Your what’s on guide

Friday April 4

V8, live music, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, free entry, from 9pm, www.thewharfinnfennycompton.co.uk

Saturday April 5

Warwick District Community First Responders are offering free blood pressure checks at Leamington Library from 9.30am to 4pm. Everyone welcome to come along and take advantage of the free blood pressure checks.

Cubbington Action Group Against HS2 fundraising event, two mile guided walk through South Cubbington Wood to see the anemones and spring flowers, starts at The King’s Head, from 2pm, suitable footwear recommended, dogs to be kept on leads, donations welcome, www.hs2-cubbington.net

Live music by Strict Tempo and bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

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

Collegium, Durafle Requiem and Jorgen Mass, St Mary’s church, Warwick, from 7.30pm, tickets £13 or £11 for concessions, from St Mary’s bookshop, call 400771.

Young Printmakers, printmaking workshop with Susan turner using dry point Chine Colle techniques, from noon to 3pm, recommended for ages 8 and upwards, places are limited, call 742700, £5 per child.

Circle Singers, Rhythm Of Life charity concert at Christ Church in Priory Terrace, Leamington, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 (£5 children), proceeds to the Leamington mayor’s chosen charities, the Myton Hospices and Warwickshire Young Carers. Call 450906.

Solihull & District Orchid Society’s annual show, visiting orchid society’s displays, orchid plants for sale, potting demo’s, trade stands and tombola, from 11am to 4pm at the Arden School, Station Road, Knowle, entrance £2.00 children free.

Divertimento, Towards Easter - choral music for Lent to Easter and reading for the journey, St Nicholas church, Warwick, from 7.30pm, tickets £7.50 or £3 for children, from Presto Classical, call 778646 or visit www.divertimento.org.uk

Live music around a fire with acoustic folk musician Ellie Brown and flamenco guitarist Matt Hernandez at Foundry Wood off Prince’s Drive, Leamington, from 6.30pm. Free entry but donations welcome.

Historic Patchwork Workshop, St John’s Museum, St John’s, Warwick, from 10am to 4pm, £40, bring your own lunch, tea and coffee included.

Sunday April 6

Warwick Show Band Lazy Sunday Car Boot, Band Headquarters, Westend Centre, Hampton Road, from 12.30pm for sellers and 1pm for buyers, Pitches £6 (no booking required), buyers and adults 50p, children free.

Munchkins and Monsters Book Magic event, free event for families featuring puppet performances, storytelling and fun at Leamington Library, from 2pm.

Leamington Rambling Club, nine to 11-mile walk, Kingham, leaves Beauchamp Hill - due to charity run - at 9.30am, call 496974.

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

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Middle Tysoe, five miles, call 853311.

Way Ahead Support Easter fair at the Naval Club off Adelaide Road, Leamington, 10am to 4pm, with handmade items including phone covers, cushions, personalised handbag charms, and door stop owls, as well as coffee, homemade cakes and sandwiches.

The Dene River Jazzmen, The Gauntlet, Ceasar Road, Kenilworth, from 7.30pm to 10pm, free admission, good food, good jazz, friendly atmosphere, good parking.

Leamington Rambling Club, ten to 12-mile walk, Stretton-on-Fosse, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am, call 498668.

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

The Warwickshire County Music and Warwickshire Hub are performing two concerts at Birmingham Symphony Hall: Singtastic! at 11am (tickets £10, £7 concessions) and a gala concert at 5.30pm (tickets £16, £12.50 concessions). Call 0121 345 0603.

Open Art presents a showcase of art, photography, jewellery and textiles by local artists at Wilde’s Wine Bar in the Parade, Leamington, from 3pm to 7pm. Free entry.

Monday April 7

Easter Bingo at Galanos House, Banbury Road, Southam, eyes down at 7.30pm, bar open and refreshments, lots of prizes, Call 812185

The Way of the Cross - Musical Meditations on the Passion of the Christ, St Mary’s church, Warwick, from 6.30pm, free admission, retiring collection, also on Wednesday April 9 and Friday April 11.

Tuesday April 8

Singing for the Brain, session for people with dementia, their carers and family and friends which brings people together, Brunswick Healthy Living Centre, from 10.15am to 11.45am, refreshments provided, call 888899.

International saxophonist Toni Kofi is performing at Spa Jazz at the Clarendon in Clarendon Avenue, Leamington, 8pm. Free entry. For further details, call 460036.

Leamington Literary Society, talk by Loft Theatre director Tim Willis entitled Palace of Variety: choosing the programme for the Loft Theatre, Dormer Conference Centre, St Peter’s church, Dormer Place, Leamington, from 7.30pm, £2 for visitors, call 887838,

Wednesday April 9

Kenilworth Family History Society, annual business meeting followed by family history quiz, Senior Citizen’s Club, Abbey End, Kenilworth, from 7.30pm, call 511969.

On the Parish: the problem of poverty before the New Poor Law, illustrated talk, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, off Cape Road, Warwick, from 7pm to 9pm, £5 per person.

Thursday April 10

Warwickshire Plant Heritage (NCCPG) Group, talk by international landscape architect and garden designer Dr Laura de Beden on Designing with Plants and Nature, plant table, tea and coffee and a raffle, The Great Hall, Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick, from 7.30pm, non-members welcome.

