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   Events... May - June 2008  
May

4th & 5th            
Discover Bewdley Weekend. Bewdley Town Centre. 10am – 5pm.

4th, 5th           
Discover Bewdley Weekend at Bewdley Museum. Load Street, Bewdley. Various activities, plus the WWII Air Raid Shelter revealed for the first time. 10am – 4pm. Tel: 01299 403573

4th            
Pound the Bounds. Annual walk at Rock.
Details: www.rockvillagehall.co.uk

10th/11th           
Day Out With Thomas. Severn Valley Railway. Kidderminster Tel: 01299 403816

13th – 17th           
Stourport Choral and Operatic Society – ‘Springtime is Showtime’. Stourport Civic Centre, Stourport-on-Severn.
Details: www.stourportchoral.org.uk

17th/18th           
Day Out With Thomas. Severn Valley Railway. Kidderminster
Tel: 01299 403816

25th – 30th            
Wildlife Activity Week. A new display in Bewdley Museum to encourage appreciation of garden wildlife.  Tel: 01299 403573

25th / 26th            
Harvington Hall Living History Weekend. Harvington, Nr. Kidderminster (off A448 or A450). 11.30am – 5.00pm (last entrance 4pm). £4 - £5.50. Tel: 01562 777846

26th           
Craft Skills – demonstrations and stalls. Bewdley Museum, Load Street, Bewdley. 11am – 4pm. Tel: 01299 403573

27th            
Ponds and Minibeasts for families at Wyre Forest Visitor Centre, Callow Hill, Bewdley. 2pm – 4pm. £5. Booking Required. Tel: 01299 266944

29th            
Bat Night with Bewdley Museum. Guided walk in Jubilee Gardens 8.30pm – 10.00pm. Tel 01299 403573

30th            
Fun with Rocks and Fossil for families at Wyre Forest Visitor Centre, Callow Hill, Bewdley. Start anytime between 1pm and 3pm. £3 per child. Tel: 01299 266929


June

Until 29th            
Exhibition:  “Ideas and Innovations” at Bewdley Museum, Load Street. Tel: 01299 403573

1st           
Pet Show, St. George’s Hall, Bewdley. 4pm to 6pm Organised by Bewdley Festival Committee. Tel: 01299 401841.

1st            
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: The Antiquary, High Street Bewdley.12-5pm. Adults £2.50, children free. Tel: 01299 402430

1st            
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Tythe Barn House, Chaddesley Corbett. Garden Open for Charity. .2-5:30pm. Adults £2.50, children free. Tel: 01562 777014

1st           
Marching Jazz Band Competition. Stourport Riverside Park. Stourport on Severn. Tel: 01562 732934

3rd  & 5th            
Behind the Scenes Tours at Witley Court, Great Witley. 11am and 2pm. £5.10 - £10.40. Booking required. Tel: 01299 896636

4th            
Walk in the Woods for adults at Wyre Forest Visitor Centre, Callow Hill, Bewdley. 10.30am start for a 2hour walk. £4.
Tel: 01299 266929

5th            
Lunchtime Organ Recital. Kidderminster Town Hall. 1.10pm. £5. Tel: 01562 732158

6th           
Music in the Park with Geoff Goodwin’s ‘Jubilee Jazz Band’. Jubilee Gardens, Bewdley. 7.30pm to 9pm. Tel: 01562 732980
(Followed by annual firework display from the Rowing Club at approx 10.15pm).

7th           
Bewdley Carnival, Bewdley Town Centre. Parade leaving Hales Park at 1pm. Tel: 01299 402723

7th           
The Kidderminster Valentines – A Grand Combined Choirs Concert. Kidderminster Town Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets from £8, available from Kidderminster Town Hall, or Tel: 01562 630914 / 01562 751753

7th – 22nd            
Bewdley Open Studios Art Exhibition. Bewdley Museum, Load Street. 10am – 4:30pm (last admission 4pm). Tel: 01299 403573

7th & 8th            
“A Winter’s Tale” at Witley Court. Great Witley. 7:30pm. £5-£12. Booking essential. Tel: 01299 896636

8th           
Rock and Roll Event, Stourport Riverside, Stourport on Severn. 10am – 5pm. Tel: 01562 732975

8th           
A Festival of Transport. Worcestershire County Museum, Hartlebury, Nr Kidderminster. 11am – 5pm (last admission 4:30pm). Adults £4, children £2. Tel: 01299 250416

8th           
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Weavers and Tickners Cottages, Upper Rochford, Tenbury Wells. 12noon to 5pm. Adults £3, children free. Tel: 01584 781767

8th           
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Gladderbrook Farm, Heightington, Nr. Bewdley. 12-5pm. Adults  £3.00, children free.
Tel: 01299 879923
                       
8th             
Fairtrade Tea Party. QEII Silver Jubilee Gardens. Bewdley.
2.30pm – 4.30pm. Tel: 01562 732934

14th           
Family Fun Day. In the gardens behind Cooks green houses on the Bewdley to Stourport road. Tel 01562 635603

14th /15th            
Bewdley Open Studios Weekend. Over 60 artists’ work on show in  Bewdley Museum, Load Street and Bewdley Town. Tel: 01299 400335. Email: samzalin@samzalin.freeserve.co.uk

15th           
The Elgar Chorale, Great Witley Church. 7.30pm. £12. Tel: 01905 426998. www.greatwitleychurch.org.uk

15th            
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Astley Country Gardens (group of gardens) Astley, Nr. Stourport on Severn. 1pm – 6pm. Adults £5, children free (only one payment for entrance to all gardens). Tel: 01299 823769

15th           
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Eastgrove Cottage Garden Nursery, Shrawley. 2pm - 6pm. Adults £3, chidren free. Tel: 01299 896389

15th            
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Honeybrook House Cottage, Honeybrook Lane, Kidderminster. 12-5pm. Adults £3.50, children free. Tel: 01299 67939

20th            
Horticultural Event. Bewdley Museum, Load Street, Bewdley. 11am – 4pm. Free. Tel: 01299 403573

20th            
Garden Tours at Witley Court, Great Witley. Tours start at 11am and  2pm. £5.10 - £10.40. Booking required. Tel: 01299 896636

21st                       
Kidderminster Carnival. Brinton Park, Kidderminster.
Tel: 01562 751634

21st           
Summer Solstice Dusk Walk for Adults at Wyre Forest Visitor Centre, Callow Hill, Bewdley. 9pm – 11pm. £6. Booking required. Tel: 01299 266944

22nd
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: Gladderbrook Farm, Heightington, Nr. Bewdley. 12-5pm. Adults £3 children free. Tel: 01299 879923

23rd – 25th
Bewdley Floral Art Club presents ‘Around the World…the Floral Way’ 7.30pm. The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster. £8. Tel: 01299 402961 

28th  to Sept 21st
Exhibition: ‘Tickenhill Manor’. Bewdley Museum, Load Street, Bewdley. 10am – 4:30pm (last entry 4pm). Free. Tel: 01299 403573

28th                       
Wyre Forest Young Voices, Great Witley Church. 7.30pm. £12. Tel: 01905 426998. www.greatwitleychurch.org.uk

28th/29th           
1940s Weekend. Severn Valley Railway. Kidderminster. Tel: 01299 403816

29th            
NGS Gardens Open for Charity: High Bank, Cleobury Road, Bewdley. 11am – 5pm. Adults £2.50, children free. Tel: 01299 401342.


Arts Information

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