site is on Belmont Road, mid-way between the Tesco and Asda superstores.

Conservationists up and down the land breathed a sigh of relief in July when Michael Gove published his Inspector’s report into Marks & Spencer’s application to demolish its Art Deco store in Orchard Street, Marble Arch, alongside Selfridges, replacing it with an office block. The store was said to be Margaret Thatcher’s favourite retail experience. The lead conservationist group SAVE (who campaigned against the redevelopment with The Twentieth Century Society and Architects Journal) estimated that the needless demolition of the building would have generated almost 40 000 tonnes of embodied carbon. M&S didn’t exactly help its case when it placed on record at the start of the Inquiry its intention to quit Oxford Street altogether if the decision went against it.

So what has all this got to do with Belmont Road, Hereford? Simply that important national planning decisions must be treated as what lawyers would term ‘case law’. In the same way that Mr Gove was unimpressed by M&S’s disregard for net zero issues, Herefordshire’s planners would do well to reject the idea of demolishing a perfectly serviceable (if architecturally unremarkable) hotel, once its residents have been transported to the 500-berth Bibby Stockholm.

Nick Jones

Hereford’s Maylord Centre will soon be Wilko-less

POWYS

Studer Fine Art - The Gallery, 4 High Street, Presteigne. www.studerfineart.com

A wide selection of cards and small gifts from Art.Angels press. Open Thurs-Sat, 10.30am-4pm, or by appointment.

Glasbury Arts, Glasbury Village Hall, Hampton Rd, Glasbury-on-Wye HR3 5LL www.glasburyarts.co.uk

20 - 24 Oct Glasbury Arts Annual exhibition 20th Anniversary. Over 30 artists including ALAN

SALISBURY, SALLY MATHEWS, the late JOHN UZZEL EDWARDS, AMANDA TURNER, MARK ZYTNSKI, KATE FREEMAN, NANCY SUTCLIFFE, and A-Level and GCSE students, Gwernyfed High School.

Open Fri 6-7.30pm, Sat-Tues 10am-4pm. Free entry.

Chatwood, Celf gan Osian Gwent ((Art by osian Gwent), No. 6 Long Bridge Street, Llanidloes SY18 6EE 0800 999 1953

www.osiangwent.com

Exclusive and original paintings by Welsh contemporary artist OSIAN GWENT. Luxury works of fine art, paintings and limited edition fine art giclee prints. Open Wed 10am-2pm, Thurs 11am-5pm, Fri & Sat 11am-3pm.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High Street, Knighton LD7 1AT 01547 529530

Gallery, shop, cafe. Open Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Hay Castle, Oxford Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5DG 01497 820079 Open 10am-5pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041

Until 3 Oct ‘We All Share the Same Sky’. HELEN BOOTH.

6 & 7 Oct ‘Source of the Severn’, ERIN HUGHES, a visual exploration of the landscape of Maldwyn & the Marches.

20 Oct - 25 Feb ‘Artes Mundi 10’

CAROLINA CAYCEDO. Significant solo presentation of new and existing work from one of the world’s most important international contemporary artists.

Until 8 Nov ‘Artes Mundi 10’.

DANIEL TRIVEDY. A Tiger in the Castle. Open Tues-Sun 11am-4pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DL 01597 824513

Geology, Archaeology, Natural History, Social History and Fine Art. The museum houses an art gallery with a programme of varied and exciting exhibitions and events.

Open Wed-Sat 10am-4pm.

The Table & The Chair, 43 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye 01497 822802 www.thetablehay.com

Until 21 Oct KATE CORBETTWINDER.

28 Oct - 18 Nov KAREN BIRKIN & DUNCAN CLARKE. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-3pm.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556

Until 12 Nov Autumn exhibition. HESTER COX - prints. PENKRIDGE

CERAMICS - ceramic fruit and vegetables. ANNABET WYNDHAM - jewellery. SARAH KINNERSLEYjewellery. JEREMY JAMESceramics. DAWN CRIPPS - textiles. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 413467

7 Oct Mid Wales Print Fair. A vibrant and varied celebration of traditional and non-traditional print. Around 20 printmakers from Wales, the borders and beyond. Artwork, gifts, workshops and demonstrations.

11 Nov - 24 Dec Christmas Craft Fair. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, Sun 11am-3pm.

Court Cupboard Gallery, New Court Farm, Llantillio Pertholey, Abergavenny NP7 8AU

01873 852011

ROSIE FAREY & MANDY COATS - baskets. SUSAN GALLAGHERpaintings. Open 11am-4pm.

Lion Street Gallery, 6 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA 01497 822900 Showcasing some of the very best artists from Wales and the Borders. Open 10.30am-5pm daily except Tues, Sun 11.30am-4pm.

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Near Newtown 01686 688369

Until 29 Oct ‘Edge’. BORTH ARTS. Welsh Group exhibition.

10 Nov - 17 Dec Open exhibition. Open Thurs-Sun 11am-4pm.

Found Gallery, 1 Bulwark, Brecon LD3 7LB 07736 062849

www.foundgallery.co.uk

Until 15 Oct ‘Abstract & Home in another land’. ANDREW

McCUTCHEON - artist. GLENN

EDWARDS - photographs. JENNIE GILBERT - pottery. BONNIE GRACEdesign graduate.

18 Oct - 11 Nov Black Mountain

Painters. JONATHAN ADAMS, NIEL BALLY, VIRGINA BROWN, SUE CUNNINGHAM, JULIET FARNESE, DAVID HALL, FAYE KINSELLA, ANNA KNIGHT, JONATHAN MUNRO-HUNT, CAROLINE PRYCE-MASON, ANDY THORNLY, JEREMY VEVERS.

CLARE WALTERS - ceramics. Open Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864

Rare antique carpets and kilims. Plus locally made pottery, art materials, textiles, haberdashery, jewellery, cards and gifts. Cafe.

Open Wed-Sat 10am-4pm.

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. The Art Shop, Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EH 01873 852690

Until 21 Oct CORNELIA

O’DONOVAN & EDLA

MARLBOROUGH - paintings, ceramics. Open Tues-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

Museum of Modern Art, Tabernacle, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth SY20 8AJ 01654 703355

info@moma.machynlleth.org.uk

Until 4 Nov ‘Round Boxes in a Square Peg’.

Until 11 Nov ‘On This Land’. KEITH BOWEN.

Until 11 Nov ‘Song of Songs’. The Tabernacle Collection.

Until 11 Nov Sculpture Cymru Part 1. Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Courtyard Antiques, London House, High Street, Presteigne LD8 2BA 07974 356128 outside normal hours. Antique pottery, country furniture and art. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Lindsay Davies, Picturemakers, The Courtyard, Hereford

Edward Bell, Nina & Co, Ludlow

Jeremy James, The Hay Makers Gallery, Hay-on-Wye

Erin Hughes, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

Caroline Bennett, Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft, Ludlow Castle

Robert Shelton, Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft, Ludlow Castle

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052

www.knightonfineart.co.uk

knightonfineart@btinternet.com

Oct Pre-Christmas Sale. Some paintings half price. Reductions on KEVAN HOPSON driftwood sculptures and ANDY HAZELL tin works.

Christmas presents and cards arriving during the month. Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EY 01597 258118

21 Oct Artisan Market. Arts, crafts and homemade produce. 10am-3pm.

The Old School, Whitton, near Knighton 01547 560936

Museum of Welsh Textiles. A fine collection of Welsh costume, textiles. With a selection of antique textiles and blankets for sale, alongside changing exhibitions of art and antiques. Open by appointment, please phone to book.

Knighton Museum, 1 Broad Street, Knighton Run by volunteers and reflects social history of the area. The majority of the exhibits have been either donated or lent by local people and reflect the varied history of this border town from the drovers to the flannel weavers; from trade to agriculture. Wed-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Celf O Gwmpas, Centre Celf, Tremont Road, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EB 01597 822777

Until 26 Oct ‘Dancing Together Apart’. RAY JACOB together with an exhibition of photography by the late STEVE HARRIS.

2 Nov - 14 Dec Annual exhibition by LLANDRINDOD WELLS ART GROUP. Open Tues-Thurs 10am-4pm, Sat 9.30am-12pm.

Rhayader Museum & Gallery, CARAD, East Street, Rhayader LD6 5ER 01597 810561 www.carad.org.uk

Look out for new activities and sign up for the free information newsletter online. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-12pm.

HEREFORDSHIRE

AntiquesInTents, Burton Court, near Leominster HR6 9DN 01544 267033 www.antiquesintents.co.uk

13 & 14 Oct Antiquesintents. 60 dealers, featuring country, decorative and traditional. Restaurant and bar. Open Fri 12-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. £5 admission.

Bocam Gallery, Space 10, Bastion Mews, Union St, Hereford HR1 2BT 07929 206707 www.bocamgallery.com

Oct Modern contemporary, pop, street art, prints. Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10.30am-4.30pm.

Unit 9, Homend Shopping Mall, 32 The Homend, Ledbury HR8 1BT 01531 634571

5 - 7 Oct ‘Live Action Lettering’ CAROLINE OWEN-THOMAS will be creating a Wall of Words of uplifting and thoughtful quotes in aid of The Ledbury Foodbank. Also sale of donated artists supplies. Open 10am-4pm, donations welcome. Walenty Pytel Gallery & Studio Tour 01531 634102 walentypytelgallery@ gmail.com www.walentypytel.com

You will receive a printed guide to all of Walenty’s outdoor sculptures in Herefordshire to visit at your leisure. Bronze and original steel sculptures can be purchased in the gallery as well as signed limited edition prints, cards and his book Walenty Pytel Life/ Art/Sculpture. By appointment only. Groups welcome.

Old Stable Gallery, Leominster Tourist Information Centre, Corn Square, Leominster 01568 616460 Oct Cultural Consortium Community Projects.

1 - 29 Nov ‘A World of Colour’. MELVYN WOOD - landscapes. 9.30am-4pm.

Wobage Makers Gallery Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye HR9 7QP 01989 720495 www.wobage.co.uk Handmade at Wobage workshops. BEN CASSON - furniture and kitchenwood. LYNN HODGSONwood carving and kitchenwood. PATIA DAVIS - slip decorated earthenware and porcelain. JEREMY STEWARD - wood-fired salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain. PETRA STEWARDwood-fired salt-glazed stoneware and collagraph prints. CLYDE JEFFERSON - willow basketry. CLAIR HODGSON - gold, silver and semi-precious stone earrings. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

Oxenham Art, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT 01568 611898 Oct AMANDA HILLIER - paper lanterns. SARAH BILLINGHAMpottery. COLIN DAVIES - paintings. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm.

Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral 01432 374200

9 Oct - 30 Dec ‘Laden with Fruit’. Celebrating the bounty of fruit at Hereford Cathedral. Also featuring new artwork by JEANETTE McCULLOCH & BookArtClub inspired by botanical illustrations in the Cathedral’s collections. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Normal admission charges apply.

The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells WR15 8EA 01584 810085 www.georginafranklin.co.uk

GEORGINA FRANKLIN - jewellery. Individual contemporary design. Commissions undertaken.

South Chapel, All Saints Church, Hereford 01432 370414

2 - 7 Oct GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY.

9 - 14 Oct Exhibition and sale of Indian silks and saris by Jan Bishop. 16 Oct - 16 Dec Sale of Charity Christmas cards.

21 - 23 Oct Fairtrade arts, crafts and charity information from Love Zimbabwe. Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm. Made in the Marches Gallery, 12 Church Street, Kington HR5 3AZ 07531 820195

www.madeinthemarches.com

Oct CLAIR MURPHY, CLARE REVERA, COLLETE DAVIES & ROSIE FAREY - weavers.

Alongside cooperative members: NICKI CORNISH, REBECCA FINNEY, JO FLETCHER, NANCY FROST, FREYA GAMBLE-MAPES, TESSA GAVIN, JANE KEAY, CELIA KIBBLEWHITE, SUE LEAVETT, CLARE LESTER, CLAIR MURPHY & HELEN SMITH.

Oct ‘The Big Draw Events’. See under Art Workshops for more details. Open Tues-Sat 11am-4pm.

Made In Ross, The Upstairs Gallery, Market House, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5NX 01989 769398

www.madeinross.co.uk

Made in Ross. A co-operative of local art and craft makers who produce a wide range of beautiful work, for all tastes and budgets. Open 10am-4pm. The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford 01432 340555

1 Oct The Courtyard’s 25th Anniversary exhibition.

7 Oct - 25 Nov ‘Boundaries’.

PICTUREMAKERS - a group of artists from Mid Wales. Visual artwork, both literal and abstract, responding to the theme ‘Boundaries’. Open theatre times.

No. 1 Station Approach, Hereford Until 30 April 2024 MATTHEW CORNFORD & JOHN BECK. The 170th anniversary of Hereford College of Arts, a Meadow Arts and Hereford College of Arts commission. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford HR1 2UA 01432 263937

www.applestoregallery.com

11 Oct - 11 Nov ‘Bring in the Light’ LIN MATHIAS & HELEN HENMAN. Open Wed-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Gallery 54, 54 High Street, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917

Oct DAVID J PORTER, new pieces by STUART ELLIS. Plus gallery artists. Hopefully two new artists discovered during h.Art - watch this space!

Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, East Street, Pembridge HR6 9HB 01544 388842 ww.oldchapelgallery.co.uk

Until 31 Oct ‘Caught in Flight’. LYNDA JONES - oil on canvas, pen and ink drawings, FLORA McLACHLAN - watercolours and etchings, HELEN MARTINO, KATHRYN O’KELL - hand carved wood, JANE LITTLEFIELD - stained glass panels, RACHEL WRIGHTtextiles, JACKIE MORRIS - limited edition artisan prints.

Throughout the year ‘Splendour in the Grass’. A changing collection of unique sculptures for your outdoor space in a variety of media including forged iron, carved stone, stone resin, iron resin, bronze resin, glass and ceramics. Open Wed-Sat 11am-4.30pm, Sun 12-4pm. Mon/Tues by appointment.

Market Hall, Kington 07977 978676 anna@akdcrafts.co.uk

3rd Saturday of the month until Dec Print, paint, wood, wool, paper, metalwork, ceramics, baskets and more. Open 9.30am-3.30pm.

Elmslie House Gallery, 8 Avenue Rd, Malvern WR14 3AG 07789 470780

24 Oct - 4 Nov ‘In Search of the Perfect Hill’. New work by artists ADRIENNE CRADDOCK, ANDREW JOHNSON, RICHARD GILBERT, BRIDGET MacDONALD & KATHRYN MOORE. Open 10am-5pm, closed Mon/Tues.

Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 07881 926661

1 Oct ‘Spaces to Dream’. STITCH IN THE MIDDLE - textile art.

Open 10am-4pm.

Leominster Priory HR6 8NH

Until 7 Oct ‘Herefordshire Rivers: Paradise in Peril’. Art, maps and citizen science on the beauty and travails of our rivers, focussing on the River Lugg.

Open daily 10am-4pm.

SHROPSHIRE

Beacon Room, Ludlow Castle, Castle Square, Ludlow SY8 1AY www.shropshireguild.co.uk

21 & 22 Oct ‘Showing Off’. Contemporary craft show. Open Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm, free entry. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321

Oct NICK RAYBOULD.

Open Mon-Thurs 9am-9pm, Sat & Sun 9am-12pm.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Mill St, Ludlow 01584 878141

Until 17 Nov ‘There and Back’. SUE LEAVETT - prints and paintings. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7.30pm.

The Gateway Gallery, Chester Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB gatewaygallery@gmail.com

Until 27 Oct ‘Growth’.

Shropshire Open - art exhibition. Open Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm, Thurs until 8pm during term time. Mrs Jones Art Shop & Gallery, 118 Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury SY3 7DU 01743 245134 www.mrsjonesgallery.co.uk

7 - 28 Oct Autumn exhibition. Original work by JAY SHUTTLEWORTH, JULIE D COOPER, LIV GOODE, NINA ARCHER, SAM POOLEY-STRIDE. SUE CAMPION - prints.

4 - 25 Nov ‘Up The Garden Path’. Print exhibition by CATHERINE BOWDLER, ELLY JONES, ELLIE CLIFTLANDS, KAREN SILLAR, RACHEL QUILTY, SAM MARSHALL, SU FRANCE. Open Wed-Sat 10.30am-4pm.

The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury 01743 234970

Until 3 Oct ‘Feeling at Home’. Work by 19 photographers with learning disabilities from across Brighton and London.

15 Oct - 5 Dec ‘Lines of Thought’. LUKE CRUMPT. Open Tues-Fri

10am-4.30pm

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall 01588 630023

www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk

Until 10 Oct JANE FARRINGTON. Open 10am-4pm.

7 Oct Antique & Flea market, 9am-4pm.

14 Oct - 14 Nov DI AND ANDREW

DOUCE. Open 10am-4pm.

4 Nov Antique & Flea market. Open 9am-4pm.

The Willow Gallery, 56 Willow Street, Oswestry SY11 1AD 01691 657575

Until 14 Oct ‘Walking the Urban & Rural Landscape’. MIKE COOKE & ROY SARGENT.

21 Oct - 24 Dec BORDERLAND

VISUAL ARTS winter collection and CHESHIRE ARTISTS NETWORK.

Open 10am-4pm, closed Sun & Mon.

Ogilvie Vaile Conservation, Unit 9, Lower Buckton Barns, between Leintwardine and Brampton Bryan SY7 0JU 07780 616067

www.ogilvievaile.com

Specialising in the conservation and restoration of fine art.

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Music Hall, Market Square, Shrewsbury SY1 1LG 01743 258881

Until 20 Oct ‘Mini Mammoths’. Open 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Nina & Co, 10 Church St, Ludlow SY8 1AP 01584 877792

Oct ‘Border Skies’. EDWARD BELL. Open daily.

Downstairs Gallery, Ludlow Library, 7-9 Parkway Lane, Ludlow SY8 2PG 01743 250510

Until 18 Oct LUDLOW

PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB. A huge variety of genres will be represented: landscape, wildlife, street photography, abstract, macro, sport, travel, portraits, infrared, monochrome.

20 Oct - 4 Jan ‘Affordable and Accessible Art Show’. LUDLOW ART SOCIETY. All works anonymous until point of sale and all priced £60.

Proceeds to Ludlow LIbrary and Ludlow Food Bank.

www.ludlowartsociety.gov.uk

Open Mon 9.30am-6pm, Tues, Wed & Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm.

The Picturemakers Y Llunwyr

Exhibiting Artists BOUNDARIES

Jane Burnham

Lindsay Davies

Rosemary Fahimi

Phillip Huckin

Kim James Williams

Mike Laxton

Greteli Morton

Jo Munro Hunt

Patrick Owen

Catherine Smedley

Shelley Upton

Moira Vincentelli

Ann Williams

Catherine Smedley

The Courtyard, Hereford

7 October - 27 November 2023

Saturday 21st October, 10am-5pm

Sunday 22nd October, 10am-4pm

Admission Free

Ludlow Castle, Beacon Room, Castle Square, Ludlow SY8 1AY

www.shropshireguild.co.uk

The Artists’ Gallery, Ludlow Farm (formerly Ludlow Food Centre), Bromfield, Ludlow SY8 2JR

07974 652866

www.theartistsgalleryludlow.co.uk Instagram @galleryrunbyartists

Facebook The Artists’ Gallery Artists include SHELLY PERKINS - wildlife artist. PRISCILLA HANNbronze sculpture. DANIELLE FLOWERS - contemporary jewellery. KIM DAVIS - wood turning. PAUL BURTON - sculpture. JAN JAYtextile designs and screen prints. PIP JONES - watercolours. SARAH BILLINGHAM - pottery. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, near Bucknell SY7 0DH 01547 530744 www.ardvark-books.com

1 Oct Aardvark Car Boot. Over 30 stalls full of amazing bargains. Plus live music from Nori Davies, hot food etc. Stall spaces £12, please book in advance. Aardvark Books & Cafe, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 9am-2pm, free entry and car parking

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms SY7 9RS 01588 676060

Until 31 Oct ‘Looks Good on Paper’.

