Dates: Tuesday 3rd March 2020, Tuesday 21st April 2020, Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Time: 10.15 - 11.00 (Doors open at 10am)
Price: Adult + 1 child - £10.00. Additional adult: £5.00
Mozart and Muffins - short informal classical music sessions for pre-school children, parents and carers, delivered by professional musicians in the iconic Elizabethan Guildhall.
Mozart & Muffins has returned to Guildford's Guildhall for more short, interactive concerts aimed at engaging and enthusing the very youngest amongst us. Whether it is on strings, woodwind, brass or percussion, classical music will be delivered by top-flight professional musicians in bite-sized chunks for parents, carers, babies and toddlers to enjoy in the splendid surroundings of the Guildhall. Come along, relax and listen to the music, whilst enjoying tea, coffee and muffins – all included in the ticket price! You can view photos of previous Mozart & Muffins sessions by visiting SPM's dedicated Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mozartandmuffins/
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Date: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Time: Doors open for coffee and socialising at 7.30pm Lecture starts promptly at 8pm
Venue: Onslow Village Hall, The Square, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU2 7QR
Tickets: Full price: £10.00 Students: £3.00
An illustrated lecture by Caroline Shenton
This is the gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how heroic curators and eccentric custodians saved Britain’s national heritage during our Darkest Hour. As Hitler’s forces gathered on the other side of the Channel, men and women from London’s museums, galleries and archives forged extraordinary plans to evacuate their collections.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket(capped at £5 per transaction)
Time: 2.30 pm
Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch. Guildford, GU1 3QT
Cost: Free
Surrey's ancient capital, situated on the banks of the River Wey, has a history stretching back over 1000 years. Starting at Tunsgate Arch, this half mile walk in the town centre will take you past some of the most interesting buildings.
Note: This walk is suitable for children 10 years and over. Please wear appropriate clothing to be warm and comfortable in as most of the tour will be out of doors in the town streets with limited places for shelter
Date: Saturday 14 March 2020
Times: 19.00 - 22.00
Tickets: Full price: £13, Under 25: Free (£16.00 on the door)
Guildford Chamber Choir continues its Anniversary Season celebrating 40 years at the forefront of Guildford's musical life with a performance of Bach's magnificent St Matthew Passion. The concert will take place in Holy Trinity Church, GU1 3RR on Saturday, 14 March 2020 at 7pm.
The choir's Principal conductor Max Barley directs the orchestra of baroque instrumentalists with Stephen Farr (continuo) and renowned soloists Nicholas Mulroy and Matthew Brook. We will also be joined by choristers from Guildford Cathedral.
This performance supports the local charity, Shooting Star Children's Hospices. Please note the earlier start time.
Date: 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 March 2020
Time: 19.45 (Doors open at 19.30)
Plus matinee performances at 14.30 on Sunday 15 and Sunday 22 March (Doors open at 14.15)
ABSOLUTELY NO LATE ENTRY.
Tickets: £15.00
Wise-cracking Truvy owns a beauty salon in small town Louisiana, where the local ladies come to share gossip, coffee and friendship. Over the course of two years we share their weddings, births and life changing events served with their own particular style of fun and humour.
Please be aware that this show is site specific and that space and seating is not as in a theatre.
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Venue : St. Nicolas Church, Bury Street, Guildford, GU2 4AW
Date : Saturday 21 March
Time: 19.30
Tickets : Full price: £14, Children 0 to 16: £2.00
The Chantry Singers - Highlights from the English Choral Tradition
The Chantry Singers will be performing a selection of English Choral music by Elgar, Britten, Purcell, Walton, Gibbons and Hadley amongst others
Please show your ticket or confirmation email at the door.
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Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Time: 5.30am
Prices: £9.00 - Walk Only
Please note that breakfast is available in the café following the walk (7.30am approx.) This must be pre-ordered and the choices are:
Walk + Full English Breakfast - £15.95
Walk + Bacon Roll - £11.50
Walk + Vegetarian Roll - £11.50
If you have any specific dietary requirements please contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334, email tic@guildford.gov.uk Guildford House, 155, High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ
Arise with the birds and enjoy a peaceful walk around the parkland with an expert from from
the British Trust for Ornithology and see how many bird songs you can recognise.
Please show your ticket or confirmation email on arrival
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: The Wilfrid Noyce Centre; Crown Court Car Park; Godalming; GU7 1DY
Date: Saturday 28th March 2020
Times: 16.00 –18.00 (Doors open at 15.45)
Tickets: Full price: £20.00
Do you know your Lindy Hop from your Jitterbug? Find out in style at LynchPin Production’s Victory Tea Dance marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the War. Swing the afternoon away with live 1940s’ music from the amazing Katie’s Crooked Swing Band. Recover with delicious Victory tea and cakes, sandwiches and scones. Win prizes from the finest local producers. Hear the testimonies of the splendid Spitfire Girls who piloted the planes to airfields, read by our actors. If you come in costume (or make-do-and-mend charity finds) you may win a prize for ‘smartest-dressed’!
Cash bar. Raffle.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Saturday 28th March 2020
Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm - 9.00pm finish for the performance . Drinks reception after for relevant ticket holders
Tickets: £10.00 [Performance only]
£15.00 [Performance and reception]
Buy 5 tickets and get the 6th ticket free! Please select 6 tickets in order to receive 1 free ticket.
