What's On and Things To Do Around Basildon

Come and visit us and meet the ponies, pigs, goats, chickens and ducks. Grab a bargain in the newly refurbished Bric a Brac shop. Refreshments available in the information centre. Plenty of parking. We look forward to meeting you.

Annual Summer Market 1pm-4pm. Range of stalls including gifts, avon, bbq, Face painting and Bouncy castle. Licensed bar and tea counter on site. Fun for all the family.

Our annual summer market and fun day. There will be a wide range of market stalls in our main hall with bouncy castle, face painter, St. Luke’s tombola and merchandise stall, BBQ, hook the duck, lucky dip, craft activities in and around the garden area. We also have a licenced bar and refreshment counter.

Competitions. Organised by Basildon Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Alan Taylor (Secretary).

In conjunction with the Churches Conservation Trust, the ’Friends of All Saints Church’ are organizing a Pop-up Summer Tea Party to be held at All Saints Church on the 23rd June 2018 between 11am and 2pm. Come along and share your local stories.

Get ready for your own adventure as four of the heroic Paw Patrol members Chase, Marshall, Skye and Rubble will be ready to save the day on Saturday 23rd June. The pups will be appearing in intervals from 11am - 4pm.

Ron Sayer Jr. is the consummate ‘Guitarist’s guitarist’. As a trained music teacher, having influenced the learning curves of the likes of Oli Brown, Sol Philcox, The Sharps & Mark Howes of Dove & Boweevil, he’s now a mainstay on the UK blues circuit.

Bad Influence bring their gutsy R&B style of blues back to the club for another very welcome return visit.

25+ model railway layouts. Trade support and demonstrations. Refreshments and free car parking. Wheelchair friendly. FOR 2015 ONWARDS NOW 2 HALLS.

Sissy’s lunch club come and chat with others like you with a drink if you wish

Live music to listen or dance to in our large ballroom

John’s Poker Night

Live music to listen or dance to in our large ballroom

An Evening with Mac Nunn. Organised by Rayleigh & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Ray How (Secretary).

Sokol (A.J. and Mrs. L. Bosworth). Organised by Rayleigh & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Ray How (Secretary).

The fourth session of HOFS Summer Term 2018 watercolour sessions: enjoy the company of a small, friendly, group of painters, with demos, tips and individual guidance, as needed, from Susan Clare, SAA Professional Artist of the Year 2016.

Native woodlands and the way they have been managed are an often-overlooked aspect of our history. The course will begin with an introduction to and history of native woodlands, looking at what defines a native tree and moving on to the state of our woodlands in the present day.

This garden is not all about roses! It is a wild flower and wildlife paradise. Since building our turf roof house in 1995 we have trialled waste materials to grow plants and mimic brownfield habitats as well as getting plants and soils onto buildings and urban infrastructure.

Fiji (C.W. Mead). Organised by Billericay & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Alan Jubb (Secretary).

Formed in the Early ’70’s, Buster James Band came out of the British rock and blues scene. Playing to great crowd reaction, they supported many top name groups from that era.

The garden comprises of 185 metres of island beds and borders sited on acre. Some of the borders are elevated from the house resulting in steep banks which provide a different and interesting aspect. Salvia, dahlia, hedychium, brugmansia peak in the summer months.

So much to explore! Climb the Belvedere for the wider view and take the train for a woodland adventure. Spring bulbs and blossom, summer beds and borders, ponds, lakes and streams, walled vegetable plot. ’Japanese garden’, sculptures grand and quirky enhance and delight.

John Seeley’s Jazz and Saxophone Group present a Summer Concert An evening of Jazz and Popular tunes Thursday 21st June 2018 - 8pm to 10pm Free admission and refreshments Free parking Raffle

An Evening of Clairvoyance, Private one-to-one readings £7 (Tarot and Angel cards), Psychic Surgery by donation only with Healing Hearts Psychic Surgeons limited slots between 6-8pm , crystal jewellery & other Stalls, Luxury raffle £1, FREE refreshments including cakes, biscuits and freshly baked sausage rolls .