MARCHES SCRIBES annual exhibition. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. 14 Oct Car Boot Sale, 2-4.30pm, £5 per boot, pre-book boot.

Smithy Studio, Brampton Bryan SY7 ODH 07811 042478

Rustic homewares, fine art and craft. Local makers. Turned wood, slipware, lavender products, textiles, cards and gifts. Open Thurs-Sat 11am-4pm.

Art & Craft Workshops

Single, dated listings are free. Ongoing workshops, £40 per year.

GINN’S CREATE WORKSHOPS

Discover your creative potential at my workshops covering art, textiles and sewing techniques, catering for the experienced and inexperienced. Dates to suit you. 01432 760961.

TEXTILE WORKSHOPS WITH ANGIE HUGHES

Zoom and face to face creative workshops including machine and hand embroidery, print and mixed media techniques. Based in Ledbury. 07533 362900. Email angie@angiehughes.com

KNIGHTON PAINTING & SKETCHING GROUP

We meet Monday daytime at the Civic Centre, Knighton (near the Clock Tower) during spring and autumn terms. We have weekly topics with friendly tuition. All abilities, beginners welcome. Learn at your own pace. Discover new skills and increase your confidence. Own choice of art materials. Contact local artist tutor: Audrey Bradley: 01544 350369.

ALEX ALLPRESS POTTERY STUDIO - POTTERY EXPERIENCES & LESSONS

Church Street, Built Wells, LD2 3BS. Open 7 days a week. Bespoke family days. Throwing workshops and courses. Children’s parties, corporate festivities, hen dos, Hand-building, gift sales and vouchers available. From £40pp - tasters - half day or full day. Call for details: 07443 875016. email alexallpressceramics@gmail.co.uk, www.alexallpress.co.uk

MOORE HALL STUDIO - BOBBY BRITNELL

Inspirational art and textile related courses delivered throughout the year by highly qualified tutors. Some courses are online and others face to face. Refer to www.bobbybritnell. co.uk for further information and details of all courses. Contact Bobby Britnell on 01547 510664 or email at bobby@ bobbybritnell.co.uk

STONE

CARVING WORKSHOPS

Monthly in Llangarron HR9 6PH. Glenn Morris, sculpture, leads an informal, friendly group. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience. Full tuition, safety equipment and tools provided. Stone available if required. Copious refreshemnts guaranteed. 01989 770776.

Frances@artsinthemarches.co.uk

RECYCLED GLASS FUSING

Learn to cut, prepare, fire and fuse recycled glass. Create light-catchers, tea light stands or pictures. Half day workshop £30 per person. Includes all materials and homemade refreshments. Workshops arranged to suit you, and / or your friends up to maximum 5 people.

frances@artsinthemarches.co.uk

BASKETMAKING USING RUSH Presteigne. Courses available throughout the year covering many techniques. Small groups and all levels taught. All materials and equipment included. For more information see Rusmorebaskets.com or contact Clair at rushmorebaskets@ gmail.com 07713 514902.

October EASTNOR POTTERY INTO TO THE POTTERS WHEEL £49 per person. Perfect indoor activity for individuals, couples and small groups. 1.5 hr sessions take place on specific dates through the Autumn. POTTERS WHEEL COURSES 7, 21, 27 & 28 October. £150 per person. Spend the day relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. CLAY MODELLING

31 October. £25 per person. Themed Pottery Eastnor Pottery, Home Farm, Eastnor, near Ledbury. Please book online, www.eastnorpottery.co.uk Email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or telephone 01531 633886.

CREATIVE BREAKS

Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors, all based in beautiful countryside with outstanding views and local produce. We offer a wide range of courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, Upholstery, Felting, Rag Rug Making, Sculpture, Stone Carving, Dichroic Glass, Plant Dyeing, Natural Dyes, Herbal Medicine, Suminagashi, Rush Basketry, Creating a Sketchbook, Jewellery, Glass Fusing, Hand Bloc Printing, Sewing, Stained Glass, Weaving, Linocutting, Painting and Drawing, Japanese Woodblock, Printmaking, Weaving Wire, Woodcarving and Pottery. For full details visit www.creativebreaks.co.uk Make it yourself - take it hometreasure it - or give it with pride!

October & November APPLE STORE GALLERY WORKSHOPS

Monday 16 Oct & 20 Nov - Printmaking with Jess Bugler, 10am-4pm. Tues 17 Oct & 21 Nov - The Painters Tools with Allison Neal, 10am-4pm. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford HR1 2UA, 01432 263937. www.applestoregallery.com

Sun 1 October STONE CARVING

With Lottie O’Leary. Two day course for all abilities. £270 inclusive of stone, lunches, tea and coffee. Knighton, LD7 1PN. Bookings 01547 528792, oleary.lottie@gmail.com

www.lottieolearystonecarver.co.uk

Mon 2 October ART CLUB

Weekly Kids Art Workshop. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 4.15pm-5.45pm, 01584 811442.

Tues 3 & 10 October FIVE DAY SILVERSMITHING COURSE

With Melissa Hunt. Learn hinge making, riveting, fold forming and anti-clastic raising. This is a follow on course, around ten tutored workshop hours are preferable. Westhope College near Craven Arms, £425 including base metals and consumables, 01584 861293.

GLASBURY ARTS

ANNUAL EXHIBITION 20TH ANNIVERSARY 20-24 OCTOBER 2023

When, at the end of October 2003, the first Glasbury Exhibition was held it was intended to be a ‘one off’ event and no one even thought about what would happen 20 years later. Yet not only are we celebrating our 20th anniversary but can now see it led to the formation of Glasbury Arts. To celebrate, we are taking a trip down memory lane with some of the artists who have provided so much interest, style, and beauty over that prolonged period. We have not been able to invite everyone back as the numbers run into the hundreds, but we hope our choice will not only bring back images from the past but also transport us up to the present. Come and join over 30 Artists on this fascinating journey, that as always, will contain some surprises.

Where and When

Glasbury Village Hall, Hampton Road, Glasbury-on -Wye, Powys, HR3 5LL.

Friday 20 October – 6.00-7.30pm

Saturday 21 to Tuesday 24 October 10am – 4pm.

FREE ENTRY

Full details: www.glasburyarts.co.uk

Sat 7, 14, 21 & 28 October THE BIG DRAW EVENTS

Events at Made in the Marches, The Oxford Arms, The Old Picture House and The Art & Craft Market, Kington. Theme ‘Drawing with Senses’. 7 Oct - James BurnettStuart (am), Annie Gamble (pm) and Vicki Larratt (pm).

14 Oct - Freya Gamble-Mapes (am), Sara Lee (pm).

21 Oct - Anna King (all day), Nancy Frost (pm), Rebecca Finney (pm), Vicki Larratt (pm). 28 Oct - Freya Gamble-Mapes (am), Sarah Rickettes (pm). All free, details www.madeinthemarches.com

Sat 7 October ZEN NO SHODO: THE WAY OF THE ZEN BRUSH WORKSHOP

Drawing on the Zen tradition of calligraphy. No experience necessary. Hay Castle Clore Learning Space, Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 10.30am-4.30pm, £35, £25 unwaged, ink, brushes and paper will be supplied, 01497 820079.

Tues 10 October CREATIVE CAMERAPHONE WORKSHOP

With photographer and artist, Geoff Broadway. Beginner to intermediate level. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 10am, 01531 660504, www.hellensmanor.com

Tues 17 October BASKET WEAVING

Weaving an asymmetric basket with colourful willows and a stick handle. All materials, refreshments and vegetarian lunch included. Haywain Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 9.30am, £95, 01531 660504, www.hellensmanor.com

Thurs 19 October THE FINE ART OF PAPER FLOWERS

A step by step introduction to creating realistic looking paper flowers with Meg from Floragami. The Old School (Youth Centre), Hereford St, Presteigne, 6-9pm, £40 including refreshments, 07711 091436 or email floragami.paperflowers@gmail.com

Sat 21 October CALLIGRAPHY TASTER SESSION

Learn a bit and try a bit. Monkland Village Hall, 10am-1pm, £6, all materials supplied, plus drink. Please book, 01544 327657. Marches Scribes.

Mon 30 October - Fri 3 November SPOOKY SCIENCE

Make a cup scream, a face jump onto a pumpkin and parachute a spider. Make a paper skeleton to take home and much more. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 1-2.30pm, £4.50 per child (for 4-11 year olds), 01588 676060.

October THE HIVE WORKSHOPS

Every Tues - Life Drawing for all ages, 7-9pm, £8. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970.

October MID WALES ARTS CENTRE

28 Oct - Enamelling with silver - Jewellery making workshop with Jill Leventon, £75. Wed - Weekly Art Talks, 2-4pm, free. Thurs - After School Pottery for children 7-11 years, 5-6.30pm, £7. Thurs - Pottery & Ceramic Sculpture Club for all ages and abilities, 2-4pm & 7-9pm, £10. FriPottery & Ceramic Sculpture Club, 11am-1pm & 1-3pm, £10. 1st Sat of each month - Family Pottery, 2-4pm, £10, children £8. 2nd Sat of each month - Life Drawing, 10am-1pm, £20/£14. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Newtown, 01686 688369.

October HEREFORD CATHEDRAL

Mondays term time - Toddler Group, craft activities and prayer; suitable 1-3 years, 9.30am, free. Hereford Cathedral, 01432 374225, www.herefordcathedral.org

October ART WORKSHOPS

Mon 2, 9 & 16 Oct - Art club for 7-13 year olds. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 4.15-5.45pm, 01584 811442.

GEORGINA FRANKLIN

The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells, Worcs. WR15 8EA Phone 01584 810085

October & November CUP CERAMICS WORKSHOPS

7 Oct - Pottery Taster Course, £45. 15 Oct - Pottery and Yoga Day, a full day of yoga and pottery, £150. Commencing 12 Oct - 6 Week Throwing Course under expert tuition with the additional benefit of a 4 hour a week membership for extra practice, £270. Commencing 12 Oct - 6 Week Handbuilding Course, techniques of pinching, coiling, slab work and using moulds, £180.

3 - 5 Nov - Free event, workshops for all ages, art trail, demonstrations by Tony Hall, public Raku firings, local makers market. Fri 3rd Nov - Jo Davies and Verity Howard workshops and demonstrations. Sat 4 Nov - Lois Gunn, Winner of the Great Pottery Throwdown workshop and conversation. Sun 5 Nov - Isatu Hyde and Miles Johnson workshops and demonstrations. Cup Ceramics, Unit 10, Foley Trading Estate, Hereford, 07548 629525, www.cupceramics.com

October QUILT ASSOCIATION WORKSHOPS

14 & 15 Oct (attend one or two days). ‘Autumn Still Life’ with Suzette Smart, £60 one day, £110 for two days. Minerva Arts Centre, High St, Llanidloes, to book, email chris.schercliff@quilt.org.uk

October MARCHES SCRIBES WORKSHOPS

29 October - ‘Italic Handwriting’ with Eleanor Winters for experienced/intermediate. Monkland Village Hall, 10am-4pm, £20 members, £25 visitors, 01544 327657.

October & November VICKI NORMAN PAINTING WORKSHOPS

12 - 21 Oct ‘Morocco: Mountains and Medinas. Vicki Norman Art School. 18 & 19 Nov ‘Drawing Weekend at Acton Scott Hall’. Further information email vicki@vickinormanstudio.com

LUDLOW ART SOCIETY Affordable and Accessible Art Show

LUDLOW LIBRARY

20th October 2023 - 4th January 2024

All works anonymous until point of sale and all priced £60.

Proceeds to Ludlow Library and Ludlow Food Bank.

www.ludlowartsociety.gov.uk

October SIDNEY NOLAN TRUST

Mondays (term time) MAKE, weekly art club for 10-14 year olds. Youth Centre, Presteigne, 3.30-5pm. 14 Oct - ABET is a new art group for adults based at the Sidney Nolan Trust, 10am-2pm, sliding scale of £20+ including refreshments and materials. 21 Oct - Cultivate, a creative programme for 15-25 year olds at The Rodd, 10am-2pm. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne. To book, 01544 260149, www.sidneynolantrust.org

Tuesdays DRINK AND DRAW

Weekly life drawing group for all abilities. Bring your own materials and just turn up. Upstairs at The Green Dragon Hotel, Broad St, Hereford, 7-9.20pm, £8, 07587 192495.

Wednesdays INFORMAL ART GROUP

All welcome, help given if required. The Old School Community Hub, New Radnor, 2-4pm, 01544 350242.

Wednesdays DRINK AND DRAW

Weekly life drawing group for all abilities. Bring your own materials and just turn up. Ty Tan Gallery (opposite the Blue Boar), Hay-on-Wye, 7-9.30pm, block book in advance £90 for 10 weeks or drop-in for £11, 07855 628627.

Thursdays KNIGHTON ART GROUP

A friendly and welcoming group. Any level welcome. Any medium accepted. Lunch served from 12pm. Knighton Community Centre, 1-3pm, £3 per session. Kay Yendole, 07624 379335.

Thursdays HEREFORD LIFE DRAWING

The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford, 10am-1pm, £7.50pm, 01432 340555.

3rd Friday of every month FRIDAY CRAFT CLUB

Bring your crafts. Good company with tea and cake, no booking required. Pot & Page, 8 New Street, Ledbury, 10.30am-12.30pm.

SCRAPPER (12)

Three films here which in different ways reflect on the architecture of love and like last year’s AFTERSUN, British writer/director, Charlotte Regan’s debut feature covers the sometimes poignant, sometimes troubling and often goofy relationship between an adolescent girl, Georgie (hugely gifted newcomer, Lola Campbell) and her errant, single-parent father Jason (Harris Dickenson, impressive lead in TRIANGLE OF SADNESS). In this case after her mother has mysteriously died, Georgie manages to support herself in her council estate home by stealing bicycles – and cunningly avoiding overstretched social services – when up tips her bad dad and Regan’s film, shot in saturated colours by Molly Manning Walker, charts their initially uneasy relationship as they begin to enjoy and trust each other. The comedic, bantering nature of their blossoming reunion is quirkily enhanced by commentary from third parties, including some darling, sing-songy triplets and cartoon characters, the result proving decidedly feel-good whilst neatly avoiding temptations of the mawkish. All reviews by Mark Williams

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW

2 Oct MAIGRET (15)

3 - 5 Oct PAST LIVES (12A)

Assembly Rooms, Mill St, Ludlow, 01584 878141

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP, H-O-W

1 & 5 Oct PAST LIVES (12A)

Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. 01497 822010

BRECON FILM SOCIETY

2 Oct MIDNIGHT COWBOY (18)

6 Nov RETURN TO DUST (PG)

7.30pm, Brecon Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. 01874 620642

CONQUEST, BROMYARD

6 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A)

14 Oct BARBIE (12A)

20 Oct TICKET TO PARADISE (12)

3 Nov ELVIS (12)

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD

2 - 9 Oct SCRAPPER (12A)

2 - 10 Oct A BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3 (12A)

2 - 24 Oct A HAUNTING IN VENICE (12A)

6 - 19 Oct THE OLD OAK (15)

7 Oct THE PRINCESS & THE FROG

(U) Free pre-activity from 10.30am

11 - 19 Oct FREMONT (12A)

13 Oct - 2 Nov THE GREAT ESCAPER (ctbc)

20 Oct - 9 Nov MIRACLE CLUB (ctbc)

24 Oct ALIENS (15) Horror-Ford

28 Oct CASPER (PG) Horror-Ford. Free pre-activity from 10.30am

28 Oct CHRISTINE (18) Horror-Ford

30 Oct THE EXORCIST (18) Horror-Ford

31 Oct THE CRAFT (15) Horror-Ford (double bill)

31 Oct TALK TO ME (15) Horror-Ford (double bill)

The Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St, Hereford 01432 340555

4 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295

5 Oct WHERE THE CRAWDADS

SING (15) Brilley VH 07501 133194

5 Oct WAKING NED DEVINE (PG)

Pembridge Film Nights 07774 237718

6 Oct MY SAILOR, MY LOVE (12) Staunton-on-Wye VH 01981 501031

6 Oct THE LOST KING (12A) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860717

6 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575

6 Oct RYE LANE (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125

7 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Priest Weston VH 07773 026441

7 Oct A MAN CALLED OTTO (15)

Trefonen VH 01691 657011

7 Oct TINA (15) Bicton VH 01743 850495

7 Oct MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS (PG) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780250

7 Oct SEE HOW THEY RUN (12A) Ballingham Old School Hall 07771 805360

7 Oct CHEVALIER (12) Leominster

Community Centre 01568 616411

9 Oct EMPIRE OF LIGHT (15) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854

9 Oct THE LOST KING (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

10 Oct HIVE (15) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 07789 778048

10 Oct MASTER CHENG (PG) All Stretton VH 07812 583113

10 Oct BARBIE (12) Garway Hall 01600 750465

11 Oct A MAN CALLED OTTO (15) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 721376

12 Oct BARBIE (12) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321

12 Oct LUNANA - A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (PG) Leintwardine Community Centre 07572 442903

13 Oct KNIVES OUT (12) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640109

13 Oct RAMS (15) Knighton

Community Centre 07964 023841

13 Oct FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS 2: ONE AND ALL Bedstone & Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282

13 Oct ALLELUHAH (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 07726 148736

728911

3 Oct A MAN CALLED OTTO (15)

Lydbury North VH 01588 680302

14 Oct LUNANA - A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (PG) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720

14 Oct ALLELUJAH (12A) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836

2 Oct THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952

14 Oct WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (15) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 592273

14 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Chapel Lawn

VH 01547 530258

15 Oct THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN (PG) Bayston Hill

Memorial Hall 07843 413653

16 Oct TOP GUN - MAVERICK (12)

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

17 Oct LIVING (12A) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260

17 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) SpArC

Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321

19 Oct A MAN CALLED OTTO (15)

Norbury VH 07929 366745

19 Oct ABOUT TIME (12) Pembridge

Film Nights 07774 237718

19 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Gorsley VH 01989 750649

19 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Kinnerley

Parish Hall 01691 683619

19 Oct A QUIET GIRL (12A) Pudleston

VH 01568 750303

19 Oct WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (12A) Pencombe and LIttle

Cowarne Parish Hall palchpac@gmail. com

19 Oct A BUNCH OF AMATEURS (U)

Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097

19 Oct THE QUIET GIRL (12A)

Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton 07508 072206

20 Oct A MAN CALLED OTTO (15)

Cound Guildhall 01743 761451

20 Oct TICKET TO PARADISE (12)

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575

20 Oct POLITE SOCIETY (12A)

Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640333

20 Oct JUNIPER (15) All Stretton VH 07812 583113

20 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A) Lingen VH 01568 770920

20 Oct 2040 (PG) Colwall VH

07891 668124

20 Oct LIVING (12A) Clungunford VH 01588 660159

20 Oct ERIC RAVILIOUS - DRAWN TO WAR (PG) Knighton Community Centre 07964 023841

21 Oct A MAN CALLED OTTO (15)

Waverton VH 01244 336055

21 Oct MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS (PG) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 2700047

26 Oct LUNANA - A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (PG) Almeley VH 07557 659291

PAST LIVES (12)

Playwright Celine Song make her feature film directorial debut with an astonishingly assured and shrewdly moving romantic drama that’s right up there with BRIEF ENCOUNTER. Set across three continents and three decades it charts the course of three lives centred around Nora (Greta Lee), who we first meet briefly being spoken about in a bar where, out of earshot, she’s in deep discussion with two men, Arthur (John Meguro) and her follow Korean, Hae Sung (Teo Yoo). But we are quickly flashbacked to her childhood in Seoul where her family are preparing to emigrate to Canada and she’s saying farewell to her then classmate, Hae. 24 years later Hae visits New York where the married Nora is now living and despite the different paths of their past lives, Song’s deft script and direction, which assiduously avoids melodrama and mush, makes us ponder forks in the road and consider how a different course might have altered one’s identity. Totally terrific.

