Your what’s on guide

Friday February 28

Tango Warwick, classes with Maria Solero, St Mary’s church hall, St Mary’s Road, Leamington, from 6.30pm to 7pm as an introduction, 7pm to 8pm beginners and improvers, 8.15pm to 9.15pm for intermediates and 9.15pm to 10.30 for practice.

K2, acoustic/blues/roots and Americana duo, Fox & Vivian, Clarendon Avenue, Leamington, from 8.45pm, free entry.

London Haydn Quartet, Pump Room, Leamington, from 7.30pm, call 776438 or visit www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk

Friday Focus, free lunchtime talk with curator Alice Swatton, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 1pm.

Chortle Student Comedy Awards, the LAMP, off Adelaide Road, Leamington, 8pm (doors 7.30pm). Tickets £5 (£4 students), on the door.

Saturday March 1

Findmypast website, learn to use the website with family historian Jennifer Cranfield, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park off Cape Road, Warwick, from 9.15am to 12.15pm, £12 per person.

The Great Fire of Warwick, talk with Dr Gillian White, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park off Cape Road, Warwick, from 2pm to 5pm, £3 per person on the door, no need to book.

Live Music with Richard Tarver and bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

The Cat Ladies of Kenilworth, coffee morning, at 9 Southbank Road, Kenilworth, from 10.30am, all money raised will go to animal charities, call 857025.

Kenilworth School PTA indoor car boot and book sale, Kenilworth School, Leyes Lane, from 9am to noon, £1 entry for adults, £10 per pitch including a table, call 07986 938902 or email [email protected]

Solihull and District Orchid Society, meeting and talk by Gianpiero Ferrari on the Orchids of the West Coast of Australia, St George and Teresa Parish Centre, Station Road, Dorridge, from 2pm, call 747822 or visit www.solihullorchidsociety.org

AMICI - Inspiration from Coventry Cathedral, music, readings, slides, St Nicholas church, Warwick, from 7.30pm, admission £10, www.oxboffice.com

Lino Printmaking for Adults with Eric Gaskell, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 11am to 4pm, £15 per person, call 742700.

The Leamington Arts and Music Project (LAMP) off Adelaide Road, Leamington, is celebrating its first anniversary with nine days of live music, comedy, poetry and cinema, starting tonight and running until March 9. For a programme and tickets, visit www.leamingtonlamp.co.uk

Quiz and Play Your Cards Right, maximum of people five per team, Leamington Liberal Club, from 8.30pm.

Sunday March 2

Warwick Show Band Lazy Sunday Car Boot, Band Headquarters, Westend Centre, Hampton Road, Warwick, from 12.30pm for sellers and 1pm for buyers, Pitches £6 (no booking required), buyers – adults 50p, children - free.

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

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

Dene River Jazzmen, The Gauntlet, Ceasar Road, Kenilworth , from 7.30pm to 10pm, free admission, free parking.

Kenilworth Rambling Club, five-mile walk, Bubbenhall, call 864624.

Monday March 3

Understanding Title Deeds, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park off Cape Road, Warwick,from 10am to 1pm, £12 per person.

An Ideal Husband is on at the Talisman Theatre in Kenilworth from tonight until Saturday March 8 at 7.30pm each evening. Tickets £7 to £8.50. Call 850548.

Tuesday March 4

Sydenham History Group, a talk with Allan Jennings on James Bissett of Leamington Priors on this local pioneer, royal medallist, entrepreneur, poet and artist, the Sydni Centre, Cottage Square, Sydenham, from 7.30pm, entrance £2, all welcome, call 330711.

Singing for the Brain, for people with dementia, their carers and family/friends, Brunswick healthy Living Centre, Shrubland Street, Leamington, from 10.15am to 11.45am, call 888899.

Leamington and Warwick Society, Stafford Holmes will talk about English building materials and the role of lime mortars in the repair of Warwick Castle at the Lord Leycester Hall, Warwick, from 7.30pm, visitors welcome.

Bingo and Burger charity night in aid of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham at Murphy’s Bar in Regent Street, Leamington. Tickets £7.50 including burger, chips and bingo, with all proceeds from ticket sales, bar sales and raffle tickets going to the cause. Food served 6pm to 7.30pm, eyes down 8pm. Booking required: call 07799 362377.

Wednesday March 5

Woodloes Park Townswomen Guild, talk about the Royal British Legion Home Galanos House by Joanne Wilson, at the community centre on Deansway, Woodloes Park, from 7.30pm visitors welcome, £3 to include refreshments.

