SET OVER THREE DAYS COMBINING FOLK / MUSIC / ARTS / CRAFT / FILM AND ALE. SET IN AN AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY

North Country Theatre Bishops Castle Presents Midsummer Rejoicing 25th & 26th June Twelfth Night Saturday 25th Fete at St Johns Church Sunday 26th June Sunday Rush Cart Procession & Morris Teams Open Air Performance at Walcot Hall Lydbury North with service at St Johns Church Gardens open 5.30pm for picnics performance at 7pm. Call 01588 630324 for info Info/Tickets Call 01588 680302 or 680366

Please note that whilst every effort is made to ensure that all event details published are correct the producers of Spotlight cannot be held responsible for any incorrect information or changes to published events that may occur Spotlight is published by Enterprise South West Shropshire, Enterprise House, Station Street. Bishop’s Castle. SY9 5AQ. Entries for Events are Free and may be left at Enterprise House or you can contact Gail Pickford on 01588 638038. Spotlight is now available on-line at www.bishopscastle.co.uk June 2016

1st BC Footpath Walking Group walk “Hyssington”. Meet at Harley Jenkins CP at 9.30am. Call 01588 638083

1st-3rd Survival Skills at The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms 1pm to 2.30pm. Call 01588 676060 to book.

1st-3rd Pony Play & Craft Days at Walcot Stables. Call 01588 680514 for info/bookings

2nd Jam Night at The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

2nd Shropshire RCC Wise & Well Information Day 10am at BC Community College. Free morning of talks and displays about how to stay safe and independent.. Call 01743 342162 to book a place.

2nd Ludlow Food & Craft Market in the Castle Square all day

3rd Live Music at The White Horse Inn Clun with the Wayne Martin Band from 9pm

3rd BC Footpath Walking Group Planning Meeting at Barleyhouse, Woodbatch Rd, BC 10.30am. 01588 630531

4th Marches Community Choir Grand Plant Sale outside Bishop’s Castle Pharmacy 9am-2pm

4th Table Top Sale at Hightown Community Room, Clun 10am

4th Clun Senior Citizens Table Top Sale in aid of Arthritis Uk . Call on 01588 640595 for info or to book a table.

4th Bishops Castle Flea & Collectors Market 9am-4pm in the Town Hall.

4th Made in Shropshire Market all day in Ludlow Castle Square.

4th Craven Arms Farmers Market 9am-2pm at The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms

4th “Music in Quiet Places” Jazz & Poetry Evening. 7.30pm at Clun Memorial Hall. Tickets on 01694 722656.

4th-12th Shropshire Hills Art Week Showcasing the best from the Shropshire Hills. Open Studios, joint shows and an arts trail. See www.shropshirehillsartsweek.co.uk for events and Open Studios in Bishops Castle and the surrounding area.

5th Ludlow Antique & Collectors Fair 9am-4pm in the Castle Square

5th Blakemooregate Cottages Open Day. 11am-3pm. See how the Miners lived.

5th Open Farm Sunday at Brynmawr Farm, Newcastle on Clun SY7 8QU. Free admission 10am-4pm

6th Meditation at Mainstone, led by Joan Baker 7.30pm at Mainstone Church. Call 01588 638819 for info

7th BC Footpath Walking Group walk “Welshpool”. Meet at Harley Jenkins CP at 9.30am. Call 01588 650531

7th E-Bike Cycle Ride. Approx 10-15 miles. Meet New St Cycles BC at 6pm. Call 01588 638060 or see www.newstreetcycles.co.uk. also on 14th, 21st & 28th June.

7th Onny Valley Social Club trip to the Derwen Centre, Gobowen with Afternoon Tea. Call 07530687497 for info

7th Clun WI Meeting 7.30pm at Haslehurst Community Room

8th Open Mic. Night at the White Horse Inn Clun from 9pm

8th Live Music at The Underground at BC Public Hall with “Vagabundos” Gypsy,Blues Reggae, Ska & Jazz/ Funk, Donation Entry 8pm

8th Bettws WI Meeting 7.30pm at Bettws Hall.

8th Bingo at the Kings Head 8pm. In aid of Sea Shepherd

9th ReadySteadyCook! Free Cookery Workshops 2-3.30pm at Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall. Call 01588 676060 to book

9th Ludlow Local Produce Market 9am-2pm in the Castle Square

9th Live Music at The Vaults Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

9th Newcastle Garden Society Meeting 7.30pm at the Community Centre. June 2016

9th Norbury & District WI talk “Sheep-ish” with Sally Petch. 7.30pm at Norbury Village Hall.

