Theatre

October

Until 20 'The Sound of Music', Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

18 Papering Over, Brilley Village Hall, Herefordshire. Details: 01544 230286

18-20 'The Winds of Heaven', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

19 Papering Over, Presteigne Assembly Rooms. Details: 01584 856564.

19 & 20 'When we are Married', Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Details: 01885 488575.

20 Hijinx Theatre - 'III Met by Moonlight', Lion Ballroom, Leominster. Details: 01544 267418.

20 The Fetch - 'The Land of Five Rivers', Lingen Village Hall. Details: 01544 267735.

20 Papering Over, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Shropshire. Details: 01584 878141.

22-27 'You're Only Young Twice', Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

23 'L'Enfant Peul', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

24 'Winter Pictures', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

25 The Sooty Show, The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

25-27 'Mikado', Kington and District Operatic Society. Kington Leisure Centre.

25-27 'Fiddler on the Roof', St Mary's Church, Ross on Wye. Details: 01989 563049.

26 'The Sixth Wife', Wigmore Village Hall. Details: 01568 770337.

27 Ennio Marchetto, Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

30-Nov 2 'Rome and Jewels', Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

November

2-10 'My Fair Lady', The Courtyard. Hereford Amateur Operatic Society. Details: 01432 359252.

3 'III Met by Moonlight', Ledbury Market Theatre. Details: 01531 633760.

7 'Papering Over', Lion Ballroom, Leominster. Details: 01568 613477.

Musical events

October

18 'HMS Pinafore', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

18 Malvern Concert Club, Noriko Ogawa, Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

19 Black Umfolosi, The Courtyard, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

20 Charity Dance, Dyson Perrins C of E High School, Malvern. Details: 01684 574741/564823.

20 Concert in aid of RNLI and RNA, Aylestone School, Hereford. Details: 01432 277276.

20 Snap Dance Night, Hereford Leisure Centre. Details: 01432 278178.

21 Mission Dance Roadshow, Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

21 Pam Bailey and Johnny Neil, Richmond Country Music Club, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 357131.

21 'Cosi fan Tutte', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

22 Rabbi Lionel Blue, Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

22 Audition for musical 'Handbag', Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Details: 01885 488575.

23 The John Gibbon Trio welcome Willie Garnet, The Booth Hall, East St, Hereford. Details: 01432 344487.

24 Singing Kettle, Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

24 'King Rollo', The Spread Eagle, King Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 272205.

24 Dead Men Walking, The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

26 English Symphony Orchestra, Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

26 'Sweet Home Chicago', The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

27 The Mellstock Band, Dorstone Church. Details: 01981 550451.

27 Hereford Police Male Voice Choir with Glasgow Phoenix Choir, Hereford Cathedral. Details: 01432 357169.

27 Cwmbach Male Voice Choir, The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

28 Hereford Police Male Voice Choir with Glasgow Phoenix Choir, Ledbury Parish Church. Details: 01432 357169.

28 Trad Jazz, The Keith Little Hot Six, The Imperial, Widemarsh Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 273646.

November

3 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Hereford Leisure Centre. Details: 01432 278178.

3 Beaufort Male Voice Choir, Gladestry Village Hall. Details: 01544 230796.

4 Eileen King and The Kingsmen, Richmond Country Music Club, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 357131.

5-10 'The Pirates of Penzance', Malvern Theatres. Details: 01684 892277.

8 'Brekete - Explosions', Lingen Village Hall. Details: 01544 267735.

Festivals and special Events

October

19 Promise Auction and Pudding Party, Bockleton Parish Hall. Details 01568 750235

20 & 21 Cider Making Festival, Cider Museum, Hereford. Details: 01432 354207

20-21 Halloween Tours, chilling tales about Goodrich Castle. Details: 01600 890538.

20-Nov 17 Hereford Photography Festival. Details: 01432 351964.

26 Golden Valley 'Antiques Roadshow', Vowchurch Memorial Hall. Details: 01981 510630.

26-28 Organic Gardening Weekend, Penhros, near Kington. Details: 01544 230720.

27-28 Halloween Tours, Goodrich Castle. Details: 01600 890538.

