What's On and Things To Do Around Farnborough

The Playmakers present Life and Beth by Alan Ayckbourn, a comedy play in two acts. Beth is facing her first Christmas since husband Gordon passed away. Sister-in-law, Connie, Beth’s son, Martin, and his girlfriend, Ella, are determined she will have a stress-free time.

Come along for a fun evening of entertainment and music ranging from male voice classics to show tunes and popular songs. For this concert, we are delighted to be joined by our guests, the Farnborough Hill School Choir.

After the huge success of ‘Dance is Life’ in 2017, Giovanni is once again set to get your hearts beating a little faster, showcasing a story of love and passion, with even more heat, even more energy, and even more drama than ever before!

Join us for our 8th annual Sleep Out Challenge on Friday 22nd June 2018 at the EBB Stadium, Aldershot. Give up your bed for one night to support young people facing homelessness.

A new monthly Wednesday night acoustic showcase taking place at the West End Centre, Aldershot featuring four acts performing 30 minute sets featuring Dale Harris, Edward Naysmith & Adam Giles Levy

Camberley Comedy opens its doors on the second Friday of each month and we’re bringing you a great lineup of top comedians everytime.

A ’T’ shaped small town garden full of ideas, split into four distinct sections; a semi-enclosed patio area with pots and water feature; a free-form lawn with a tree fern, perennials, bulbs and shrubs; secret garden with a 20ft x 6ft raised pond, exotic planting backdrop and African carvings; and a potager

Sunday afternoon jazz with the fantastic Mike Miller Trio and lovely food and drink. The trio features the beautiful jazz guitar playing of Mike Miller, accompanied by Lawrie Wright double bass and Nick Monnas drums. Together they create a great atmosphere. Not to be missed!

Combining the time-honored tradition of afternoon tea with the classic British tipple, the great Gin & Tonic.

Staff from Silent Pool Distillers give an enjoyable insight into what makes Silent Pool so special, as well as providing the discerning gin lover with a wonderful opportunity to taste the different products and settle on a personal favourite.

Our annual Summer Fete with all the old favorites Crafts Coconut Shy Hoopla White Elephant Brilliant Raffle Prizes Home-made Cakes Hot Dog Stall and more....

Aldershot Lido’s outdoor film screenings return on Friday 13 July, with The Greatest Showman. Enjoy an early evening swim, plus live music and then the film. Doors Open: 7:45 pm Live Music Starts: 8:15 pm Film Start (approx): 9:15 pm Event Finish (approx): 11:00 pm

The line up for the Acoustic Cafe at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst on Monday 25th June will feature Days Are Done, Dan Milson, Emma Jane Kennedy, Ivor Game and Andy Cox, starting at 7.30pm admission is free

The line up for the Acoustic Cafe at the Rose & Crown on Monday 9th July will feature LATE, David Molyneux, Rick Sinfield, Andy Moir & Anthony Bennett, starts 7.30pm admission free.

The Acoustic Cafe features 5 acts performing 30 minutes each starting at 7.30pm and are open to bands / trios , duos and solo performers of all styles and genres. Interested artists should contact us.

Visiting the Hogs Back Brewery is a fascinating experience. Situated just north of the A31 Hogs Back Road between Guildford and Farnham, the brewery has been brewing its award-winning ales, using locally grown hops, since 1992.

With Peter Tipton, The Yateley Society Peter Tipton describes how the Yateley Community he created on the Imperial War Museum’s permanent digital WW1 Memorial was essential to research the Yateley Society’s new book to be published in July by Pen & Sword Books.

• Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture • Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3, soloist Marco Fatichenti • Stravinsky Petrushka Ballet Suite Our Summer Concert on June 30th features internationally acclaimed soloist Marco Fatichenti in a performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3 – dramatic and deep music,

A traditional Country Fayre on Bisley Village Green (GU24 9EG) The Fayre this year will be opened by the Camberley Rock Choir and will have a re-cycling theme. Entertainment will include performances by Leanne Edwards School of Theatre Arts and the pupils of Bisley Primary School.

As part of the Farnham Flash Festival this is a centenary tribute concert to Leonard Bernstein featuring some of his remarkable music performed by accomplished soprano Mehreen Shah, together with songs written by his contemporaries.

Who could resist visiting Old Thatch, a chocolate box thatched cottage, featured on film and TV, a smallholding with a 5 acre garden and woodland alongside the Basingstoke Canal (unfenced).

This month we welcome to the club Garth Bardsley (star of Phantom of the Opera; The Best of times) is a professional singer, actor, writer, lyricist, and award-winning director.

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.

There are melodies that live in all of us. No one knows that more than Marty the puppy, whose songs and play-time with his Dad are the best part of his day.

Be enthralled by this epic musical folktale told on a miniature scale. A Heart at Sea uses haunting live music to tell the story of a young Boy who bottles up his heart and throws it into the sea.