27 Oct THE FABELMANS (12A) Longden VH 07539 545846

27 Oct EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (15) Knighton Community Centre 07964 023841

27 Oct ALLELUJAH (12A) Marton VH 01743 792790

27 Oct MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS (PG) Himbleton VH 01905 830469

27 Oct PARIS (15) Crescent Christian Centre, Newtown 07939 273525

28 Oct MR MALCOM’S LIST (PG)

Callow End VH 01905 830469

28 Oct THE LOST KING (12A)

Withington Parish Room 01743 709236

31 Oct ALLELUJAH (12A) Loppington VH 07785 330065

2 Nov TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA

TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (PG)

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms 01588 676060

THE EDGE ARTS CENTRE

2 Oct THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (15)

9 Oct THE LOST KING (12A)

16 Oct TOP GUN - MAVERICK (12)

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

THE HAFREN, NEWTOWN

25 Oct BOOK CLUB - THE NEXT CHAPTER (12A)

The Hafren, Newtown, 01686 948100

MARKET THEATRE, LEDBURY

4 Oct KEEPING MUM (15)

6 Oct RYE LANE (15)

25 Oct RENFIELD (15)

Prior to the above films, there will be short films 5-10 minutes long made by Open Sky Theatre, based in Hereford.

4 Oct THE CEREMONY

6 Oct HOMEWORK

25 Oct THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONEST Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125

OLD MARKET HALL, SHREWS

1 Oct SURPRISED BY OXFORD (12A)

Until 5 Oct A HAUNTING IN VENICE (12A)

6 - 12 Oct GOLDA (U)

8 Oct THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (U)

13 - 26 Oct THE GREAT ESCAPER (ctbc)

14 & 15 Oct FROZEN (PG)

27 Oct - 2 Nov THE MIRACLE CLUB (12A)

31 Oct LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (PG)

Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281

PRESTEIGNE SCREEN

6 Oct FULL TIME (12)

20 Oct TÁR (15)

3 Nov ALCARRÀS (15)

www.presteignescreen.org.uk

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm.

THE GREAT ESCAPER (12A)

Two screen giants, Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson pull out all the emotional stops they’re capable of – Jackson for the last time in her career as she died shortly after filming – based on the true story of Bernard Jordan (Caine), the 89 year-old who absconded from the Sussex care home where he lives with his dying wife, Rene (Jackson) to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings. We are amused and impressed by Bernard’s cunning escape, and once he’s made it to France, he’s moved by tales of his fellow veterans’ bravery and indeed the folly of a war fought with old soldiers from the opposite side who also attend. Their reminiscences are handled straightforwardly but Billy Parker’s script doesn’t shy away from appropriate poignancy and director Oliver Parker (MADE IN DAGENHAM) pushes things along at a pace which doesn’t allow for undue pathos but the greatest treat is witnessing the chemistry between it’s two stars.

SPARC, BISHOP’S CASTLE

12 Oct BARBIE (12A)

17 Oct THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (12A)

26 Oct INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (12A)

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 638038

THEATRE SEVERN, SHREWS.

3 Oct OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL

Featuring Broken Breath, Bluetits and The Custodians. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS

1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 28, 29, 31 Oct &

1, 2 Nov BARBIE (15)

1, 3 - 5 Oct THE BLACKENING (15)

1, 3 - 5 Oct SOUND OF FREEDOM (15)

7, 8, 15 & 22 Oct OPPENHEIMER (15) 14 & 21 Oct A HAUNTING IN VENICE (12A)

Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN

1 Oct A LITTLE LIFE

Filmed live at the Savoy Theatre, London. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 1pm, 01743 281281.

2 Oct A LITTLE LIFE

Filmed live at the Savoy Theatre, London. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7pm, 01584 878141.

5 Oct L’ELISIR D’AMORE

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY

30 Oct HOCUS POCUS (PG) 30th Anniversary screening, 2pm & 7pm. Regal Cinema, Teme St, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442

SAVOY, MONMOUTH

9 - 19 Oct A HAUNTING IN VENICE

(12A)

20 Oct - 1 Nov THE GREAT ESCAPER (12A)

27 Oct - 2 Nov PAW PATROL 2: THE MIGHTY MOVIE (U)

3 - 9 Nov GOLDA (12A)

10 - 16 Nov KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (ctbc)

Savoy Theatre, Church St, Monmouth 01600 772467

SHREWSBURY FILM SOCIETY

6 Oct I NEVER CRY (15)

11 Oct BEAU TRAVAIL (15)

11 Oct MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (PG)

20 Oct MANDABI (PG)

25 Oct DO THE RIGHT THING (18)

3 Nov MINARI (12)

8 Nov PATHER PANCHALI (U)

Shrewsbury Film Society. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970

Royal Opera House. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.15pm, 01588 630321. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 7.15pm, 01743 281281.

8 Oct L’ELISIR D’AMORE

Royal Opera House. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 2pm, 01497 822010.

10 Oct L’ELISIR D’AMORE

Royal Opera House. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 281281.

12 Oct AN EVENING WITH JONAS

KAUFMAN

The ‘King of Tenors’ filmed at the Arena di Verona. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 772467.

20 Oct PISSARRO - FATHER OF IMPRESSIONISM

Exhibition on Screen. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

21 Oct DEAD MAN WALKING

Met Opera live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 5.55pm, 01885 488575.

30 Oct KLIMT AND THE KISS Exhibition on Screen. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

31 Oct & 1 Nov KLIMT AND THE KISS

Exhibition on Screen. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

7 Nov DON QUIXOTE

Royal Ballet. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 7.15pm, 01743 281281. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442.

9 Nov DON QUIXOTE

Royal Ballet. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 281281.

WORKSHOPS

Sat 4 November

LOOPY ANIMATIONS WORKSHOPS

With MASH Cinema. 11am for 7-11 year olds, 1pm & 3pm for ages 11+. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 01600 719401.

Every Tuesday

YOUTH CAFE

A safe place where young people can meet and share creative activites including music, drama and films. For ages 8-16 years, free. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970

AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE

Website: www.aardvark-books.com

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; We buy books

Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening Also open our superb CAFÉ!

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

Tel: 01547 530744

aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com

Bookshop open to visitors Tues-Sun 10am-4pm. Open Bank Holiday Mondays.

Sunday 1st October, 9am-2pm

AARDVARK OCTOBER CAR BOOT

Our last brilliant car boot of the year! Over 30 stalls full of amazing bargains you didn’t know you needed. Live Music from Norrie Davies, Hot Food etc. Stall spaces £12.00. Please book in advance.

Free Entry and Car Parking.

dance

Dance Performance

Fri 13 October

ROSHNI

This soul-stirring performance is a captivating combination of Kathak dance, with live music from a global palette. For all ages. Steiner Academy, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12/£6/£30, 01981 540221. Arts Alive.

Fri 20 October

GISELLE

CLASSICAL BALLET & OPERA HOUSE. A romantic ballet. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £43-£36, children £28, 01743 281281.

Sat 21 October

SWAN LAKE

CLASSICAL BALLET & OPERA HOUSE. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £43-£36, children £28, 01743 281281.

Mon 23 October

VINCENT SIMONE

Argentine Tango King. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £41-£33, 01743 281281.

Dance Workshops

Single, dated listings are free. Year round entries £40.

Tues 17 October THE COURTYARD’S TEA PARTY

Fun and notalgic dementia friendly event. Full of music, tea, cakes and dancing. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm, £4 including refreshments, accompanying carers free, 01432 340555.

SILVER SWANS ADULT BALLET CLASSES designed for older learners. PAYG. Tuesdays, 1.30pm, The Larruperz Centre, Ross-On-Wye. Wednesdays, 10am, 2Faced Dance Centre for Movement, Hereford. Thursdays 12.30pm, One Vision School of Arts, Leominster. Thursdays, 2.30pm, The Regal, Tenbury Wells. Tel Ruth: 07854793960 Email: silverswanshereford@gmail.com Web: creativefitness.org.uk

GROOVE DANCE CLASSES in Kington & Winforton. Simple moves, danced in your own unique way. So much fun! No experience necessary. All fitness levels welcome. First class FREE! Also seated classes available in Kington and Dance for Parkinson’s class in Leominster. www.groovewithelly.co.uk

SHIMMY CENTRAL WITH ALANYA Open Level Adult

Belly Dance Classes. Bodenham Parish Hall, HR1 3LB. 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month, 1-3pm. Pay-as-you-goplease book by the previous Wednesday. For full information visit http://alanyadance.uk or call Abbie on 07962 161081, alanyadancer@gmail.com

LEARN 2 JIVE 50’S SWING STYLE CLASSES

Mon - Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, 7.30pm. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm.

Tues - Pembridge Village Hall, 7.30pm. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. Allensmore Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Wed - Burford Village Hall, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm.

Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Malvern, 7.30pm. Lyppard HUB, Worcester, 7.45pm. Holmer Church Parish Centre, 7.30pm. Thurs - Ledbury Dance Studio, Bye Street, 7.30pm. Abberley Village Hall. Sun - Eardisley Village Hall, 6.30pm. For more information please e-mail info@coolmovesdance.co.uk Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354. www.coolmovesdance.co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

COURTYARD, HEREFORD CLASSES

Adult Classes. Mon - Contemporary Dance with LG Dance, 6.30pm. www.lauragale.co.uk. Tues - Street Jazz with LG Dance, 7.15pm. www.lauragale.co.uk Wed - Adult Irish Dance, 8pm. ludwigtheatrearts.com. Thurs - Silver Swans Adult Ballet, 1.30pm & 2.30pm. www.starlightcompany.co.uk Thurs - Adult Performance Class with LG Dance, 8pm., www.laruagale.co.uk Fri - Chance to Dance, 10.15pm. Junior Classes with LG Dance. Mon - Junior Contemporary, 4.30pm. Mon - Senior Contemporary, 5.30pm. Tues - Junior Street Jazz, 5.15pm. Tues - Senior Street Jazz, 6.15pm. Thurs - Mini Musicals, 5.30pm. Thurs - Junior Musical Theatre, 5.30pm. Thurs Senior Musical Theatre, 6.40pm. www.lauragale.co.uk WedIrish Dance with Ludwig Theatre Arts, Beginners (6+) 6pm, advanced 7pm. Fri - Dancing Tots for ages 2-4, 11.30am. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Fortnightly Saturdays CHORUS LINE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561.

Tuesdays FOXWHELP MORRIS Why not try Morris dancing? We practice every 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 Paul 01497 821003 or Jed 07549 096291.

Tuesdays, Thursdays - Saturdays MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561.

Tuesdays SOLO LATINO DANCE Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8.30pm. Mely 07837 160505.

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

Thursdays WILD WEST SALSA Left Bank Village, Bridge St, Hereford, 7.45pm, £6, students £5, social dance only £4, 01432 357753.

Thursdays JENNY PIPES MORRIS is a lively well established female Morris side looking for new dancers to join us, all abilities welcome including beginners. If you are a musician (male or female) looking to play for Morris dancing, then please join us and have some fun! We dance Cotswold and Border Morris, practicing on Thursday evenings at 7.30 at Stoke Prior Village Hall, Leominster, HR6 0LG. Contact Helen 07821 411236 or Rose 07815169566.

Fridays ROSS FOLK DANCE CLUB Bridstow Village Hall, Ross-on-Wye, 8 - 10 pm. Dancing a mixture of English and American folk dances, Playford and contra styles. No partner or experience needed, all welcome.

Contact Helen 01531 826087 or Cecilia 07747754214. Website: rossfdc.org.uk Email: info@rossfdc.org.uk

W The Bell Hotel, Skenfrith

HERE Monmouthshire and Herefordshire meet on the banks of the Monnow is the small village of Skenfrith. It clusters around its 800 year old church and the still standing walls of a stout Norman castle close by the river. On hot days, this lazy winding waterway becomes a laughing, shrieking children’s riviera, full of young wild swimmers enjoying the cold clear water in a way that is forbidden by many selfish riparian landowners up and down its length. Mr Pernickety found it a heartening sight and, on the hottest day of the year he was almost tempted to cast off his foulard, linen shirt and cotton chinos and plunge in too.

However, the point of his visit to Skenfrith was too pressing; he and his Lovely Companion, having taken the day off to potter around this beautifully undulating but much overlooked and undersubscribed corner of the Marches were going to review the food at the Bell Inn Hotel which had been built in the 17th century on a crossing of the river as a coaching inn. Up until the Millenium, it remained a charming, but undistinguished hostelry for undemanding trout-fishers and the local farmers, until it was bought by a wealthy local family, who poured money and affection into sprucing the place up. Mr P organised a lunch there for the Scribblers of the Marches shortly after that but hadn’t been back since. In 2015 it was sold to the woman who currently owns it and expanded it, with more redecoration, to create a proudly independent ‘boutique’ hotel, offering eleven large, well-furnished bedrooms.

Approaching from the east, crossing the Monnow bridge, it immediately appears, not grand, but handsome from the outside. With all its extensions built at the rear, the inside is unexpectedly spacious. There is a warm, comfortable bar, which looks as if it might not be too friendly for local farmers (or their tractor drivers), which leads into the dining-room – in principle a good space: wide, light and low-ceilinged. Sitting at one of only three tables occupied that Saturday lunch time, Mr P and the LC weren’t immediately comfortable; the ambience of the room is marred by an absence of softening textiles. There are no carpets on the bare wooden floor, no curtains around the big windows, no napery dressing the tables, and so nothing to mop up the extraneous sounds of other people’s conversations and – God help us – their laughter, at the same time sucking most of the warmth from the atmosphere. It presents a somewhat bleak air, desperately filled with bizarre and not especially attractive objets that look as if they’ve come out of a catalogue of ‘things to make a room look more interesting’, chosen by an aspiring but untrained decorator. Everything is a bit new and ersatz, badly pretending to be antique: bird cages that have never seen parrot poo, cachepots supported by brassy ceramic bunnies, faux ‘30s lamps placed at odd angles, a number of pictures too small for the walls on which they hang, all presented with a background sound of barely

audible but thoroughly irritating second-rate pop-music. Mr P’s readers may wonder why he drones on about the internal appearance of restaurants, but it is simply that the surroundings are as much part of the dining experience as the cuisine and the service. Relaxed diners in a pleasing space are bound to enjoy their meal more.

In the case of The Bell, the quality of the food and service go a long way to compensating for the anonymous, unstimulating atmosphere. An interesting menu, with some promising combinations of ingredients has clearly been drawn up by an ambitious chef. To start with, the LC ate Brixham crab with cucumber, caviar and dill, a dish which gave her a great boost after a hot morning, along with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc which she liked. Mr P helped himself a forkful of crab and found the flavour and texture quite magical. His own carpaccio served with crunchy roasted hazel nuts seeds, celeriac and mustard remoulade achieved the same lift in his mood.

He ordered roast lamb for his main course, puzzled when he was told that that the way it was presented did not lend itself to being served rare, which he wanted. He couldn’t comprehend this until the dish arrived, The meat, instead of being carved in slices, arrived as two large, oblong chunks – a first for Mr P. But he managed to overcome any prejudice against the unfamiliar approach and began to enjoy this new texture to a supremely good piece of lamb, the potato pattie and perfect broccoli that accompanied it, along with a glass of surprisingly good Romanian Pinot Noir house wine. The LC had been served a fine length of pork tenderloin, wrapped in serrano ham – the charcuterie and succulent meat providing a contrast which enhanced the enjoyment of both. Afterwards, they shared a plate of amazing raspberry frangipane tart, and both declared the food and the impeccably polite service beyond criticism. Mr P would like to eat there again (despite the high cost of £121 with a glass of house wine each) in the (possibly vain) hope that the owner might have popped into Baileys up the road in Bridstow and refurnished with their lovely warm, liveable look.

Mr Pernickety - info@misterpermickety.com

EVENTS

Mon 2 October & Mon 6 November

JAZZ CAFE AT BILLS

2 Oct - Almshouse All-Stars. Pop-up jazz event. Meal and music for £25, just music £15. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

Fri 6 October

CHEESE & WINE NIGHT

Enjoy prosecco and nibbles, three courses of small plates paired with matching wines and finished with cheese board. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £42 per person, 01432 340555.

Mon 16 October FOLK CAFE AT BILLS

Pop-up folk event. Meal and music for £25, just music £15. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

Sat 21 October

LEOMINSTER APPLE FAIR 2023

Big displays of apples, many unusual and of local origin, apple advice and information. Stalls selling apples, cider, juice, cakes, honey, preserves, crafts and demonstrations, activities for children and refreshments. Jenny Pipes Morris. The Priory Church, Leominster, 10am-4pm, 07961 795466.

Sat 21 October SHROPSHIRE LAMB SUPPER

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 7pm, £28 per person, 01588 676060.

Every Saturday LUDLOW COUNTRY MARKET

9am-12pm at The Womens Centre, Ludlow. Local produce, handicrafts, plants & veg, cut flowers, cards.

First Saturday of every month (except August) FARMER’S MARKET Produce, craft, gifts, kitchen cafe open. Eaton Bishop Village Hall, 10am-12pm.

First Saturday of every month HELLENS PRODUCE MARKET Local products and enjoy a breakfast. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 9.30-11.30am, 01531 660504, www.hellensmanor.com

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 Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487.

2nd Saturday of every month BRECON FARMERS & MAKERS MARKET Brecon Indoor Market Hall, 9.30am - 4pm. 07926 196714.

2nd Saturday of every month LEOMINSTER FARMER’S MARKET Corn Square, 9am-1pm, 01568 797427.

Third Saturday of every month PRODUCE MARKET

Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd. Clun, 10.00am - 12.00pm. 01547 520332.

3rd Saturday of every month BURGERS, BYTES & BOARDGAMES

Table top games in good company, fast food and drinks on tap! Play in-house games or bring some of your own to share. Pot & Page, New St, Ledbury, 7.30pm, please book, www.potandpage.co.uk

3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-1pm, 01588 630023.

Every Monday HEREFORD LEFT BANK Half price on all food and drinks from 5-7pm. Coffee House (overlooking the river), Left Bank Village, Hereford, www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk

1st Thursday EVENING FARMER’S MARKET

The Barn, Ledbury, 6-8pm. www.ledburyfoodgroup.org

Every Thursday MONTGOMERY TOWN MARKET

Regular stalls on the lower floor. First Thurs of the month, using both floors with community cafe. Open 9am-3pm, www.montgomery-wales.co.uk/market 07790 100462.