But what led to this fascination with the world of the child? What of Dickens’s own childhood experiences and those of his own children? And, why did Dickens focus so heavily on the effects of social evil on children in his campaigning for a fairer, more humane society?
In this performance, Surrey Care Trust trustee and Dickens’ expert, Ron Searle will answer some of these questions and introduce Dickens the novelist, the child, the parent and the social reformer. There will also be a post performance reception – join us after for a glass of wine and nibbles, and the chance to see some rare Dickens editions and artefacts close up.
All proceeds will go to the Surrey Care Trust, a local charity which works to tackle disadvantage, social exclusion and hardship in local communities.
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Guildford GU1 3RR
Date: Saturday 28th March 2020
Time: 19.30 – 21.40
Cost: Adults: £15.00 , Children (8 to 16) and Students: £8
Blackheath and Bramley Choral Society present a performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass in Holy Trinity Church Guildford on Saturday 28th March at 7.30pm. This famous work, on which Mozart was working when he died, will be accompanied by his Vespers (Vesperae Solennes de Confessore) composed some ten years earlier (1780) for a service in Salzburg Cathedral.
Our Conductor David Condry will lead the choir, soloists and the Endelienta Baroque Orchestra.
Refreshments will be served in the interval in the adjacent Trinity Centre.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Charterhouse Hall, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey. GU7 2DX
Date: Sunday 29th March 2020
Time: 7.00pm to 9.30pm (20 minute interval)
Tickets: Full price: £16.00, Students: £8.00, Children 3 to 16: Free
Our Spring Concert features Brahms’ final symphony No.4, which has been delighting audiences ever since its first performance in 1885. We are very pleased to welcome the award-winning Graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, Yoanna Prodanova, as our soloist for the Lalo Cello Concerto. The programme also includes the Oberon Overture by Weber and the Nocturne by Mendelssohn.
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Date: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Time: Doors open for coffee and socialising at 7.30pm Lecture starts promptly at 8pm
Venue: Onslow Village Hall, The Square, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU2 7QR
Tickets: Full price: £10.00 Students: £3.00
An illustrated lecture by Susan Kay Williams
Tapestries were once the most expensive of wall decorations. Often taking years to produce, they graced some of the most significant courts of Europe. This lecture will explore the making of some of the landmark sets by the weavers of Flanders and the Gobelin factory
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Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Time: 5.30am
Prices: £9.00 - Walk Only
Please note that breakfast is available in the café following the walk (7.30am approx.) This must be pre-ordered and the choices are:
Walk + Full English Breakfast - £15.95
Walk + Bacon Roll - £11.50
Walk + Vegetarian Roll - £11.50
If you have any specific dietary requirements please contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334, email tic@guildford.gov.uk 155, High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ
Arise with the birds and enjoy a peaceful walk around the parkland with an expert from from
the British Trust for Ornithology and see how many bird songs you can recognise.
Please show your ticket or confirmation email on arrival
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Date: Friday 17 April 2020 Time: 19.30
Tickets: Full price: £15, Students £3
Martyna Jaktauskaite (Piano) - Debussy, Rachmaninov, Schumann and Kapustin.
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Date: Saturday 18th April 2020
Time: 2.30 pm
Venue: Meet at Tunsgate Arch. Guildford, GU1 3QT
Cost: Free
Surrey's ancient capital, situated on the banks of the River Wey, has a history stretching back over 1000 years. Starting at Tunsgate Arch, this half mile walk in the town centre will take you past some of the most interesting buildings.
Note: This walk is suitable for children 10 years and over. Please wear appropriate clothing to be warm and comfortable in as most of the tour will be out of doors in the town streets with limited places for shelter.
Sponsored by HarperFiction
Venue: Guildford Cricket Pavilion, Woodbridge Road, Guildford GU1 4RPDate: Saturday 25 April 2020 Time: 10.00 - 16.00
Price: £45.00 (includes a light lunch and refreshments - Vegetarian option available)
Group Discounts - 10% for 5 or more, 15% for 10 or more (Discounts apply automatically at payment stage)
Please advise us of any dietary requirements - tic@guildford.gov.uk
• A Mini Festival in a Day
• Eight Bestselling Authors
• New Venue
Spring Readers’ Day is back! Following the success of last year’s Spring Readers’ Day we are pleased to announce our second spring event with Sunday Times bestselling authors, Fern Britten and Susan Lewis heading the line-up.
A regular, and extremely popular, feature of the main Festival for many years Readers’ Day is a mini festival in a day with up to eight authors, including debut fiction writers and established novelists, talking about their lives, their inspirations and their latest projects. There is also an opportunity to meet the authors and have books signed.
A light lunch and refreshments are included, and at the end of the day, there will be a Goodie Bag, including a free book, to take home. The venue is The Pavilion at Guildford Cricket Club which offers free parking on site and easy access from the main train station and local bus routes.
Our host for the day is author and journalist, Fanny Blake.
About the Sponsor:
We are delighted to welcome a new sponsor for the day: HarperCollinsPublishers.
