What’s on in March

listings local MARCH 2022

MELKSHAM ASSEMBLY HALL

Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES Box Office: 01225 709887 melkshamassemblyhall.com

CARPENTERS EXPERIENCE 5 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £20 The UK’s leading Carpenters tribute, The Carpenters Experience are led by the incredible voice of Maggie Nestor..

COMPLETE MADNESS 12 March, 8pm Tickets: £14 Hey you! Don’t watch that, watch this! Put on your finest two-tone suits and chequered ties because Complete Madness are ready to get the whole room skanking.

PURPLE ZEPPELIN 19 March, 8pm Tickets: £20 Twice voted Best UK Tribute Band, Purple Zeppelin bring together the music of two of the greatest rock bands of all time in one epic show. KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN 17 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £15 (Concs £14) Kathryn and Sean have long established themselves as one of the UK folk scene’s most rewardingly enduring partnerships.

ALISON WEIR: ELIZABETH THE QUEEN 18 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £12 (Concs £10) Join British Author and historian Alison Weir as she delves into the life and loves of Elizabeth I, Queen of England from 1558 to 1603.

AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH 19 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £16 Sarah-Louise Young and Russell Lucas team up to explore the music and mythology of one of the most influential voices in British music. ROCK THE TOTS 21 March, 11am & 2pm Tickets: £7, under 2s go FREE With musical covers by Bowie, The Prodigy, Elton John and many more, you’ll want to board this musical rocket and zoom to the moon!

AN-TING CHANG 23 March, 1pm Tickets: £8 An-Ting Chang is a concert pianist with a PhD degree from the Royal Academy of Music. She performs regularly in England and other countries, festivals and venues.

TOWN HALL ARTS

Market Street, Trowbridge BA14 8EQ Tel: 01225 774306 trowbridgetownhall.com

SLAGHEAP 5 March, 8pm Tickets: £8 Slagheap are a do-it-for-yourself post-

POUND ARTS CENTRE

Pound Pill, Corsham, SN13 9HX Box Office: 01249 701628 poundarts.org.uk

SALT HOUSE 11 March, 8pm Tickets: £15 (Concs £14) Their latest album ‘Huam’ sees Scottish folk trio Salt House solidify their reputation as fine interpreters of words both old and new.

punk band from Bristol: unaffected, spontaneous and born out of a desire to get loose.

THE WORRIED MEN 12 March, 8pm Tickets: £8 The Worried Men have played 7000 gigs over 30 years and have shared the bill with many established and influential artistes.

MITCHELL & VINCENT 26 March, 8pm Tickets: £10 Westcountry duo Mitchell and Vincent bring traditional and contemporary styles on fiddle and guitar to folk music from around the British Isles.

WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE

Ashley Rd, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ Box Office: 01225 860100 wiltshiremusic.org.uk

BREABACH 11 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £11.50 One of Scotland’s most exciting folk groups, Breabach unite Highland and Island tradition with the musical innovation of their Glasgow base.

RIOT ENSEMBLE 12 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £11 For their WMC debut, Riot take over the Centre with a programme that draws upon natural sound, experimentation and playfulness. MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY 19 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £11 Legendary singer and guitarist Martin Carthy and his twice Mercurynominated daughter Eliza Carthy come together to perform songs and tunes from their vast family repertoire.

ANTOINE PRÉAT 23 March, 1pm Tickets: from £7 Franco-Belgian pianist Antoine Préat presents a lunchtime concert defined by intensity and flair.

FINDING HOME – A CELEBRATION OF SYRIAN CULTURE 26 March, 11am – 9.30pm Finding Home is a two-day festival exploring Syrian culture through a rich programme of concerts, food, lectures and visual art.

NEELD ARTS CENTRE

High Street, Chippenham SN15 3ER Tel: 01249 446699 neeld.co.uk

ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW & THE LOW RIDERS 5 March, 8pm Tickets: £22.50 Andy Fairweather Low’s pedigree is the stuff rock dreams are made of.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE MUSICAL 16 – 19 March, various times Tickets: various prices CLOGs Musical Theatre is bringing everyone’s favourite kooky family to Chippenham.

THE ATHENAEUM CENTRE

18-20 High St, Warminster BA12 9AE Tel: 01985 213891 theath.org.uk

FIRST COW (12A) 9 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £5.50 (non-members) This gentle, American frontier story captures the harsh reality of life. Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s north west, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner’s prized dairy cow.

AN EVENING OF MEDIUMSHIP WITH NIKKI KITT 11 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £12 Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt is a Spiritualist Medium who is currently touring the UK with her successful Psychic / Mediumship Evenings.

THE RESCUE (PG) 6 April, 7.30pm Tickets: £5.50 (non-members) The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018 – the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

FROME MEMORIAL THEATRE

Christchurch St West, Frome, BA11 1EB Tel: 01373 462795 fmt.website

ANSELL’S LES MUSICALS 19 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £26.50 Jonathan Ansell and Jai McDowall have joined forces to create a dramatic and spine-tingling concert.

THE BAND OF HM ROYAL MARINES 26 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £20 This fundraising event has supported various activities in the area including local Sea Cadet unit TS Achilles.

AN EVENING WITH KATE HUMBLE 31 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £24.50 An uplifting, inspiring, funny and an emotional roller coaster of a journey full of the warmth and passion for the natural world.