Every Thursday HAY MARKET DAY Local produce, meat and fish, hot food, artisan bread, cakes, crafts, vintage, plants. Memorial Square and Clock Tower, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-2.30pm, www.haymarkets.co.uk

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

Every Friday KINGTON PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET

Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.

Every Friday & Saturday from 5pm STEAK NIGHTS

Floodgates Restaurant & Bar, Left Bank Village, Hereford, www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk

First Friday of the month BOOKCLUB DINNERS Meet to discuss a different book and share a meal inspired by the story. Pot & Page, New St, Ledbury, 7pm, please book, www.potandpage.co.uk

FOOD BYTES

Why not advertise? Only £40 per year.

AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Tuesday - Sunday 10am-4pm and Bank Holiday Mondays.

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. Tues-Sat 9.30am-3pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

THE ORGASMIC CIDER COMPANY, GREAT PARTON, EARDISLEY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR3 6NX 01544 327244 or 07773 037448 Craft cider and perry off licence and gift shop with local products. Open Friday and Saturday 12 to 5pm. Group tours available.

RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315

Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Eco cleaning products & refills. Large range of groceries & wholefoods. The Old Garage Shop Knighton LD7 1EN. Wed. - Fri. 9 - 4, Sat. 10 - 2. Free parking. Organic veg boxes delivered to collection points in Presteigne, Knighton and Beguildy. rhosorganic@outlook.com www.rhosorganic.co.uk

THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Wed-Sat 10am - 4pm.

YE OLDE TAVERN, KINGTON 01544 231417

Food served Wed-Fri 5pm-9pm, Sat 12pm-9pm, Sun 12pm-8pm. Thursday Steak Night, 8oz Rump and a drink, £12.50.

Why not advertise your eating establishment? IT’S ONLY £40 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR

Just post the wording you require (around 40 words), together with a cheque payable to ‘Broad Sheep’ and post to: The Lodge, Westhide, Hereford, HR1 3RQ

OCTOBER

Sun 1 October

HERFORD JAZZ CLUB

Featuring The Dixie Land Hotshots. Richmond Club Place, Edgar St, Hereford, 7-10pm, 01432 276304.

WHISKEY RIVER BOYS

The Bell, Redbrook, 4pm, free.

KEVIN ILSLEY

‘My Life in Music’. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

AARDVARK CAR BOOT

Over 30 stalls full of amazing bargains. Plus live music from Nori Davies, hot food etc. Stall spaces £12, please book in advance. Aardvark Books & Cafe, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 9am-2pm, free entry and car parking, 01547 530744.

MID WALES R&B CLUB

Featuring Starlite & Campbell. The Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7pm, £15, www.midwalesrandb.club

WALL 2 WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL

A three-day celebration of jazz by leading jazz club, Black Mountain Jazz. Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny, 01873 853167.

JIAL TRIO

Afternoon jazz. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 4.30pm.

ENGEGARD QUARTET

A concert with an arrangement by Derek Smith for string quartet of Boyce’s Symphony No 4, also playing works by Haydn, Andrew Morris and Beethoven. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £18, students £9, 01568 616460.

FAUX FIBBERS

Christmas pudding edition. Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

MAD SPANNER ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 5pm.

Mon 2 October

CIDER CITY JAZZMEN

The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford. BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB

Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, 07909 290942. Bring your own drink/glasses. OPEN MIC

The Lost Arc, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 811226.

JAZZ CAFE AT BILL’S KITCHEN

Featuring Almshouse All-Stars. Pop-up jazz event. Meal and music for £25, just music £15. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

Tues 3 October

MOUNTAIN MUSIC

An unforgettable tapestry of culture, migration and history, exploring the roots of Amercana and its impact on popular music today. A theatrical feast of tales, songs and a foot-stomping five-piece string band. For ages 11+. Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £14/£6, 01939 232299. Arts Alive.

Wed 4 October

GABBA GABBA HEY!

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm.

MOUNTAIN MUSIC

An unforgettable tapestry of culture, migration and history, exploring the roots of Americana and its impact on popular music today. A theatrical feast of tales, songs and a foot-stomping five-piece string band. For ages 11+. Whitchurch Rugby Club, 7.30pm, £12/£6/£30, 07506 724572. Arts Alive.

TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, 01952 610888.

MUSIC QUIZ

The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 8pm, £2.

PHIL BOND AND VO FLETCHER

Piano and guitar. Nori’s Cafe, Leominster, 7pm, £25 including meal. Please book in advance, 01584 831386, email noriscafe@yahoo.com

T-REXTASY

Celebrating the music of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, £23, 01873 850805.

Thurs 5 October

WILLOW HILL

The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 6pm, 07498 966606.

WEDDING & CELEBRATIONS OPEN EVENING

The Left Bank Village, Hereford, 5-8pm, 01432 357753.

Thurs 5 October

IDLECHORD

Plus support from Painted as Monsters. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 9pm.

JIVE TALKIN’

Bee Gees hits. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £26-£24, 01743 281281.

ELYSIAN DIVIDE

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

Fri 6 October

MOUNTAIN MUSIC

Little Bulb/Farnhams Maltings. Sumptuous three-part harmonies and foot-stomping five-piece string band. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £14, children £8, 01588 630321. Arts Alive.

TRAMPOLENE

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 8pm.

TAYLOR SWIFT THE ERAS PARTY

Tribute for all Swifties! The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 6pm, 07498 966606.

HARDWICK CIRCUS

Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 7.45pm.

BIERKELLER BOYS

Oktoberfest. Corn Exchange, High St, King’s Head Hotel, Ross-on-Wye, 8pm, £15 includes food, 01989 763174.

ACOUSTIC SESSION

Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster.

OKTOBERFEST

With live music from Touch Too Much, The Almighty Johnsons, Lucas D & The Groove Ghetto, and Ego Friendly. The Quarry Park, Shrewsbury, www.shropshireoktoberfest.co.uk

THE HIGHER GROUND

The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

THE WILL BARNES QUARTET

Launching their debut album, ‘Source of the Severn’. A musical and visual exploration of the landscape of Maldwyn & The Marches. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 6.30pm, £15, 01686 625041.

ACOUSTIC SESSION

Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster.

AUCTION OF PROMISES

Many superb lots. Auction catalogues on sale at Leominster TIC, £1.

Leominster Priory, bar opens 7pm, auction starts at 8pm. Proceeds to Leominster Priory Fabric Fund.

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETERS

Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, £23, 01873 850805.

Sat 7 October

CLUN VALLEY JAZZ

Featuring Duncan Eagle’s Partikel Trio. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.15pm, £23, www.clunvalleyjazz.com

OKTOBERFEST

With live music from Back to the Border, The Shire-ish Rovers, The Vertigo Band, Vorsprung Durch Oompah, Black Bear Kiss, Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels, Five O’Clock Hero, Fee Fee & The Sentiments and Ska Burst. The Quarry Park, Shrewsbury, www.shropshireoktoberfest.co.uk

THE WILL BARNES QUARTET

Launching their debut album, ‘Source of the Severn’. A musical and visual exploration of the landscape of Maldwyn & The Marches. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 6.30pm, £15, 01686 625041.

NICK AND JANE

Poptastic duo performing hits of the 60s and 70s. Tenbury Applefest, Burgage Recreational Ground, Tenbury Wells, 2.40pm.

IVAN MOULT

Influenced by artists like JJ Cale, Nina Simone and Tim Buckley. Ivan’s unique voice is at the centre of his delay-soaked electric guitar soundscape. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £12, under 25s £8 (limited tickets). Tickets from The Workshouse, Presteigne or online WeGotTickets.com

BRECON TOWN CONCERT BAND

“The Last Night of the Proms’. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622.

THE GREATEST HITS OF MOTOWN

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £30, 01743 281281.

THE MEN FROM OFF + VOCABELLA

Both groups are Shropshire based, both sing unaccompanied songs and each group has 12 members. And that is where the similarity ends! United Reformed Church, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £10, children £7, tickets via www.ticketsource.co.uk/vocabella or on the door.

EAST 17

Formed in 1991 with multiple line-up changes with Terry Coldwell remaining the only constant member. With support from Mel Day. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.

EDDY GARTRY & THE BIG MAGIC DANCE BAND

Montgomery Town Hall, 8pm, tickets £10 from Bunners, Montgomery or online www.ticketsource.co.uk/ montgomerytownhall or £12 on the door.

ABBA SENSATION!

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £18, 01885 488575.

MUCH ADO ABOUT JAZZ

A unique two-man show combining classic jazz and dry humour, with plenty of audience interaction. Suitable for ages 12+. Goodrich Village Hall, 7.30pm, £12, £6 children, 07805 633686, www.artsalive.co.uk

SWING FROM PARIS

Parisian-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £14, students £9, 07967 517125.

MACY O’S ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY

Macy O will sing the whole of her debut album, ‘Journeys’. Plus two support acts. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £7, 01584 878141.

MATTHEW HALSALL

Expect spiritual, progressive, perfectly crafted, mediative jazz sounds for the 21st century. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £20, 01743 281281. Letting the Light In gig.

BIG 80S

Live tribute Duran Duran experience. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 6pm, 07498 966606.

KIKI DEE & CARMELO LUGGERI

‘The Long Ride Home Tour’. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, £25, 01873 850805.

Sun 8 October

BORDER VOICES

‘William Byrd and his contemporaries’. Leominster Priory, 7.30pm, admission free, retiring collection in aid of The Priory.

COME AND SING AND SUP

Featuring Clucas Responses, Sumsion Evening Canticles and more, then enjoy a meal afterwards. St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye, rehearsal 4pm, service 6pm, supper 7pm, singing free, supper £10, www.rossparishes.uk

BUSH PILOTS

Richmond Place Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 3.15pm.

Mon 9 October

SIOBHAN MILLER

One of Schotland’s most celebrated folk singers. Performing with Innes White on guitar and Charlie Stewart on fiddle. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17, 01743 281281.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Heat 1. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £6, 01584 878141.

Wed 11 October

JOHN FRANKS

Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, 01952 610888.

ESCAPE ROOM

It is 1890, you have been accused of embezzling money from the Vicar’s Choral funds and been shut in the Old Chapel until the police arrive. You have one hour... Hereford Cathedral, £60 per session for groups of up to six people. Booking essential. www.herefordcathedral.org

WEDNESDAY CONCERT SERIES

Lotte Betts-Dean, (mezzo soprano), ‘Sonnet & Rhymes’. Programme includes Brahms, Edmund Rubbra, Joseph Marx, Arthur Bliss, Joel Baldwin, Michael Berkeley and Heloise Werner. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £20, under 18s £5, 01584 878141.

RYAN YOUNG

2022 MG ALBA Musician of the Year with new and exciting ideas to Scottish music. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £15, 01982 552555.

Thurs 12 October

LADY NADE

Exceptional folk artist. Ludlow Distillery, Ludlow Farm Shop, Unit 1 & 2, Bromfield Ludlow, 8pm, £10, www.shirefolk.co.uk

BUDAPEST CAFE ORCHESTRA

Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

APPLEFEST

Perry tasting, 6pm. Jam on Toast, featuring Plug my Jam, 8pm. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford.

WELSHPOOL MUSIC CLUB

Featuring Colin Stone, piano. Programme includes Bach, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt. Welshpool Methodist Church, 7.30pm, £15, students £5, 01938 811010, www.welshpoolmusicclub.com

THE ULTIMATE BOY BAND PARTY SHOW

A journey of chart-topping hits from Blue, Boyzone, N-Sync, Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Take That and many more. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 13 October

SWING FROM PARIS

Parisian-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing. Kilpeck Village Hall, 7.30pm, £15, www.swingfromparis.co.uk

VOODOO SIOUX

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

ROSHNI

This soul-stirring performance is a captivating combination of Kathak dance, with live music from a global palette. For all ages. Steiner Academy, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12/£6/£30, 01981 540221.

LADY NADE

Exceptional folk artist. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 8pm, free, but please book, www.shirefolk. co.uk

FOLK TALES

With Climbing Trees. Blending multiinstrumentalism with pin-point harmonies. Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny, 7pm, 01873 853167.

THINK FLOYD

A complete performance of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

AN EVENING OF FOREIGNER

The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 6pm, 07498 966606.

FRANCIS ROSSI - TUNES & CHAT

Status Quo legend. Expect acoustic versions of Quo classics, threaded together with chat. The Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £32, VIP £47, Super VIP £82, 01686 948100.

FOLK IN THE FOYER

Featuring John Kirkpatrick with support from Kirk Barker. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 488575.

FLEETWOOD SHACK

Fleetwood Mac tribute. Dorrington Village Hall, near Shrewsbury, 8pm, www.jumblebee.co.uk

Fri 13 October

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN

Neoclassic concert with Xuefei Yang. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 14 October

CUBE SOUL

Featuring Northern Soul, Tamla Motown and Reggae. Malvern Cube, Albert Rd, North, Malvern, 7pm, 01684 575363, www.malverncube.com

CELEBRATING WEELKES

An evensong to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of the Tudor composer Thomas Weelkes. Sign up as a singer for rehearsal at 2pm, service 5pm. St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye, www.rossparishes.uk

MELLOW MOODS

Simon Deeley, piano and Steve Hollinghurst, vocals. An evening of classic popular songs, mellow jazz and piano originals. St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £10 including drinks from 01544 267777 or on the door.

DIRE STRAITS UK

‘On Another Night’. Tribute act. The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £18, 0300 102 4256.

LIZ & SHAKE

An afternoon of Elizabethan Madigrals and rounds by Morley, Dowland, Johnson, Carlysle and others. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 2.30-4pm, free entry, donations welcome, www.haymadrigals.org

ISLET

Quartet whose free-spirited invention and exuberant intensity is hypnotic, exhilarating and unique. With support from Peiriant, Honddu and Records Retrieval Service DJ. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £11 in advance, www.wegottickets.com

AFTERNOON MUSIC

Organ music. Hereford Cathedral, 3.15pm, www.herefordcathedral.org

GREEN HOP FESTIVAL

Live music from Red Madog. Corn Exchange, High St, King’s Head Hotel, Ross-on-Wye, £9, 01989 763174.

THE FRON CHOIR

‘Voices of the Valley’. The Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £16.50, 01686 948100.

MARTIN BLAKE & TOMMY MILLS

Blues and Americana. The Granary, Parkers Lane, Newtown, 8pm, £10 on the door.

CAR BOOT SALE

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 2-4.30pm, £5 per boot, pre-booking only for boot, 01588 676060.

MUSIC IN NEW RADNOR

Featuring Borders Ensemble - ‘Star Spangled Rhythm’. Violin, clarinet, cello and piano. Programme includes work by Amy Beach, John Williams, Peter Schikele, Gershwin, Artie Shaw and others. New Radnor Community Hall, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £15, under 14s £3, 01544 350746.

OKTOBERFEST AT THE LEFT BANK

An evening of Bavarian fun. Live music, German beer and themed snacks. Bavarian fancy dress encouraged. Prizes for best dressed. Left Bank Village, Hereford, 3pm till late, free entry.

KEITH JAMES

Presents an honest and loving reflection of the timeless and insightful music of Yusuf - Cat Stevens. The Old School, New Radnor, 8pm, ticket enquiries 07870 752325 or www.keith-james.com and at the Hub on the night. In aid of UNICEF UK Syrian Children’s Appeal.

THE LITTLE MIX PARTY

Tribute for all Mixers! The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 5pm, 07498 966606.

LADY NADE

Exceptional folk artist. Violets Tea Room, Waterloo House, Bridgnorth, 8pm, £10, www.shirefolk.co.uk

LINDISFARME

‘Magic in the Air’ Tour. Legendary 70’s Tyneside folk-rock pioneers. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL

Scottish smallpipes player and a leading purveyor of experimental Celtic music. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £16, 01584 878141.

SHREWSBURY CHORAL

Performing Handel’s Coronation Anthems. Shrewsbury Abbey, 7.30pm, 01743 232236, www.shrewsburychoral. org.uk

MID WALES R&B CLUB

Featuring The James Oliver Band & Michael Kennedy. The Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12, www.midwalesrandb.club

THE ELVIS YEARS: THE STORY OF THE KING

Featuring Mario Kombou, all-star band and award-winning singers for an unforgettable journey through over 50 golden greats spanning over three decades. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sun 15 October

ROAR!

Heavy music across the ages - DJ set. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford.

VINTAGE BY THE WYE

The Songs of 1928: new material from Janice Day & Martin Litton, piano and vocals. St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, 3-5pm, £15 from Green Ink Booksellers in Hay, 07748 652194 or www.hayjazz. com. Bar available and Early Bird concessions.

TUNE & STEP SESSION

Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster.

Mon 16 October

FOLK CAFE IN BILL’S KITCHEN

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7pm, £25 with meal, £10 just music, 01584 878141.

GARETH GATES

The Best of Frankie Valli. Gareth Gates joins members from the hit musical ‘Jersey Boys’. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £32.50, 01743 281281.

OPEN MIC

The Lost Arc, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 811226.

Wed 18 October

AMERICANA SESSION

Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster.

TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, 01952 610888.

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL

Relive the magic and voice of Whitney Houston. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £28, 01743 281281.

Thurs 19 October

THE WONDER OF STEVIE

Stevie Wonder’s greatest hits. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £31, 01743 281281.

HAY MUSIC

Kurtag String Trio. Violin, viola and cello. Selected and supported by the Countess of Munster Trust, this string trio will play works by Georges Enescu, Jean Francaix, Erno Dohnanyi, Gyorgy Kurtag and Beethoven. The Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £17.50, under 25s £8.75. www.haymusic.org

Fri 20 October

BLUES, BEER & BALTI NIGHT

Featuring Trevor Babajack Trio. Malvern Cube, Albert Rd, North, Malvern, 6.30pm, 01684 575363, www.malverncube.com

OPEN MIC

Hosted by Mark Richards. The Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 8pm, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@ hotmail.com

Fri 20 October

GINGER PLAYS THE WILDHEARTS

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 8pm.

BON GIOVI

Bon Jovi tribute. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 6.30pm, 07498 966606.

ALAW

Well-known and long established band on the European folk music scene. The Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny, 8pm, £16, 01873 852690.

DAOIRI FARRELL

Spearheading a resurgence of the authentic in Irish Folk music. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.

BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL

‘Bach Actually’. With Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque and soprano Joanne

Lunn. Brecon Cathedral, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

LAST TREE SQUAD

Plus afterparty DJ set from BDS Silva Shiva. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford.

SCOTT MATTHEWS

West Malvern Social Club, 145 West Malvern Rd, Malvern, 8pm, 07974 725374.

RHYTHM MACHINE

The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

GREY WOLF

Acoustic Americana/old-time folk band from the Welsh Marches playing traditional instruments such as banjo, fiddle, guitar, dulcimer, mandolin and double bass alongside vocal and harmony singing. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 21 October

BENJI KIRKPATRICK

New album of original music from Bellowhead’s rhythmic driver. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £14, 01588 630023, www.ticketsource.co.uk

FIVE O’CLOCK HERO

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

JILL CROSSLAND

Piano. St Mary’s Church, Ross-onWye, 7.30pm, £10, from ticketsource or at the door.

LONDON CONCERTANTE

‘A Night at the Opera’. Opera arias and overtures, including works from Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and Mozart. By candlelight. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, www.londonconcertante.com

COR ADUNIAD CHOIR

Great Hall Mezzanine, Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 2-3pm, free.

PIPEDREAM

The Vaga, Hereford, 8.30pm.

