Events Around Monmouth

Formed in 2013, Ystradivarius exists to perform chamber music from the 17th and 18th centuries using instruments that are all copies of instruments made and played in baroque times, creating a special and distinctive sound. Ystradivarius is one of very few such ensembles based in South Wales.

Locally-based Kate has agreed to support the Savoy by giving all the proceeds from this special presentation of her new book Thinking on My Feet to the theatre. Rossiter Books have also agreed to donate a significant percentage of the selling price to the Savoy.

Book talk and signing

As we divide each other up into more and more unpleasant categories of evil, it is time to establish, once and for all, what is good and what is bad. Who better to arbitrate in these challenging divisive times than Lucifer himself?

Karen and Richard Carpenter performed, and wrote, some of the greatest love songs of all time. Recreated to perfection by the Carpenters Experience performing a great catalogue of music. Lead singer Maggie is a hugely experienced show performer with over 20 years in the business.

Now seen by over 250,000 fans, Europe’s No 1 Country music show returns for another fantastic night of toe tapping Country classics.

A double bill of brand-new one act plays created to commemorate the end of WW1. Carrying On As Normal, by David Evans, is a series of scenes depicting life in Monmouth during that war taken from Keith Kissack’s book.

A fascinating one-woman show starring Kim Hicks as Sarah Guppy, the first woman to patent a bridge and to formally design one. Sarah also patented a breakfast machine and an exercise bed, had 6 children and married Charlie Coote, her second husband, when she was 66 and he was 31.

The Kymin Halloween Trail has been going for several years and has become a local tradition with lots of visitors each day and we also get visitors from much further afield! It’s a family event and everyone’s welcome. The Round House will be suitably, and spookily, decorated for the occasion.

Fancy yourself as a wizard or witch

At 9.30 in the morning on the 11th November 1918, mere hours before the end of the Great War, George Morrison was killed in action. And he is extremely unhappy about it.

Once again we are a Halloween Free attraction for those who do not celebrate, or do not like Halloween.

Additional free activities including colouring, crafts and Bigjigs!

Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith are one of the finest duos to have emerged onto the British folk and acoustic scene in recent years. Their combination of outstanding vocal work, sensitive instrumentation, and a powerful social conscience has brought them widespread critical acclaim.

Welcome to a quick-fire comedy improvisation show, packed full of sketches, gags, songs, surreal situations and general silliness. Be prepared to receive flying packets of Instant Whip! Completely improvised and directed by the audience the show is highly addictive, interactive, engaging and fun.

Brother Thomas will tell you all about his life as a monk at Tintern Abbey. Our sympathetic and helpful brother will give you inside information about the monks rituals and responsibilities. As the cellarer of Tintern Abbey, he will be able to tell you all that is to know (and perhaps some things you shouldnt know!

Come and make your own spooky decorations with our staff and volunteers, followed by a dusk walk in the forest. We’ll provide all the materials needed to make your Halloween decorations at the cosy visitor centre, warmed by our wood burning stove.

The Usk Farmers’ Market is held on the first and third Saturday of each month throughout the year from 10.00am to 1.00 pm. It is held in the Memorial Hall, Maryport St, Usk NP15 1AD with both indoor and outside stalls.

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is coming to Yorkley to give us an insight into the lives of these creatures. Bumblebees pollinate our crops and contribute significantly to our economy through the ecosystem service that their pollination of crops provides.

Spectacular fire-breathing stunts, thrill-seeking acrobats, death-defying motorbike riders, powerful hand-balancing, and much more awaits you at Circus Funtasia!

Follow our fiendishly fun family Halloween trail around Chepstow Castle. Between 10am - 4pm;11am - 4pm on Sunday.

10 acre garden on gentle slope on banks of R. Wye. Magnificent mature Magnolia, Acers, Ginko, Katsura and other fine trees and shrubs. Arts and Crafts summerhouse, original A&C garden layout under reconstruction. Ornamental pond with pagoda from Kerala. Woodland walk with views to the river. C12 chapel open.

Come and join us at the FOLC Christmas Craft Fayre on Sat 10th November. With a good variety craft stalls there should be something for everyone. Hot food, cakes and beverages available and there will be a raffle.

Pop-Up Opera return this autumn with a reimagining of Bizet’s famous masterpiece La Tragédie de Carmen. In 1981 Peter Brook collaborated with composer Marius Constant to reimagine this emotive opera and, now, Pop-Up Opera will stage this stripped back incarnation.