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Saturday 23rd June - doors open 7:00pm starts 7:30pm
My Theatre group with a fantastic production of A Midsummer Nights Dream at - St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
Following the success from their last visit to St. Mary’s with Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, we are very pleased to announce the return of the This is My Theatre group with a fantastic production of A Midsummer Nights Dream.
"I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was."
The woods outside Athens are truly bustling on this night!
Runaway lovers, mischievous fairies, their feuding king and queen and the rehearsals of a band of amateur actors make this one of Shakespeare's most loved plays.
Using the plays original language in combination with traditional folk music played live, choral song and modern characterisation, this beautiful adaptation will captivate audiences of all ages.
Tickets: General admission £12.50, Under 16's £5, Family of 4 £32
see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Saturday 30th June - 6:00 for 6:30pm
Soirée Française at St. Clement’s Church Hall, Sandwich
An evening of French food with live music - Featuring chanteuses “Hotsy Totsy”
Billets at £15 available from Carpenter’s, 5 Cattle Market, Sandwich
see: St. Clements Church website
Sandwich Concert Band
A TOUCH OF ROYALTY at -
St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
Featuring the Concert Band and Training Band - Programme to include:
Queen's Grenadiers; Standard of St. George March; Music from the King and I; Lion King; Elizabethan serenade; Barnard Castle and many more..
Conductors: Benedict Preece & Kate Robinson
see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Saturday 30th June from 1:00 to 2:00pm
Learn to Meditate The Hartfulness Way at - The Phoenix Centre
Heartfulness is a simple and easy to learn meditation practice. It is entirely FREE
From 1:00 to 2:00pm
Friday 6th July - doors open 7:00pm dancing at 7:30pm
Part of The Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival 2018
BARN DANCE at -
St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
Live Music featuring FOOT DOWN FOLK ROCK CEILIDH BAND with caller GORDON POTTS
Real Ale Bar - Superb Homemade Eats.
Tickets: £10.00 Adults - £4 under 18s
Available at The Admiral Owen Pub and The Sandwich Shop, Guildhall Square or on the door.
see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July
Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival 2018
Many Sandwich Pubs put on Folk music and extra Ales throughout the weekend.
Street Entertainment over the weekend from groups of Morris Men Dancing.
The Pub events are free to enter with events at St. Mary's Arts Centre ticketed
Please Look again for 2018 Programme
Sunday 8th July at 7:00pm
Part of The Deal Music & Arts Festival
MATILDA LLOYD & Friends at -
St. Clement's Church, Sandwich
Matilda won the inaugural Eric Aubier International Trumpet Competition in October 2017 in Rouen France, beating 53 other contestants to claim the First Prize in the Master Category. She performed the third movement of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Alpesh Chauhan at the two BBC Ten Pieces II Proms. In conjunction with these events, Matilda performed live on BBC Radio 3's In Tune Proms Special on the opening night of the Proms, and on BBC Radio 4'sWoman's Hour. She has also performed as a soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the London Mozart Players.
Her programme will feature the magical Nicholson organ at St Clement’s Church and include works Telemann, Viviani, Albinoni, Hovhaness, Neruda and a new commission by Ed Nesbit
Tickets: Adults £18.00 - Festival Friends £16.00 - Students £9.00
see: St. Clement's Church website
Wednesday 11th July from 9:45am
Sandwich Auctions by Pettmans at St. Mary's Arts Centre
Viewing on the Tuesday before - from 9:00am to 4:00pm
St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Friday 13th July at 7:30pm
Part of The Deal Music & Arts Festival
EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA at -
St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
SOLOISTS: HANS-PETER HOFMANN & JULIAN FISH Violins
EUCO are European cultural ambassadors. This prestigious ensemble comprises some of the most outstanding European orchestral musicians and they perform around 70 concerts a year throughout the world.
In the first of their two Festival concerts they perform a sparkling programme of works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, and Mozart, alongside Grieg's ever· popular Holberg Suite.
A feast of concertos and divertimenti performed by this celebrated ensemble.
Tickets: Full £22.00 - Festival Friends £18.00 - Students £10.00
see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Saturday 14th July - at 7:30pm
THE MANWOOD SINGERS
25th Anniversary Concert, Silver Celebration at -
St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
Vivaldi Gloria, Handel. Stanford and other favourite pieces.
Tickets: £12.00 (to include a drinks reception)
Students and children under 16 Free
Tickets available from Val Gould, 35 Harnet Street, Sandwich.
and from Members - or On the door
To order on line see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Friday 24th August 7:30pm (Doors 6:45pm)
Saturday 25th August Matinee 2:30pm (Doors 1:45pm)
Saturday 25th August 7:30pm (Doors 6:45pm)
ReShake Theatre presents:
Macbeth
at St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
Interval bar at all performances
Tickets: £10.00 - Children under 16s £5.00
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/reshake-theatre
Tickets on the door STA
ReShake Theatre brings to life Shakespeares classic tale of murder, ambition, power and obsession during The Sandwich Festival.