KNIGHTON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, ART & MUSIC 2023

Featuring an afternoon performance by the Limbo Landers aka Welshborder based singer-songwriter Rowan Bartram with author Julie Brominicks. Knighton Community Centre, www.knightonfestival.wales

THE BROTHERS OF BLUES

Join Jake and Elwood for an evening of soul, Motown, rhythm and blues. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

THE BOHEMIANS: A NIGHT OF QUEEN

Queen tribute. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £22, 01600 772467.

THE EMO FESTIVAL

Expect to hear from Green Day, Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Bring me the Horizan, Linkin park, Good Charlotte, All Time Low, Evanescense, A Day to Remember, Avril Lavigne, Pierce The Veil, Neck Deep, Sum41, 5 Seconds of Summer, The Off Spring, Bowling for Soup, Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Offspring and more. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 5pm, 07498 966606.

BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL

Lunchtime Chamber Concert. Programme includes JS Bach, Carl Friedrich Abel, Telemann and CPE Bach. The Plough Chapel, Brecon, 1pm. ‘Goldberg Variations’, with Rachel Podger and Brecon Barque. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, with pre-show talk in the Studio at 6pm & 6.30pm, 01874 611622.

SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK

Featuring Lorne Lofsky/Nigel Price Quartet. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £23, under 22’s £12, 01743 234970.

FOLK FROM THE FOLD

Celebrate autumn and harvest. Local performers welcome in the first half. Bosbury Parish Hall, 7.30pm, £10 on the door, children free, 01531 670634.

OPERATION BUTTERFLY!

An evening of songs and arias inspired by the natural world. Featuring Caroline Joy Clarke, soprano and David Gaukroger, piano. Including original songs by Caroline Joy Clarke. Methodist Church, Broad St, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £15 from www.eventbrite.com Raising furnds for Butterfly Conservation.

HEAD HONCHO

Ludlow Brewery, 01584 873291.

CEILIDH

Dancing to Join the Dots. Almeley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10 on the door, 07914 812509.

LEOMINSTER APPLE FAIR 2023

Big displays of apples, many unusual and of local origin, apple advice and information. Stalls selling apples, cider, juice, cakes, honey, preserves, crafts and demonstrations, activities for children and refreshments. Jenny Pipes Morris. The Priory Church, Leominster, 10am-4pm, 07961 795466.

Sun 22 October

DAVE ONIONS

Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

FONTANELLA RECORDER QUARTET

Consort music and songs by Byrd and his contemporaries with madrigals, catches, fantasias and folk song settings. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £18, students £9, 01568 616460.

MARTIN SIMPSON

An evening of folk magic. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, 7.30pm, www.versatilearts.co.uk

STEPHEN FEARING

A mesmerizing blend of roots, folk and pop. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.45pm, £15, 01743 234970.

BIG FISH LITTLE FISH

The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 2pm, 07498 966606.

BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL

Organ Recital by James Johnstone, Brecon Cathedral, 1pm. Festival Evensong, Brecon Cathedral, 3.30pm (free, non ticketed event). ’High Flying Byrd - My Mind to me a Kingdom is - Fretwork and Ruby Hughes’. An evening celebrating the 400 year legacy of William Byrd. The Plough Chapel, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

MOUNTAIN MUSIC

The story of songs that leave and come back again. Malvern Cube, Albert Rd, North, Malvern, 7.30pm, 01684 575363, www.malverncube.com

Mon 23 October

BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL

Lunchtime Chamber Concert featuring Trio Sonatas, with violinists Simone Pirri and Rodrigo Checa Lorite, cellist Osian Jones and harpsichordist Marcin Swiatkewicz. The Plough Chapel, Brecon, 1pm. ‘Now 1731’. Rachel Podger directs Brecon Baroque Festival Orchestra and Brecon Baroque with a programme of JS Bach, Hasse and Telemann. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 6.30pm, 01874 611622.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Heat 2. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £6, 01584 878141.

Tues 24 October

IMAR

This Irish/Max/Scottish quintet are BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £18, 01743 281281.

VILLIERS QUARTET

Programme includes Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £18/£15, students £8, 01873 850805.

Wed 25 October

SEAN NOONAN, MATTHEW BOURNE & OTTO WILLBERG

Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, 01952 610888.

TALON

Hotel California Tour. Playing the album from beginning to end plus all the greatest hits. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

CELINE - MY HEART WILL GO ON

A stunning celebration of the music of Celine Dion. Starring Alexandra Darby. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 26 October

CLUN FOLK SESSION

The Sun Inn, Clun, 8pm.

THAT’LL BE THE DAY

A journey through the years, celebrating the most iconic moments in comedy, rock ‘n’ roll and pop culture from the 50s to the 80s. For ages 12+. The Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £29, 01686 948100.

ANTHEMS OF ROCK

Relive the hits from rock gods such as Journey, Aerosmith, Queen, Bon Jovi, Kiss, AC/DC, Van Halen and more. Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £22/£20, 0300 102 4256.

ESCAPE ROOM

It is 1890, you have been accused of embezzling money from the Vicar’s Choral funds and been shut in the Old Chapel until the police arrive. You have one hour... Hereford Cathedral, £60 per session for groups of up to six people. Booking essential. www.herefordcathedral.org

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Hosted by Clare Bennett and Dan Jones of Indigo Machine. Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8pm, 01952 610888.

QUIZ

Every team gets a free homemade pizza, raffle and more. The Balance Inn, Luston, 8pm, £2, with all proceeds going to charity, 01568 616801.

TOYAH & ROBERT’S SUNDAY LUNCH LIVE

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are bursting out of the kitchen and going on tour with Toyah’s full ‘Posh Pop’ band. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £30, 01743 281281.

BURNSWELL + DIRTY VERTEBRAE

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 7pm.

JAM ON TOAST

Featuring Plug my Jam. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 8pm. ALBERT LEE AND HIS BAND Country-rock artist. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £22, 01600 772467.

Fri 27 October

SHIDA SHAHABI + TINY LEAVES St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.15pm, shrewsburygigs@gmail.com

Letting the Light In gig.

THE NEIL DIAMOND STORY

Bob Drury performs all the classics. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £27, 01743 281281.

HALLOWEEN OPEN MIC

Hosted by Mark Richards. Hundred House Inn, Purslow, 8pm, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@ hotmail.com

PLUM RJ

Plus support from Returnofthespouse and Mercury Trip. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 9pm.

REIVERS GALLOWS PIRATE BAND Corn Exchange, High St, King’s Head Hotel, Ross-on-Wye, £6, 01989 763174.

FLEETING RUMOURS

Tribute band. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 5.30pm, 07498 966606.

ESCAPE ROOM

It is 1890, you have been accused of embezzling money from the Vicar’s Choral funds and been shut in the Old Chapel until the police arrive. You have one hour... Hereford Cathedral, £60 per session for groups of up to six people. Booking essential. www.herefordcathedral.org

KATHRYN TICKELL & THE DARKENING

Foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes, a composer, performer, educator and successful recording artist. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £22, plus Bill’s Kitchen £37, 01584 878141.

SPACE

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury.

TANGO CALOR

‘A Night in Buenos Aires’. An evening of songs and stories from a sensational Latin vocalist, one of the few bandoneion players in the UK and an acclaimed acoustic guitarist. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £12/£6, 01694 720132. Arts Alive.

SHOWADDYWADDY

50th Anniversary Tour. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk

KICKBACK

Featuring Last Tree Squad and Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £8, 01584 878141.

SWING FROM PARIS

Parisian-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing. Pudleston Village Hall, 7.30pm, £15, 01568 750303.

ARRIVAL: THE HITS OF ABBA

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 28 October

BREABACH

Scotland’s most accomplished and imaginative contemporary folk acts. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN DISCO

The Vaga, Hereford, 2-4pm, free.

THE SENSATIONAL 60S

EXPERIENCE

A new production for 2023. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 730pm, £31-£29/50, 01743 281281.

BROTHER BROTHERS

Folk duo. The Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny, pre-concert suppers available from 6pm, music 7.30pm, £20 for music, booking essential, 01873 852690.

HONEY B MCKENNA’S VAMPIRE RAVE

Plus costume competition. The Jam Factory, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 9pm.

BONFIRE & FIREWORK DISPLAY

With full bar, catering and family entertainment. Shropshire Hills

Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, gates open 5pm, bonfire 7pm, fireworks 7.30pm, advance tickets £5.50, children £3.50, family £16, on the gate £6, child £4, family £18, 01588 676060.

KIKI DEE & CARMELO LUGGERI

Shrewsbury Abbey, 7.30pm, www.ticketsource.co.uk

BONGO’S BINGO

Halloween special. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 5pm, 07498 966606.

HALLOWEEN OPEN MIC

Hosted by Mark Richards. The Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7pm, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@hotmail.com

HALLOWEEN BALL

Party filled with ghosts, vampires and witches. Adults only. The Left Bank, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 357753.

SAM LEWIS

Dubbed ‘a modern Townes Van Zandt’. Sam Lewis’ style is the place where feel-good music meets vital social commentary. The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £15, under 25s £10 (limited tickets). Tickets from The Workshouse, Presteigne or online WeGotTickets.com

TANGO CALOR

‘A Night in Buenos Aires’. An evening of songs and stories from a sensational Latin vocalist, one of the few bandoneion players in the UK and an acclaimed acoustic guitarist. Beckbury Village Hall, 7pm, £12/£6/£30, heatert806@gmail.com Arts Alive.

THE FABULOUS BORDELLOS

Plus support. Ludlow Brewery, 7.30pm, £10 from the brewery or thefabulousbordellos@gmail.com

DOMINO SUGAR

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

HEREFORD POLICE MALE VOICE CHOIR

Will present an exciting and varied programme with guest singers, Harriet Mountford and Carlos Alonso. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, £12, 07967 517125.

MARTIN CARTHY AND JON WILKS

‘Remember Me to One Who Lives

There’. A special evening of song and conversation. Malvern Cube, Albert Rd, North, Malvern, 7.30pm, £20, 01684 575363, www.malverncube.com or www.versatilearts.co.uk

Sun 29 October

KNIGHTON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, ART & MUSIC 2023

The Festival finale will be a concert by oboist Ruth Watson and pianist Jeremy Fisher together with flautist Wendy Quinlan. St Edwards Church Hall, Knighton, www.knightonfestival.wales

HALLOWEEN QUIZ NIGHT

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, 01952 610888.

THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN

Playful and wickedly amusing. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 3pm & 7pm, £30, under 18s £25, 01743 281281.

THE WHISKEY RIVER BOYS

The Three Tuns, Bridge St, Chepstow, 5pm, free.

BREABACH

Uniting the deep roots in Highland and Island tradition and were named Folk Band of the Year. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22, 01743 281281.

SOPHIE COTTERELL

Live music plus new traditional pub grub menu. The Oak Inn, Staplow, 6.30pm, 01531 640954.

SHREWSBURY SKA & REGGAE FESTIVAL

Featuring Captain Accident, Smoke Like a Fish, Packet Racket and more. Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 2pm.

SHIRLEY SMART TRIO

Jazz, blues and world music. Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 853167.

Mon 30 October

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Heat 3. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £6, 01584 878141.

QUEENZ

Direct from their smash-hit run in London’s West End and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Live vocal, drag extravaganza, these dragtastic divas serve up a set list of remixed and reimagined pop anthems. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Tues 31 October

HALLOWEEN PARADE & PARTY

Spooky treats and drink, disco and games. Fancy dress parade and competition for all ages. Welshpool High St and Welshpool Town Hall, 5.30pm, free, but please book 01938 553142 or email kimberly@welshpooltowncouncil.gov.uk

QUEENZ

Direct from their smash-hit run in London’s West End and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Live vocal, drag extravaganza, these dragtastic divas serve up a set list of remixed and reimagined pop anthems. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

NOVEMBER

Wed 1 November

GABBA GABBA HEY!

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm.

TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, 01952 610888.

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN

With Toyah Willcox narrator. Little Red Riding Hood and Three Little Pigs. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 2 November

LINDISFARNE

A line-up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member, Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

GUY DAVIS

Shrewsbury Abbey, 7.30pm, www.ticketsource.co.uk

LEGENDS OF AMERICAN COUNTRY

Three singers who are accomapnied by a live band of musicians. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £25, 01600 772467.

Fri 3 November

ONEACHORD

Malvern Cube, Albert Rd, North, Malvern, 7.30pm, 01684 575363, www.malverncube.com

SAVAGE GROOVE

The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

MOBIUS LOOP

Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 8pm.

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT

The songs of Joni Mitchell. Shrewsbury Abbey, 8pm, www.ticketsource.co.uk

THE NEW AMEN CORNER

Recreating the sound and atmosphere of that momentous period 50 years ago. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

WILL BARNES QUARTET

Presenting their debut album: Source of the Severn. Expect a contemporary edge to the classic bebop style. Erin Hughes will be providing a special live visual show alongside the quartet’s performance. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321. www.willbarnesmusic.co.uk

BRONWEN LEWIS

‘More From The Living Room’. Welsh singer-songwriter playing country, pop, folk and blues. The Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £23, family £62, under 18s £13, 01686 948100.

WOMEN IN ROCK

Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

HAY MUSIC

Featuring William Howard, piano and the Sacconi String Quartet. A programme of music by Franz Schubert, Graham Fitkin, Jonathan Dove and Cesar Franck. St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, www.haymusic.org

Sat 4 November

OH WHAT A NIGHT

The story fo Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Sat 4 November

DOCTOR’S ORDERS

Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.45pm, 01952 610888.

WILL BARNES QUARTET

Presenting their debut album: Source of the Severn. Expect a contemporary edge to the classic bebop style. Brought to life with an exhibition by landscape artist, Erin Hughes. Hermon Arts Oswestry, www.willbarnesmusic.co.uk

KEITH JAMES

Presents an honest and loving reflection of the timeless and insightful music of Yusuf - Cat Stevens. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

AUDIO THIEVES

5-piece Shropshire-based rock/blues cover band. Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

EMILY PORTMAN AND ROB

HARBRON

A new collaboration in which they delve into English folk traditions, creating a boldly exposed and intricately woven contemporary folk sound. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

Sun 5 November

SARAH MCQUAID

Acoustic and electric guitars, piano and chocolatey voice. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

DES HORSFALL & DAN RAZA

Ludlow Brewery, 01584 873291.

JAMES OLIVER BAND

Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

Mon 6 November

CIDER CITY JAZZMEN

The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

JAZZ CAFE IN BILL’S KITCHEN

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7pm, £25 with meal, £15 just music, 01584 878141.

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB

Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, 07909 290942. Bring your own drink/glasses.

OPEN MIC

The Lost Arc, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 811226.

Music Workshops

Sunday 22 October

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 Andy Watts. FREE for newcomers! Instrumentalists (typically flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin and cello) are particularly welcome. Lydbury North Village Hall, 2-5 pm. Enquiries: trevorchalkley@gmail.com

2023

BRASS & WOODWIND REPAIR COURSES

27 Nov - 2 Dec - Extra Woodwind Repair (Foundation)

Course with Lynne Williams. Trevor Head, Llangunllo, 07971 083089, email trevorhead@btinternet.com

First Sunday of the month SING FOR THE SEASONS

Relaxed, friendly, ‘natural voice’ harmony with Sarah Rowe. Learn and sing glorious songs from around the world. All experience levels welcome, no auditions or performances.

Putley Parish Hall, 6.30-8.30pm. £7.50, refreshments included, cash/card on door. BOOKING REQUIRED Email singfortheseasons@btinternet.com

Mondays, term time only THE MERE SINGERS

An open-access mixed voice, adult choir singing original and traditional acapella songs. No need to read music. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, details email Mary Keith maryskeith@aol.com

Mondays, term time only LIVE WIRE MUSIC MONDAYS

You will have the opportunity to play songs with other musicians who are just starting out and grow alongside them as the weeks progress. You can explore creating your own musical parts all the way from a riff to a whole song. We will rehearse suitable covers where you should never feel out of your depth. Ages 11-21. Close House, Hereford, 4-6pm. Email lisa@encore-enterprises.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. Martin on 01694 722500.

Mondays ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR

Old Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7-9pm, £5, tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com

Monday BRECON TOWN BAND REHEARSALS

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 07779 390954.

Monday BANDAMANIA

Bright and breezy traditional and original music.Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. Mondays at 7.30pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Monday (from Sept) GARRICK SINGERS

For over 55s, no prior experience of singing. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2-3.30pm, £5 per session, lisa@encore-enterprises.com.

Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES

Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427.

Tuesday LUNCHTIME UPLIFT SINGING SESSIONS

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 12pm, 07723 016837.

Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON

Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm, VH, near Brecon.

Tuesday LEOMINSTER COMMUNITY CHOIR

Liv is back from maternity leave and auturm term starts 19th September. World music, jazz, folk, all in themix. Come and have a inspiring sing - 7.15 - 8.45 at Leominster Community Centre ffi 01568 369074.

Tuesdays term time only LIVEWIRE SESSIONS

The Castle Green Pavilion, 5:30 - 7:30pm. A drop-in for anybody interested in music. Whether you’ve never picked up an instrument before or classically trained or not. Explore different song/lyric writing methods, a take on covers, music production, rap, development & recording. Ages 11-21. Information email lisa@encore-enterprises.com

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES

Mixed community choir.Traditional, world and original songs. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm. Call Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR

Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053. Wednesdays (online session only) SINGING FOR LUNG HEALTH GROUP

Specifically for people who suffer from progressive lung diseases, these sessions help you breathe better, reduce stress and have fun. 11am, email lisa@encore-enterprises. com for information.

Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES

Community choir, songs from around the globe. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm. Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR

Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9pm. 01584 823604 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or www.jollypages.co.uk/larks

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 CLUN SINGERS

Informal community choir, traditional and original songs taught by ear. 10am in High Town Hall, Clun. Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Thursday (Term time)

MUSIC TOTS LUDLOW

Music activities for children aged 0-4 years. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 9.30am-10.15am for 0-2 year olds. 10.45am-11.30am for 2-4 year olds. 07531 120951.

Thursday BELLA A CAPPELLA

All-female 4-part close harmony singing group. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15-9.45pm, email aimoevo@hotmail.co.uk

Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD

A non auditioned mixed voice choir early and classical music. Rehearsals currently in Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells. 7.30pm-9.15pm. www.cantorion-llandrindod.org 01597 810601

Thursday PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR

Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com

First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB

2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495. Every Friday WELLSPRINGS

Song-writing course, open to anyone over 18 who would like to improve their mental wellbeing. For more information email lisa@encore-enterprises.com

Friday LITTLE HEREFORD VOICES COMMUNITY CHOIR

We are a non-audition choir formed 12 years ago with 25+ mixed voices. Rehearsing at Little Hereford Village Hall, 7.30pm- 9.15pm. Subscriptions £3.50 per session paid termly, first trial session free. Broad repertoire (usually 3 & 4 parts) – all welcome. Info: term dates etc: lhvoices.wix.com/home Facebook: @LittleHerefordVoices

Friday BUZZY BEATS!

A fun morning for the under 5s. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £7, 01743 234970.

Friday CRAVEN ARMS SAMBA CIRCLE

Craven Arms Community Centre.10.30am - 11.15am. Regularly during term time with some holiday sessions. Join our friendly group to learn traditional djembe rhythms from Africa and samba rhythms from Brazil - Adults £5 (children accompanying their parents can join in with holiday sessions - £1, second child free). Enquiries carol@mkgriffs.plus.com

Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS

For parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Sessions Back next month

band directory

ADD A BAND - Real instrument backing to your own music. Perfect for singer songwriters etc. Studio near Newtown. www.addaband.co.uk, 07515 401635.