10th Piano Concert with Alexander Chapman Campbell 7.30pm at St John The Baptist Church, Bishop’s Castle. Tickets available from 07849946150 or from www. alexanderchapmancampbell.com.

10th An Evening with….(A Local Celebrity) 7.30pm at Hightown Community Room, Clun. Refreshments & Wine

10th/11th Opera “La Boheme” at Walcot Hall, Lydbury North. Call 01588 680570 for info/booking

11th Live Jazz Music at Leasowes Bank, Ratlinghope with Don Weller (Tenor Sax), John Donaldson (Piano) & Chris Bolton (Bass) Miles Levin (Drums) 8pm. Call 01743 790903 for booking/info.

11th China Painting Café at “The Happy Bap” Bishop’s Castle 2-4pm. All tuition, materials & firing included £15. Please call 01588 638762 or email [email protected]. Also on 2nd & 30th July and 13th & 27th August.

11th Balkan Ceilidh with Bellamonda 7.30pm at The Church Barn, Bishop’s Castle. Call 01588 630648 to book.

11th Flicks in the Sticks present “Dads Army” 7.30pm at Clun Memorial Hall. Call 01588 640254 for info/Tickets

11th-13th Eco Weekend at Clun Methodist Church

12th “Showing Off” Contemporary Craft Fair 10am-5pm at the Ludlow Brewing Company.

12th Ludlow Craft & Garden Fair all day in the Castle Square.

13th Quest walk & visit to The Monastery on the Stiperstones. Meet at BC Church. Call 01588 630648 for info

14th Mainstone WI Garden Visit to Argoed, Churchstoke. Meet 7.30pm at Mainstone Village Hall

14th Bishop’s Castle Civic Society AGM 7.30pm at The Methodist Hall. Speaker Rev. Richard Hayes.

15th Onny Valley Social Club Trip to Weston Super Mare. Call 01588 650607 or 07971882553 to book

16th Live Music at The Vaults Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

16th Ludlow Craft & Country Market all day in the Castle Square.

16th Lydbury North WI Garden Meeting. Village Hall 7.15pm

16th BC Footpath Walking Group walk “Stowe & Chapel Lawn”. (11m) Meet at Harley Jenkins CP at 9am. 01588 640792

16th Husting for EU Vote 7.30pm at The Three Tuns, Bishops Castle

16th Lydham More & Snead WI meeting “Gardening” 2.15pm at Lydham VH. Call 01588 650775

17th Live Music at the White Horse Inn, Clun from 9pm

17th-19th Sin-Eater Festival at The Bridges, Ratlinghope. 3 days of Folk, Music, Art, Craft, Film & Ale. 30+ band from around the globe. £38 for the weekend (U12’s free) See www.sin-eater.co.uk for info/booking.

18th Strawberry Tea at The Green Methodist Chapel SY15 6SY. 2 miles from BC on the Montgomery Rd 3-6pm

18th Local Produce Market at Hightown Community Room, Clun 10am

18th-3rd Ludlow Fringe & Community Arts Festival. Street Theatre, Dance, Comedy & Performing & Visual Arts all around the town. See www.ludlowfringe.co.uk.

18th Bishop’s Castle Farmers Market 9am-1pm in the Town Hall

18th Friends of BC Library trip to Birmingham. Dep 8.30am. £11/£13. Call 01588 638215 for info.

18th Coffee Morning at Jubilee House Clun from 10am

18th Christian Aid Supper evening at Upper Bent with Richard Beaumond & Val Littlehales 7pm. Tickets £10 (£5 Chil- dren) inc. supper available from 01588 620541 or 630387

18th-26th “An Actors Life” Exhibition about the life of Martin Benson, at Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan.

19th Secret Gardens of Ludlow 12pm-6pm. Visit private hidden gardens. See www.ludlowasemblyrooms.co.uk June 2016 21st Bishop’s Castle WI Members Night 7.30pm at The Methodist Hall.

21st Lydham More & Snead WI trip to the Bog Centre. Meet at Lydham VH at 2.15pm. Call 01588 650775

22nd Bingo at The Kings Head 8pm. In aid of AMP (About Music Project)

22nd SWS Gardening Club trip to Wollerton Old Hall & Hodnet Hall Gardens. Call 01588 661025 for info/booking.

23rd Ludlow Local Produce Market 9am-2pm in the Castle Square

23rd-26th Church Stretton Walking Festival Call 01694 724293 for info

23rd Coach Trip to Cheltenham to see “Save the Last Dance for Me”. Contact 01588 640506 for info.

