Your what’s on guide

Friday September 20

Aster Weekend, enjoy the colourful display of asters, Hill Close Gardens, Bread & Meat Close, Warwick, entry £3.50, runs to Sunday September 22, www.hillclosegardens.com

Bat Walk organised by Cubbington Action Group against HS2, with local bat expert, around South Cubbington Wood. £2 adult or child. Advance booking advised: phone 425283. Meet outside Kings Head, Cubbington at 6.45pm, bring strong footwear/wellies and torch. No dogs. Participation at own risk. If bad weather walk will be cancelled.

Lunchtime concert by Christopher Beaumont on organ at Holy Trinity church in Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington, 1pm. Light refreshments available from 12.30pm. Free entry.

Leatherat! local folk group, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, free entry and free camping for band followers, call 01296 770332 or visit www.thewharf
innfennycompton.co.uk

Rush Half Hour concert: Piano Quintent No. 1 by Louise Farrence at Presto Classical in Park Street, Leamington, 6.30pm. Free entry, wine and refreshments provided.

Warwickshire punk bands The Shots, Man Bear Pig and The Buzzrocks are playing at the Zephyr Lounge in Leamington at 8pm. Free entry.

Saturday September 21

All day Local History Fair organised by Leamington History Group, Dormer Conference Centre next to St Peter’s church, Leamington, from 10am to 4pm, free admission.

Action 21 Sustainable living Swap Shop event, East Lodge, Jephson Gardens, Leamington, from 11am to 12.30pm, call 339077 or email [email protected]

Join local photographers for help with taking the best pictures, Hill Close Gardens, Bread & Meat CLose, Warwick, £10 for entry, photo session and tea and cake, book and workshop place, call 493339, www.hillclosegardens.com

National Garden Scheme Opening, Hill Close Gardens, Bread and Meat Close, Warwick, from 11am to 5pm, admission £3.50 £1 for children, under-5s free, call 493339 or visit www.hillclose
gardens.com

Paranormal Experts come to Warwickshire, Rhonda Riachi, John Hanson and Anthony Peake, Warwick Unitarian chapel, High Street, Warwick, from 10am for 10.30am start, tickets £18 on the door, call 07505 323443 or email [email protected]

Tea dance at St Nicholas church in Warwick at 3pm, featuring a professional trio and singer. Tickets £15.

Royal Naval Association Male Voice Choir annual concert with supporting soloists at All Saints’ church at Emscote, Warwick, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, from: Warwick Visitor Centre at Court House, Jury Street, Warwick, and from Presto Classical in Park Street, Leamington. Call 422958.

‘Colour & Comfort Unique Quilts’ presentation by Barbara Meddoms and Jenny Shufflebotham at Northgate Church, Barrack Street, Warwick, 10am to 4pm. £2 entry, proceeds divided between Myton Hospice and church funds. Crafts, cards, tea and coffee available in the hall.

An evening of musical entertainment featuring the City of Coventry Male Voice Choir and Jane and Paul Carter at St Nicholas church in Kenilworth at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 including light refreshments. Proceeds to the Greenway Trust. Call 024 7647 0693 or 024 7647 1669.

Dancing to live music by Joe Priddy and bingo at the Royal Naval Association Club in Adelaide Road, Leamington, 8pm to 11pm.

Canvas and Clay 2013 exhibition at the Art Barn in Preston Bagot opens today and runs every day from 10am to 6pm until October 6. For details, call 843023.

The Playbox Theatre are performing Winnie The Pooh by Glyn Robbins at the Dream Factory in Warwick at 11am and 3pm. Tickets £11.50 (£7.50 concessions). Call 419555 ext 2.

Family History at the Leamington Local History Fair, Dormer Conference Centre, St Peter’s Church, Dormer Place, Leamington, from 10am to 4pm.

Choral Concert by the Summer Choir, works by Britten, College Chapel, Warwick School, from 7.45pm, free admission with a retiting collection.

Sunday September 22

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Butlers Marston, call 427901.

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

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

Songwriters Stage at the Leamington LAMP off Adelaide Road, 7.30pm. Free entry.

The Playbox Theatre are performing Winnie The Pooh by Glyn Robbins at the Dream Factory in Warwick at 11am. Tickets £11.50 (£7.50 concessions). Call 419555 ext 2.

monday september 23

The Secret Society of Fine Arts, part of Leamington Underground Cinema Film Festival, Leamington Lamp, off Adelaide Road, from 7.30pm, free admission.

Rock Choir rehearsals at Corpus Christi Primary School, Langbank Avenue, Ernesford Grange, Coventry CV3 2QP, 7.30pm to 9pm.

Royal British Legion Warwick branch meeting at the Masonic Rooms at Alderson House, High Street, Warwick (entrance through car park in Back Lane), 7pm for 7.30pm.

Tuesday September 24

Warwick Horticultural Society, talk by Stephen Ashpole entitled variety is the spice of life on the subject of apples, Methodist Church Hall, Barrack Street, Warwick, Commencing at 7.30pm, for more information call 479005.

Handfuls of Warwickshire Earth with poet Avril Newey: a Warwickshire family’s legacy in verse and prose, Warwicklibrary, from 7pm to 8.30pm, tickets free, call 0300 555 8171.

Rock Choir rehearsal at Warwick Quaker Centre, 39 High Street, Warwick, CV34 4AX, 10am to 11.30am.

Rock Choir rehearsal at St Augustine’s Primary School, Hollis Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2JY, 8pm to 9.30pm.

Brian Friel double bill: Afterplay and The Bear are showing at the Talisman Theatre in Kenilworth from tonight until Saturday September 29 at 7.30pm each evening. For tickets, call 856548.

Leamington Underground Cinema Festival: Underground Shorts plus film music DJs at Altoria in Warwick Street, Leamington, from 8pm. Free entry.

Wednesday September 25

Organ recital with John Wilderspin at St Mary Magdalene church in Vicarage Road, Lillington, 7.30pm.

Leamington and District Organ and Keyboard Society, an evening of live music with Daniel Watt, Sydenham Community Centre, Chesteron Drive, Sydenham, from 7.30pm, £8 on the door, for more information call 427493 or email [email protected]

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Barston, pub food at the finish, meet at the car park opposite Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre at 9.30am, call 498668.

Leamington Underground Cinema Festival: Jerkbeast plus Underground shorts, at the Zephyr Lounge in Spencer Street, Leamington, 7.30pm. Free entry.

Thursday September 26

Warwick Natural History Society. Philip Seaton will talk about The Natural History of Orchid, the Friends’ Meeting House, High Street, Warwick, from 7.30pm, go through the arch at the side of the building to the hall at the rear, visitors welcome.

Radford Road church Film Club, 
Finding Neverland starring Jonny Depp and Kate Winslett, Radford Road church, Leamington, from 2pm, tea and homemade cake, £2 per person.

Living History Workshop at St John’s Museum, Warwick: Discovering the Romans, 7pm to 9pm. £5 per person. Places must be booked in advance on 01926 412132.

Rock Choir rehearsal at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Green Lane South, Finham, Coventry CV3 6EA, 10am to 11.30am.

Armonico Consort concert: Venetian Blinders - Concerto! at St Mary’s church in Warwick, 7.30pm. Tickets £11 to £32.50. Call 0844 5810750.