What's On Farnborough

A care home in Frimley is inviting local people to visit the home to join in its celebrations for Care Home Open Day. From 11am-4pm on Saturday 21st April, the Care UK team at Whitebourne on Burleigh Road will be marking the Queen’s 92nd birthday with an afternoon of live musical entertainment and fun games.

Spring and summer is the ideal time to see the azaleas, rhododendrons and heathers that surround the house. Bulbs, primroses and winter hellebores give ground cover beneath the shrubs. Climbers and a variety of plants continue a theme to make way for summer flowering.

Established in 1988 this popular, well attended indoor event moved to it’s current venue in 1992. Between 90 and 110 stalls where you can buy, sell and exchange with quality dealers. An excellent selection of militaria, medals, badges, uniforms, helmets, insignia, military books, ephemera, etc., etc.. Catering.

Aldershot Library welcomes popular spiritualist medium Jenny Docherty for a demonstration of clairvoyance.

Afternoon spring concert Have you ever dreamed of time travel? Our next concert will take you through time, highlighting the pop-songs of the centuries. Refreshments will be provided. Enjoy a tea/coffee with homemade cake or some biscuits in the interval. #concertBand #woodwind #brass #havingFun

Fully Fashioned Findings returns to the WEC with another extraordinary and interactive exhibition of the found and fabricated.

Hundred Watt Club presents an evening of burlesque & cabaret... Things are about to get very frisky and a little bit filthy with Hundred Watt Club this May – treat yourself to a night of escapism and frivolity, packaged up in seductive bundle of cabaret joy!

The Blackwater Valley Countryside Trust’s annual guided circular walk is taking place round the boundary of Yateley, Frogmore and Darby Green this year on Sunday 29th April from 9 a.m.

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 Phil Berry double bass and Nick Monnas drums. Together they create a great atmosphere. Not to be missed!

A fascinating and unusual one acre garden in a residential area. The garden was originally landscaped in the late 1960s following the plans of a Chelsea Flower Show garden, but was subsequently allowed to become very overgrown.

Fleet Festival of Food Sunday 22nd April and Sunday 23rd September

Crowthorne and Sandhurst Art Society will be exhibiting their art from 10.30am until 4.00pm on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd April for their Annual Spring Exhibition. FREE ENTRY. Refreshments available on site including homemade cakes. Some of the Art on show will also be on sale.

Whether the sun is shining or the heavens are open this spring, come and join us for an evening of eclectic music which will lift everyone’s spirits and get the toes tapping! In aid of the Chief Constable’s charity. NEW FOR 2018! Our bar will open at 6.30pm, where you will be able to purchase wine.

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.

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.

Farnham ASSIST are holding their second Fundraising Lego Event on 12th May 2018 to raise money for the Farnham ASSIST charity which supports the olderresidents of Farnham who live alone and may be isolated and lonely. Come along to see many Lego exhibitors such as Mister Bricks and SilentMode.

The newly formed Farnham Sinfonia will be performing on Saturday, 21st April at 7.30pm. St Andrew’s Church, Farnham GU9 7PW. Conductor Matthew Taylor; Flute Susan Milan; Haydn “Trauer” Symphony; Mozart Symphony No. 1; Arnold Flute Concertos and Fantasias.

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.

Welcome to our Space Station! Train to be an astronaut, make your own rocket, colour and LIFT OFF!    Ready Steady Lift Off! is an immersive theatre show for 3-8 year olds and their families combining live performance, music, storytelling and painting into one interactive theatre show.

Performances at 10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm. Welcome to our Space Station! Train to be an astronaut, make your own rocket, colour and LIFT OFF! Ready Steady Lift Off!

Formerly a small Georgian country estate, now a co-educational preparatory school. Grade II listed house (not open). Mature parkland with specimen trees. Historical features incl ice house, old walled garden under restoration, heated peach wall, lake, woodland walks, rhododendrons and azaleas.

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.

Come for an early morning leisurely two and a half hour walk around Hazeley Heath Reserve and listen to the birds singing, this is the best time of day as birds are waking up. Guides will point out the different bird calls and songs heard. If you have binoculars it would be useful to bring them along.

Come and meet our horses (including our four newly rescued mares) and learn about what we do at the Sanctuary. We rescue and rehabilitate abused and abandoned ponies and then invite local groups, additional needs and terminally ill people to spend time with them.

This ’lost’ collection, belonging to the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, comprises later Pre-Raphaelite painting and drawings including works by Lord Leighton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John William Waterhouse and Edward Burne-Jones.

This ’lost’ collection, belonging to the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, comprises later Pre-Raphaelite painting and drawings including works by Lord Leighton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John William Waterhouse and Edward Burne-Jones.

