Your what’s on guide

Friday June 20

Friday Focus - free lunchtime talk, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Leamington branch will celebrate the launch of their display at the art gallery and museum with a talk about their history and current activities, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 1pm.

Rebecca Schneider soprano, Holy Trinity church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington, from 1.15pm, free admission.

Armonico Consort, Victoria Requiem, St Mary’s church, Warwick, from 8pm, tickets £14.50, call 0844 581 0750 or visit www.armonico.org.uk

Warwick Summer Music Festival, various choirs and musicians including Armonico Consort, The King’s Men, Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra and more, Saint Mary’s church, Warwick, until Sunday June 29, for more information and ticket prices visit www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/festival

When We Are Married by the Bear Pit Theatre is on at the United Reformed Church in Rother Street, Stratford, tonight at 7.30pm and on Saturday June 21 at 2pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Call 01789 403416.

Artscape exhibition of paintings, prints, ceramics, jewellery and stained glass at the Art Barn at the Old Rectory in Preston Bagot, 10am to 6pm. On until Sunday June 22. Free entry.

Saturday June 21

Open Days for the Co-Operative Childcare Nurseries on Upper Grover Street and Sepncer Street in Leamington from 11am to 2pm, stalls, exotic animals, face painting, entertainments, prizes and special offers for parents who enrol their children, raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust, for more information call 0800 954 0669.

Jonathon Paul, Live Music, The Nelson Club, Charles Street, Warwick, members and bona fide guests welcome.

Ratley Village Fete, Civil War theme with re-enactors, have-a-go archery, falconry, maypole dancing and traditional jester, dog show, barbecue and refreshments, village recreation ground, from 1pm to 4pm.

Crackly Amp, live music, Leamington Liberal Club, Upper Holly Walk, from 8pm.

Kineton Music Festival, with 20 bands, food and drink at Kineton Sports and Social Club, from noon to 12am.

Proceeds to the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and another charity to be nominated. Details at www.kinetonmusicfestival.co.uk

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra, music by Handel, Mahler and more, St Mary’s church, Warwick, from 7.30pm, tickets £12 or £5 for children and students, call 850385 or visit [email protected]

Spicy Jazz at Hill Close Gardens in Warwick, 7.30pm, with picnics in the gardens from 6pm, with quiche, cake and wine available. Tickets £12.50 (concessions £10) from 493339.

Plants to Pills: a guided walk around Priory Park in Warwick looking at plants and their uses and a chance to look at old recipe books which use the plants, starting at the County Record Office in Priory Park at 2pm. Places £7.50. Call 738959.

Warwick Rocks Midsummer Night Festival, with live music, dancing and street food, Market Square, Warwick, from noon until late.

Village Voices concert: Razzle Dazzle, at St Nicholas church, Warwick, 7.30pm. Proceeds to SW Heart. Tickets £8 on the door.

Summer fete at the Shree Krishna community centre off High Street, Leamington, 2pm to 4pm, with Indian food, bouncy castle, stalls, raffle, henna tattoos, children’s games. Free entry.

The Orchestra That Fell To The Earth are performing a charity concert at the Assembly in Leamington to raise funds for Target Ovarian Cancer. Doors 6pm, concert starts at 6.30pm. Tickets £20 from www.seetickets.com/Tour/the-orchestra-that-fell-to-earth-charity-concert

Stretton-on-Dunsmore Village Fete, fancy dress parade, silver band, stalls, crafts, gifts, toys, books jewellery and more, village centre, from 2.30pm

World War One Day, learn more about The Great War, workshops for adults and children, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum and Pump Room Gardens, from noon to 4pm, free admission, just drop in and join in.

Doorways, an exhibition of iconography artwork, is on at St Luke’s Icon Centre at St Laurence’s church in Rowington, 9.30am to 2pm, with a talk about understanding iconography by the Rev Susan Mobberley at 10am.

Sunday June 22

International Sun Day, a day of free solar gazing with the Astronomy For Fun team, The Lunt Roman Fort, Coventry Road, Baginton, from 10am to 4pm, for more information search for the Astronomy For Fun facebook group.

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Braunston, eight-and-a half-miles, call 832570

Leamington Rambling Club, nine to 11-mile walk, Brockhampton, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am, call 496974.

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Hatton, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 1.30pm, call 496974.

Seven Gardens Open for Charity, Kenilworth, a mix of small and large formal and informal gardens including an allotment , map available, teas and cakes served at Fieldgate Lane address in aid of St Nicholas church, plants for sale, from 1pm to 5pm, for more information call the National Garden Scheme on 01483 211535 or visit www.ngs.org.uk

The Open Door Cafe’s Family Fun Day, raising money for The Children’s Society, games, hog roast, bouncy castle, face painting and more, St Michael’s church and Kings Meadow Field, Hampton Magna from 1pm to 3pm, free entry.

Kenilworth Grange Spring Fayre, stalls will include tombola, home-made cakes, face painting and more, from 2.30pm.

Doin it in the Dell, for young and aspiring local musicians and singers, Food by the Fat Pug and the Star and Garter. Face painting. Graffiti artists, starts at 1pm and runs through to 7pm. in the Dell, off Warwick Place, Leamington. Entrance free. call 312009, For full details visit: http://www.dellpark.demon.co.uk/events.htm

Monday June 23

Leamington Spa Photographic Society’s annual exhibition is on at the Exhibition Room at Kenilworth Library from today until Saturday June 28. Opening times Monday to Friday 9.30pm to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm. Free entry.

Leamington History Group, talk by Jim Kayton entitled Black People in Warwickshire, Dormer Comference Centre, Dormer Place, from 7.30pm, guests £2.50, annual membership £10, call 424659 or email [email protected], www.leamingtonhistory.co.uk

Tuesday June 24

Macbeth will be performed by Heartbreak Productions at Jephson Gardens, Leamington, 7.15pm. Tickets £13.50 (concessions and group discounts available). Visit www.heartbreakproductions.co.uk

Wednesday June 25

Discover the Ancient Egyptians, Warwickshire County Record Office, from 7pm to 9pm, £5 per person.

Simply Social, the club for over-50s singles, Kenilworth Wardens Club House, meets every Wednesday, simply-social.org,uk/kenilworth

Macbeth will be performed by Heartbreak Productions at Jephson Gardens, Leamington, 7.15pm. Tickets £13.50 (concessions and group discounts available). Visit www.heartbreakproductions.co.uk

Coventry Film Festival, at various venues around Coventry, from today until Friday June 27. Proceeds to Zoe’s Place and Embrace. www.coventryfilmfestival.com

Thursday June 26

Radford Road Church Film Club, showing My Left Foot, Radford Road church, from 2pm, £2 per person, tea and homemade cakes.

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.

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.