APPLEBY STONE Live acoustic duo/trio, guitar, flute, saxophones, voices, double bass, jazz, folk, R&B, pop, many originals, perfect for private and public events. applebystone.com 07979 542 449.

BAGPIPES Authentic Highland music for your formal event or gathering from international piper Keith Wellings. Keith is a former British diplomat bringing Scotland’s music to festivals, theatres, balls, weddings and funerals. Contact by phone 07580 389903, email keiththepiper@gmail.com facebook keith.wellings instagram keiththepiper

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

BEST FOOT CEILIDH BAND The hottest dance band on the borders + caller. Available for weddings, barn dances and parties. Contact: 07969 440183 or john@johnhymas.com

GREY WOLF is a 4-piece, well established, popular Americana/ Old-time folk band from the Welsh Marches. We play banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer and double bass alongside fine vocal harmony singing. The band has headlined several of the UK’s Old Time Music and Dance Festivals, performed on radio, at folk clubs, festivals, private parties and has featured at music and literary venues throughout the UK. Traditional, thoughtful and very entertaining, we are renowned for the rapport that we establish with our audiences. WEB : greywolffolk.com

Contact : Jim 01584 810000. Email banjojim.allen@gmail. com

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!

LITTLE RUMBA This is a band that will entertain and delight any audience that has its wits about it and has an ear for beautiful melodies infectious beats and songs that tell stories. From Winchcombe Live “Absolutely fantastic evening from you guys tonight. We had so many positive comments from the audience; very gratifying! Great musical talent, great humour, variety, and warmth of performance.”

Contact Jacqui Savage 07966 943314 Email –jaxbass.xs@btinternet.com http://www.littlerumba.com

THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE Local Quartet/Quintet with singer if required, playing smooth sounds of well-known standards, Latin and blues. Available for all types of events and celebrations.

Contact Paul Brooks 07980 822014. pppbrooks@gmail.com

MELOMANICS A wacky, Shropshire-based Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopolitan repertoire with engaging humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out how much fun a ceilidh can be 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 more info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich on 01743 718612. Email: tim@melomanics.co.uk Website: www.melomanics.co.uk

NICK AND JANE – The Poptastic duo bring you the greatest hits of the 60’s, 70’s and more. Great harmonies and infectious enthusiasm to make your event a memorable success. Perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and weddings. Facebook @nickandjane email: nickandjaneH@gmail.com or call Jane on 07512 368433. THE RAGTIME JUG ORCHESTRA A roots string-band (duo) recreating the sounds of the early 20th century America, playing a good-time mix of blues, skiffle and Americana music. We like to get audiences involved! Available for festival, events, parties, folk clubs, pubs and bars; performance presentations and workshops for all occasions too. Web: www.ragtimejug.co.uk Contact: John; 01594 861151. Email: info@ragtimejug.co.uk Facebook. com: ragtime jug orchestra.

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

SHRED BELLY Ludlow/Shropshire based acoustic duo, playing covers of popular ‘Dad’s Rock’ songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and more. All bookings and enquiries please contact: Kevin on 07873 426205 or Paul on 07957 247851.

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 01981 540832 or Anna on 07980 961187.

SILVER BRANCH (UN-CALLED FOR) - Five piece cutting edge instrumental Folk Band. Concerts/gigs.

SIMON THE PIPER Simon is a full-time, professional Highland Piper and he has been playing for over 20 years. He is the appointed Civic Piper to the City of Herefordpossibly the only civic bagpiper in the UK and is also the Pipe Sargeant for the Henllys Pipes and Drums in South Wales. Simon has performed at many high-profile functions in and around Herefordshire and these include the opening ceremony for the Knife Angel’s visit to Hereford Cathedral in 2021 and recently appeared on TV piping around the county for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Simon specialises in funerals and ceremonial occasions as well as many other events and is a very well-known piper in the West Midlands and South Wales. References can be supplied and Public Liabilty Insurance is also held by Simon. 07791045831 email simonthepiper@hotmail.com

SIR DANCELOT 4/5 piece ceilidh/twmpath band with caller. Far and away the best exponents of traditional dance music of the British Isles and beyond for miles around and leagues beneath. Concertina, mandolin, fiddles, whistles, cittern, jews harp... Available for weddings, parties and public events. For information and bookings, contact: Matt 01686 412 753 or 07843 440 789. www.sirdancelot.co.uk

THE CARDBOARD BOX THIEVES A three piece music band based in Builth Wells. Songs accompanied by accordion, banjo and guitar. Let us entertain you with a selection of our own songs handcrafted and presented as musical stories. 07966 401731. See more on https://facebook.com/CBThieves

THE CHERRYSTONES are Aly (whistles, flute, accordion, vocals), Matt (bass, foot drum, vocals) and Dave (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals) who bring you a mix of original and traditional folk songs and tunes. From thoughtful, well-crafted songs to infectious uptempo Irish whistle tunes, we will warm your heart and stir your souls and soles! Contact : Dave 07817 220016, dgand2@btinternet.com. Find us here Facebook.com The Cherrystones. Website coming soon!

THE VILLAGE QUIRE spine-tingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Sensational vocals mingled with enthralling stories. Various shows to book. For bookings / further info ring 01874 711211. www.villagequire.org.uk / www.songsforsilas.org.uk

UNDAUNTED Female influenced indie rock band hailing from South Shropshire. This lively 4 piece brings you strong vocals, great rocking sound, fun and always something different from the norm. Available for weddings, parties and functions. For information and booking contact Tracey 07547188402 or Liz 07807 531151. Enquiries welcome.

WHISKEY RIVER is a 5/6 piece electric Americana band that play swamp blues, Cajun, Zydeco and good country music to set the dance floor rocking. To suit smaller venues and smaller budgets, pruned down acoustic versions of the band are available as “The Whiskey River Quartet”, “The Whiskey River Trio” or as a Duo [“The Whiskey River Boys”]. Laissez les bon temps rouler!! Contact Martin, phone: 07846 669890, 01432 342018. Email: martin@whiskeyriver.co.uk. Website: www.whiskeyriver.co.uk

Band Directory

ONLY £40 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR

Just post the details of your band (around 40 words) with a cheque for £40 payable to Broad Sheep and post to:

The Fred Bulmer Centre, Wall St, Hereford, HR4 9HP

just call Clare on 07786 131159 or email: info@broadsheep.com

DON’T FORGET... if you have any gigs in the area, email/phone by the 15th of the preceding month for FREE LISTINGS.

VENUES

ALBERT HALL, Ithon Rd, Llandrindod Wells 0300 102 4255

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Mill Street, Ludlow 01584 878141

BARRELS, St Owen Street, Hereford 01432 274968

BASKERVILLE ARMS, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye 01497 820670.

BASKERVILLE HALL HOTEL, Clyro Court, near Hay-on-Wye 01497 820033.

BELL HOTEL, Commercial St, Newtown 01686 625540

BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 616811

THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434

THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963

BLACK LION, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000

CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192

CENTRE CELF, Tremont Rd, Llandrindod Wells 01597 822777

CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813

THE CLIFFE AT DINHAM, Halton Lane, Ludlow 01584 872063

CONQUEST THEATRE, Bromyard, 01885 488575

THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555

THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318

DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408

THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814.

GLEANINGS, near Bishop’s Castle, 01743 891412

THE GLOBE AT HAY, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762

THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274.

GORDON BENNETTS BAR, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404.

THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373

THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330

HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003.

HUNDRED HOUSE INN, Purslow, 01588 660541

KNIGHTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Knighton 07751 221487.

THE LAKESIDE CAFÉ, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 825679

LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821

LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 612277

LUDLOW BREWING COMPANY, The Railway Shed, Ludlow 01584 873291

THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712

MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352

NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908

OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020

THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008

THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322

PAVILION MID WALES, Llandrindod Wells 01597 258118

THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 358867

REET PETITE, 18 West St, Leominster 07484 545368. ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336

ROYAL FOUNTAIN, Cleobury Mortimer 01299 272720

THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622

THE HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 614555

THE TOWN HALL, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630023

THREE TUNS, Bishop’s Castle. 01588 638797

THE VICTORY, 88 St Owen St, Hereford 01432 274998

VOLUNTEER, Harold St, Hereford 01432 276189.

WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305.

WHITE SWAN, Eardisland, 01544 388577

WYESIDE ARTS CENTRE, Builth Wells, 01982 552555

PERFORMANCE

October & November

DRIFTWOOD

PENTABUS AND THICKSKIN CO-PRODUCTION. A new play by Tim Foley. An inspiring, expansive story about hope, love, belonging and the tides within us. Suitable for ages 12+. 12 & 13 Oct - Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

24 Oct - Hereford College of Arts, Folly Lane, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12.50, students £5. 25 Oct - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16/£14, under 25s free (limited availability), 01743 281281. 27 Oct - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 1pm & 7.30pm, £12, under 25s free (limited availablity), 01874 611622. 28 Oct - Quatt Village Hall, 7.30pm. 17 Nov - Farlow & Oreton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £12/£6, under 25s free (limited availability). 18 NovYarpole Village Hall, 7pm, £12/£6, under 25s free (limited availability). www.pentabus.co.uk

Until Thurs 5 October

DESTINY

PENTABUS THEATRE. Written and performed by Florence Espeut-Nickless. A powerful, funny and moving monologue, which takes us on a journey of a teenage girl’s experience and response to abuses of power in many guises. Strong language and themes of sexual violence and neglect. This is a free online performance. www.pentabustheatre.co.uk

Tues 3 - Sat 7 October

THE SECRET GARDEN

Journey through the door of a forgotten world where magic and wonder thrive in the unexpected places. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Thurs & Sat matinees 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 12 - Sat 14 October

BAKING OF BREAD

THE REGAL COMMUNITY THEATRE. Set in a rural Cotswold parish during the reign of William IV, ‘Baking of Bread’ is a dramatic period piece. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm plus Sat matinee 2.30pm, 01584 811442.

Thurs 12 - Sat 14 October

THE BOBBY KENNEDY EXPERIENCE

This immersive show studies the life of the most famous man never to become President. The younger brother of the murdered John F Kennedy, Bobby would go on to be a formidable force in America. But fate had a cruel plan. For ages 12+. 12 Oct - Whitchurch Civic Centre, 7.30pm, £12/£6/£30, 01948 660660. 13 Oct - Habberley Village hall, 7.30pm, £12/£6, 01743 790179. 14 Oct - Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £14/£6, 01939 2332299. Arts Alive.

Fri 13 October

NIKIPEDIACONFESSIONS OF A FORMER TELETUBBY

It’s time to meet Laa Laa! Sit tight for a whirlwind tour through the worlds of music, dance, the early days of alternative comedy, the rough end of 1980’s London and the fun of 1990’s Teletubbyland. For ages 18+. Clungunford Village Hall, 7.30pm, £12, 01588 660152. Arts Alive.

Fri 13 October, Sat 4 & Mon 6 November

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

BLACK RAT PRODUCTIONS AND BLACKWOOD

MINERS’ INSTITUTE. A brand new comedy (with songs) written and directed by Richard Tunley with music by Kieran Bailey. 13 Oct - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. 4 Nov - The Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01686 948100. 6 Nov - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £15/£13, children £8, 01873 850805.

Mon 16 October

YIPPEE KI YAY

Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh, Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama and New York cop (one of these is untrue). Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £19, 01873 850805.

Live & Local: Shades from the Past

The Bobby Kennedy Experience

Tues 17 October

MUM’S THE WORD

An uplifting, honest show navigating Motherhood and the drama life throws at you. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £26, 01600 772467.

Tues 17 October

SPLASH TEST DUMMIES

A brilliant array of catch-your-breath stunt work, dazzling acrobats, dexterous juggling and side-splitting slapstick comedy. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbruy, 4.30pm & 7pm, £15, 01743 281281.

Tues 17 October

SPONTANEOUS POTTER

Grab your wands, don your house robes. A very magical improv show awaits. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22, 01743 281281.

Thurs 19 October

LIVE & LOCAL: SHADES FROM THE PAST

Meet fascinating characters who have shaped our town’s history, brought to life by local people. With a performance of the Charter Song written by John Kirkpatrick celebrating 450 years of Bishop’s Castles Charter. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £10, under 18s free, 01588 630321.

Thurs 19 - Sat 21 October

THE GHOST TRAIN

LADS present the classic 1920s comedy/thriller, written by Arnold Ridley. Six passengers become stranded at a small Cornish Railway station, despite the Stationmaster’s weird stories of a ghost train, they decide to stay the night... Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £12/£8, 07967 517125.

Fri 20 October

AN EVENING WITH LAUREL AND HARDY

Follow the lives of Laurel and Hardy as composer, Neil Brand tells the touching story of the world’s greatest comedy team. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21.50, 01743 281281.

Sat 21 October

42 CROWNS

Performed by four actors and a musician and delivered through a combination of rhyming verse, song and poetry. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £10, 01743 281281.

Sun 22 October

STAGECOACH LIVE!

STAGECOACH PERFORMING ARTS perform a showcase of singing, dancing and acting. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6pm, £8.50pm, 01743 281281.

Fri 27 October & Sat 4 November

THE INVISIBLE MAN

OUR STAR THEATRE COMPANY. This brand-new, fast-moving, hilarious adaptation boasts 15 characters played by three actors, aided by quick costume changes, prop manipulation and tons of fun. 27 Oct - Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £13/£10, 07967517125. 4 Nov - Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £13, students £10, 01885 488575.

Fri 27 October

WANTED

Wanted explores the stories of five extraordinary, ordinary women who share a passion for standing up for what is right. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7pm, £15/£13, children £8, 01873 850805.

Tues 31 October

HALLOWEEN FAMILY SHOWTHE CANTERVILLE GHOST

Enjoy comedy and chills in this original adaptation of the Oscar Wilde tale, written especially for children and young families. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 2pm & 6pm, £8, 01584 878141.

Fri 3 November

YOKON HO!

A funny, bizarre, dark and (mostly) true, one-woman, cabaret-style guide to surviving an unbelievably mad life in Canada’s frozen north. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

Sat 4 November

CARWYN

Performed by Simon Nehan. Carwyn explores the enigma of a multi-layered man. A man ahead of his time. In his 53 years Carwyn James made an incredible impact on his homeland, a man who beat the mighty All Blacks with three different teams. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Sat 4 & Sun 5 November

FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE

Be part of the action as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve up mayhem on a plate alongside a 3-course meal and two hours of non-stop laughter. With over 70% of each performance improvised, this is the completely immersive and highly interactive comedy spectacular where anything can happen… A 3-course meal and two hours of non-stop laughter. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, Sat 7.45pm, Sun 2.30pm, 01743 966606.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA

October & November

BEATRICE AND BENEDICT

MID WALES OPERA. Based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Sung and spoken in English. Berlioz’s life-long passion for Shakespeare is evident throughout his miraculous score, radiant with love and sparkling with energy. 13 Oct - SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £16, students £8, 01588 630321. 14 Oct - Gregynog Hall, Newtown, 7.30pm, £16, under 18s £14, 01686 948100. 18 Oct - St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £15, under 25s £10 (limited tickets), from The Workhouse, Presteigne or online WeGotTickets.com. 19 Oct - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £18/£15, students £8,

01873 850805. 25 Oct - Mold. 26 Oct - Criccieth.

27 Oct - Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

1 Nov - Fishguard. 2 Nov - Aberdare.

8 Nov - Holyhead. 10 Nov - Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

Sun 1 October

WAR OF THE WORLDS (ON A BUDGET)

Featuring new music and a few silly additions, War of the Worlds is the new musical comedy adventure we didn’t know we needed! Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £14.50, 01743 281281.

Thurs 5 - Sat 7 October

MADE IN DAGENHAM

NEWTOWN MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. The musical based on the 2010 film, which in turn centred around the true-life events of the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £17/£15. Amateur production, 01686 948100.

Fri 6 - Sun 8 October

FROZEN JNR

LAURA GALE DANCE & DRAMA’s cast of young performers bring an enchanting modern classic from Disney. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, various times, £15, 01600 772467.

Wed 11 - Sat 14 October

KINKY BOOTS

GET YOUR WIGLE ON present the true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift your spirits.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £24-£19, 01743 281281.

Tues 17 - Sat 21 October

9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL

X-ENTRICITY tell the story of three workmates pushed to boiling point by their sexist and egotistical boss. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

Wed 25 - Sat 28 October

THE BIG MUSICAL

THE CONQUEST THEATRE presents this amateur production. John Baskin is sick of being an awkward kid. At a carnival, he makes a wish to the Zoltar machine to become ‘big’. To his shock, his wish is granted... Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £16, under 18s £12, 01885 488575.

Fri 27 & Sat 28 October

LEGALLY BLONDE JR

THE PHOENIX ACADEMY OF FILM & THEATRE ARTS. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17/£14, 01743 281281.

Thurs 2 - Sat 4 November

RUDDIGORE

KINGTON OPERATIC perform Gilbert & Sullivan. Lady Hawkin’s Community Leisure Centre, Kington, 7.30pm, tickets from 01544 267253.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Wed 11 October

TALES FROM ACORN WOOD

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s beloved stories are brought to life on stage in an enchanting lift-the-flap experience. The Courtyard, Hereford, 1.30pm & 4pm, 01432 340555.

Beatrice & Benedict

Sat 14 October

WONKY

REALLY BIG PANTS THEATRE. Take a large handful of nutrition, a healthy dash of PE and mix them together with green fingers. There will be cooking, dancing, rapping and more. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 01432 340555.

Sun 29 October

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE LIVE

Join the presenters as they dive deep into the world of science and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in with a few loud bangs along the way!

The Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

Tues 31 October & Thurs 2 November

NEST

M6 THEATRE COMPANY. A tree in a city. Two birds decide to make it their home... Filled with clowning, original song and shadow play. For ages 3+.

31 Oct - The Hafren, Newtown, 10.30am & 1.30pm, 01686 948100.

2 Nov - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, various times, £8.50, 01873 850805.

Tues 31 October

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE’s sideways take on Shakespeare’s classic play with beautifully carved puppets, original music and lots of shadows. Recommended for ages 6-12 years. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 01432 340555.

Kington Operatic Society

Gilbert & Sullivan’s

RUDDIGORE

Lady Hawkins’ Community Centre, Kington

Thursday 2nd - Saturday 4th November 7.30pm

Tickets £9, £5 under 18s. 01544 267253 www.kingtonoperatic.co.uk

DRAMA WORKSHOPS

COURTYARD THEATRE, HEREFORD

Sat - Junior Yourth Theatre. Year 3: 9.15am. Year 4: 10.15am. Year 5: 11.15am. Year 6: 12.15pm. Year 7: 1.45pm. Year 8: 3pm. Year 9: 4.45pm, £68.50 per term. Wed - Intermediate Youth Theatre. Year 10 & 11, 5.15pm, £70.50 per term.

Fri - Senior Youth Theatre for Year 12+, 7pm, £73.50 per term. Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

COMMUNITY YOUTH THEATRES

The Conquest, Bromyard. Mon - Juniors, Year 3-6: 4.30pm, £39 per term. Intermediates, Year 7-9: 7.15pm, £43 per term. Seniors, Year 10+: 7.30pm, £46 per term. The Phoenix Theatre, Ross-on-Wye. Sat - Juniors, Year 8-14: 10am, £39 per term. Market Theatre, Ledbury. Mon - Intermediates, Year 7-9: 7.30pm, £39 per term. Seniors, Year 10+: 8.30pm, £39 per term. Details email takepart@courtyard.org.uk or 01432 346526.