With a heritage stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world’s foremost book publishers, with a catalogue ranging from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to ground-breaking nonfiction, and everything in between. www.harpercollins.co.uk.
Line-up:
FERN BRITTON
J L BUTLER
JANE CASEY
JOANNA GLEN
SUSAN LEWIS
BETH MORREY
S J PARRIS
CHARLOTTE PHILBY
FERN BRITTON – Daughters of Cornwall
A hugely popular household name, TV presenter and bestselling author, Fern Britton has written more than a dozen books, cherished for their warmth, wit and wisdom. Daughters of Cornwall is her unforgettable new novel that takes us from the end of The Great War to the present day. In 1918 Clara Carter boarded a train bound for Cornwall – to meet a family that would once have been hers. But they must never discover her secret. A century later Caroline tries to uncover the lies buried in her family history but arriving in Cornwall, she soon learns that some secrets are best left hidden.
J L BUTLER - Mine
Fatal Attraction meets Apple Tree Yard in this sensational psychological drama from J L Butler (aka Tasmina Perry). Francine Day is a high-flying lawyer, ambitious and brilliant. She just needs one headline- grabbing client to seal her place as a QC. Enter Martin Joy. The attraction is instant and they embark on a secret affair. When Martin’s wife goes missing he is the prime suspect, and Francine is now his lawyer, lover and the last person to see his wife alive...
JANE CASEY – The Cutting Place
From critically-acclaimed author Jane Casey comes the new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan. Investigating the murder of a young journalist, Paige Hargreaves, Kerrigan finds herself in an unfamiliar world of wealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour. Paige had been working on a story about a private men’s club when she disappeared and it’s clear that the rich and privileged members have many secrets. But Maeve also has secrets of her own.
JOANNA GLEN – The Other Half of Augusta Hope
A captivating and deeply moving debut novel exploring grief, loss and the search for a place called home. Augusta Hope has never felt she fits. And she’s right – she doesn’t. When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in her life, she’s propelled headfirst into the unknown. She’s determined to find where she belongs – even if that home is half a world away. From small town England to the rugged beauty of Burundi, and bustling southern Spain, this stunning first novel was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2019.
SUSAN LEWIS – My Lies, Your Lies
The epic new story from the bestselling author of more than 40 books including last year’s Richard & Judy pick, One Minute Later. Her latest novel of suspense sees ghost writer, Joely, taking on her strangest assignment yet. Frieda has never told her story before. But she wants to set the record straight and right a wrong that’s haunted her for 40 years. As her story unravels Joely is spun deeper into a world of secrets and lies. She is sure she can uncover the truth but does she want to?
BETH MORREY – Saving Missy
Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, and haunted by her footsteps in her empty home, 79-year-old Missy knows that the loneliness is her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she has done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something different. A new life beckons, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. A dazzling, uplifting debut of friendship and moving on.
S J PARRIS – Execution
A regular contributor to the Guildford Book Festival S J Parris (aka Stephanie Merritt) makes her first appearance at Readers’ Day to talk about her latest novel featuring heretic turned spy, Giordano Bruno. Set in the 16th century Bruno arrives in England with news of a conspiracy to kill Queen Elizabeth and free Mary, Queen of Scots, from prison and set her on the throne. He is tasked with going undercover to join the conspirators but can he stop them before he is exposed?
CHARLOTTE PHILBY – Part of the Family
On the surface, Anna Witherall has the perfect life. Married to her university boyfriend David, she has an enviable job, beautiful home, and gorgeous three-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Rose. Their competent and capable nanny, Maria, is practically part of the family. But beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create. Only one thing is certain: to protect her children, she must betray them. A compulsive and chilling first novel from the granddaughter of Kim Philby, Britain’s most famous communist double-agent.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Wednesday 29 April 2020
Time: 7.30 for 8pm talk
Venue: The Lodge, Upper Street, Shere GU5 9JA
Tickets: £10.00 including welcome drinks
Wheelchair spaces need to be booked in advance – please contact the Tourist Information Centre - 01483 444334 for further information.
Investec International Music Festival
Sandy Burnett, musician, author and broadcaster, launches the Festival’s 2020 season with a fascinating exploration of the music, composers and artists appearing in concerts in the Surrey Hills during May. Join us for this relaxed, informal and always hugely entertaining evening of musical conversation in the Festival Chairman’s home in the beautiful village of Shere.
Support the Friends of Investec International Music Festival and benefit from a 10% discount. Please visit The Investec International Music Festival website for further details.
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Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Thursday 7th May 2020
Time: 11.00 to 1300
Cost:
NT Members - £5.00
Non NT Members - Adult £8.50 + £5.00 = £13.50
Non NT members - Child £4.25 + £5.00 = £9.25
Discover Hatchlands Park’s ancient and unusual trees on a stroll around the parkland and garden with the senior gardener.
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Date: Thursday 7 May 2020
Time: 7.30pm - doors open at 7pm
Venue: Stone Hall, West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Surrey KT24 6AN
Tickets: Full Price: £26.00, 10-30 years: £10.00
Wheelchair spaces need to be booked in advance – please contact the Tourist Information Centre - 01483 444334 for further information.