23rd Social Evening with Darts, Table Tennis, Cards, Dominoes & Scrabble 7.30pm at Norbury VH. £2.50 entry

23rd Live Music at The Vaults Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

24th “Brew with a View” Café 11am to 2pm at Norbury V. Hall (Run by pupils from Norbury Primary School)

24th Flicks in the Sticks present “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (12A) at Clungunford Village Hall Call 01588 660727 t

25th Live Music at Bishop’s Castle Town Hall with “Claude Bourbon” Medieval & Spanish Blues 8pm. Call 01588 630023

25th “Bishop’s Castle in the Future” Town Plan 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm in the Public Hall. Also Tuesday 28th at The Church Barn 7.30pm-9pm

25th Newcastle on Clun Village BBQ. Call 01588 640292 or 640565 for info

25th Live Jazz Music at Leasowes Bank, Ratlinghope with Simon Spillett (Tenor Sax), John Critchinson (Piano) & Chris Bolton (Bass) Miles Levin (Drums) 8pm. Call 01743 790903 for booking/info.

25th/26th Bishop’s Castle Midsummer Rejoicing. Fete on Saturday & Rush Cart Procession with Morris Teams on the Sunday morning, followed by service at St Johns Church. Call 01588 630324 for info.

25th/26th Clun Gardens Open. Over 20 gardens open to the Public 2-6pm. See www.clungardensopen.co.uk

26th North Country Theatre presents “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare. An open air performance at Walcot Hall, Lydbury North. Gardens open for picnics at 5.30pm, performance 7pm. Call 01588 680302/680366

26th “The Tour d’Arts Alive” On yer bike to help raise funds for Arts Alive & Flicks in the Sticks. Choose from 3 different routes. Find out more at www.britishcycling.co.uk or sign up at www.tourdartsalive.co.uk

26th Ludlow Book & Craft Market all day in the Castle Square.

26th Bishop’s Castle Stone Skimming Championships 12-5pm at Walcot Hall Lydbury North. Call 01588 638818 for info

30th Live Music at The Vaults Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

30th Ludlow Food & Craft Market all day in the Castle Square.

SpArC Theatre Events - June 2016 Tickets 01588 630321/638038 www.sparctheatre.co.uk Thurs 2nd 7pm Film: Spotlight (15) Tickets Adult £4.50 Child £3 Best Film and Best Screenplay winner at the 2016 Oscars and Critics Choice awards, Spotlight is the extraordinary true story of how investigative journalists uncovered an abuse scandal and cover-up. It’s the summer of 2001 and the Boston Globe has a new editor, Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber), who’s curious to know why abusive Catholic Priests have gone unpunished. So he sets the paper’s investigative Spotlight team onto the story. Over the course of six months, they painstakingly piece together the horrifying truth about a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse. SpArC Theatre Events - June 2016 Tickets 01588 630321/638038 www.sparctheatre.co.uk 21st Bishop’s Castle WI Members Night 7.30pm at The Methodist Hall. 21st Lydham More & Snead WI trip to the Bog Centre. Meet at Lydham VH at 2.15pm. Call 01588 650775 Wed 8th 7pm RSC Screening: Hamlet Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a 22nd Bingo at The Kings Head 8pm. In aid of AMP (About Music Project) Tickets Adult £11 Child £7 hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his 22nd SWS Gardening Club trip to Wollerton Old Hall & Hodnet Hall Gardens. Call 01588 661025 for info/booking. father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. 23rd Ludlow Local Produce Market 9am-2pm in the Castle Square