27 Healthy Living Day, Talbot Hotel, Leominster. Free talks and demonstrations. Details: 01568 614116.

27 Golden Valley Crafts, St Katherine's Hall, Ledbury. Details: 01981 250689

28 Halloween Hauntings, Berrington Hall, near Leominster. Details: 01568 615721.

28 Club Project, Make a Garden. Details: 01432 264927.

Talks and Demonstrations

October

Ongoing: Free Stop Smoking Groups throughout Herefordshire. Details: 01432 383154.

Ongoing: Transactional Analysis Therapy Group, Tuesday evenings, central Hereford. Details: 01432 342789.

Ongoing: T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Mon & Wed). Details: 01568 797310.

Ongoing: Mosaic and ceramics work sessions. Details: 01981 240273.

Every Mon: 'Journey in Faith', Parish Room, St Francis Xavier, Broad Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 273485.

21 'Big Guns and Loose Cannons', Lecture on the solar system, Presteigne Assembly Rooms.

31 'Elgar: the musical context of his career', Simon Mundy, The Elgar Birthplace Museum, Lower Broadheath. Details: 01905 333224.

Exhibitions

October

Ongoing: Thunderbird Puppets exhibition, Teddy Bear Museum, 12 The Square, Bromyard. Details: 01885 488329.

Ongoing: Kneeler Trail. Church of St Bartholomew, Ashperton. Details: 01531 670586.

Ongoing: 'Proud as a Peacock', Churchill House, Hereford.

Every day until end October: Art in Heaven, Llanwarne. Details: 01981 540202.

20 until November 30, Folklore, Fairies and Fantasy, The Heritage Centre, Ross on Wye. Details: 01432 260675.

Open daily until Mid November: 'This England', Eardisland Parish Church. Details: 01544 388226.

Until Nov 3 Autumn Exhibition, Shell House Gallery, 36 The Homend, Ledbury. Details: 01531 632557.

Until Nov 11 'Otto Maciag (1918-2000) - a Retrospective', Monmouth Museum, Priory Street, Monmouth. Details: 01600 713519.

Until November 17 Erica Just, plant paper collages, Petra Bishai, jewellery. The Hay Makers Gallery, St Johns Place, Hay-on-Wye.

Clubs and societies

October

Ongoing: Free Stop Smoking Groups throughout Herefordshire. Telephone Herefordshire Stop Smoking Service 01432 383154.

Ongoing: Hereford Mediation Group, Friends Meeting House, King Street, Hereford. Details: 01981 250468.

Every Mon: Bromyard, Tenbury and District Dog Training Club, New Hall, Bromyard. All breeds welcome. Details: 01886 884705.

Every Mon: Yoga for everyone, St Barnabas Church hall, Hereford. Details: 01497 847944.

Every Mon until Christmas: Line Dancing for beginners. Details: 01432 870383.

Every Tues: Hereford Mountain Club, The Swan, Aylestone Hill, Hereford. Details: 01432 850127.

Monday: Hereford Tai Chi Group, Holmer Hall.

Tues/Wed: Karate Dojo, Holmer Hall and Friends Meeting House. Details: 01568 797310.

Tues/Wed: Long Yang Tai Chi Chuan Group, Leominster Community Centre: Thurs at Kington Parish House. Details: 01544 388521.

Every Wed/Fri: Hereford Sub Aqua Club. Weds at Hereford Rowing Club, Fri. at The Leisure Pool. Details: 01432 278609.

Every Thurs: Burghill & Tillington Singers, Simpson Hall, Burghill. Details: 01432 761599.

Every Thurs: Hereford Scottish Country Dance Club, St Paul's Church Community Centre. Details: 01432 350943.

Every Fri: Guided Meditation/Healing Evening. Non Religious. Friends Meeting House, King St, Hereford. Details: 01981 250468.

Hereford and Belmont Scrabble Club, Eastholme Community Centre, Eastholme Ave, Belmont. Details: 01432 370109.

Hereford Bereavement Support Group, second Tuesday each month, WRVS HQ, Glenton Lodge, Vicarage Rd, (behind General Hospital) Hereford. Details: 01432 761512.

Bridge: new spring classes for beginners and improvers. Details: 01432 268937.

Italian for beginners, small groups, flexible times. Details: 01432 263495.

Hereford Bridge for All: Bridge for beginners (Mon, Thurs, Fri). Details: 01432 268937.

Spiritual Development Groups, Hereford and Leominster. Details: 01432 343090.

Crisis & Support Discussion Groups, Hereford and Leominster. Details: 01432 343090.