Investec International Music Festival
Exquisite works for lute and theorbo performed by Paula Chateauneuf in the Tudor splendour of West Horsley Place’s Stone Hall.
Virtuoso lutenist Paula Chateauneuf brings the Tudor past of West Horsley Place to life, performing exquisite works from the Golden Age of lute music by Dowland, Lully and others in the elegant Stone Hall in which Henry VIII himself once dined. In between colourful English dances and flamboyant Italian and French arias, Paula will speak about her beautiful instruments and the programme which is inspired by some of the historical figures connected to the house, including Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. Limited seating so book early!
Support the Friends of Investec International Music Festival and benefit from a 10% discount. Please visit The Investec International Music Festival website for further details.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Time: Doors open for coffee and socialising at 7.30pm Lecture starts promptly at 8pm
Venue: Onslow Village Hall, The Square, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU27QR
Tickets: Full price: £10.00 Students: £3.00
An illustrated lecture by Chloe Sayer
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have iconic status in Mexico. Inspired by Aztec and Maya imagery, Rivera’s intricate visual narratives adorn the walls of public buildings. Kahlo, arguably Mexico’s most original painter, made herself the principal theme of her art. This lecture chronicles their turbulent marriage and Mexico’s history after the 1910 Revolution.
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Date: Thursday 14 May 2020
Time: 8pm. Doors open at 7.45pm
Venue: Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, RH5 6AA
Tickets: Full Price: £26.00, 10-30 years: £10.00
Wheelchair spaces need to be booked in advance – please contact the Tourist Information Centre - 01483 444334 for further information.
Investec International Music Festival
Renowned worldwide for their Gallic flair and impassioned performances, the Modigliani Quartet makes its Festival debut in a gorgeous programme infused with musical sophistication, emotion and contrast. In the beautiful setting of Denbies’ starlit conservatory, this performance of works by Stravinsky, Debussy and Schubert is set to be an evening of truly passionate and inspirational music-making.
STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor Op.10
Interval
SCHUBERT String Quartet No.15 in G major D.887
Support the Friends of Investec International Music Festival and benefit from a 10% discount. Please visit The Investec International Music Festival website for further details.
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Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Date: Friday 15 May 2020 Time: 18:30
Tickets: Full price: £12, Students £3, children 4 to 16 free with accompanying adult
GURC Music Society present:
Jonathan Hope on organ
Silent Film Improvisation: Walt Disney's 'Fantasia' (1940)
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Date: Friday 15 May Time: 7.30pm
Price:
Early Bird until 31 March
Full price £10
Student/Registered Disabled: £6.00
Friday Night at the Boileroom and St Mary's Adult £26.00
Student/Registered Disabled: £15.00
From 1st April
Full price £12
Student/Registered Disabled: £7.50
Friday Night at the Boileroom and St Mary's Adult £30.00
Student/Registered Disabled: £16.00
Please note: The Friday evening is for 18s and over only.
Top performers from the folk, roots and acoustic music scene.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue:
Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Saturday 16th May 2020
Time: 10.00 - 12.30
Prices: Free
Join our pop-up choir to celebrate spring and our 125 anniversary. No experience needed. Just come along, meet new people and have fun. Children are welcome to attend and dogs on leads are also welcome.
Date: Saturday 16 May 2020 Time: 12.30 pm - 10pm
Price:
Early Bird until 31 March
Full price £18
Student/Registered Disabled: £10.00
Child 12 -18: £10.00
Under 12's FREE
Family for Saturday 16th Only: £50.00
Please select 2 adults and 2 children or 2 adults and 2 students
Friday Night at the Boileroom and St Mary's Adult £26.00
Student/Registered Disabled: £15.00
From 1st April
Full price £20
Student/Registered Disabled: £12.00
Child 12-18: £12.00
Under 12's FREE
Family for Saturday 16th Only: £50.00
Please select 2 adults and 2 children or 2 adults and 2 students
Friday Night at the Boileroom and St Mary's Adult £30.00
Student/Registered Disabled: £16.00
Please note: The Friday evening is for 18s and over only.
Discounts available for purchasing multiple events
Top performers from the folk, roots and acoustic music scene.
Founded by music lovers Paul and Carolyn Graham as a not for profit event Trinity Folk Festival has been bringing the best folk, roots, and acoustic music to Guildford since 2013, and has grown to become a significant festival on the folk scene. Regularly featuring both local artists and nationally renowned acts, there is always something for everyone and this year’s festival is no exception with headline acts being Merry Hell and UFQ. Also the festival will again feature a selection of quality, local beers and its legendary BBQ.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Saturday 16 May 2020
Time: 7.30pm. Doors open at 7.00pm
Venue: Anniversary Hall, St Catherine's School, Bramley GU5 0DF
Tickets: Full Price: £30.00, 10-30 years: £10.00
Wheelchair spaces need to be booked in advance – please contact the Tourist Information Centre - 01483 444334 for further information.
Investec International Music Festival
We bring our 2020 season to a glorious close with the world-renowned English Chamber Orchestra performing Elgar’s heartfelt Serenade for Strings and Schubert’s youthful 5th Symphony. Flute virtuoso Adam Walker joins them in Mozart’s effervescent Flute Concerto No. 2, and Royal Wedding soprano Elin Manahan Thomas sings an entrancing selection of arias from the operas of Henry Purcell.