23rd-26th Church Stretton Walking Festival Call 01694 724293 for info

23rd Coach Trip to Cheltenham to see “Save the Last Dance for Me”. Contact 01588 640506 for info. Thurs 9th 7pm NT Live Screening: The Audience 23rd Social Evening with Darts, Table Tennis, Cards, Dominoes & Scrabble 7.30pm at Norbury VH. £2.50 entry Tickets Adult £11 Child £7 (Encore) 23rd Live Music at The Vaults Bishop’s Castle from 9pm Winner of three Tony Awards® and two Olivier Awards, National Theatre Live’s smash-hit broadcast of the original West End 24th “Brew with a View” Café 11am to 2pm at Norbury V. Hall (Run by pupils from Norbury Primary School) production of The Audience – featuring Helen Mirren’s multi- 24th Flicks in the Sticks present “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (12A) at Clungunford Village Hall Call 01588 660727 t award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II – returns to cinemas in celebration of the monarch’s 90th birthday. 25th Live Music at Bishop’s Castle Town Hall with “Claude Bourbon” Medieval & Spanish Blues 8pm. Call 01588 630023 25th “Bishop’s Castle in the Future” Town Plan 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm in the Public Hall. Also Tuesday 28th at The Mon 13th May 7pm Film: Hail Caesar! (12A) Church Barn 7.30pm-9pm Tickets Adult £4.50Child £3 George Clooney stars as a kidnapped movie star in this offbeat 25th Newcastle on Clun Village BBQ. Call 01588 640292 or 640565 for info period comedy from the Coen brothers. Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) is a hard-nosed film studio fixer, who’s kept busy hushing 25th Live Jazz Music at Leasowes Bank, Ratlinghope with Simon Spillett (Tenor Sax), John Critchinson (Piano) & Chris up scandals during Hollywood’s golden age. Now he faces his Bolton (Bass) Miles Levin (Drums) 8pm. Call 01743 790903 for booking/info. biggest challenge to date. Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), wooden star of Capitol Pictures’ prestige historical drama Hail 25th/26th Bishop’s Castle Midsummer Rejoicing. Fete on Saturday & Rush Cart Procession with Morris Teams on the Sunday morning, followed by service at St Johns Church. Call 01588 630324 for info. Caesar, has been abducted while filming. The kidnappers are a mysterious organisation styling themselves ‘The Future’, who 25th/26th Clun Gardens Open. Over 20 gardens open to the Public 2-6pm. See www.clungardensopen.co.uk demand a ransom of $100,000. Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to the Hollywood 26th North Country Theatre presents “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare. An open air performance at Walcot Hall, territory of Barton Fink for this hilarious, lovingly crafted comedy. Lydbury North. Gardens open for picnics at 5.30pm, performance 7pm. Call 01588 680302/680366

26th “The Tour d’Arts Alive” On yer bike to help raise funds for Arts Alive & Flicks in the Sticks. Choose from 3 different routes. Find out more at www.britishcycling.co.uk or sign up at www.tourdartsalive.co.uk Thurs 23rd 7pm Matthew Bourne’s: Sleeping Beauty Tickets Adult £12 Child £8 Matthew Bourne’s smash-hit production was captured at the 26th Ludlow Book & Craft Market all day in the Castle Square. Bristol Hippodrome following the original sell-out UK tour. His haunting new scenario is a Gothic Romance that will delight dance 26th Bishop’s Castle Stone Skimming Championships 12-5pm at Walcot Hall Lydbury North. Call 01588 638818 for info fans of all ages. The story crosses the ages, beginning in 1890 at 30th Live Music at The Vaults Bishop’s Castle from 9pm the christening of the heroine Princess Aurora during the Fin-de- Siecle period when fairies, vampires and decadent opulence fed 30th Ludlow Food & Craft Market all day in the Castle Square. the gothic imagination.

Thurs 30th 7.30pm Save Our SpArC! Concert Performance by Tickets £7.50 Bishop’s Castle Orchestra With your help, we hope to raise £1000 towards the fight to save it. At this special performance there will be something for everyone, from Edith Piaf songs and the Beatles, to Mozart,Vaughan Williams and songs from The Sound of Music to name but a few. Come and join us, sing along, tap your feet and let’s help to keep our SpArC alive

Dates for your Diary July 2016

1st Live Music at The White Horse Inn Clun with “Under the Fridge” from 9pm

2nd Bishop’s Castle Flea & Collectors Market 9am at Bishop’s Castle Town Hall

2nd Made in Shropshire Market all day in Ludlow Castle Square.

2nd Clunton Scrumpers Cider Evening 6.30pm at Fold Farm. Entrance £5 Light refreshments & FREE Cider.

2nd Craven Arms Farmers Market 9am-2pm at The Discovery Centre

2nd Bolthole Jazz present Gina Rae & Sylvia Rae Tracy, Amy Geddes, Chris Bolton & Paul Sawtell. 8pm at Leasowes Bank Farm, Ratlinghope SY5 0SW. Call 01743 790903 for info/booking

2nd Bishop’s Castle Tandem Triathlon. See www.tandomtriathlon.org.uk

2nd-17th “Marking Time-two generations reflect on childhood memories & the Changing Year” - Art Exhibition at Aardvark Books Brampton Bryan

2nd-30th Sylvia Hudson’s Painting Exhibition at Bishop’s Castle Town Hall

3rd Bishops Castle Carnival. See www.bishopscastlecarnival.co.uk for info or call 07971816017

3rd Blakemoore Cottages Open Day 11am-3pm. See how the Miners lived.