5 The Bridge, Frome BA11 1AR Box Office: 01373 455420 cheeseandgrain.com

THE FILLERS 4 March, 8pm Tickets: £16.50 The Fillers are the world’s first and best tribute to The Killers.

THE CUBAN BROTHERS 5 March, 8pm Tickets: £20 The Cuban Brothers may be a comedy act, but they’re also serious musicians who have played with Prince, been on the road with James Brown and supported Fatboy Slim. LIMEHOUSE LIZZY 11 March, 8pm Tickets: £18.50 Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide.

TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND 12 March, 8pm Tickets: £19 There are few acts in the UK with as strong an influence, as complex a legacy, and as mysteriously legendary as Transglobal Underground.

THE THREE HORSESHOES

55 Frome Road, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1LA Tel: 01225 865876 Find them on Facebook All gigs are FREE and start at 9pm

PUSSYCAT AND THE DIRTY JOHNSONS 4 March

THE BUCKY RAGE 5 March

THE BOOT HILL ALL-STARS 11 March

THE CORINTHIAN CASUALS 12 March

ANDREW BAZELEY 13 March

BOB BOWLES 20 March

THE CHAOS BROTHERS 25 March

THE GHOST OF THE AVALANCHE 26 March

THE JAMES OLIVER BAND 27 March THE UNDERTONES 18 March, 7pm Tickets: £28.50 Derry’s finest, The Undertones, come to the Cheese & Grain.

GAZ BROOKFIELD & THE COMPANY OF THIEVES 19 March, 8pm Tickets: £15 Gaz Brookfield might be better known as a solo acoustic musician, but this is an all too rare chance to catch Gaz backed by his supergroup all-star band The Company of Thieves.

NEW MODEL ARMY 24 March, 8pm Tickets: £28 NMA have been massively influential in ‘post-punk’, ‘folk-rock’, ‘politicalrock’, ‘goth’, ‘metal’ and all kinds of musical sub-cultures but they have steadfastly refused to belong to any club or style that would limit them.

LIVE/WIRE - THE AC/DC SHOW 26 March, 7pm Tickets: £16.50 AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are brought to life by Live/Wire with the true passion you would expect from professional musicians who share your love of this legendary live act. The Lamb, Mortimer St, Trowbridge thepumptrowbridge.co.uk

LUCY FARRELL 18 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £10 The odd, unconventional melodies, poetic, sophisticated song-writing and bewitching clarity of Kent-born, Canada-based Lucy Farrell.

JONATHAN PICKARD – HARP GUITAR 19 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £10 Not the usual foot stomping variety of folk, but more dreamy and evocative. Timeless visions and soundscapes of some of the saints and sinners that emerge through the Celtic musical mists.

DAISY CHAPMAN 25 March, 7.30pm Tickets: from £8 Hailing from Bristol but now living in Trowbridge, Daisy Chapman is an extremely experienced and well-travelled pianist, singer and songwriter

THE PRESTBURY SPORTS BAR

The Close, Warminster, BA12 9AL prestburysportsbar.com All gigs are FREE!

PLAN OF ACTION 5 March, 8pm A rock, blues and alternative covers and original band from Melksham.

MOLLYS CHAMBERS 19 March, 8pm A great local band to get you up and dancing.

THE SPECIALISED 26 March, 8pm A Dorset based Specials tribute band covering all the great songs from the first two albums.

CORSHAM’S INAUGURAL ECO FAIR

On Saturday 2 April, from 11am-3pm, Corsham’s first ever Eco Fair will take place in the town. There will be stalls, activities, information and more in the High Street, at Springfield Campus and at The Pound Arts Centre. Hosted by Corsham Town Council, in partnership with Corsham Climate Action, it’s the perfect opportunity to find out about the small things we can all do to make a big difference to the planet. The Eco Fair will be showcasing environmentally friendly and sustainable businesses, organisations and community groups that can inform and encourage residents and visitors to make easy, sustainable lifestyle changes that will reduce everyone’s carbon footprint.

So, whether you would like to join a local tree planting group, buy sustainable products, support Fairtrade, get walking or cycling, taste some delicious plant-based food or find out more about the funding available to you to make environment-based lifestyle changes, come along with family and friends- there’s something for everyone. PLUS Corsham Creative Market – Corsham’s regular craft market - is on at Springfield Campus at the same time!

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THE BEREAVEMENT HELP POINT

Dorothy House believes that every life is incredibly precious and they offer an exceptional level of practical, physical and emotional care for those in the community.

The Bereavement Help Point is a community based drop-in service where all people who are bereaved are welcome. It’s a space to meet and talk with others who may be experiencing similar thoughts and feelings, in an informal and supportive setting.

All sessions are free of charge and there’s no need to book, just come along. For a full list of Bereavement Help Point locations or to find out more see the website or call 0345 0130 555. BEREAVEMENT HELP POINT LOCATIONS

MALMESBURY The Kings Arms 29 High Street SN16 9AA Every Monday, 2-4pm CORSHAM (in partnership with Carers Wiltshire) Grounded Corsham The Old Chapel Pickwick Road SN13 0HL Second & fourth Thursday of every month, 1.30-3.30pm CHIPPENHAM The Angel 8 Market Place Chippenham SN15 3HD Second & fourth Wednesday of every month, 10am-12 noon