What's On and Things To Do Around Wombourne

Wombourne Drama Group meet every Monday at The Community Centre, Church Rd, Wombourne WV5 9EZ. Our next Production is ’Hobsons Choice’ from Wed 16th May to Sat 19th May. Tickets are £7 (cons £6).

Join Nicola Jarvis, tutor at the Royal School of Needlework, as she teaches you the skills of hand embroidery. Nicola Jarvis is a globally-renowned artist who uses embroidery in a range of art, design and textile applications.

Our cleaning season doesn’t finish in the Spring! Meet our conservation team this Summer and learn about how they protect and look after the items in our care. From light damage to pests, dust to humidity, many things can damage our collection.

A talk by art historian and Conservation Assistant, Hannah Squire, learn about the variety of deeds and words used by women in Wolverhampton to help further the cause of women’s rights.

Be inspired by the fantastic beasts you’ll find throughout the Manor and in the De Morgan gallery, and over the course of this three day stone-carving workshop. Miranda Wakeman from Amerton Arts Studio will show you how to bring your own creation to life in a stone sculpture for you to take home.

A riot of colour welcomes visitors to this quintessentially English garden. The wide central circular bed and side borders overflow with classic summer flowers, including the tall spires of delphiniums, lupins, irises, campanula, poppies and roses.

A romantic garden of surprises, which gradually reveals itself on a journey through deep, lush planting, full of unusual plants. From the sunny, flower filled terrace, a ruined folly emerges from a luxuriant fernery and leads into an oriental garden, complete with tea house.

Following the success of the previous two years, the city’s favourite funfair, Wolverhampton Fiesta will be making a grand return for a jam-packed weekend full of entertainment, rides and stage performances perfect for a family day out.

Trembling Bells. Artists performing: Trembling Bells.: Tickets avaiable.

Ready 4 Life runs a weekly club session and includes activities that enable young people with special needs and disabilities to build skills and knowledge, grow in confidence, interact in a social environment and develop lasting friendships.

Bon Accord quartet will be providing an evening of gypsy jazz at the Trumpet, Bilston on Thursday, 19th July.

¾-acre plant collectors garden with unusual plants and many different varieties of acers, hostas, shrubs. Woodland walk, large koi pool. Covered tea area with home-made cakes. Come and see for yourselves, you wont be disappointed.

Have some good old-fashioned fun as you discover the hobbies and pastimes that entertained Black Country folk from Victorian times to the 1930s.  

Join us for an evening of readings, therapies, crystals and free stuff. 7pm-10pm 1-2-1 readings available with experienced professional readers offering Clairvoyance, Mediumship & Card Readings (£25-£30 for 20-30 minutes, payable to the reader on the night).

Come along and indulge in a wide variety of therapy and healing modalities, charges start from £10. Pre-book your tasters to avoid disappointment on the day via the website below. Free Admission. For more info visit www.holisticavenueevents.co.uk

K9 Search UK & The Friends & Residents of Buffery Park brings you another fun filled family day out. Bouncy Castles Face-Painting Fun Dog Show Charity & Trade Stalls Hot & Cold Refreshments Plus much, much, more. For further information please visit the website link. Event opens to the public at 11am

On 7th July 2018 we will be holding our annual Festival on Netherton Park in Dudley. The day regularly sees over 7000 visitors attending each year. This year will be the thirteenth year we have put on the event with it growing every year becoming the largest of its type in the area.

Pianist Ayaki Davies and soprano Hannah McFarland perform a varied programme of classical favourites in the beautiful St. James’ Church. We will provide free refreshments during the interval.

Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. . . bramble, fern, acorn, conker, willow, newt… Join us on a search for these words with lots of activities and chances to explore and discover nature. Light refreshments available, or bring a picnic.

On Saturday July 7th 2018, Tividale Park continues to celebrates its 90th anniversary year with a Black Country Festival event featuring entertainment from talented members of the public, as well as professional and semi-professional bands/artists, acts and star turns.

The Colourful Salsa Party is Wolverhampton’s prime Latin party, boasting the biggest international artists in the world of salsa with a leading guest teacher each month. We have a different colour theme for each month; this month’s colour is (check website for details).

Meet the costumed volunteers as they sew, embroider and stitch their way back to the 17th century. Discover the lost art of handmaking, stitch by stitch, your clothing from underwear to outerwear. Our volunteers are sewing costumes from the 16th and 17th century using techniques almost lost from everyday life.

Isn’t there something so satisfying about a handmade object' Have a go at wood turning your own bowl from start to finish in the wonderful woods at Moseley. This one day course will focus on the traditional techniques of turning a bowl from green wood using a pole lathe.

B Black Country is a family friendly theatre festival, produced entirely by young people aged between 8-18, happening across the Black Country. The project is part of Black Country Touring’s Young Promoters Scheme.

Bon Accord Quartet will be providing a session of gypsy jazz at the Fixed Wheel Brewery, Blackheath on Sat 7th July