THEATR IEUENTID / BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE

With weekly sessions tailored to suit the needs of each year group, from 4 years and up. Mondays 3.45pm4.45pm 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, www.brycheiniog.co.uk

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW Mon - Go MAD in Ludlow, 5-6.30pm, Oscars. Contact Simon 07506 478235 & Suzanne 07484 289215 or email hello@gomadinludlow.org Sat - Ludwig Academy of Musical Theatre. 7-11 years 1-2pm, 12-16 years 2-3pm. Oscars. Contact Jack Ludwig, 077922 66225. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow.

Tuesdays YOUTH CAFE A safe place where young people can meet and share creative activites including music, drama and films. For ages 8-16 years, free. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970

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

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE

Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555.

Thursdays (term time) SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Seniors, 7-9.30pm, 14-25 years. All welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. www.shropshireyouththeatre.co.uk

Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY

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

Thursdays Fortnightly (term time) HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE All welcome, 10.30am-1.30pm, £7. Wyeside, Builth Wells, info@shakespearelink.org.uk.

Saturdays (term time) SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Beginners 9.30am-10.45am, 6-8 year olds. Juniors 11am-1pm, 9-12 year olds. The Hive, Shrewsbury, www.shropshireyouththeatre.co.uk

Night Terrors

Comedy

Sun 1 October

JENNY ECLAIR

‘AKA The Face of Vagisan’. Jenny confronts a new decade of decrepitude. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £24, 01743 281281.

Thurs 5 October

PETE FIRMAN

An evening of jaw-dropping magic and comedy. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £20, 01743 281281.

Fri 6 October

COMEDY NIGHT

Poetry & Storytelling

Fri 6 October

BLAST STORYTELLING

Tamar Elunud Williams Tair: The Fourth Branch Retold. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £8, £28 group ticket, refreshments available, www.ticketsource.co.uk or on the door.

Fri 13 - Sun 15 October

GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS FESTIVAL

A tasty line-up of storytelling, poetry, rap, sessions and spoken word slam. Featured performers include Shonaleigh, Jason Buck, Luke Wright, Xanthe Gresham, Liz Berry, Karin Lundengard, Despina Ariou, Martin Daws. Much Wenlock, TF13 6HS, www.tickettailor.com/events/getawordinedgeways

Tues 17 October

NIGHT TERRORSTHE GHOST STORIES OF EF BENSON

A spine-tingling evening of three tales of the supernatural: The Dance, In The Tube and The Confession of Charles Linkworth. With masterful storytelling from award-winning actor, Gerard Logan. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 19 October

POETRY LONDON

Presents Jesse Nathan with a new collection - Eggbound. Ledbury Poetry House, The Barrett Browning Institute, Homend, Ledbury, 7.30pm, www.ledburypoetry.org.uk

Fri 20 - Sun 22 October

KNIGHTON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, ART & MUSIC 2023

A packed programme includes poetry readings, authors’ talks, concerts, a film, an art and book fair, craft and writing workshops, alongside rambles, a town walk and a cycle ride. Poetry features Professor Fiona Sampson, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch and Ness Owen. Knighton Community Centre, £25 for weekend ticket. www.knightonfestival.wales

Sat 21 October

THE POETRY SOCIETY

Present Eric Yup, Tife Kusoro, Freya Bantiff, stars from their ‘Futures’ programme. Ledbury Poetry House, The Barrett Browning Institute, Homend, Ledbury, 3pm, www.ledburypoetry.org.uk

With MC Joe Rowntree and featuring Steve Harris, Tal Davies and Angelos Epithemiou. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £16 or £31 with meal, 01584 878141.

Sat 7 October

OKTOBERFEST

180 real ales, ciders, gins, wine, cocktails and more. With Comedy Club featuring Noel James, MC Tony Vino, Roger Monkhouse, Daliso Chaponda, Noel James, Sol Bernstein and Pat Monahan. The Quarry Park, Shrewsbury, www.shropshireoktoberfest.co.uk

Fri 6 October & Fri 3 November

COMEDY CLUB

6 Oct - Featuring MC Steffan Evans, Chris Chopping and Anna Thomas. 3 Nov - Featuring MC Louise Leigh, Sharon Wanjohi and Joseph Emslie. Over 16s only.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, 01874 611622.

Sun 8 October

CARL HUTCHINSON

UK comedy scene’s best kept secret. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17, 01743 281281.

Tues 10 October

TELFORD COMEDY CLUB

Comedy and curry, featuring Fred Ferenczi. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 7.30pm, £7 or £12 with meal, 01952 610888.

Thurs 12 October

COMEDY NIGHT

Featuring Roger Monkhouse, Danny McLoughlin, Tal Davies and Eddy Brimson. The Buttermarket, Howard St, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 966606.

Fri 13 October

MARK WATSON: SEARCH

Mark will consider the search for meaning that we’re all on, with or without Google... For ages 14+. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £20, 01600 772467.

Fri 13 & Fri 27 October

WESTONS CIDER COMEDY CLUB

Laugh out loud comedy from some of the hottest up-andcoming comedians on the circuit. For ages 18+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 21 October

FARCICLE COMEDY

Left Bank Comedy Club. Left Bank Village, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 357753.

Thurs 26 October

PAUL ZERDIN: PUPPETMAN

The America’s Got Talent winner with an array of funny and sharp-tongued creations including Sam, Albert, Baby, Roger the Bodyguard and an urban fox. For ages 12+.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 27 October

ANGELA BARNES: HOT MESS

Stand-up, stories and jokes. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467.

Fri 27 & Sat 28 October

ANDY PARSONS: BAFFLINGLY OPTIMISTIC

For those who worry that we are going to hell in a handcart, Parsons will at least make you enjoy the ride. 27 Oct - The Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442. 28 Oct - The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 28 October

ALFIE MOORE: A FACE FOR RADIO

A true story of Alfie’s big plan to transition from radio to TV. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £19, 01600 772467.

Sat 4 November

GEOFF NORCOTT: BASIC BLOKE

Geoff is trying to make sense of the current cultural and political scene. For ages 16+. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £17.50, 01600 772467.

Talks

Every day until 31 October

HEREFORD GUILD OF GUIDES

Guided tours around Hereford. Mon-Sat 11.30am, Sun 2.30pm (approx 1.5 hours). Tickets from the Cathedral Shop and meet at Cathedral, £6, children 6-12 years £1, 07947 924494, www.herefordguidedwalks.org.uk

Tues 3 October

KNIGHTON IN CHANGING CLIMATE

Talks, stalls, discussion. Flood modelling for KnightonNatural Resources Wales. Local Community Heat Networks - Shareenergy. Insulating Older Houses for the 21st century - The Power of Green. Dark Skiesthe benefits of reducing light pollution. Electric Car-Share Scheme - TripTo. Knighton Community Centre, 10am-3pm, free admission. Organised by the Knighton Energy Group.

Tues 3 October

CATILUPE LECTURE

Revd. Canon Chancellor James Pacey: Finding the truth in the liturgy as an actor finds the truth in the narrative. Hereford Cathedral, 4pm, free, join in the retrochoir for refreshments from 3.30pm, www.herefordcathedral.org

Wed 4 October

BELLA BATHURST IN CONVERSATION WITH ANDY FRYERS

There’s gardening on the TV and agriculture in the news, but we still know little about the people who shape our landscape and put food on our tables. Hay Castle Clore Learning Space, Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, £7.50, 01497 820079.

Wed 4 October

CREATING COMMUNITY HEALTH

A talk by local GP and author, Simon Lennane. St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £8, £3 off book purchase, from ticketsource or at the door.

Fri 6 October

HAMZA YASSIN: MY LIFE BEHIND THE LENS

Star of Countryfile, Animal Park, The One Show and of course Strictly Come Dancing Winner 2022. He will talk about his passion for wildlife, his fascinating career and how he overcame adversity. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £23/£20, family £75, 01600 719401.

Tues 10 October

GOING WILD IN BISHOP’S CASTLE

Winter talk. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7pm, no pre-booking required, donations at the entrance, 01588 630023.

Tues 10 October

JEREMY MAULE LECTURE

‘The Wheat was Silver’, by Richard Willmott, Chairman of the Traherne Association. Hereford Cathedral, 3.30pm, £5 or £6 on the door, 01432 761588.

Tues 10 October

AFTER ADAM: ETHICS, TRANSHUMANISM AND CHRISTIAN FAITH LECTURE

A lecture by Revd. Prebendary Dr John Daniels. Hereford Cathedral, 7pm, £10, 01432 374225.

Wed 11 October

ST BARNABAS CHURCH ANNUAL LECTURE

‘The Carpenter and the Hammer Beam Roof’. A talk by Duncan James. St Barnabas Church, Brampton Bryan, 7pm, free.

Wed 11 October & Wed 8 November

BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

11 Oct - Stephen & Matilda’s Civil War - Cousins in Anarchy. An illustrated talk by Matt Lewis, £10.

8 Nov - Vintage Pre-War film. The story of Brooklands motor racing circuit from 1907-1939, £6. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Fri 13 October

LEOMINSTER APPLE FAIR ASSOCIATION

‘Getting more from our Orchards’. A talk by Chris Evans of Applewood Permaculture Centre. Grange Court, Leominster, 7pm, bar open at 6.30pm, free entry, donations appreciated, open to all, 07961 795466.

Sat 14 October

HEREFORDSHIRE & MID WALES HARDY PLANT SOCIETY

‘Establishing and Maintaining a Herb Garden’. A talk by Drew Spellar. Pembridge Village Hall, 2pm, £5, vanessa.doyle@plantingspecialist.co.uk

Tues 17 October

CLUN CORN MILL

An illustrated talk on its history and unique Victorian machinery presented by Tony Martyr. Methodist Church, High St, Clun, 7.30pm, 01588 640401. Free admission with voluntary collection for the Museum of Clun.

Wed 18 October & Wed 15 November

THE ARTS SOCIETY TEME VALLEY

18 Oct - ‘Caravaggio’ with speaker, Keith Bonser.

15 Nov - ‘The Art of the Car - and The Car as Art’ with speaker Julian Richards. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 2pm, £50 membership, visitors £8, www.theartssocietytemevalley.org.uk

Wed 11 & Sat 14 October

FAMILY HISTORY WITH DNA DETECTIVE, PROFESSOR TURI KING

Geneticist Professor Turi King reveals the secrets of DNA. With answers about our families, ancestry and health.

11 Oct - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

14 Oct - Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 01600 719401.

Diana Powell, Knighton Festival

cycle ride. Writers’ talks throughout Saturday featuring Diana Ashwork, Bruce Cardwell, Diana Powell, Mike Parker and Ian Marchant. Sunday there are scientific themed talks by Professor Jane Greaves, and Jo Marchant, plus an illustrated talk by art historian, Peter Lord. £25 for weekend ticket. Knighton Community Centre, www.knightonfestival.wales

Sun 22 October

JODY WHITE

Jody talks to Ian Marchant about his debut book, Chimera. An alchemical dive into teenage illness - a story of love, healing and morphine fuelled visions of mythic guides and carers. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3pm, £5, from The Workshouse, Presteigne or online WeGotTickets.com

Mon 23 October

BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL: HILL RHYTHMS

A guided walk around Brecon’s Y Gaer Museum with local historian, William Gibbs. It will also include the Victorian Court Room as well as the David Jones exhibition, Hill Rhythms. Meet at main entrance, 10.15am, 01874 611622.

Sun 15 October

DOUG ALLAN: IT’S A WRAP

Doug Allan is an award-winning natural history photographer, documentary film maker, diver, author, and public speaker. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6pm, £25, children £22, 01743 281281.

Tues 17 October

LUDLOW AND MARCHES HUMANISTS

‘Everyone deserves a place to call home. It’s a human right and the first step towards recovery after distaster’. A talk by Ian Sonley of Shelterbox. The Friends Meeting House, St Mary’s Lane, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01568 770282.

Wed 18 October

LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

‘Hop Growing in the West Midlands’, an illustrated talk by Marsha O’Mahony. John Abel room, Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £4.

Wed 18 October

LAURA CUMMING IN CONVERSATION WITH ALISTAIR

LAURENCE

An art critic at the Observer since 1999, also the writer of acclaimed books that combine a deep love of art and autobiography. The Artshop & Chapel, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £13, 01873 852690.

Wed 18 October

DAVID MADDOX

A talk on William Abraham ‘Mabon’: Worker’s Hero. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

Thurs 19 October

ANTIQUES AND A LITTLE BIT OF NONSENSE

An evening with four of the country’s favourite television personalities from the world of antiques. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 719401.

Fri 20 October & Fri 17 November

HEREFORD ARTS APPRECIATION SOCIETY

20 Oct - ‘The Kemble Family’. A talk by Stuart Currie. 17 Nov - ‘Medieval Glass of our Region’. A talk by Robert Walker. Office Q, The Kindle Centre, Hereford, 2.30pm. 6 month membership £5, visitors welcome £2 per meeting, 01432 357552.

Fri 20 - Sun 22 October

KNIGHTON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, ART & MUSIC 2023

A packed programme includes poetry readings, authors’ talks, concerts, a film, an art and book fair, craft and writing workshops, alongside rambles, a town walk and a

Wed 25 October

UNRAVELLING THE SILK ROAD

A talk by Chris Aslan who lived in the region of Central Asia for 15 years. St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £8, £3 off book purchase from ticketsource or at the door.

Wed 25 October & Wed 22 November

SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB

25 Oct - ‘20 Top Tips for Gardeners’, with Pip Smith.

22 Nov - ‘Gardening on a Slope’, a talk by Margaret Herbert. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, annual membership £15, guests welcome £5, 01588 661025, www.gardeningshropshire.co.uk

Fri 27 October

ARTS SOCIETY MID WALES & BORDERS

‘The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Cracked’, with lecturer, Daniel Evans. Powis Suite, Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, 2.30pm, visitors welcome, £6, 01938 555574.

Sat 28 October

FOUR O’CLOCK FRIENDS: AUTHOR SIAN COLLINS

Author, Sian Collins in conversation. Her book, ‘Tiding’ is a chilling story about the power of imagination. North Books, Castle St, Hay-on-Wye, 4pm, £5 includes refreshments, email jules@northbooks.co.uk

Jody White

Thurs 2 November

HENRY NORMAL AND NIGEL PLANER

Henry Normal has worked on some of television’s biggest hits - Gavin and Stacey, The Royal Family and more. He is joined by Nigel Planer, a prolific poet and author, best known as Neil in The Young Ones. There will be time for Q&A and book signing at the end of the evening. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

Workshops & Courses

Starting Tues 3 October

FIONA SAMPSON HEREFORD SEMINAR 2023

Eight intimate monthly seminars, featuring close reading, in-depth discussion and feedback on your poemsin-progress Maximum eight students. Near Hereford, 6.15pm-8.45pm, £286. Entry into the seminars is by application only. Email administration@poetryschool.com

Mon 9 - Wed 18 October

BOOK/DVD AND CD SALE

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10am-4pm, 01588 630023.

Thurs 12 & Thurs 26 October

LITTLE BIRD SAID: NATURE WRITING WORKSHOPS

Blending botanical knowledge with writer’s methods to explore fruits, seeds, bulbs, roots and flowers. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10am, free, 01743 234970.

Fri 20 - Sun 22 October

Fri 20 - Sun 22 October

KNIGHTON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, ART & MUSIC 2023

A packed programme includes poetry readings, authors’ talks, concerts, a film, an art and book fair, craft and writing workshops, alongside rambles, a town walk and a cycle ride. Saturday features an art and book fair. In the library there will be a self-publishing workshop run by

Bob Fowke, followed by a creative writing workshop run by Stefan Mohamed. Knighton Community Centre, www.knightonfestival.wales

ITALIAN LESSONS ON-LINE FOR ADULTS –ONE-TO-ONE or SMALL GROUPS

Learn or improve your Italian from the comfort of your home with Lorenzo, your local native Italian tutor and language specialist. Conversational Italian, Beginners Italian, Improvers Italian, Advanced Italian, Italian culture and food.Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: On-line only. Thursday morning: In-person group conversation meetings and workshops in Hereford. For more info, call Lorenzo on 01432 870661, WhatsApp +441432870661, or email italian@italianwords.co.uk Visit www.italianwords.co.uk/tuition.html

Mondays WRITING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.308.30pm, £75 per term, 01432 340555.

Every Tues, Wed & Thurs SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Tues - Advance beginners 10am-11.30am, Wed - Advance Spanish B1, 10am. Thurs - Total beginners, 10am-11.30am with Mely. Private tuitionGCSE students and A Level. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 07837 160505. www.hayspanish.com

Every Tuesday READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555.

Last Tuesday of each month HOMEND POETS

Share words written by themselves or others. Music, good company and food. No booking required. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 6.30pm, www.potandpage.co.uk

First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813.

Small Modular Gibberish - or Government Energy Policy

OR the last two decades enthusiasts for nuclear power have routinely been announcing a nuclear “renaissance” every year or so. One of the more recent people to do this is Grant Shapps. He is a Conservative minister. Maybe even a secretary of state. I am not sure, because, every time one checks up on his job, it seems to have changed.

But I can tell you that around July this year Shapps played a part in launching a “Great British Nuclear Vehicle”. This is not some kind of spacecraft, or a new electric car, powered by its own nuclear reactor.

It is actually “an arm’s length body”, we are told, and its role is to do with “helping projects through every stage of the development process and developing a resilient pipeline of new builds”.

I apologise at once for quoting such awful gobbledegook, but this is the way our politicians, and their minions, seem to speak, or write, these days. And what on earth is an arm’s length body? What exactly is it an arm’s length from? Its head? Or perhaps its brain? No! It clearly doesn’t have one of those.

Great British Nuclear, whatever it is, seems to be a new way of keeping central government at a distance from the dreadful mess that is UK energy policy. Let me give you the words of Shapps himself. He says, “…we are seeing the first brush strokes of our nuclear power renaissance to power up Britain and grow our economy for decades to come.”

In the last decade or two there have been plans for three nuclear power stations. The one nearest to completion is Hinkley Point in Somerset. The idea for this plant seems to go back to the David Cameron era, or maybe earlier. But its completion slides further into the future with every year that goes by. Back in 2015 it was estimated to cost £18 billion. By now the price has ballooned to nearly £33 billion. A second nuclear station is planned for Sizewell in Suffolk. But a third, on the island of Anglesey, was scrapped in 2021.

My own jaundiced view of the nuclear power industry, and its friends in government, is that small modular reactors will mean that each bit of bad news, about missed deadlines, ballooning costs, and vast delays, will be smaller and less noticeable than those we are already familiar with in the history of the much larger reactors at Hinkley Point and Sizewell.

But it’s a fair bet that, because the new smaller reactors will be first-of-a-kind technology, they will undergo many of the same development problems and headaches suffered by that the current generation of larger reactors.

And what about the Americans? It seems that, in the USA, a Dept. of Energy program to design and build small modular reactors has been, for the last half a decade and more, a story of chopping and changing,

and frustrated ambitions. In short, their guys have done little better than ours!

In the UK, some of the big questions facing small modular reactors have been laid out by Steve Thomas, Emeritus Professor of Energy Policy at Greenwich University. They go like this: What is the basis of claims that they can be cheaper than large reactors? Are there small modular reactor designs ready to be built? How can the economics of these reactors be tested? And so on….