ELGAR Serenade for Strings in E minor Op.20
MOZART Flute Concerto No.2 in D major K.314
Interval
PURCELL Arias from King Arthur, The Fairy Queen and Dido & Aeneas
SCHUBERT Symphony No.5 in B flat major D.485
Support the Friends of Investec International Music Festival and benefit from a 10% discount. Please visit The Investec International Music Festival website for further details.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Thursday 21 May 2020
Time: 20.00 – 22.00
Cost: Adults: £7.00; Children [5-17]: £4.00
Visit Hatchlands Park at twilight and see how many bats you can spot on a guided stroll through the parkland. With the help of bat detectors, listen out for the bats as they hunt for food.
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Date: Friday 22 May 2020
Time: 18.00 - 22.00
Tickets: £10.00
The admission price includes a commemorative Guildford Beer Festival Glass and Programme. There is Live Music at all three sessions.
Upon production of a valid 2020 CAMRA membership card at the entrance gate, CAMRA members will receive tokens for the purchase of a free pint of beer.
The Eleventh Annual Guildford Beer Festival will again be hosted by Guildford Cricket Club. The event is held in marquees at The Sports Ground in Woodbridge Road, very close to Guildford town centre. The Beer Festival features around 100 cask ales and chilled craft beers sourced from independent and micro-breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. There will also be an attractive offering of ciders, wines and soft drinks and a separate Gin & Spirits Bar featuring four local gin distilleries. There is live musical entertainment and food available.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, GU1 3RR
Date: Friday 22 May 2020
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm - Doors open at 6.20pm
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Child (6-18): £1.00; Student: £7.00; Oakleaf service user: £5.00; Jobseeker: £5.00
Retiring collection and proceeds from cake and drink sales in aid of Oakleaf
Purchase all 5 Hennessey Brown Music Concerts and save. Season Ticket = 5 concerts for £50.00 (discount is automatically applied)
Thomas Bowes is one of the UK’s finest violinists. His concerto appearances in the UK, Germany and the USA have included highly praised performances of concertos by Elgar, Britten, Szymanowski and Walton.
He is very active in the realm of cinema, and millions have heard him on the soundtracks of his numerous film credits.
Tom’s recording of the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas was released in 2018 on the Navona label to great critical acclaim.
His ‘Bach Pilgrimage’ is now a feature of every season and future events will take him all over the world. In 2019 Tom was given a ‘Sebastian Award’ by the Ars Ante Portas Civic Association of Bratislava, Slovakia for his ‘Extraordinary contribution in maintaining public appreciation of the work of JS Bach’.
Between 1988 and 1993 he was the founding leader of the Maggini String Quartet and together with his wife, the composer and pianist Eleanor Alberga, he formed the duo Double Exposure in 1995. The duo toured extensively with concerts and broadcasts in the USA and Europe and together they made a major tour of China in 1997, winning the hearts of their audiences wherever they played. They returned to China in November 2019.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Saturday 23 May 2020
Time: 12.00 - 16.00
Tickets: £10.00
The admission price includes a commemorative Guildford Beer Festival Glass and Programme. There is Live Music at all three sessions.
Upon production of a valid 2020 CAMRA membership card at the entrance gate, CAMRA members will receive tokens for the purchase of a free pint of beer.
The Eleventh Annual Guildford Beer Festival will again be hosted by Guildford Cricket Club. The event is held in marquees at The Sports Ground in Woodbridge Road, very close to Guildford town centre. The Beer Festival features around 100 cask ales and chilled craft beers sourced from independent and micro-breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. There will also be an attractive offering of ciders, wines and soft drinks and a separate Gin & Spirits Bar featuring four local gin distilleries. There is live musical entertainment and food available.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Saturday 23 May 2020
Time: 18.00 - 22.00
Tickets: £10.00
The admission price includes a commemorative Guildford Beer Festival Glass and Programme. There is Live Music at all three sessions.
Upon production of a valid 2020 CAMRA membership card at the entrance gate, CAMRA members will receive tokens for the purchase of a free pint of beer.
The Eleventh Annual Guildford Beer Festival will again be hosted by Guildford Cricket Club. The event is held in marquees at The Sports Ground in Woodbridge Road, very close to Guildford town centre. The Beer Festival features around 100 cask ales and chilled craft beers sourced from independent and micro-breweries in Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex and Berkshire. There will also be an attractive offering of ciders, wines and soft drinks and a separate Gin & Spirits Bar featuring four local gin distilleries. There is live musical entertainment and food available.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East ClandonGU4 7RT
Date: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Time: 4.30am
Prices: £9.00 - Walk Only
Please note that breakfast is available in the café following the walk( 6.30am approx.) This must be pre-ordered and the choices are:
Walk + Full English Breakfast - £15.95
Walk + Bacon Roll - £11.50
Walk + Vegetarian Roll - £11.50
If you have any specific dietary requirements please contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334, email tic@guildford.gov.uk 155, High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ
Arise with the birds and enjoy a peaceful walk around the parkland with an expert from from
the British Trust for Ornithology and see how many bird songs you can recognise.