Singing group Divertimento perform their Easter concert at Dale Street Methodist Church in Leamington, 7.30pm. Tickets £7.50 (£3 children). Call 778646.

Noel Coward’s Present Laughter will be performed by the Tread the Boards theatre company at the Attic Theatre at the Lazy Cow in Bancroft Gardens, Stratford, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions). Call 07952 819557.

Parkinson’s UK Leamington & District Branch meeting, talk about the Ifakara Bakery, an inspirational project providing bread for a poor community in Tanzania, Sydni Centre, Marloes Walk, Sydenham, from 2pm to 4pm, call 853023.

Free Antiques Valuation Day with Hansons Auctioneers, including Notty Hornblower who advises and values Vintage Textiles for Hansons, St Francis of Assisi Church Hall, Warwick Road, Kenilworth, from 10am to 4pm, donations to the NSPCC, call 07802 839915 or visit www.hansonsauctioneers.co.uk

Friday April 11

Free guided tours with head gardener, Hill Close Gardens, Bread and Meat Close, Warwick, from 2.30pm to 3.30pm, garden entry £3.50 child £1, call 493339 or visit www.hillclosegardens.com

Under the Covers, live music, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, from 9pm, free entry,

Piano Recital with Rob Colley, music by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Scriabin, Liszt, Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Warwick, from 7.30pm, tickets £9 (concessions £8), from [email protected] or 07769 678363.

Glasshouse by the Cardboard Citizens Forum Theatre Company is on at St Peter’s church in Dormer Place, Leamington, as part of the Left Out In The Cold: Life On The Streets festival of homelessness, with shows at 2pm and 7pm. Tickets £5 (£2.50 students aged 14+). Call 07434 351535.

Saturday April 12

Free music lessons with Presto Music, 100 lessons at the shop in Park Street, Leamington, for more information visit www.prestoclassical.co.uk

Live music by Something Different and bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

Gareth Lloyd, live music, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, members and bona fide guests welcome, call 775578.

Southam Lions’ ‘race’ night’ at the Graham Adams Centre in Southam to raise funds for Zoe’s Place baby hospice. Entry £2.50. Call 812797.

Easter Egg Hunt, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, free, drop-in and join in, runs until Sunday April 27.

Back To The 80s Night at the new Stratford ArtHouse in Rother Street, Stratford, with Touch FM DJ, tribute band, 80s cocktails and fancy dress competition, 7pm to 12.30am. Over-18s only. Entry £15. Call 01789 207100.

Armonico Consort with soloists Sir Willard White and Nathan Vale are performing St Matthew Passion at St Mary’s church in Warwick at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 to £39.50. Call 0844 584 0750.

Beauchamp Sinfonietta concert with cellist Jenny Curtis at St Nicholas church in Warwick, 7.30pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions). Call 01608 650682.

Woodland craft day at Oakley Wood in Bishops Tachbrook, with traditional woodland crafts, demonstrations and wildlife activities with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, 10am to 3pm.

Village and Family History in World War One, with family historian Jennifer Cranfield, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, off Cape Road, Warwick, from 9.15am to 12.15pm, £12 per person.

Jay-Kay 60s Band, Southam Sports and Social Club, from 9pm, free entry.

Free chess event with Leamington Chess Club for people of all ages and abilities, at Leamington library, 10am to 3pm.

Sunday April 13

Leamington Rambling Club, nine to 11-mile walk, Everdon, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am, call 881055.

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

Beauchamp Sinfonietta concert with cellist Jenny Curtis at Leamington town hall, 3pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions). Call 01608 650682.

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Lapworth, eight miles, call 07801 430049

Tuesday April 15

Jephson’s Suitcase, find out about Dr Henry Jephson on a handling tour of items from the collection and learn about medicine from the 1800s to the mid-1900s. Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, free, just drop-in, also on Thursday April 24, www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms

Sydenham History Group, The Leisure Gardens of Leamington Spa, a tour in words and pictures of Leamingtons’ leisure gardens, past and present by Helen Larner, , the Sydni Centre, Cottage Square (off Marloes Walk), Sydenham, from 7.30pm, entrance £2, all welcome, no membership required, call 330711 or visit www.sydni.org

Macular Support Group, meeting with talk about the Macular Society with support group manager Amanda Read, The Baptist church, Chandos Street, Leamington, from 2pm to 4pm, everyone welcome, call 314841.

Wednesday April 16

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Shrewley, meet at the car park opposite Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, from 9.30am, call 496974.

Wellesbourne Flower Club, NAFAS demonstrator Dawn Keitley presents her interpretation of Good Enough to Eat, Wellesbourne, Village Hall, from 7.30pm, visitors very welcome, £6.00 per person, refreshments available.

Thursday April 17

Easter Holiday Art Club, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, free, drop-in and join in, www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms

Saturday April 19

Napton Art Group Easter Exhibition, paintings, cards, photographs and craft exhibits on display and for sale, refreshments, raffle and tombola, Napton Village Hall, from 10am to 5pm, £1 entry charge, call 812991, also on Sunday April 20.

Dialemma Trio, Southam Sports and Social Club, from 9pm, free entry.