Hereford Co-Counselling Group, Friend Meeting House, King Street, Hereford. Details: 01981 250468.

18 Elgar in Hereford Group, Annual Meeting, All Saints Church, Hereford.

18 Herefordshire Nature Trust, Ewyas Harold Branch, 'The Brecon Beacons National Park'. Details: 01432 356872.

18 Manic Depression Fellowship, Mental Health Resources Centre, 27a St Owen Street, Hereford. Details: 01981 550736.

18 Hereford Stamp Evening, Holmer Parish Hall. Details: 01531 670421.

19 Hereford Arts Appreciation Society, RNCB, Venns Lane. Details: 01432 341669.

19 Herefordshire Family History Society, St Thomas Cantilupe School, Coningsby Street, Hereford. Details: 01981 250974.

20-21 The Marches Scribes, 'Limp Vellum/Khadi Binding', The Studio, Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Details: 01885 483186.

22 The Council of Christians and Jews, 'Reading Exodus Together', Our Lady's Parish Room, Belmont Road, Hereford.

23 The American Acoustic Music Club. Details: 01544 318083.

23 Hereford and District Fuchsia Association, Annual Meeting, Hampton Park Reformed Church. Details: 01432 357695.

24 Hereford Computer Club, 41 Widemarsh Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 850665 evenings.

24 Herefordshire Ornithological Club, Castle Wye, Clifford. Details: 01981 500236.

25 Herefordshire Nature Trust, Aymestrey Branch, 'The Wildlife of Radnorshire'. Details: 01432 356872.

25 Hereford Photographic Society, 'An AV Extravaganza'. The Resident's Lounge, Brierly Court, Turner Street, Hereford.

26 Fownhope Garden Club, 'Harbingers of Spring'. Fownhope New Memorial Hall. Details: 01432 860337.

28 Falconers Country Dance Club, Bromyard Leisure Centre. Details: 01743 872182.

29 Woolhope Gardening Club, 'Gardens of Southwest Scotland', Parish Hall. Details: 01432 860637.

30 Hereford City Cycle Forum, Town Hall, Hereford. Details: 01432 341290.

30 Herefordshire Nature Trust, Kington Branch. 'The Migrant Birds of Wales and Ireland'. Details: 01432 356872.

31 Hereford Folk Dance, Bishops School, Tupsley. Details: 01432 268791.

31 Hereford Accordion Club, Black Swan, Leominster. Details: 01432 840608 or 01497 831252.

November

1 Hereford and District U3A: 'Friends of Beethoven', St John's Methodist Church Hall, St Owen Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 356653.

1 Herefordshire Photographic Society, 'Three Counties Battle at Hereford'. The Resident's Lounge, Brierly Court, Turner Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 265524.

1 Herefordshire Nature Trust, Ross-on-Wye branch meeting. Details: 01432 356872.

2 Hereford Franco-British Society, Hereford Cathedral School. Details: 01989 780421.

2 Hereford Amateur Radio Society, Gaol Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 355155.

2 Family Social Evening, Ivington Village Community Room. Details: 01568 720458/720456.

3 ME/FMS Group meets Canal Road Day Centre. Details: 01432 850426.

3 Herefordshire Gardeners Association, St John's Methodist Church Hall, St Owen Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 353334.

4 Hereford Air-Cooled, for local VW fans. Three Elms Pub. Details: 01432 359321.

5 Herefordshire Nature Trust, Leominster branch meeting. Details: 01432 356872.

6 Leominster Writers Circle, Leominster Community Centre. Details: 01544 327760.

6 Alzheimer's Society, carer's support and drop-in meeting, 49 Breinton Road, Hereford. Details: 01432 343000.

6 The American Acoustic Music Club. Details: 01544 318083.

7 National Council of Women, Courtyard Theatre, Edgar Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 265712.

7 Step-dancing classes at Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Details: 01952 595521.

7 Hereford Accordion Club, Black Swan, Leominster. Details: 01432 840608/01497 831252.

7 Bridge Class, The Red Lion, Llanfair Waterdine.

7 Hereford Computer Club, 41 Widemarsh Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 850665.

7 Herefordshire Nature Trust, Weobley branch meeting. Details: 01432 356872.

8 Herefordshire Photographic Society competition, The Resident's Lounge, Brierly Court, Turner Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 265524.

