Your what’s on guide

Friday August 29

Friday Family Fun, for all ages, The Sydni Centre, Cottage Square, off Marlowes Walk, Sydenham, from 1pm to 4pm.

Guided Apple Walks with the head gardener at Hill Close Gardens, Bread and Meat Close, Warwick, 2.30-3.30pm: see over 60 different varieties of apple tree. Refreshments and sales of plants, produce and gifts. Entry £3.50 child £1. Call 493339 or visit www.hillclosegardens.com

Saturday August 30

Southam Flower and Produce Show, The Graham Adams Centre, St James Road, Southam, from 2pm.

Keith Dee, live music, The Nelson Club, Charles Street, Warwick, members and bona fide guests welcome, call 775578.

Charity Horse Racing Night in aid of Turning Point at 14 Marlowes Walk in Sydenham, which provides 24-hour nursing care for adults with profound learning and physical disabilities, Sydenham Sports and Social Club, from 7.30pm, £2 entry.

Car boot sale at the Sydni Centre in Cottage Square, off Marloes Walk, Sydenham, 1pm to 4pm. Tables cost £6 or £10 for two. Call 422071.

Free family fun day at the Holt, next to Lillington Free Church in Cubbington Road, Lillington, 2pm to 6pm, with music, dance, sports activities, bouncy castle, assault course, climbing wall, circus skills, face painting and marquee commemorating the outbreak of the First World War.

Great Westival: a live outdoor music festival with performances by local bands, family activities and food, at the Great Western pub in Coventry Road, Warwick, from 11.30am; DJs indoors from 8pm. Tickets £7.50 in advance or £10 on the door. Call 731400.

Southam Sports and Social Club open mic night with Andy Rogers: singers and musicians welcome from 8.30pm. Free entry. For details call 812284.

Sunday August 31

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Welcombe Hills, seven miles, call 0247 641 8719.

Three private Kenilworth Gardens open for charity, part of the National Gardens Scheme’s fundraising efforts, teas and cakes served at Fieldgate in aid of St Nicholas church, open from 1pm to 5pm, for more information call 01483 511535 or visit www.ngs.org.uk

Monday September 1

Warwick Folk Club sessions resume for the autumn season at the Warwick Arms Hotel in High Street, Warwick, from 8pm. On every Monday throughout the season. For further details call 01527 401121.

Kenilworth Jazz Club night with Swing From Paris performing, at Kenilworth Rugby Club, doors 7.15pm. Entry £6. www.kenilworthjazz club.co.uk

Tuesday September 2

The Lapworth Players are holding auditions for all parts for their forthcoming production of Treasure Island at Lapworth village hall, 7.30pm. For further details, email [email protected]

Wednesday September 3

Mark Swinton Organ, St Mary Magdalene church, Lillington, from 7.30pm, free admission.

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk at Tanworth-in-Arden. Meet at Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am. For further details, call 498668.

Woodloes Townswomen’s Guild meeting at the Community Centre in Deansway, Woodloes Park, 7.30pm, with a talk on jewellery making by Rona Robbins. Entry for visitors £3 including refreshments.

The Youth of Today, a gig featuring local young musicians, at the LAMP off Adelaide Road, Leamington, 7pm to 10pm. Entry £2. leamingtonlamp.co.uk

Bounce Back breast cancer support group meeting at Brunswick Healthy Living Centre, Shrubland Street, Leamington, 7pm to 8.45pm. For further details, call Jan on 770628.

Thursday September 4

Macbeth by Heartbreak Productions is on at the Loft Theatre in Leamington from tonight until Saturday September 6 at 7.30pm each evening. Tickets £12. Call 0844 4934938.

Poetry Reading and Study Group - Briggflatts by Basil Bunting, meeting at the Warwick Quaker Centre, High Street, Warwick, from 7.45pm, call 511969.