Why are slugs and snails so slimy? Can you really cut, bounce or stretch slime? Come and find out in our sticky, gooey live science show! This entertaining and interactive show also has exciting demonstrations and experiments. Tickets for the show can be purchased from reception on the day.

Winchfield Festival is a wonderful festival of music which takes place over 8 nights in June this year. We have outstanding musicians playing a range of classical and modern music so there really is something for everyone.

Hart Voices presents Hollywood: Stars of Stage & Screen - a celebration of the finest music from stage and screen including: West Side Story, Porgy & Bess, Crazy for You, Jungle Book, Blood Brothers, Shall We Dance, La La Land, Sweet Charity, Swing Time, Lullaby of Broadway The concert will be conducted by Roy

A gentle summer walk on Hazeley Heath looking for specialty species of butterflies that can be found there such as Grayling and Silver-studded blue together with the more common species. Hazeley Heath is great for butterflies.

Legendary folk duo Tudor Lodge are available for selected venue and festival bookings in 2018, formed in 1968, toured the English folk circuit playing at numerous venues, including the legendary Troubadour and Les Cousins clubs in London, where they played alongside artists including Ralph McTell, Al Stewart, Mike

Wilde Sundays is a monthly live music event which takes place at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell featuring some of the best acoustic music around, featuring singer songwriter John Forrester , Emma Jane Kennedy & Adam Giles Levy.

EBOS and South Hill Park are delighted to announce the details of their next fundraiser production for July 2018.

Celebrating ten years of the Art for All programme working with Surrey-based community groups and prisons, see inspiring works and stories of individuals participating in the programme and purchase original art.

This exhibition, the first ever gallery show devoted to Pullen’s work, highlights a frequently unseen part of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century art world.

No space at home to be messy? Drop in to our family friendly Make Space every Sunday. From printmaking to painting and sewing to sculpture, families can explore different kinds of materials and making, with a new activity every week.

Discover the Grade II listed Arts & Crafts home of G F and Mary Watts, designed by Sir Ernest George with original ceilings designed by Mary Watts. Hear about the people who visited and the creative and cultural life of George and Mary, as well as their contemporaries and the local community who they welcomed here.

Meet Sally Marriott, the de Laszlo Conservation Fellow, and learn about the conservation of Watts’s paintings and her work on the upcoming exhibition, A Pre-Raphaelite Collection Unveiled, The Cecil French Bequest.

Calling all pixies, gnomes and fairies! Join us for our annual family festival for a weekend of magical adventures in our enchanted woodlands. More information coming soon.

**NEARLY NEW SELLER STALLS GOING FAST!** **BUSINESS STALLS ARE FULLY BOOKED** SHOP WITH US and SAVE A FORTUNE! Over 20 sellers (Mums & Dads) selling excellent quality nearly new and new baby & children’s items from birth to 8 years all under one roof! GREAT BRANDS selling at bargain prices.

The Emma Campbell Trust Summer Evening fundraising event at West Green House Gardens Drinks and Canapés served in the beautiful gardens of West Green House, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire with a performance by the two tenors from Operatico, London’s answer to Il Divo, singing for us Guided tours of the

A romantic adventure awaits as you wander by the meandering streams surrounding this Domesday Book listed mill! Explore many magical areas, such as the rust garden, the pill box grotto and the ornamental courtyard, or just escape into wild meadows.

If you like the sound of a leisurely ramble through stunning countryside, then why not join us for our annual Walk for the Wards event on Sunday 1st July 2018. This year, the route starts More House School, Frensham, and takes walkers through miles of beautiful countryside.

The Octavian Singers present "A Summery Idyll" As is traditional for Octavian Singers summer concerts, we return to light-hearted repertoire for an evening of rest and relaxation.

New date added – The line up for the Showcase Sessions at The Acoustic Couch, Bracknell on Tuesday 19th June will feature Phil Cooper, Jamie R Hawkins, Marsh Poem and Rick Sinfield, starts 8pm, admission is free.

The Showcase Sessions feature 4 acts performing 30 minutes each starting at 8pm and are open to bands / trios , duos and solo performers of all styles and genres. Interested artists should contact us

The line up for the Showcase Sessions at The Acoustic Couch, Bracknell on Tuesday 10th July will feature Amrit Sond, Andy Prince, Toxic Sofa & Neil Wells starts 8.00pm admission free.

Never shy to break away from the formulaic or cliché, Blue Touch are less about a Texas shuffle or waking up this morning and more about getting out, having a good time and enjoying what you do.

The Showcase Sessions feature 4 acts performing 30 minutes each starting at 8pm and are open to bands / trios , duos and solo performers of all styles and genres. Interested artists should contact us

A secluded medium sized (approx ¼ acre) garden comprised mainly of a large lawn divided into discrete areas by shrubs, trees and flowerbeds with a high degree of colour. On the bungalow side of the lawn there is a patio area with hanging baskets, troughs and planted pots with fuchsias being a speciality.