Events Around Basingstoke

Dust down your Rubik’s Cube™ and grab your legwarmers for a warp-speed trip back to the 80s! The fantastic new exhibition I Grew Up 80s at the Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery will give an entire generation a chance to wallow in 80s nostalgia with over 200 iconic objects that defined the decade.

Approximately 2½ hour return trip on the John Pinkerton II canal boat through beautiful Hampshire countryside. Watch the wildlife and learn about the history of the canal and local area. Includes a stop at historic Odiham (King John’s) Castle. Licensed bar and toilet. Hot and cold drinks and snacks available.

Graeme Hewitt’s High Society Jazz Band are an excellent jazz band specialising in Traditional and Dixieland Jazz. Every Tuesday evening come and join us for an evening of live toe-tapping jazz, have a dance if you wish and enjoy a drink or two at low Club prices!!

We provide outstanding activity day camps for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children’s welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy over 40 sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff at amazing locations.

In relation to Art, ‘Diaspora’ has been used to discuss artists who have migrated from one part of the world to another and who express their diverse experience of culture and identity in their work; often expressing alternative narratives, challenging ideas and structures of the Art world.

‘Repurposed’ brings together artists who work with either recycled, reused or found materials, making beautiful and compelling works. Breathing new life into discarded objects and offering a platform for discussion on the subject of sustainability and recycling.

We’re celebrating the Hampshire Food Festival. Enjoy home grown & quality local produce direct from our farm. Promotions, new products, tastings and free food & farming farm trails. Enjoy free access to our two self guided farm trails at Country Market.

Enjoy free access to our two self guided farm trails at Country Market. Guided by specially featured markers and the free information leaflet, the easy to follow trails will take either 3,000 or 5,000 steps depending on your route.

Zoe Lyons the star of Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week brings her exclusive Edinburgh Preview show to Reading! She is supported by Michael Legge a multi award winning comedian who has gained numerous 5 star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival!

SUPfun™ is all about getting on the water with others (including an instructor) for some... fun. Remember the games kids play which get them running around and active, like stuck in the mud? Well, SUPfun™ is based on these sorts of games, but on paddleboards.

In some people’s lives there is a moment when something goes wrong, when they do something very bad, something that poisons their life for good. In a small village, the last remaining members of the dwindling church committee gather to discuss its future.

Get ready to discover the ghosts of Winchester in this Ultimate Ghost Tour Experience! Our guides will take you on a journey around the city’s historic streets sharing its many secrets with you.

We have an eclectic mix of music for our New Music Tuesday at the Acoustic Couch, Bracknell this week which will feature live music from Bracknell based Alternative rock Band Helta Skelta, singer songwriter David Knowles from Windsor, Andy Prince performing on the Chapman Stick & Andrew Darlin’ performing Country /

Contemporary garden owned by local garden designer on the outskirts of Winchester. Sunny hilltop ¼ acre plot. Themed borders of colourful mixed planting on chalky soil. Kitchen and herb gardens, and semi formal pond. Come and see our National Plant Collection of Francoa.

Contemporary garden owned by local garden designer on the outskirts of Winchester. Sunny hilltop ¼ acre plot. Themed borders of colourful mixed planting on chalky soil. Kitchen and herb gardens, and semi formal pond. Come and see our National Collection of Francoa.

We provide outstanding activity day camps for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children’s welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy over 40 sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff at amazing locations.

We provide outstanding activity day camps for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children’s welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy over 40 sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff at amazing locations.

A captivating display of Ukiyo-e prints from the Edo and Meiji print masters. The prints encompass the genres of beautiful women and dramatic landscapes. Well known print artists Utamaro, Hokusai and Hiroshige are all represented.

Our Summer Exhibition will inspire awe and wonder in the most seasoned traveller. Lions, elephants, giraffe and zebra will all be on the prowl in the Museum during the summer months. Our Galleries will be brimming with things to see, do, handle and learn.

Marwell Zoo welcomes the world exclusive exhibition of BRICKOSAURS! Created with more than two million bricks, the interactive expedition is sure to excite families, LEGO® and dinosaur enthusiasts alike. A highlight includes the largest touring LEGO brick dinosaur model ever made – a whopping eight-metre T. rex.

An exhibition by local artist Mary Hainline. Her work is highly individualistic and shows no obvious dominant influences of schools or styles. It is truly unique and Mary’s free-spirited compositions, expressing a natural balance and harmony, have an infectious gaiety.

Jenni Murray has been at the helm of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour for over 20 years. Encompassing artists, politicians, activists and heads of state from the past and present, A History of the World in 21 Women (Tuesday 16 July) celebrates the lives, struggles and achievements of women who have had a profound impact in...

Literally ‘Life Energy Cultivation’, Chi Kung has its roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts and philosophy and is a holistic system of coordinated body posture, movement and breathing, beneficial for health and meditation. It is used to help cultivate Chi (Qi), or balance, and the flow of energy.

The award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company present Shakepseare’s irresistble situation comedy. The fat knight Sir John Falstaff is in love again (or is that lust?) with two respectable ladies, and their husband’s money.