What’s on offer? Lots of stalls bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s?items from birth to 8 years. Plus a small selection of unique businesses in the baby & children’s industry showcasing and selling their products & services all under one roof!?

½ acre secret garden created on different levels, with mature rhododendrons, azaleas, acers, herbaceous border all set in a sylvan setting. A particular feature of the garden is a pergola supporting a 24ft long wisteria. Attractive gazebo copied from the original National Trust’s Hunting Lodge in Odiham.

This year we are introducing an exciting new event to appeal to all the family. Activities will vary each month but may include mini talks and tours to learn more about the museum and the stories it tells. There will be interesting demonstrations and usually you may be able to have a go!

Tractors galore! The CSVAC will be holding their Vintage Tractor Road Run at the Rural Life Centre. Tractors of all ages will be on display and will depart at 10.30am for the road run. The museum will open at 9am so get here early to see them before they set off.

TURNING trees into timber is an age-old skill, and where better to see it demonstrated than at the Rural Life Centre. Join us as we bring the museums woodyard to life.

Experience the dawn chorus on this gentle 1.5 - 2 hour amble around the reserve. Just right to set you up with a hearty appetite for breakfast when you get home!

PART 1 – Sunday 22nd April & PART 2 - Sunday 29th April 2018 (10am - 12 pm) Growing up, friendships teach us a lot about ourselves. They also teach us how to communicate and connect with people. Without friends, the world can be a lonely place.

A traditional Village Fete with fun for all the family. Compton Fete has a well deserved reputation for being a lively and friendly event aimed, in particular, at families with children. Its a ’home grown’ village fete with traditional stalls raising money for local charities.

The eightieth anniversary of Mary Watts’s death in 2018 marks one hundred years since the Representation of the People Act in 1918, which enabled all men and some women over the age of 30 to vote for the first time, and ninety years since the Equal Franchise Act in 1928, which finally gave women the right to

This ’forgotten’ collection, belonging to the Hammersmith and Fulham Council, brings to Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village an array of later Pre-Raphaelite paintings and drawings, including important works by Frederic Leighton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John William Waterhouse, Edward Burne-Jones and

See stunning portraits by Michael Forrister and abstract works by Julie Sumner, 2017 winners of the prestigious Winsor & Newton Watts Painting Prize for graduating Fine Art students, generously supported by Michael Henderson.

This ’forgotten’ collection, belonging to the Hammersmith and Fulham Council, brings to Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village an array of later Pre-Raphaelite paintings and drawings, including important works by Frederic Leighton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John William Waterhouse, Edward Burne-Jones and

The eightieth anniversary of Mary Watts’s death in 2018 marks one hundred years since the Representation of the People Act in 1918, which enabled all men and some women over the age of 30 to vote for the first time, and ninety years since the Equal Franchise Act in 1928, which finally gave women the right to

Join us for our annual 19th century-inspired paper crafts festival on early May Bank Holiday. See demonstrations by contemporary makers, make marbled wrapping paper and paper cone baskets, enjoy folk music, watch Morris dancing and take part in May Pole dancing.

Introduced by award winning writer of Suffragette, and in association with Venture Cinema, enjoy a screening of Suffragette to coincide with the centenary celebrations of women being allowed to vote and Mary Watts’s contribution to the Suffrage Movement. Film rated: 12A.

Make hand-cut stencils with artist Nicole Line to create bold and colourful screen prints. Print your design onto a tote bag and bring along up to four of your own items to transform through print. Bursary places are available for this course. Contact communitysupport@wattsgallery.org.uk for more information.

Explore the vernacular and Arts & Crafts architecture of the Artists’ Village including an exclusive visit to the De Morgan Kiln, now in the grounds of a private property.

Join Guildford Cathedral Choir and Southern Pro Musica for a French feast! The two ensembles come together to perform Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem. This masterpiece of 20th Century music is a fusion of some of the most beautiful Church melodies and Duruflé’s iconic harmonic language.

Join Parkinson’s UK on Saturday 12 May 2018 for an exciting challenge and abseil 160ft down the iconic Guildford Cathedral. Once you’ve climbed the 249 steps to get to the top of the Cathedral Tower you get to experience the beautiful panoramic views of Guildford before making your descent.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with its huge ’Ode to Joy’ climax, has become one of the most recognised pieces of music in the world, and is currently in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame top 10. With the fabulous Brandenburg Sinfonia and soloists, this will be a performance not to be missed.

Following our triumphant performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony in November 2017, Vivace Chorus returns to Guildford Cathedral with another firm favourite – Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

For almost two decades, Kiki and Carmelo have been touring their spellbinding acoustic live show across the UK and Europe. Performing in this stripped back fashion allows each of their exceptional talents to shine through and create a wonderful and warm sense of intimacy for the audience.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake The Small Fakers will play the whole album and all The Small Faces hits. Www.smallfakers.co.uk