Theatre

June

Until 24 Oh, What A Lovely War, Herefordshire College of Art and Design. Details: 01432 273359.

30-July 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray, Courtyard Theatre, Hereford.

July

1 'The Tempest' at Hellens, Much Marcle. Tickets from 01531 660504.

Musical events

June

22 Carmen, Adonais Ballet Co, The Courtyard.

23 The Musicals! The Courtyard.

23-25 Dore Abbey Music Festival. Details: 01873 821456.

24 Martin Blake and Lisa Wheelan, The Courtyard.

24 Cleo Lane, John Dankworth and Friends, The Courtyard.

24 Grand Midsummer Ball, Colwall village hall, in aid of St Michael's Hospice. Details: 01432 851022.

24 Midsummer Ceilidh, Clifford Community Centre. Details: 01497 820256.

28 The Rotters Club music night, Newmarket St, Hereford.

29 A Musical Soiree with John and Adrian Bradbury & Friends, The Courtyard.

30-Jul 1Jigsaw 2000, The Courtyard. Details: 01432 359252.

July

1 The Kelowna International Choir, with the Hereford Police Choir, at Hereford Shirehall, in aid of Herefordshire Macmillan Nurse Appeal.

1 Dirty Ray, The Courtyard Theatre.

1 Grand Charity Concert: Aber Valley Male Choir, Minster College, Leominster.

8 Evans Dave Price and Terry, The Courtyard Theatre.

15 Craswall Summer Concert at Dore Abbey. Details: 01981 510332.

16 Voyage 2000: A Classical Journey with fireworks at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury.

Festivals and special Events

June

Until 24 Kington Festival. Details: 01544 231998.

23 Strawberries and Champagne Evening, Madresfield Court. Details: 01432 851000.

23 Coffee morning, Ainslie House, 4 St Johns St, Hereford.

23-25 Bosbury Hop Open Churches Trail, nr Ledbury, Herefordshire. Details: 01531 640234/670457.

24 Bats and barbecue, Beechenhurst Lodge. Details: 01594 833057.

24 Madley School Millennium Picnic Festival and school reunion. Details: 01981 570695.

24 Grosmont village day with barbecue, beer festival, entertainment.

24 Holmer School Fete.

24 St Peter's Church Birley annual fete, Birley Court.

24-25 Ross-on-Wye Team Ministry Midsummer Celebrations. Details: 01989 562366.

24-25 Kings Caple Festival.

25 Open day In-Steam, Hereford Waterworks Museum.

30 Gorsty's Glow-worms, organised by the Forestry Commission. Details: 01594 833057.

30-Jul 2 Flower Festival, St Andrew's Church, Allensmore. Details: 01981 570345.

30-July 9 Ledbury Poetry Festival. Details: 01531 634156.

July

1 Holmer Church Summer Fete at Parish Centre. Details: 355780.

Talks and Demonstrations

June

Ongoing: Fine Fettle Ceramics for children. Details: 01432 890383.

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.

Ongoing: Seasonal herbal remedies, Ledbury Natural Health Centre. Details: 01432 820148.

Exhibitions

June

Until 24 Victoria Bryan, Claire Hodgson, Shirley Smith at the Hay Makers Gallery.

Until 30 The Marches Scribes exhibition, Leominster Library.

Until 30 Art & Archaeology, Hereford Museum. Details: 01432 260692.

Until Jul 2 Artspace 2000 exhib, Church Farm, Shrawley, Worcs.

Until Jul 26 Artists to the Fore, The Courtyard Theatre.

Until Jul 30 Fifth Anniversary Exhibition 'Animal', The Lion Gallery, Leominster. Details: 01568 611898.

Until Jul 30 Commemorative Exhibition, Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery. Details: 01874 624121.

Until Aug 11 Gilles Clement 'Gardens' exhib, Burford House Gallery, Tenbury Wells.

Until Sept: Look Back To The Future, Churchill House Museum.

Until Oct 31 Woodpecker exhibition, Hereford Cider Museum.

Until end November: Kathleen Freeman's 'The Spirit of Herefordshire 2000' (80 large-scale photographs), Eardisland Church.

Until Dec 17 A variety of exhibitions, The Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, Knighton. Details: 01547 550377.

Until Dec 24 Millennium Messages, Parkfields Gallery, Pontshill.

Until 23 Moments Through Time, Leominster Priory.

23-Jul 7 Moments Through Time, St Mary, Ross-on-Wye.

25-Jul 1 Art exhibition and auction of painting for charity (Scope). Details: 07773 161411.

Clubs and societies

June

Every Thurs: Hereford Scottish Country Dance Club, Bartestree Village Hall. Details: 350943.

Every Fri: Reflexology Clinic, for psoriasis and eczema, The Retreat, Grafton Lane. Details: 01568 616872.

Every Mon: Yoga for everyone, RNCB, Venns Ln, Hereford. Details: 01497 847944.

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.