Healing Hearts Psychic Surgeons are a unique group providing the most powerful spiritual healing available anywhere. Our Psychic Surgeons all have high energy Psychic Surgeon guides who are able to work with them and independently.

Come along and enjoy great music in the lovely environment of the RHS Hyde Hall gardens. Stroll through the gardens and listen to the music! This is the eleventh year the Wickford Rotary ’Jazz on a Summer Evening’ will be held at Hyde Hall.

Lots of family fun at our traditional village fete. Entertainment from the village children, live music, a children’s entertainer, games galore, a bonnet parade. Take a ride on the Floden scale model steam wagon. A variety of stalls with White Elephant, Tombolas, pin ball, Catch the Ducks and lots more.

Come along and dance Jive and stroll at the 50s Record Hop. Everyone welcome - all types of jive are welcome. Playing rock n roll music from the 50s and current rock n roll bands. Lovely dance floor - car park bring your own drink. Soft drinks provided.

PREVIEW is a FREE ’Live Music’ Showcase now running for 34 years. It has a friendly atmosphere with stage, lights & good surround sound. Each Friday a GUEST plus a Showcase of other great acts in a variety of styles **** 1st SIMON ROUTH A great guitarist/singer with passion.

60’s & 70’s Northern Soul Motown & RnB

Summer Fete and BBQ The school field hosts our annual event, with inflatables, games, stalls, raffles and refreshments. Fun for all the family.

Come along to see our lovely Grade 1 listed church and enjoy the afternoon. Cake Stall Bring and Buy Sale Book Stall Refreshments Raffle ...and games for the children (outside weather permitting)

On entering the rear garden you will be surprised and delighted by this town garden. A colourful patio with pots and containers. Steps up onto a circular lawn surrounded by hedges, herbaceous borders, trees and climbers. 2 water features, one a Japanese theme and another with ferns in a quiet seating area.

Chelmsford City Council is delighted to announce that the hugely popular 3foot People Festival will make a return to Chelmsford this summer. Three days of fun will descend onto the scenic grounds of Hylands Park, Chelmsford, on Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 June 2018.

Nestled in a leafy lane you will find a little piece of Asia, which has been developed over last 3 years. We wanted the same feel that we had experienced on our holidays to Bali, as we had fallen in love with Architectural forms of the type of plants that we saw there.

A formal frontage with lavender. An eclectic rear garden of around an acre divided into ’rooms’ with themed borders, several ponds, three green houses, fruit and vegetable plots and oriental garden.

Glow-worms are one of the most intriguing beetles, with their green glow a magical feature of summer evenings throughout the UK. Come and learn about the lifecycle and ecology of Glow-worms and find out how to actively manage habitats to increase their numbers.

Up to 16 sheets (Members’ displays). Organised by Chelmsford & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Allan Boyce (Secretary).

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY! Have unlimited goes in our Inflatables Area featuring Fun Fair assault course, Pole Joust, Mega Drop Slide & Bouncy Castle’s. Visit & explore the Fire Engine and Police cars.

Mum2mum Markets are award winning indoor nearly new sales. At our Chelmsford sale we will have around 40 stalls of high quality, nearly new items and a small selection of businesses offering goods and services of interest to parents.

Can you answer all 10 questions and find all the circle-shaped objects? Suitable for all ages.

Harry Sheldrake Competition – Letters U and V. Organised by Shoeburyness & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Sue Stacey (Secretary).

Come to our wedding open evening and experience all that Maylands Golf Club has to offer. We welcome you with a glass of bubbles and you will be free to explore our grounds, meet our wedding planner and other fantastic suppliers who can enhance your big day! This free event is not to be missed!

Starting from Anglia Ruskin University at 6:30pm, walk with us into the sunset along picturesque routes through parks and along the rivers of central Chelmsford. Choose from a 5km or 10km walk. Refreshments will greet you upon your return to the University. All proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support and Diabetes UK.

Small walled wildlife, woodland garden with mature trees, shrubs, bamboos, palms and ponds. Historic Romany Vardo and Victorian Glasshouse.