Feel the raw emotion behind the Macbeths murderous pursuit for the crown!
Experience the madness of the supernatural and the bitter taste of revenge!
This unique but faithful version will be the first of ReShakes productions at it's new home St Mary's Arts Centre.
Come be a part of history and our summer of Shakespeare!
see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Saturday 1st September 7:30pm
(doors open 7:00 pm)
An evening with Martin Farbrother at St. Mary's Arts Centre, Sandwich
An evening with MARTIN FARBROTHER
A great evening of music & mirth celebrating the songs of The Great American Songbook and popular music of the 50’s & 60’s
with special guest Hollie Firmin ‘Cabaret with style’
Table seating - Bring your own nibbles & alcohol
Tickets £10 on: www.ticketsource.co.uk/thecrooner (booking fee applies)
Table reservations on 07740 046 459
see: St. Mary's Arts Centre website
Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival 2018
Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July 2018
Many Sandwich Pubs put on Folk music and extra Ales throughout the weekend.
Street Entertainment over the weekend from groups of Morris Men Dancing.
The Pub events are free to enter with events at St. Mary's Arts Centre ticketed.
Please Look again for 2018 Programme
Sandwich Festival - August Bank Holiday 2018
Bank Holiday Weekend 24th to 27th August
Most events free to enjoy in pubs and on the outdoor stage on the Guildhall Forecourt, with a small number of ticketed events to complete the line up.
The famous Sandwich Duck Race by The Rotary Club of Sandwich
Heritage Open Days 2018
Event organised by The Sandwich Society
Once-a-year chance to explore historic buildings - properties in Sandwich that are usually not open to the public will be open during English Heritage Open Days during Heritage Open days weekend.
All properties are open at the kindness and discretion of their owners and guardians.
Opening times are restricted to the hours shown and may be subject to possible alterations
Sandwich Arts Week 2018
15th to 23rd September 2018
Events throughout Sandwich Town
Le Weekend 2018 Sandwich goes French weekend
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th June 2018
French Market will pack the Guildhall Forecourt with genuine Normandy products and foods plus street music, Can Can dancing and cycling - Le Tour de Sandwich
Anglo French Medieval encampment on The Quay Green.
Little Gardens of Sandwich 2018
Sunday 3th June - 2:00 to 5:00pm
The gardens at St Peter’s Church and the Sandwich Library will be open for the first time alongside some of the most magical gardens in the centre of town at the annual ‘Little Gardens of Sandwich’
A real treat is in store for garden-lovers this year as they will have the chance of a private peak at six very different gardens set behind ancient medieval walls in the centre of Sandwich and then wander along to St Mary’s Arts Centre for a delicious cream tea.
After a restorative cup of tea, visitors can take a look at a number of plant stalls set up by local specialist nurseries that will be imparting their plant knowledge and selling a wide variety of perennials, annuals, shrubs and herbs and then try their luck in the charity raffle for the chance to win an array of garden-themed prizes
The Sandwich Food Fayre 2018
Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th May
Stalls at The Guildhall Forecourt, Market Street & St. Peter's Church Gardens selling locally sourced fresh produce breads, cheeses, wines, hot food.
Global foods from Portugal; Russia; Mexico; Thailand and Italy.
Foods to eat on the go, foods to buy and take home, healthy options, vegetarian and gluten free
Street Entertainment and the Local Radio
Sandwich Salutes the 40s
Saturday 5th to Bank Holiday Monday 7th May 2018
Re-enactments all over the weekend
Gunboat P22 on the River Stour; Mock Air Raids; Land Army Girls; NAAFI van; Military Vehicles on display - Music from the 40s
On the Quay and all around the town.
After a successful season in 2017 the following events will return 2018
Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival 2017
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th July
Many Sandwich Pubs put on Folk music and extra Ales throughout the weekend.
Street Entertainment over the weekend from groups of Morris Men Dancing and Mummers Plays.
The Pub events are free to enter with events at St. Mary's Arts Centre ticketed.
Sandwich Arts Week 2017
Saturday 15th to Saturday 23rd September 2017
Events throughout Sandwich Town
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Tours of Sandwich Town by The Sandwich Local History Society
Let the local History Society Guides inform and entertain you as they personally conduct you around the narrow twisting streets of our medieval town, one of the original Cinque Ports.
Whether you are organising a trip for schools, societies or groups, or if you are a family on holiday, History Society tours are a great way to see the sights and appreciate some of Sandwich's history.
Tours can take around two hours and cost £2 per person, with a minimum charge of £12.
For bookings and more details please contact:
Jacqui Linning - 01304 614866
or through the Tourist Information Office at The Guildhall, Sandwich
Also:
Dr Mike Vaile, Studio Cottage, Twitham Court Farm, Staple Road, Wingham; Nr Canterbury, Kent.
Tel 01227 722324 email mike.vaile@zen.co.uk
see The Sandwich Local History Society website
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