3rd Ludlow Antique & Collectors Fair 9am-4pm in the Castle Square

4th Meditation at Mainstone led by Angela Pooley. 7.30pm at Mainstone Church

5th Clun WI Meeting 7.30pm at Haslehurst Community Centre

5th Onny Valley Social Club Mystery Trip. Call 07530687497 for info/booking

6th Bingo in aid of Bishop’s Castle Royal British Legion Womens Section. 8pm at The Kings Head (Over 16 only)

7th Jam Night at the Vaults, Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

7th SpArC Theatre present KBTC Theatre “Romeo & Juliet” 7.15pm. Call 01588 630321/638038 to book

7th Ludlow Food & Craft Market all Day in the Castle Square

8th/9th Bishop’s Castle Real Ale Festival. Live Music and More than 60 ales & ciders on offer. Call 07971213728 for info

9th Book Fair at Hightown Community Room Clun

9th Hay Meadow Festival 11am-5pm at The Bog Visitor Centre, Minsterley. Call 01743 792484 for info

10th Ludlow Book & Craft Market all day in the Castle Square

12th Mainstone WI talk “Mountaineering” with Tim Boules 7.30pm at the Village Hall

13th Bettws WI Meeting 7.30pm at Bettws Hall

13th Open Mic Night at The White Horse Inn, Clun from 9pm

14th Norbury & District WI Garden Part at Leasowes House. Call 01588 650671 for info.

14th Ludlow Local Produce Market 9am-2pm in the Castle Square

14th SpArC Theatre present Globe on Screen “Richard II” 7pm. Call 01588 630321/638038 to book

14th Live Music at the Vaults, Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

15th Brew with a View Café 11am-2pm at Norbury Village Hall

15th Live Music at The White Horse Inn Clun with “Boon Dogz” from 9pm

15th “An Evening of Magic” at Bishop’s Castle Library. Call 01588 638215 for info/booking

16th Coffee Morning at Hightown Community Room, Clun from 10am 16th Bishop’s Castle Farmers Market 9am-1pm in the Town Hall. Dates for your Diary July 2016 17th Childrens Sports Day at Clun Memorial Hall

17th Ludlow Antique & Collectors Fair 9am-4pm in the Castle Square

18th Bishop’s Castle Library Trip to Birmingham 8.30am pickup 4pm return. Call 01588 638215 to book a place.

19th BC WI Talk “Carol Dowding-Gardening with a Husband” 7.30pm at Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall.

20th Bingo in aid of “Elite” 8pm at The Kings Head, Bishop’s Castle. (Over 16’s only)

20th Onny Valley Social Club Trip to Gaydon Motor Museum/Stratford on Avon. Call 01588 650607 for info/booking

21st Coach Trip to Wolverhampton to see “Guys & Dolls”. Call 01588 640506 for info/booking

21st Lydbury North WI talk “Light Summer Lunch” with Caroline Morgan. 7.15pm at Lydbury North Village Hall

21st Ludlow Food & Craft Market all day in the Castle Square

21st Live Music at the Vaults, Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

23rd Kids Corner 12noon-4pm in Ludlow Castle Square. Children's fun and Games

24th Ludlow Summer Market all day in the Castle Square.

24th SpArC Theatre present André Rieu’s 2016 Maastricht Concert. 3pm Call 01588 630321/638038 to book

24th Ludlow Dog Day at Stokesay Court. Fun Day out for all the family. See www.ludlowdogday.co.uk

25th-29th “Native Indians” Crafts and activites at The Discovery Centre Craven Arms. Call 01588 676060 for info/booking

28th Social Evening & Games Night 7.30pm at Norbury Village Hall. £2.50 entry including refreshments.

28th Ludlow Local Produce Market 9am-2pm in the Castle Square

28th-31st Gumbo Festival at The Vaults, Bishops Castle. A weekend of International Blues & Roots Bands. Call 07971 213728

27th SWS Gardening Club meeting “Growing Vegetable in a Polytunnel” with Mike Andrews 7.30pm at Lydbury North Village Hall.

27th “Swingin’ Summer” Concert at The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle with the “Swing Movement” from Amsterdam and local “Anything Goes” 7.30pm. Raffle & Bar. Call 01588 680312 for info/booking

28th Live Music at the Vaults, Bishop’s Castle from 9pm

29th Live Music at The White Horse Inn Clun with “Paul Wallis ” from 9pm

29th-7th Clun Arts & Crafts Show at Hightown Community Room

30th-7th Clun Carnival Events (Show Day & Procession Aug 6th). Call 01588 640629 for info.

30th-14th Church Stretton Arts Festival. See www.strettonfestival.org.uk for info on events and booking

31st Ludlow Craft & Country Market all day in the Castle Square.

Bishop's Castle Town Hall Monthly Farmers Market Every 3rd Saturday: 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. Also weekly Friday Market: 10.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m Call 01588 630023 if you would like to book a stall

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