Please show your ticket or confirmation email on arrival
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee perticket (capped at £5 per transaction)
Date: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Time: Doors open for coffee and socialising at 7.30pm Lecture starts promptly at 8pm
Venue: Onslow Village Hall, The Square, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU27QR
Tickets: Full price: £10.00 Students: £3.00
Anillustrated lecture by Christopher Bradley
After the Phoenicians settled in the North African ports of Sabratha and Leptis Magna, the Greeks built the magnificent city of Cyrene. The Romans followed with Septimus Severus re-creating Leptis Magna, now a world heritage site, as the finest city in Africa. Hear how the coming of Islam changed the old order.
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Undressing the Georgians: In conversation with the Georgian Dining Academy
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Thursday 11th June 2020
Time: 7.30 to 8.30pm [approx.]
Please note: Gates open at 7.00pm. A glass of wine or a soft drink will be served on arrival
Cost: All tickets £10.00
Join time travellers Miss B and Miss Kitty Pridden for a delightful evening of discussion on Georgian taste and fashion. With Miss B and Miss Pridden's knowledge and passion for all this riotous period, this promises to be a colourful and enlightening evening.
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Venue: Holy Trinity Church, GU1 3RR
Date: Friday 12 June 2020
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm - Doors open at 6.20pm
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Child (6-18): £1.00; Student: £7.00; Oakleaf Service User: £5.00; Jobseeker: £5.00
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Much admired by the likes of Rostropovich and Zubin Mehta, Fali Pavri enjoys an international reputation as soloist concerto performer and teacher. The many eminent musicians he has performed with include the cellists David Geringas, Franz Helmerson, Wolfgang Schmidt and Tim Gill. He has worked with violinists Nicola Benedetti and Ilya Gringolts, the Vellinger and Vertavo quartets, the Leopold Trio, Paragon Ensemble, Scottish Ensemble, clarinettist, singers Roderick Williams and Mark Padmore and composer Mauricio Kagel.
For more information about Fali, please visit his website .
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Date: Sunday 14th June 2020
Time: 14.00
Price: Free (No more than 6 tickets per booking please)
Individuals and small groups, up to six people, are welcome to join this free walk. Larger groups please contact the Tourist Information Centre for further details. 155 High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ. Tel: 01483 444334. email tic@guildford.gov.uk
Explore the Guildford connection of Alan Turing, the father of modern computing and World War II codebreaker. He lived in Guildford as a boy and regularly visited the town to see his family right up until his death. On this walk you will hear about Alan's time in Guildford, the story behind his genius as told by his family.
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, GU4 7RT
Times: 10.15am, 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm and 4.00pm [Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of your climb]
Those booking for birthday parties may wish to consider booking consecutive hours if the party is larger than 8 people.
Prices: NT Members (Ages 6+) £20, Non NT member adults £28.10 (includes admission fee)
Non NT member children (6-17) £24.25 (includes admission fee)
Enjoy Hatchlands Park from a new perspective. Under the guidance from experts from the Big Tree Climbing Company, climb the 50ft Cedar in the garden and enjoy a bird's-eye view of the parkland.
Learn how to enter the tree's canopy using ropes, knots and karibiners, whilst being securely attached in a harness at all times. If you're feeling brave you could try some branch walking before returning safely to the ground.
For FAQs about this event, please click here and look for 'About' http://bit.ly/2SlQY1r
NB: Children who are taking part must be aged 6+. All children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. The parent/guardian will gain free access into the parkland.
(We are offering free entry to the parkland to dads as it is Fathers Day but this does not include the tree climb)
Please wear comfortable, practical outdoor clothing appropriate for the weather conditions. Footwear should have a good grip, such as trainers or walking boots.
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Venue: Outside G-Live, London Rd,Guildford GU1 2AA
Date: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Time: 14.00
Price: Free (No more than 6 tickets per booking please)
Individuals and small groups, up to six people, are welcome to join this free walk. Larger groups please contact the Tourist Information Centre for further details. 155 High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ. Tel: 01483 444334. email tic@guildford.gov.uk
Venue: Outside G-Live, London Rd, Guildford GU1 2AA
Time: 19.00
Date:Thursday 9th July 2020
Price: Free (No more than 6 tickets per booking please)
Individuals and small groups, up to six people, are welcome to join this free walk. Larger groups please contact the Tourist Information Centre for further details. 155 High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ. Tel: 01483 444334. email tic@guildford.gov.uk
Explore the Guildford connection of Alan Turing, the father of modern computing and World War II codebreaker. He lived in Guildford as a boy and regularly visited the town to see his family right up until his death. On this walk you will hear about Alan's time in Guildford, the story behind his genius as told by his family.
Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Date: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Time: 1:00pm
Tickets: Full price: £12, Students £3, children 4 to 16 free with accompanying adult
GURC Music Society present:
Jimmy Hastings ‑ saxophone
John Horler ‑ piano
Tim Wells ‑ bass
Trevor Tomkins ‑ drums
A lunchtime jazz set
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Venue: Shalford Park, Shalford, Guildford GU4 8BL
Dates: Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July 2020
Time: Saturday - 10.00am - 19.00 Sunday 10.00 - 17.00
Tickets :
Please note: Tickets can be used on the selected days, unless you have purchased a Flexi Ticket, which allows you to choose which day you attend or a Weekend ticket which allows you to attend on BOTH days.