Steve Walwyn’s Kelly’s night at the Zephyr Lounge in Spencer Street, Leamington, with the Steve Gibbons Band. Doors 7.30pm. Admission £10.

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

National Trust, Mid-Warwickshire Association, ‘The Fine Art of Crime’ - a talk by former police officer Malcolm Kenwood, Spa Centre, Leamington, from 7.30pm, visitors £3, free for members.

Thursday March 6

Poetry Reading and Study Group, readings and discussion for the works of Kathryn Simmonds, Warwick Quaker Centre, High Street, Warwick, from 7.45pm, new members welcome, call 511969.

Friday March 7

Riff Raff, live music, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, from 9pm, free entry.

Leamington & District Embroiderers’ Guild, Creative Icebreaking, a talk by Angie Hughes, St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Road, Leamington, from 7pm,

Saturday March 8

Live music by the Laurence Knight Duo and bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

Race Night, Leamington Liberal Club, from 8pm.

Long Itchington Primary School Jumble Sale, not to be missed with lots of bargains and nearly new items for sale, from 11am to 12.30pm,

Adult Patchwork Workshop for Beginners, learn an easy hand sewing technique, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from 11am to 4pm, £15 per person, booking required, call 742700.

K2, acoustic/blues/roots and Americana duo, The Woodland Tavern, Regent Street, Leamington, from 8.45pm, free entry.

The Jolly Rodgers, live music, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, from 9pm, free entry.

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra, Guy Nelson Hall, Myton Road, Warwick,from 7.30pm, tickets £12 or £5 for concessions, call 850385 or visit [email protected], visit www.musictoyourears.org.uk to check for late changes or additions.

Sunday March 9

Leamington Rambling Club, ten to 12-,ile walk, Chipping Campden, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am, call 498668.

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

Kenilworth Rambling Club, eight-mile walk, Billesley, call 886235.

Tuesday March 11

Leamington Literary Society, a talk on Jane Austen by Stoenleigh Abbey guide Eileen Mogridge Dormer Conference Centre, St Peter’s church, Dormer Place, Leamington, from 7.30pm, visitors £2, for more information about memberships call 259265.

Singing for the Brain, for people with dementia, their carers and family/friends, Brunswick healthy Lving Centre, Shrubland Street, Leamington, from 10.15am to 11.45am, call 888899.

Wednesday March 12

Kenilworth Family History Society, talk by Rosemary Booth on High Days of Victorian Photography, Senior Citizens’ Club, Abbey End, Kenilworth, from 7.30pm, non-members welcome, call 511969.

THursday March 13

Martinu String Quartet, Pump Room, Leamington, from 7.30pm, call 776438 or visit www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk

Friday March 14

Midnight Cowboy Sings Elvis and other greats of the 1960s and 1970s, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, free admission.

St Patrick’s Family Ceili Night, dancing to Ivy Leaf Ceili Band, St Patrick’s Irish Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 7.30pm, tickets on the door £6 per adult (children free) includes buffet, contact Michelle on 07866 176194 for more information.

The Kel Elliot Band in a Live & Local presentation, Hatton Village Hall, from 7.30pm, tickets £10, for more information visit www.kelelliot.com

Saturday March 15

Saddle The Pony, live music, Leamington Liberal Club, from 8.30pm.

Live Music by the Ron Allen Duo and bingo, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

Young Quilters, quilting workshop for ages eight and upwards, Leamington Art Gallery and Museum, from noon to 3pm, £5 per child, call 742700.

Sunday March 16

Florilegium, Bridge House Theatre, Warwick, from 3pm, call 776438 or visit www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk

Only Fools And Boycie: An evening with John Challis, Loft Theatre, Leamington, 7.30pm. tickets £15. call 0844 495 4938.

Saturday March 22

The Harry Rag Band, live music, Southam Sports and Social Club, from 8.30pm, free entry.

Tuesday March 25

Warwick Horticultural Society, AGM, Methodist Church Hall, Barrack Street, Warwick, from 7.30pm.

Thursday March 27

Radford Road Church Film Club, showing The Glass Virgin starring Nigel Havers, followed by tea and homemade cakes, Radford Road Church, from 2pm, £2 per person.

Saturday March 29

The Rooters, live music, Southam Sports and Social Club, from 8.30pm, free entry.