What's On and Things To Do Around Devizes

The Lawrence Society of Art have an exhibition and sale of paintings and art at The Crown Centre. Also dozens of artworks are being displayed in shops and premises all around Devizes town centre. Pick up a trail map from The Crown Centre and look out for the yellow signs.

Hillworth Park Events—Plant in the Park Tuesday 29th May, 10am to 2pm The Hillworth Park team are once again joining forces with the Devizes in Bloom Committee to help teach our younger park-goers the joys of gardening!

A ’jewel of a small garden’ choc full of interest all yr. Spiral paths and low hedges, with alpines, hellebores, perennials, peonies in the front. Vibrant exotic patio at the back, steps up to quirky topiary, roses, grasses, clematis, herbs, fruit. Timber greenhouse.

An atmospheric small town garden that leads you through many different, fascinating areas as it seems to go on and on.

Join us to explore the stunning chalk downland of Calstone and Cherhill Downs. This landscape is packed with beautiful wild flowers and rare butterflies. Calstone and Cherhill Downs are home to some of our most beautiful and rare butterflies, such as the Marsh Fritillary and Adonis Blue.

Poulshot and Caen hill locks

Dig out your flapper dresses and gangster outfits and come and enjoy a cocktail on arrival followed by an authentic 1920s/30s 5 course dinner followed by dancing to the local celebrity DJ Mark Burdge’s amazing music.

Worton and Marston Gardening Club are arranging an Open Gardens Weekend on June 23rd and 24th. A number of gardens in both villages will be open from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on both days. The cost is £5 per day or £8 for the weekend. Free for children under 12.

Seend Canal walk

1 acre cottage style, wildlife friendly garden on greensand. Mixed beds and borders with long season of interest. Roses on pagoda, large vegetable patch for kitchen and exhibition at local shows, greenhouse. Whole garden virtually pesticide free for last 20yrs. Small bog garden by wildlife pond.

Cream tea, in a pretty village, home-made scones and gluten free scones. There will also be a home-made stall of cakes, jams, knitted items etc. Plant stall.

5 acre walled garden first established in C17 by John Danvers who brought Italianate gardens to the UK. Herbaceous border, redeveloped Japanese garden, new rose garden, orchard and arboretum with some outstanding specimen trees all centred around a trout stream and duck pond.

The Wiltshire Branch of the British Cactus & Succulent Society will be holding their annual Cactus & Succulent Show at the Melksham Assemble Hall, Melksham. Why not come along and see some fabulous Cacti and Succulents. There will also be a chance to purchase some from our members plant stall.

Melksham short walk

The Wiltshire Guild of Spinners Weavers and Dyers is holding a summer sale of our member’s work at our premises in Steeple Ashton (located behind the village shop). The Guild aims to preserve the skills associated with our local heritage of the wool trade.

800 years ago, the nuns of Lacock Abbey couldn’t just pop down the doctors to buy their medicine, so they grew their own. Find out more on our fun family trail. Booking Not Needed. Great for children of all ages. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

The photographic work of Karen Knorr is our second exhibition in the 2018 Women and Power celebration. Her work arises out of cultural research she undertakes and is in response to traditions, materials, furniture and ways of living.

Family outdoor theatre with a twist, Whispering Woods bring ancient tales to life using circus acrobatics, live music and storytelling to weave a transporting journey for the audience amongst the trees.

Mike Robinson will offer a three day course in the daguerreotype process using his new perfected daguerreotype plates. After a full demonstration of the process, Mike will work with each student to make three images over the workshop.

Queen Anne former vicarage (not open). Medium-sized garden of colour, pattern and scent straddling the Bide Brook.

This half-term at Avebury you can celebrate nature’s spring ’B’s with 50 things activities every day in the garden. It will be a week of bees, butterflies, birds and blooms so join us in the garden and tick off one of your 50 things!

The Trust10 is a monthly, 10k trail run that gives you the opportunity to explore the wider Avebury landscape. Join us at Avebury on the fourth Sunday of every month between April- October for a free, 10k trail run. Enjoy a challenging run with stunning views across the wider Avebury landscape.

Relax in the stunning setting of Avebury Manor garden as you take part in a rejuvenating outdoor yoga session with a local instructor . Parking in the main visitor car park is free for event attendees.

To mark the 100 year anniversary of women first gaining the right to vote in Britain, this year at Avebury we’ll be exploring the female archaeologists who worked here in the 20th century.

Spend half a day with Head Gardener, Simon Brooks and discover more about Avebury Manor garden as well as tips and practical experience for your own garden. You’ll enjoy a guided tour of Avebury Manor garden with helpful hints on planning and nurturing your own garden.

The East of Avebury circuit heads out of the stone circle towards the Ridgeway, taking in prehistoric round barrows before returning by the Avenue. The volunteer guide will help you unlock the history of the landscape as you walk.