8 Hereford Textile Crafts Group, 'Work as a freelance textile artist' and ideas for Christmas. The Young Farmers Club, Tillington Road, Hereford. Details: 01432 851525.

Bazaars, fayres, and markets

October

Every Wed and Sat: Hereford Open Market, Cattle Market, Hereford. Details: 01432 260095.

Every Thu (am): Bromyard WI Market, Public Hall, Rowberry St.

Every Fri (am): Hereford WI Market, St Peter's Church Hall, Hereford.

Every Sat (am): Ross WI Market, Youth Centre, Hill St. Details: 01432 840621.

18 Hereford Farmers' Market. Details: 01873 890675.

20 Craft Fair, Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford. Details: 01271 343160.

21 Antique and Collectors Fair, Market Hall, Abergavenny.

21 Antique and Collectors Fair, Monmouth Leisure Centre, Old Dixton Road. Details: 07774 281427.

24 Friends of No 1 Ledbury Road, Autumn Fayre. Usual stalls. St Peter's Church Hall, Hereford.

24 Autumn Fayre, Haberdasher's Monmouth School for Girls (in aid of Leonard Cheshire Homes). Details: 01600 716437.

25 Ledbury Farmers' Market. Details: 01531 633959.

25 Sue Ryder Hereford Support Group fund raising event, St Peter's Church Hall, Hereford. Details: 01989 562853.

November

2 Ross-on-Wye Farmers' Market. Details: 01989 768719.

3 Antique and Collectors Fair, Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall. Details: 01981 240756.

3-4 Art and Craft Fair, King's Pyon Church. Details: 01432 830353.

10 Leominster Farmers' Market. Details: 01568 616348.

Walks

October

18 Leominster Rambling Club, Kington Area. Details: 01544 230632.

21 Herefordshire Ramblers: Leintwardine. Details: 01432 269706.

25 Leominster Rambling Club, Queenswood to Westhope and back. Details: 01432 268268.

27 Monks' Trod Walk, follows footsteps of Cistercian monks. Details: 01597 810880.

27 RA North Herefordshire Group - Milebrook, near Knighton. Details: 01568 720219.

28 Herefordshire Ramblers: How Caple. Details: 01432 860560.

November

1 Leominster Rambling Club, Forest of Dean. Details: 01432 268765.

3 Leominster Rambling Club, School Wood and Croft Ambrey. Details: 01568 614411.

3 Herefordshire Ramblers: Weobley. Details: 01568 708323.

8 Leominster Rambling Club, The Wart Hill Wander. Details: 01568 612889.

Places of interest

October

Cider Museum and King Offa Distillery.

Clearwell Caves, Clearwell, Forest of Dean.

Crime Through Time, Nicholson House, Newent. Details: 01531 821888.

Eardisland's unique Georgian dovecote, exhibition on three floors, open daily. Details: 01544 88226.

Fairytaleland, Teddy Bears at the Fair Treasure Hunt, Jubilee Park, Symonds Yat West. Details: 01600 890668.

Hereford Waterworks Museum, Broomy Hill, Hereford. Open every Tuesday until end of October. Details: 01600 890118.

Hop Pocket Wine Company, New House Farm, Bishops Frome. Details: 01531 640592.

Splendours of the Orient, Jubilee Park, Symonds Yat West. Details: 01600 890668.

The Old House, High Town, Hereford.

Broom Farm Cider. Details: 01989 769556.

Croft Castle, Nr Leominster. Details: 01568 780246.

Llangorse Riding and Rope Centre, Gilfach Farm, Llangorse. Details: 01874 658272.

Mappa Mundi and Chained Library, Hereford.

Mousetrap Cheesemaking days at The Pleck, Monkland, each Wed & Fri.

Teddy Bear Museum, 12 The Square, Bromyard. Details: 01885 488329. Open every day except Tuesday.

Until 31 Open Daily The Judges Lodging, Presteigne. Details: 01544 260650.

The Kilvert Gallery, Ashbrook House, Clyro, nr Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 820831.

Outdoor activities

October

Open daily Tregoyd Riding Centre, Brecon. Details: 01497 847351.

19 Hereford Races. Details: 01981 250436.

28 Autumn Walk through Brockhampton Estate. Details: 01885 482077.

28 Candlelit walk through the woods behind Hampton Court. Details: 01568 797777.