Adults: £6.00, Concessions: [Seniors (65+), Disabled/Carer]: £4.00. Children under 16: Free
Flexi Ticket: Adults: £7.00, Concessions [Seniors (65+), Disabled/Carer]: £5.00
Children under 16: Free
Weekend Ticket: Adults:£10.00, Concessions:[Seniors (65+), Disabled/Carer]: £6.00
Children under 16: Free
The deadline for purchasing these discounted tickets is 8.00pm on Thursday 16thJuly.
The Cheese & Chilli Festival offers a fantastic family friendly, fun-filled event. Spicing things up with all things cheese and chilli, the event will see a whole host of tasty treats, amazing entertainment and food competitions for those that can handle the heat. What 's more, the festival will be supporting worthwhile charities, with a team raising funds throughout the two-day show.
Entertainments include; Amazing Cheese & Chilli (obviously), Chilli Eating Competitions, Hot Food Challenges, Chilli Sauce Competitions, Live Music, Cooking Demonstrations, Punch & Judy, Circus Skills, Karaoke, Crazy Golf, Human Stunt Show, Animal HQ (hold some strange and exotic creatures),Treasure Hunts, Real Ales, Authentic Ciders, children's rides plus loads more.
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Venue: Shalford Park, Shalford, Guildford GU4 8BL
Dates: Sunday 19 July 2020
Time: 10.00 - 17.00
Tickets : Adults:£6.00, Concessions: [Seniors (65+), Disabled/Carer]: £4.00. Children under 16 : Free
The deadline for purchasing these discounted tickets is 8.00pm on Thursday 16thJuly.
The Cheese & Chilli Festival offers a fantastic family friendly, fun-filled event. Spicing things up with all things cheese and chilli, the event will see a whole host of tasty treats, amazing entertainment and food competitions for those that can handle the heat. What 's more, the festival will be supporting worthwhile charities, with a team raising funds throughout the two-day show.
Entertainments include; Amazing Cheese & Chilli (obviously), Chilli Eating Competitions, Hot Food Challenges, Chilli Sauce Competitions, Live Music, Cooking Demonstrations, Punch & Judy, Circus Skills, Karaoke, Crazy Golf, Human Stunt Show, Animal HQ (hold some strange and exotic creatures),Treasure Hunts, Real Ales, Authentic Ciders, children's rides plus loads more.
Online booking subject to a 5% booking fee per ticket(capped at £5 per transaction)
Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Thursday 30th July 2020
Time: 20.00 – 22.00
Cost: Adults: £7.00; Children [5-17]: £4.00
Visit Hatchlands Park at twilight and see how many bats you can spot on a guided stroll through the parkland. With the help of bat detectors, listen out for the bats as they hunt for food.
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Venue: On the Lawn, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Sunday 2nd August 2020
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm
Cost: Adults: £17.00; Children 5-17: £8.00 Family: £42 (family 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children) Family ticket automatically calculated when in basket.
Under 5's go free (no ticket required)
Please bring your own seats or a rug. You are welcome to bring your own picnic. Refreshments will be served in the interval. Gates open at 6.30pm.
Join the all-male cast of The Lord Chamberlain’s Men as they perform Shakespeare’s famous chilling and powerful tragedy.
A play of supernatural magic, vaulting ambition and an examination of the dreadful consequences of the insatiable lust for power. With Shakespeare’s most chilling power couple and truly stirring poetry, this stunning play will keep you gripped.
Bring a chair and a picnic, and prepare to be entertained and transported watching Shakespeare as he first saw it performed; in the open air, by an all-male cast with Elizabethan costumes, music and dance.
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Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Thursday 6th August 2020
Time: 20.00 – 22.00
Cost: Adults: £7.00; Children [5-17]: £4.00
Visit Hatchlands Park at twilight and see how many bats you can spot on a guided stroll through the parkland. With the help of bat detectors, listen out for the bats as they hunt for food.
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Venue: On the Lawn, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Sunday 16th August 2020
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Cost: Adults: £17.00; Children 5-17: £8.00 Family: £42 (family 2 adults& 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children) Family ticket automaticallycalculated when in basket.
Under 5's go free(no ticket required)
Join Heartbreak Productions and the Nick Carraway quartet for an evening of jazz, prohibition style. Nick is not only the band leader but a top-notch storyteller, and when he's in the mood, he can take you back to the summer of 1922 when he lived next door to none other than the infamous Jay Gatsby.
So, get your glad rags on, work up your best Charleston, and get your cocktail glass at the ready! Served up with a twist of iconic Heartbreak style, this outdoor adaption of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the perfect way to mark 100 years since prohibition. Dress for the weather, bring a chair or blanket to sit on, and don't forget the picnic and prosecco (now that prohibition has been lifted!)
Doors open at 5.30pm. Please bring seats or a rug. You are welcome to bring your own picnic. Refreshments will be served during the interval.
Please note that Hatchlands Park is closed during the day due to the Prudential Ride London-Surrey bike race. Hatchlands Park will be re-open at 5.30pm.
