Your what’s on guide

Friday July 25

Dig St John’s, archaeology at St John’s Museum in Warwick, sessions at 10am, 11am, noon, 2pm and 3pm, archaeology sandpit for the under-5s, call 412132 to sign up, £6 per person, booking advised, also on at the same place and times on Saturday July 26.

Quiz - Play Your Cards Right, The Liberal Club, Upper Holly Walk, Leamington, free admission.

Lunchtime Concert with Mezzo Soprano Alison Shepherd, Holy Trinity church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington, from 1.15pm, free admission, retiring collection, light refreshments from 12.30pm.

Leamington band The Rushmore are performing at the Punch Bowl in Warwick during the Warwick Folk Festival Smith Street party today and on Saturday July 26.

Saturday July 26

Dancing to John Harrison and Bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

The Jolly Rogers, live band, Southam Sports and Social Club, School Street, from 9pm, free admission.

Craft Fair, Woodloes School, Deansway, Warwick, from 10.30am to 4pm, free admission, some proceeds to Children in Need.

Dancing to John Harrison and Bingo, The Royal Naval Association Club, Riverside Walk, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm, all welcome.

Family History: Victorian Census Records, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, off Cape Road, Warwick, from 9.15am to 12.15pm, £12 per person, call 738959.

Craft and Vintage Fair, St John’s Museum, Warwick, from 11am to 4.30pm, to book a stall call 412034 or visit www.heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk

Car Boot Sale in aid of Myton Hospice, The Sydni Centre, Cottage Square off Marlowes Walk, Sydenham, for more information contact Richard or Kate on 422071 or email [email protected] thanks.

Sunday July 27

Leamington Rambling Club, nine to 11-mile walk, Guiting Power, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am, call 496974.

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

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Fulready, nine-miles, call 864624.

Chesterton church will be serving afternoon tea.

Chapterhouse are performing Much Ado About Nothing at Kenilworth Castle at 7.30pm. Tickets £13 (£11 concessions) in advance or £15 (£13 concessions) on the gate. Call 0871 220 0260.

Monday July 28

Leamington History Group, talk by Francis Stenton, MC of the Upper Assembly Rooms, Dormer Conference Centre, Dormer Place, Leamington, from 7.30pm, guests £2.50, annual membership £10, www.leamington
history.co.uk

Tuesday July 29

Pride and Prejudice by Heartbreak Productions, Hill Close Gardens, Bread and Meat Close, Warwick, picnic in the gardens from 5.30pm, show starts at 7pm, tickets £12.50, concessions £10, call 493339 or visit www.hillclose
gardens.com for more information.

History Detectives Club, Into Battle - find out how battles were fought in the past from the Roman times to the First World War, suitable for ages 6 to 12, St John’s Museum, Warwick, from 9.30am to 4pm, sessions cost £24 per day, book two or more sessions to get a 20 per cent discount, call 412501, 412132 or visit St John’s or Market Hall Museum

Arty Tots in the Garden. Explore the garden and get creative making large pieces art in the garden. Bring a picnic and share your lunch with the creatures living in the garden. Suitable for children aged over two but older brothers and sisters welcome, St John’s Musuem, Warwick, Cost £2.50 per child, children must be accompanied by an adult. No need to book, just drop in.

Wednesday July 30

History Detectives Club, Beasts and Birds - find out about beasts and birds in a hunt around Priory Park, suitable for ages 6 to 12, St John’s Museum, Warwick, from 9.30am to 4pm, sessions cost £24 per day, book two or more sessions to get a 20 per cent discount, call 412501 or visit St John’s or Market Hall Museum.

Puppets and Pastimes, children’s workshop about the toys and games of the past, Market Hall Museum, Warwick, from 10.30am to noon and from 2pm to 3.30pm, £2.50 per child, no need to book.

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Frankton and Marton, meet at the car park opposite Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, pub food at the finish, call 496974.

Thursday July 31

History Detectives Club, A Grand Day Out - find out what the Victorians did on their days off, suitable for ages 6 to 12, St John’s Museum, Warwick, from 9.30am to 4pm, sessions cost £24 per day, book two or more sessions to get a 20 per cent discount, call 412501 or visit St John’s or Market Hall
Museum.

Manos Puestas guitar duo are performing at the LAMP off Adelaide Road in Leamington from 8pm. 
www.leamingtonlamp.co.uk

Saturday August 2

Summer Holiday family event, experience the secrets of the Pump Room in Leamington as told by Dr Jephson and a Regency Lady played by members of the Highly Sprung Theatre Company, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 11am to 4pm.

Dancing to the Mick White Duo and Bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

The Pet Show, hundreds of attractions, Stoneleigh Park, also on Sunday August 3, visit www.thepetshow.co.uk

Art In The Park: free outdoor arts festival in Jephson Gardens, Leamington, with exhibitions, sales, demonstrations, body painting, pot-firing, wood-carving and more, 11am to 6pm.

Butlers Marston Concert Society Festival at Butlers Marston church today and on Sunday August 3, with performances from 3pm on Saturday and from 10am on Sunday. For details and tickets, call 07729 356113.

Sunday August 3

Art In The Park: free outdoor arts festival in Jephson Gardens, Leamington, with exhibitions, sales, demonstrations, body painting, pot-firing, wood-carving and more, 11am to 3pm.

Kenilworth Rambling Club, Alcester, five miles, call 851228.

Chesterton church will be serving afternoon tea.

Leamington Rambling Club, nine to 11-mile walk, Marston St Lawrence, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am.

Tuesday August 5

Dig!, become and archeologist for the day and explore ancient civilisations including the Romans and Egyptians, St Johns Museum, Warwick, from 9.30am to 4pm, suitable for ages six to 12, places cost £24 or book two or more sessions to get 20 per cent discount on the overall cost, call 412501 or 412132 or visit St John’s or Market Hall Museum.

Wednesday August 6

Pills and Potions, discover how medicines and the way people look after themselves have changed over time,St Johns Museum, Warwick, from 9.30am to 4pm, suitable for ages six to 12, places cost £24 or book two or more sessions to get 20 per cent discount on the overall cost, call 412501 or 412132 or visit St John’s or Market Hall Museum.

Jurrasic Warwickshire - Ask the Curator, discover the jurassic sea creatures who lived in Warwickshire, Market hall Museum, Warwick, sessions from 10.30am to noon and 2pm to 3.30pm, £2.50 per child, children must be accompanied by an adult, no need to book just drop in.

Thursday August 7

Summer Art Club, suitable for ages six to 12, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 2pm to 4pm, free, just drop in.

Princess to Pot Cleaners,find out more about castle life in the past, St Johns Museum, Warwick, from 9.30am to 4pm, suitable for ages six to 12, places cost £24 or book two or more sessions to get 20 per cent discount on the overall cost, call 412501 or 412132 or visit St John’s or Market Hall Museum.

Saturday August 9

Tach Fest, village festival featuring vintage cars, food stalls , childern’s activities, archery, a climbing wall, live music and more, in aid of various charities, Bishops Tachbrook Meadow, from noon to 6pm, organisers are still looking for more bands and entertainers, call 07926 584202.