Your what’s on guide

Here is a list of what’s on in the area

Friday June 27

The King’s Men, close harmony group, part of Warwick Summer Music Festival and raising money for Rufus ‘Friends’ Fund, St Mary’s church, Warwick, from 9.15pm, with drinks reception at 8.30pm, tickets from the church or call 613543.

Regency Ball, celebrating 200 years of the Pump Room, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 7.30pm to 11pm. Tickets £40 including light supper available from the art gallery or via the Royal Spa Centre website http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre/ regency style dress recommended.

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Friday Focus, free lunchtime talk with senior curator Vicki Slade about the entertainment available in Leamington during the Regency period, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 1pm.

Cubbington Ranger Guides’ Fundraising Opening Evening, displays about the unit’s forthcoming activities and recruitment information as well as refreshments, handmade glass bead necklaces, cottage garden seeds and fundraising stalls for rangers going on guiding trips abroad, Cubbington Village Hall, Broadway, from 7pm to 8.30pm, free entrance, for more information call 774799.

Westcombe Brass concert at the church of St Mary the Virgin in Ullenhall, 7.30pm. Call 01564 794760 or 497000.

Saturday June 28

Park Hill Junior School Summer Fair, stalls, games, tombolas, pocket-money bargains and refreshments including barbecue and Hawaiian-themed licensed bar. Parkfield Drive, Kenilworth, from 11.30am to 2.30pm, donation on the door

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

Offchurch Open Gardens, various entertainment, stalls, classic car display, children’s games and treasure hunt and more, from 2pm to 6pm, also on Sunday June 29, £5 per adult, under-16s free.

Selection of Music for a Summer’s Day, The Circle Singers of Leamington, St Gregory’s church, Offchurch, from 2pm, tickets £5, call 425430 or pay at the entry to the Open Gardens Event

Cubbington Action Group Against HS2’s Family Fun Afternoon, woodland walk, children’s games and activities, cakes, plants, books, DVDs and other stalls, plus the latest information on HS2 and the group’s recent petition to Parliament, walk from the King’s Head in Church Hill from 1pm and other events at the Methodist church in Queen Street from 2pm to 4pm, entrance £1.50 for adults, £1 children, includes refreshments.

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Lillington Watercolour Group’s Annual Art Exhibition and Sale of Work, South Lodge, Jephson Gardens (opposite the Pump Room), Leamington, from 10.30am to 4.30pm, runs until Sunday July 6, entry free.

Phil King & The Royals, live music, Leamington Liberal Club, Upper Holly Walk, from 8pm.

Made in Burton Green, a community arts project celebrating arts and crafts in the community including an exhibition, scarecrow competition and yarn-bombing, Burton Green, from 2pm to 6pm.

Midland Voice Choir and Midland Voice Orchestra concert, Warwick Arts Centre, 7.30pm. Call 024 7652 4524.

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Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir concert: Music for a Summer’s Evening, at Holy Trinity church in Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington, 7.30pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions, £5 children). www.rbsbc.org

Warwickshire Pride festival, Pump Room Gardens, Leamington, 11am to 7pm, with live music and entertainment, talks, stalls, pamper treatments, children’s activities and more; followed by an after-party at ei8ht bar in High Street (£5 entry). Raising funds for Push Projects charity.

Canalside Community Food, tours of the site outside Radford Semele, tours at 11.30am and 2.30pm, visitors invited to bring a picnic, call 07758 340491 or visit www,canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk

National Childbirth Trust ‘nearly new’ sale, Myton School, Myton Road, Warwick, noon to 2pm. Admission £1, proceeds to the NCT.

Sunday June 29

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Leamington Rambling Club, nine to 11-mile walk, Eastleach Turville, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9am, call 496974.

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Turlaston, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 1.30pm, call 881055.

Princethorpe College’s Annual Summer Fete and Motoring Festival, more than 30 crafts stalls, dog agility display, pony rides, inflatable slides, refreshments stalls and more, from 2pm to 4.30pm, £2 per car,

Made in Burton Green, a community arts project celebrating arts and crafts in the community including an exhibition, scarecrow competition and yarn-bombing, Burton Green, from 10am to 5pm.

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Leam Jazz festival, with live music by six bands and food, at Leamington Rugby Club, Moorefields, Kenilworth Road, Leamington, 4pm to 9pm. Entry £6.

Monday June 30

Studio Sixteen open studios from today until Sunday July 13 from 11am to 4pm on weekdays and 10am to 4pm on weekends, with ceramics, furniture and fine art, in Charles Street, Warwick. Free entry.

Tuesday July 1

Singing for the Brain, for people with dementia, their carers and family or friends, Brunswick Healthy Living Centre, from 10.15am to 11.45am, call 888899.

St Mary’s Scholars, works by Caustun, Machaut, Josquin and Carissimi, St Mary’s church, Warwick, from 8pm, tickets £10 or £8 for concessions from St Mary’s Gift Shop, call 403940 or pay on the door.

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Free poetry-in-performance workshops with international performer Georgina Biggs, at Warwick library, every Tuesday from 6.30pm to 9pm until July 15. Call 0300 555 8171.

Sydenham History Group, launch of the group’s a Celebration of Sydenham book , The event will include a presentation of the recent history of Sydenham and a visit from various characters from the past who will give us a ‘Sydni Tickle’ taster about their life and times, the Sydni Centre, Cottage Square, from 7.30pm, refreshments, free entrance, copies of the book available for £4 on the night, call 330711 or visit www.sydni.org

Wednesday July 2

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Avon Dassett, pub food at the finish, meet at the car park opposite Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre at 9.30a, call 496974.

Woodloes Townswomen’s Guild for a French-themed Cheese and Wine evening at the community centre on Deansway Woodloes Park from 7.30pm, visitors are very welcome, £3 to include refreshments.

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Geotechnica - the UK’s largest geotechnical conference and exhibition, Warwickhsire Exhibition Centre, near Leamington www.warwickshireexhibitioncentre.co.uk

FridaY July 4

Dene River Jazzmen, Hampton Lucym, Jazz Picnic on the Green, from 7.30pm to 10pm, call 01789 841155 for more information.

Free Friday Focus Talk on The History of Sydenham, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 1pm to 1.30pm.

The Care Bureau is holding a Bakeit event to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, bring a cake to sell and buy others to take home, 15 Waterloo Place, Leamington, from noon to 1.30pm, everyone welcome.

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The Brampton Concert Band are performing as part of Sydenham’s 50th anniversary celebrations at the Sydni Centre, off Marloes Walk, Sydenham, 11.30am. Free.

Saturday July 5

Leam Terrace Party in the Park, raising money for the Myton Hospices, World Cup bake-off, tombola, face painting, coconut shy, tug of war, old fashioned sports day games for all ages and more, Crabtree Meadow, top of Welches Meadow behind Leam Terrace, from noon to 5pm, visit www.leamterrace.com.

Divertimento, an evening of reminiscences with compositions from 1914 to 1964, an informal concert with a glass of sparkling wine on arrival, tickets £10 or £3 for children, call 778646 or visit www.divertimento.org.uk

Car Boot Sale, all proceeds to Dogs for the Disabled, lower car park, Cape Road, Warwick, from 8am to noon, £5 per pitch, call 07984 235005.

The Saint Michael Singers and the English Symphony Orchestra are giving a joint concert at All Saints’ church in Leamington at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Call 01676 532436.

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