One suspects he knows the answers and that they may well hold bad news for the advocates of this latest “nuclear renaissance.” Professor Thomas has consistently asked the difficult questions about nuclear power during the several decades I have known him. And he can reel off the unsubstantiated claims made for nuclear power during his career at the drop of a hat.

They go like this - *costs will be dramatically reduced *construction times will be shortened *safety will be improved *technical issues have been solved. Professor Thomas says that up to now, “…such claims have proved hopelessly optimistic and there is no reason to believe things would turn out differently this time.”

The latest government push for small modular reactors began as long ago as in 2016. This program hardly got going and its seems the plans were re-launched in 2019. But even by the start of this year, the latest nuclear renaissance was still stuttering and making little progress.

According to Prof Thomas, “…none of the six new designs for small modular reactors in January 2023 has received support from the UK government.” And he points out that the actual deployment of these small reactors is unlikely at any real scale before 2035, which will make them too late to play any useful part in the battle to curb climate change.

So basically, for all you nuclear boffins and advocates, it looks like it’s back to the drawing board!

Julian O’Halloran

F Cabinet Minister, Grant Shapps

Green Events

Every day until 31 October HEREFORD GUILD OF GUIDES Guided tours around Hereford. Also prebooked themed walks for groups all year round. Mon-Sat 11.30am, Sun 2.30pm). Tickets from the Cathedral Shop and meet at Cathedral main entrance, Adults £6, children 6-12 years £1, 07947 924494. www.herefordguidedwalks. org.uk

Tues 3 October

KNIGHTON IN CHANGING CLIMATE

Talks, stalls, discussion. Flood modelling for KnightonNatural Resources Wales. Local Community Heat Networks - Shareenergy. Insulating Older Houses for the 21st century - The Power of Green. Dark Skiesthe benefits of reducing light pollution. Electric Car-Share Scheme - TripTo. Knighton Community Centre, 10am-3pm, free admission. Organised by the Knighton Energy Group.

Sat 14 / Sun 15, Sat 21 / Sun 22 & Sat 28 / Sun 29

October

GREEN DOORS

Dozens of homes will be opening their doors all over Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys, so you can have a look around, ask the homeowners about their journey to a more energy efficient, greener home. Heat pumps, solar panels and batteries, ev charging, water-saving devices and insulation. Further details www.futurereadyhomes. org.uk/#greendoors

Fri 20 October

BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL WALK

20 Oct - Walk up Pen-y-Fan, 6.4km round trip. Meet Brecon Town Centre, 12pm. 01874 611622

Sat 21 October

LEOMINSTER APPLE FAIR 2023

Big displays of apples, many unusual and of local origin, apple advice and information. Stalls selling apples, cider, juice, cakes, honey, preserves, crafts and demonstrations, activities for children and refreshments. Jenny Pipes Morris. The Priory Church, Leominster, 10am-4pm, 07961 795466.

Thurs 26 October

WHERE DO YOU WANT YOUR ENERGY TO COME FROM?

Local energy expert: Gordon Coppock will explore renewable energy sources and encourage discussion. 7pm, free, Grange Court, Pinsley Road, Leominster HR6 8NL For information transitionleominster@gmail.com

Fri 27 October

CURLEWS AT HAY CASTLE

Bannau Brycheiniog National Parks raises awareness of the curlew’s endangered status. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, free, 01497 820079.

October

KNIGHTON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, ART & MUSIC 2023

21 & 22 Oct - East Radnor Ramblers walk, led by Jacqui Salt, 10am, booking essential. 22 & 29 Oct - Guided Town walk led by John Davis, 2pm, booking essential, www.knightonfestival.wales

Wed 1 November

PARTY ANIMALS WITH CORNER EXOTICS

Join Corner Exotics for an entertaining and educational fact-filled, interactive animal show. Featuring over 35 animals, an event for all ages. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 3.30pm, 01584 811442.

2nd Wednesday of the month KINGTON LOCAL ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY NETWORK (KLEEN)

Oxford Arms, Kington, from 7pm, www.kingtonkleen.org.uk

October & November NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME

7 & 8 Oct - Dngle Nurseries & Garden, Welshpool, SY21 9JD, 9am-5pm, £3.50. 14 & 15 Oct - Gregynog Hall & Garden, Tregynon, SY16 3PL, 10am-4pm, donation. 5 Nov - Tranquility Haven, 7 Lords Land, Whitton, LD7 1NJ, 2-4pm, £4.50. www.ngs.org.uk

KNIGHTON COMMUNITY WOODLANDS GROUP

Volunteer with us on our weekly task days to learn new skills. http://tveg.org.uk/wordpress/woodland-project Email woodland@tveg.org.uk 01547 520374.

Every Third Saturday in the Month PRESTEIGNE REPAIR

Presteigne Youth Centre, Hereford Street. 10am-12pm. Household items repaired for free. Info: 01544 267997.

First Saturday of the month LEOMINSTER REPAIR

CAFE, 10-12.30pm. Community Centre. We repair small electrical items, furniture & other household items, jewellery and clothing. Free service , donations welcomed. Also café with bacon sandwiches a speciality. Facebook

complementary therapies

Disclaimer: We would like to emphasise that these listings relate to COMPLEMENTARY medicine practiitioners. Broad Sheep does not endorse any of the practitioners or healing methods listed. We provide no recommendation and take no responsibility for their content.

A is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, MBAcC at The Body Clinic, Leominster & Richard’s Castle. Treating pain (NICE recommended) and long-term health conditions since 1985. Food intolerance testing. Phone 01584 831 840 or text 07984 460969. E-booking: www.thebodyclinicleominster.co.uk

ACCREDITED, EXPERIENCED PSYCHOTHERAPIST & COUNSELLOR: One-to-one sessions for adults age 18 upwards, in Hay-on-Wye (HR3) and by online video. Find relief from anxiety and depression; overcome trauma; transform anger and low self-worth; navigate divorce, bereavement, and other difficult life experiences. Contact Sarah Hamilton at HAY COUNSELLING, 07580 482751, www.haycounselling.co.uk.

ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION Helping to understand your animal’s behaviour, needs and nature, to resolve emotional and behavioural problems and to deepen your relationship. Contact Kohra on 01544 262 110 or kohra@gmx.co.uk

ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, TRAUMA, LOW SELF WORTH and emotional difficulties - our innovative approach is being used with private and NHS clients with great success. Clients attend an average of 4 sessions to achieve a substantial, some say transformative, effect on their well being. You can check out the testimonials and book a one to one session on our website www. peaceofmindnow.co.uk or get in touch for more information

Mike Buckley 07931 986168 mcmbuckley@gmail.com

ARE YOU LOOKING TO GAIN DEEP SELFAWARENESS AND TO LEARN TO ACCEPT YOURSELF COMPLETELY? Find freedom and power within to change with Rebecca Perkins FdSc MBACP, experienced Counsellor available for F2F sessions at The Body Clinic, Leominster (HR6). Search www.thebodyclinicleominster. co.uk , or www.counselling-directory.org.uk for further information, or call 07789 473241.

ASCENSION ALIGNMENT COACHING - LIFE COACHING WITH A DIFFERENCE. Do you need help to move towards your goals? Personal support in all areas of your life? Connecting to your truth, we work together to release old patterns and emotional blocks so you can live in full alignment, joy and peace. Connect to me, Caroline Mary at www.openlotusliving.com (Connecting online)

THE BRIGHT N BUTE COMPANY - Medical/Sports & Veterinary - K-laser (low level laser therapy) endorsed by vets (VBS Direct) & NHS (NICE guidance) for GP practices & medical profession. Contact: Louisa Clarke BSc(hons)

RVN BHSPT Cert Ed. Email: thebrightnbutecompany@ gmail.com https://the-bright-n-bute-company.business.site

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES - DR NANCY

BANCROFT Are you struggling with intense emotions, feeling overwhelmed, lost or stuck? Make sense of your experience and create lasting change, with a specialist mental health professional. Trauma-focussed psychotherapy ~ EMDR ~ mind-body integration

1:1 therapy ~ training ~ supervision. Online and face-to-face sessions available in Pembridge, Herefordshire.Contact hello@thebodyinmind.co.uk

www.thebodyinmind.co.uk

COMPLETE BALANCE I am fully trained in the therapies of The Bowen Technique, Health Kinesiology and Reiki and Seichem. These therapies re-balance the individual on physical, emotional, and mental levels helping you to resolve issues and live your best life. I offer face to face sessions from my clinic near Hereford and online consultations via Zoom, Skype, or Telephone. Treatment can resolve a multitude of problems often incredibly quickly, some of these include; back problems, emotional problems, fears, anxiety, sciatica, arthritic pain, sports injuries, hip/ankle/knee and foot problems digestive disturbances, hormonal imbalance, asthma, hay fever, migraines & headaches and more. Contact: Helen Mawson. Mobile: 07904 457 075 Email: helen@completebalance.co.uk, www.complete-balance.co.uk

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Therapeutic Massage and Yoga Classes with Clare Johnson, to help you feel more at ease and aligned physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I work in Ludlow and Elton, near Wigmore. Please phone 07980 070675 or email clareswork@gmail. com

CULTIVATING SPACE I offer Wild therapy, Coaching and Decluttering. Let go of the physical and emotional obstacles in your way. Reconnect with yourself, others and nature, and start living the life you wish for. Based near Ludlow. Contact Tracey Baylis on 01584 823519 or 07905 967263. Walk/talk, face to face and online consultations available. Cultivatingspace.co.uk

DEEPLY RELAXING Craniosacral Therapy can increase your well-being by releasing emotional and physical tensions. Given a safe space and correct focus, your body knows the way. I am an accredited practitioner, qualified since 2004, based in Shrewsbury, Crickhowell and Mid Wales. Email: cheryljonestherapy@gmail.com Mobile: 07476 012299.

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YOUR PHOBIA WITH HYPNOTIST JOHN RICHARDS Call or text 07783 916759 now. www.hayhypnosis.co.uk John Richards DipCAH; BA Hons. Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist. Hypnosis for Adults and Children.

EMDR AND HYPNOTHERAPY: Sabina Jennings BSc, PgDip Derm, Dip EMDR, Dip Hyp. HWHP. Solution

Focussed Hypnotherapist and EMDR therapist for Anxiety, Low Self Worth, Relationship Concerns, Suffers of Narcissist Abuse, Imposter Syndrome, Fear of the Future etc. Visualization techniques for business and sport goals. 1 to 1 sessions or on-line. Supporting you to move forward from the limiting beliefs and habits of the past. Phone 07464202715 or see my website www.hypnotichub.co.uk.

EMOTIONAL WELLBEING: Anne Cummings FETC (Adv Dip), BAoG (Dip), MBIG (Dip) offers a safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their emotional and 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 panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/loss and anxiety. For more information www.thewritetofeel.com.

GONG BATH SOUND MEDITATION SESSIONS IN & AROUND HEREFORDSHIRE. Soundscapes can aid in the letting go of old emotions & limiting behaviours. I run twice monthly Group sessions, & also offer 1:1 sessions, hen parties, corporate / wellbeing events, retreats. For more info. Contact Lizzie 07870345216 www. lizzieyogahereford.com

HAPPINESS COACHING & PERSON CENTRED

COUNSELLING I’ve been practicing for 27 years and offer a safe confidential space to off load your stresses and problems bringing relief and skills for life enabling you to be your true, authentic, fulfilled, relaxed and happier self. I’m compassionate, empathic, focused and work with integrity.Check my profile online at The Body Clinic Leominster and for booking an appointment or call me on 07903 415359.

HEREFORD HOMEOPATH Juliet Ablett RHom, MARH, MNCHM. Holistic health care with experienced practitioner using homeopathy, essences and homeobotanicals; safe and effective for all ages. I work with you as an individual, listening without judgement, working with whatever issues or problems you may have. Regular clinics in Monmouth, Hereford and Abergavenny, incl. Saturday morning children’s clinic in Hereford. See website: www.julietablett. co.uk or contact Juliet at julietablett@mailbox.org 01981 241456

HYPNOTHERAPY Vicky Nicolson-James DipHP HWHP Herefordshire based empathetic hypnotherapist offering online or 1-1 therapy to help you live the life you want and deserve. Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association and National Society of Hypnotherapy.

T:01568 760 306 E: vickynicolsonjames@gmail.com WhatsApp: 07790 162067.

JING - LUCIA LLOYD-CLOKIE ACMT Looking to reduce your pain? Increase range of movement? You’ve found Unwind-clinic to help you! Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy; a unique outcome based system for addressing musculoskeletal pain through a fusion of advanced soft tissue techniques, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, and hot stones. Don’t delay, book in today and discover how amazing the body really is. Lucia looks forward to facilitating your healing journey, mobile: 07506 906614; email: hello@unwind-clinic.co.uk; website: www.unwind-clinic.co.uk; on IG and FB. Monday: Hereford Yoga Centre; Tuesday & Wednesday: Peretun, Ashperton; Thursday: Hop Pocket Village, Bishops Frome; Friday: Lotions and Potions, Church St, Hfd. Positive changes, one session at a time.

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE

Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Kinesiology, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Reflexology, Emmet technique. Remedial and Holistic Massage. Counselling inc: Couples and Family, Cognitive Behaviour and NLP Stress Management, Child Birth Issues, Psychotherapy. Telephone 01568 616411 email infoleominstercommunitycentre@gmail.com Or visit Leominster Community Centre, School Road HR6 8NJ (behind Bridge Street car park).

LISA ADSHEAD I.I.H.H.T. ‘HEALING HEART SPACE’. Relaxing, flowing Massage and Reiki Healing. A time and space for you to feel more ease in your body, let go of tension and allow feelings to be. Over 20 years experience.Concessions available. Working at The Body Clinic, Leominster. 07512 773146.

LOU WESTON THERAPIES - The Body Clinic

Leominster, offering Remedial, Deep Tissue and Pregnancy Massage. Using a range of effective techniques, treatments are relaxing yet dynamic. Connect physically and emotionally to your well-being. Book online at www.thebodyclinicleominster.co.uk or contact Lou directly loulouweston@gmail.com / 07980 650957.

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE

Groups and one-to-one tuition in Stapleton

Move more freely • Breathe better

Think more clearly • Experience joy New: Vedic chant classes

Marie Hudson 01544 260352

www.theyogapractice.org.uk

MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage. Clinic in Presteigne (The Retreat), Presteigne, LD8 2UF. Contact: marian@silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454.

NINA’S COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES Reflexology, Indian Head massage, Reiki or Crystal healing all from my country treatment room near Pembridge, Leominster. I also offer distant healing. All treatments will be tailored to the individuals needs, first session will include a consultation. For more information or to book, contact Nina at nina.aitchison@gmail.com or on 07527 485404.

SHADOW WORK, COUNSELLING & EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESS Facilitated shadow work is a type of embodied psychotherapy rooted in depth psychology. I work in longer sessions, typically 5-hours. These deep-dive one-to- one sessions allow a shame free space to develop within which to identify, explore and transform those habitual, ingrained or unconscious patterns, beliefs or behaviours that trap us and hold us back from living full and joyful lives. This work holds the potential for deep personal growth, and deep healing and is the place to dive real deep into difficulty and challenge, shame or guilt, your grief, your fear or rage. The holding I offer you is both sensitive and strong, and you are invited to bring anything you wish to our work together. Find out more about shadow work and schedule a free 20-minute consultation at: www.inner-truth.co.uk - Alasdair Kirk07792 405 660.

OSTEOPATH. Mr R A Hughes D.O. Registered Osteopath and Sports Therapist. Fully qualified and registered since 1995. Established in Presteigne for over 20 years. Sciatica, Arthritis, Trapped Nerves, Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain. Headaches, Sports Injuries. 07961 352056, rahughesosteo@gmail.com The Retreat, Presteigne – free car parking.

PARKINSON’S LIFE PROGRAMME: 1 to 1 Neuro Physio-Led Coaching, Education and Exercise for People with Parkinson’s and their Families. A Flexible and Positive Approach from Diagnosis onwards. Sarah Edwards Parkinson’s Specialist Physiotherapist, MCSP HCPCRegistered. Clinic Based in Castle Street, Hereford. Home or Gym visits available. Contact us on 01432 628123 or www.edwardsphysio.co.uk

SOUND THERAPY, with Gongs, Singing Bowls and other therapeutic instruments to relieve stress and anxiety, restoring mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.Monthly group ‘sound bath’ sessions in Herefordshire, 1-2-1 treatments, retreats, private groups, celebrations. Cecilia 07857 128 082, info@csoundspace.com www.csoundspace.com

SOUND THERAPY BY EDAN SOUND. Soesen Edan is a certified Sound Therapist with nearly 20 years of experience running 1-2-1 and group sessions. Using sound and vibration to heal all manner of ailments and disease; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. Monthly group sessions held in Herefordshire & Birmingham. 1-2-1 sessions run from Holme Lacy. Specialising in work with people with complex disabilities & autism; prison therapeutic education, corporate work & away days; workshops; talks; bespoke sound consultancy. www.edansound.co.uk

THE BODY CLINIC LEOMINSTER Health Support with rehabilitation, pain, mobility, long term health conditions, mental health, wellbeing, women’s and men’s health, fertility and pregnancy and much more. Struggling to figure out how best to approach your health issue? Feeling lost or overwhelmed? Book a Holistic Health Assessment. This will give you the opportunity to talk through your symptoms with an experienced health practitioner who will listen and understand your problem from all angles and advise you on your best course of action. 17 West St, HR6 8EP. www.thebodyclinicleominster.co.uk 01568 368 907, 07493 078 566, thebodyclinicleominster@gmail.com

THE WELLNESS ROOM - Anxiety relief with hypnotherapy & coaching. Combat anxiety and stress, help weight loss and reduce chronic pain. Fast, lasting results. Based in Hereford and online. £10 off with code: NEW10 www. thewellnessroom.org.uk. Email: info@thewellnessroom.org. uk. Call: Debi on 07570 200133.

Workshops

WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single (dated) listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year.

Mon 16 October

SOUND BATH

Nourish yourself with a deeply relaxing sound bath in the 16th century Great Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 7pm, 01531, www.hellensmanor.com

Fri 27 - Mon 30 October

WILD WOMAN WEEKEND RETREAT

A special weekend retreat with sacred sound, ceremonial cacao, fire side, wild nature healing and delicious plant based menu. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury. Enquiries to info@csoundpace.com

PILATES GROUP CLASSES

In Presteigne Memorial Hall, Titley Village Hall & Lyonshall Memorial Hall. Private lessons in my garden studio. All abilities and ages welcome. Pilates reduces back pain, increases strength and flexibility, tones your body from top to toe. Move it or lose it! Helen Boley info@helenbpilates.com https://helenbpilates.com 01544 231512, 07968 970093.

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.hedgerowmedicine.org 01531 670075.

Every Tuesday

MEDITATION EVENINGS IN NEWTOWN

Healthy Mind Happy Life. We are a small group who meditate together in the evening at Plas Dolerw,Milford Road, SY16 2EH. Usually 2-5 week courses, £6 per session, no need to book. To find out dates please check our website meditationinwales.org. The class consists of simple guided meditations with practical advice from Buddha’s teachings on how to keep a peaceful and happy mind. Suitable for everyone.

Spring/Summer (potentially ongoing)

NEI GONG WEEKEND WORKSHOP

Led by Sophie Johnson, senior teacher of Lotus Nei Gong (https://www.sophieneigong.com/). For interest and inquiries, contact Kohra on 01544 262 110 or kohra@gmx.co.uk