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Venue: On the Lawn, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st August 2020
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Cost: Adults: £12.00; Children 5-17: £8.00 Family: £32 (family 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children) Family ticket automatically calculated when in basket.
Under 5's go free (no ticket required) however Immersion Theatre's guidelines suggest the show is suitable for 4 years and over.
Please bring your own seats or a rug. You are welcome to bring your own picnic. Refreshments will be served in the interval. Gates open at 5.30pm.
Enjoy Immersion Theatre’s brand-new musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s family favourite. Funny, exciting and wildly entertaining, this larger-than-life musical will have you howling with laughter - the perfect treat for the whole family!
Immersion Theatre are thrilled to bring their trademark energy to their wildest show yet, a brand-new musical adaptation of this Rudyard Kipling family favourite.
Filled with original music, audience interaction, and the chance to meet the characters after the show, you are invited to join Mowgli and his friends, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, on a madcap jungle adventure as they meet and attempt to outwit a slithering snake, some cheeky monkeys, and the fierce tiger, Shere Khan!
Funny, exciting and wildly entertaining, this larger-than-life musical will have you howling with laughter – the perfect treat for the whole family!
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Venue: Rural Life Centre, Reeds Road, Tilford GU10 2DL.
Date: Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August 2020
Times: Friday 21st 12pm - 11pm : Saturday 22nd 10am - 11pm : Sunday 23rd 10am - 10.30pm
Tickets: Early bird Tickets available until 1 April 2020
Friday Adult 3 day weekender: £115.00;£40.00: Saturday £50.00 : Sunday £50.00. Please note: To buy youth or camping tickets, call us on 01483 444333 or visit us at the Tourist Information Centre in Guildford High Street
Under 10's are free. You can simply ask for Under 10 tickets on arrival
A fabulous boutique family festival in the country with incredible music, mouth-watering food, real ale, champagne, wine and cocktail bars & plenty of attractions for young and old.
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Venue: Hatchlands Park, East Clandon GU4 7RT
Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Time: 19.30 – 21.30
Cost: Adults: £7.00; Children [5-17]: £4.00
Visit Hatchlands Park at twilight and see how many bats you can spot on a guided stroll through the parkland. With the help of bat detectors, listen out for the bats as they hunt for food.
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Date: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Time: Doors open for coffee and socialising at 7.30pm Lecture starts promptly at 8pm
Venue: Onslow Village Hall, The Square, Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU27QR
Tickets: Full price: £10.00 Students: £3.00
An illustrated lecture by Alexandra Epps
Peggy Guggenheim was the “poor little rich girl” who changed the face of twentieth century art. Ahead of her time, she discovered and nurtured a new generation of artists and through collecting not only their art but the artists themselves, her life was as radical as her collection.
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Venue: Holy Trinity Church, GU1 3RR
Date: Saturday 12 September 2020
Time: 7.30pm - 9.50pm - Doors open at 6.45pm
Prices: Full Price: £16.00, Child (6-18): £1.00; Student: £7.00; Oakleaf Service User: £5.00; Jobseeker: £5.00
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A journey in vocal music from Europe to the Americas.
Based at Windsor Castle, the members of The Queen's Six make up half of the Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls. This rare privilege demands the highest musical standards, as they sing regularly for the Royal family at both private and state occasions. In 2018 this included the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, held in St George’s Chapel. Most significantly however, it is the familiarity of living and singing together in Chapel every day that lends this group its distinctive closeness and blend, as well as an irresistible informality and charm.
Individually, members of The Queen’s Six have appeared in many of the most prestigious vocal ensembles on the circuit, including The Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae and The Sixteen. Their repertoire extends far beyond the reach of the choir stalls: from austere early chant, florid Renaissance polyphony, lewd madrigals and haunting folk songs to upbeat jazz and pop arrangements.
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Venue: Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Date: Friday 9th October 2020 Time: 19:30pm
Tickets: Full price: £12, Students £3, children 4 to 16 free with accompanying adult
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Date: Saturday 10 October 2020
Time: 6.30pm - 9.50pm - Doors open at 5.30pm
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Child (6-18): £1.00; Student: £7.00; Oakleaf Service User: £5.00; Jobseeker: £5.00
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A recital of true class comes to Guildford.
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Venue: Holy Trinity Church, GU1 3RR
Date: Saturday 24 October 2020
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm - Doors open at 6.20pm
Prices: Full Price: £14.00, Child (6-18): £1.00; Student: £7.00; Oakleaf Service User: £5.00; Jobseeker: £5.00
Retiring collection and proceeds from cake and drink sales in aid of Oakleaf
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At home they have been described as a "National Treasure". They were artists in residence at the Gibbs Music Festival from 2008 - 2014 and recent activities have included a residency at St John's Smith Square in London, featuring a critically acclaimed 2015 Beethoven Cycle and artists in residence at the Festival Jalesnes, Venantes, France.
Their interest in promoting English music has resulted in them recording the complete trios of Donald Francis Tovey, Henry Cotter Nixon, and Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, with many premiere performances in places such as Dubai, Singapore, Manila, Naples, and Paris. They have actively commissioned works by composers such as Christopher Gunning, Jed Balsamo, Gavin Bryers, Clement Ishmael, Constantin Papageorgiou, Giya Kanchelli and Philip Glass.
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