Royal Leamington Spa Flower Club meet every third Thursday of the month at 7.15 pm at the Royal Navel Club, Adelaide Bridge, Leamington Spa. Visitors are very welcome. For further details call June Doull (chairman) on 330670.

Adrian Moore organ concert at Holy Trinity church in Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington, 1.15pm. Admission free, retiring collecting. Light refreshments available from 12.30pm.

Saturday September 6

Dancing to Joe Priddy and Bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

Love Handmade fair raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, with crafts, gifts, art, cakes and coffee, at St Nicholas church in Warwick, 10am to 4pm. www.lovehandmadefairs.co.uk

Scarecrow display and competition at Myton Pool, Bennett Drive, Warwick, 2pm to 4pm. Refreshments available. For details, visit www.fromp.org.uk

Wasperton sale at Wasperton village hall, 2pm, with clothes, bric-a-brac and household items. Proceeds to Wasperton village hall. For further details call 624666.

Sunday September 7

Dene River Jazz Men playing live at The Gauntlet, Ceasar Road, Kenilworth, 7.30pm to 10pm. Free admission.

No Regrets, an Edith Piaf tribute show by cabaret performer Sally Jones, is on at the Loft Theatre in Leamington at 8pm. Tickets £12. Call 0844 493 4938.

Monday September 8

Leamington Male Voice Choir taster recruitment evening at the Royal Naval Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, 7.30pm to 10pm. Refreshments available. For details, call John Woodhead on 774372 or email [email protected]

Wednesday September 10

Sing It Loud community choir free taster session at Arnold Lodge School in Kenilworth Road, Leamington, 7.30pm. Details at www.singitloud.co.uk

The Young Performers Institute are starting a new weekly class at the GAP in Oakwood Grove, Warwick, from today at 7pm. £5 per class. For details, call 07527 375319 or 07968 687771.

Kenilworth Family History Society talk by Anne Langley on Bertie Greatheed’s 18th century Grand Tour of Europe, at the Senior Citizens’ Club in Abbey End, Kenilworth, 7.30pm. Non-members welcome. Call 511969.

The Accrington Pals is on at the Priory Theatre in Kenilworth from tonight until Saturday September 20 (not Sunday) at 7.30pm each evening. Ticket sales on opening night (Sept 10) will be donated to the Royal British Legion. Call 863334.

Friday September 12

Guided Apple Walks with the head 
gardener at Hill Close Gardens, Bread and Meat Close, Warwick, 2.30-3.30pm: see over 60 different varieties of apple tree. Refreshments and sales of plants, produce and gifts. Entry £3.50 child £1. Call 493339 or visit www.hillclosegardens.com

Saturday September 13

Heritage weekend today and on Sunday September 14 at Hill Close 
Gardens, Bread and Meat Close, 
Warwick. Free entry 11am-5pm. Refreshments and sales of plants, produce and gifts. Sun 2-4pm performances by Wayfarers Folk Dance Group. Call 493339 or visit
www.hillclosegardens.com

Rummage sale in aid of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and the Aylesford Unit at Warwick Hospital at Barford Scout Hut, 2pm. For further details call 624733.

Recital by Peter King, director of Music at Bath Abbey, on the newly refurbished organ at St Nicholas church in Abbey Fields, Kenilworth, 8pm. Tickets £10 from Nick on 513168.

Monday September 15

Members of the Leamington and Warwick Musical Society are holding auditions for the two male leads in their forthcoming production of Singin’ in the Rain. For details, email [email protected]

Older People in Action public meeting on ‘Growing Older with Peace of Mind’, held at the Kenilworth Centre in Abbey End, Kenilworth, 2.30pm. For further details, call 477517.

Tuesday September 16

Singing for the Brain session for people with dementia, their carers and family/friends, at Brunswick Healthy Living Centre, Shrubland Street, Leamington, 10.15am to 11.45am. Free entrance, with refreshments provided. For further details, call Sharon Donnelly on 888899.