The final concert of the NWSO 2017/18 season is a delightful journey through the music of Britain and France.

"Last Night of the Proms" A delightful journey through the music of Britain and France. Featuring: Elgar, Sea Pictures (soloist Rebecca Leggett); Bizet, Carmen Suite, local composer Kevin Riley, In Flanders Fields to commemorate 1918, Arnold, Cornish Dances and favourite items from the Last Night of the Proms.

Join us for a fast-paced, family-friendly, bike-powered version of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies in the beautiful surrounds of The Courts Garden as the all-male troupe of travelling players, the Handlebards make a welcome return.

Holt and Chalfield (alternative walk)

The UK’s leading political comedian and host of Unspun presents a show completely changed by events which haven’t yet happened. Ultra-topical comedy as seen on The Royal Variety Performance, Mock the Week, The One Show and Question Time. Now with added Trump.

Featuring Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher. Many of the Blues Band’s 21st century fans weren’t even born when these five virtuosos, already music industry veterans, decided to fly in the face of musical fashion in 1979 and form a band ‘just to play the blues’.

The glorious 4 acre garden comprises a series of rooms around a listed manor and dovecote. Divided by yew hedges and moats, the rooms are furnished with specimen trees, mixed borders, plus fountains and statues to focus the eye. Vegetable garden, herb garden and water garden in old canal.

This three day Walking Festival takes place from the 8-10 June. Corsham is a medieval market town on the fringe of the Cotswolds and at the heart of the Corsham Walking Festival, from where our walks explore the beautiful rolling north Wiltshire countryside on paths dating back to Roman times.

A pre loved childrens/baby item market with clothes, toys, books, maternity items and more. Bump to 4 years. Everything you will need at bargain prices.

Medieval Priory with Queen Anne face and early C17 rear (not open) in middle of 5 acre garden on chalk. Mature garden with fine trees within clump and flint walls, herbaceous borders, shrubs, roses. Moisture loving plants along mill leat, carp pond, orchard and wild garden, many unusual plants.

Back for a 2nd year the Inflatable Fun Dayz will return to Grassacres Park on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th March, then the 3rd weekend of each month up to and including September. Come along between 11am-4pm, and let the kids bounce themselves silly.

Broadmead and London Bridge

Chippenham Lions will be holding a Cherished Vehicle and Farm Fun Day on Sunday 3 June from 11am at Allington Farm Shop, Chippenham, SN14 6LJ, (on the A420).  This is the seventh year we have held this event and it grows in size and popularity every year.

On the Spring Bank Holiday we will run one 6 hour milonga with DJs Bärbel Rücker and Paul Strudwick. 3.30pm to 9.30pm. Price £15 All information: www.magicroundabout.eu & www.movingexperience.eu.. - | - Free tea and coffee. You’re welcome to bring your own alcohol. - | - UPCOMING EVENTS in 2018: 28th May

~ On Saturday June 16th & Sunday June 17th the North Wiltshire village of Kington Langley will be celebrating "Books"...and the exhibitors will be made of straw! ~ Come and see how many you can guess from our theme for 2018 - "BOOKS". There will be clues and a map in the programme to help you.

8 Acres of Grade II landscaped organic gardens set around C15 fortified manor (not open). Edwardian garden consisting of yew hedges, topiary, pleached beech, and laburnum tunnel. Large variety of plants fill 5000 square metres of planting; many of which are native or herbal.

Westbury Leigh to Dilton Marsh

Rudloe Circular (Bank Holiday)

Fun for all of the family! Find over 30 scarecrows on a family friendly route around Westwood village. The theme is “one of a pair”. Have a go at naming the scarecrows and you’re in with a chance to win a prize! Pop up refreshments available.

Enjoy opera as you’ve never seen it before - in the stunning Peta Garden and cloister of Iford Manor. Candide is a breathtaking work, hovering somewhere between opera and operetta, defying description.

Enjoy live musical entertainment in the magical setting of Iford Manor’s Peto Garden. Pack a picnic, buy a cocktail then relax and listen to... James Taylor Quartet For a quarter of a century, the James Taylor Quartet (or JTQ) have set the standard for the coolest sounds in funky acid jazz.

Partenope (one of the most bewitching of Handel’s sex kittens and a warrior to boot) Queen of Naples, is single and a ruler in her own right. She seems to be toying with three very different lovers – whose motives and ambitions are revealed as the opera unfolds.

Nuttyness have been given the accolade of being the finest tribute to British hit band Madness. People that have seen them all agree that they are a must see. They have acquired a large following over the years.

The Athenaeum Youth Masqueraders bring everyone’s favourite kooky gothic family in The Addams Family Young@Part. Hundreds of years ago, the Addams family ancestors came from the old country and settled on a plot of land in what is now New York Central Park where the family flourished for many generations.