23 Hereford Buddhist Group meeting, Friends Meeting Hse, King St, Hereford. Details: 01981 250468.

23 Coffee morning, Ainslie House, 4 St John St, in aid of Abbeyfield Society. Details: 01432 761789.

24 Herefordshire Ornithological Club: Coppett Hill and Symonds Yat. Details: 01600 890680.

25 Wye Valley Miniaturists: 'Working with Leather'. Details: 01432 264927.

25 Bromyard & Dist Garden Club visit to local gardens and picnic. Details: 01885 483794.

25 Herefordshire Gardeners' Assoc. outing. Details: 01432 341876.

26 Royal British Legion North branch meeting, Liberal Club, Hereford.

26 Woolhope Gardening Club trip to Overcourt Gardens. Details: 01432 860637.

26 AGM Voluntary Action north Herefordshire, at Orleton Village Hall.

27 AGM and 'steaming on', Worcs Locomotive Society, GWRSA Club, Tolladine Rd, Worcs.

28 Hereford Computer Club meeting for beginners, 41 Widemarsh St, Hereford.

30 Hereford Buddhist Group: Medicine for the mind, Friends Meeting House, King St. Details: 01981 250468.

30 Fownhope Garden Club visit to Bryan's Ground, Presteigne.

30 Eskleyside Agricultural Soc. barbecue, The Sports Pavilion Michaelchurch Eskley.

July

3 Herefordshire Ornithological Club: Forest of Dean. Details: 01989 563962.

Bazaars, fayres, markets

June

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

24 Golden Valley Crafts, St Katherine's Hall, Ledbury.

24-25 Horse collectors sale, Parish Hall, Belmont Abbey.

Walks

June

25 Herefordshire Ramblers: Llanthony Prior. Details: 01432 266025.

25 Leominster Rambling Club: The Sugar Loaf. Details: 01432 880485.

25 Brecon Beacons Park Soc: Sugar Loaf via St Mary's Vale. Details: 01432 880485.

29 Mystery walk navigating yourself with help. Details: 01568 750626.

July

2 Herefordshire Ramblers: Malvern Hills. Details: 01568 612889.

Houses and gardens

June

Until Sept: The Bannut, Bringsty. 2 acres of formal and informal gardens. (open Wed, Sun, Bank Hol Mondays) Details: 01885 482206.

Until end Sept: Lower Brockhampton house and grounds. The National Trust. Details: 01885 488099.

Until end Sept: Burton Court, Eardisland, costume, model railway, fairground etc. Details: 01544 388231.

Until Oct 1 *Abbeydore Court Gardens, six-acres of unusual plants and shrubs. Open daily except Mondays and Wednesdays (open Bank Holidays). Details: 01981 240419.

Until Oct 1 *Penpergwym Lodge, Abergavenny, open Thurs-Sun. Details: 01873 840208.

Until end Oct: Weir Garden, Brecon Road, Swainshill. National Trust.

Until end Oct: Broadfield Court Gardens and Vineyards, Bodenham. Details: 01568 797483.

Until end Oct: Moors Meadow, Collington, Bromyard. Details: 01885 410318.

Until end Oct: Berrington Hall, Leominster, open daily except Thurs and Fridays, (open Bank Hol Mondays). Details: 01568 615721.

Until end Oct: Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington. Open daily. Details: 01544 230160.

Until end Oct: *Stockton Bury Gardens, plants for sale. Open Wed-Sun and Bank Hols. Details: 01568 613432.

22* Barnard's Green House, 10 Poolbrook Rd, Malvern.

20-22 *Michaelchurch Court, St Owens Cross.

25 *The Cockshoot, Castlemorton Common, nr Malvern.

25 The Cottage Herbery, Boraston, Tenbury Wells.

24-25 *Castle House, Usk, and Usk gardens.

25 +Elton Hall, nr Ludlow.

25 *Berrington Hall, Leominster.

25 *Caves Folly Nursery, Colwall.

25 *Longacre, Colwall.

25 *The Nest, Moreton Eye.

25 *Shucknall Court, Weston Beggard.

25 *Stone House, Scotland, Wellington.

25 *Two Coity gardens open, Talybont-on-Usk.

25 *Baskerville Court Gardens, Clyro.

25 *Glanusk Park, Crickhowell.

27 *Kestrel Cottage garden open, Brand Green, Redmarley, Glos.

29 *Barnard Green House, 10 Poolsbrook Rd, Malvern.

+ = British Red Cross.

* = National Gardens Scheme.

July

1-2 Open gardens at Mansell Lacy. Details: 01981 590665.

1-2 Court of Noke, Pembridge. Details 01544 388535.

2 *The Nest, Moreton Eye.

30 *The Nest, Moreton Eye.

Places of interest

June

Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove.

Broadgreen Open Farm Park, Madley. Open to Sept. Details: 01981 250454.

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 388226.

Hereford Waterworks Museum, Broomy Hill, open every Tuesday until Sept (not in steam) 11am-4pm. Details: 01432 356653.

The Judge's Lodging, Broad St, Presteigne, Powys. Details: 01544 260650. Open until end Oct.

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 Mon, Wed, Fri.

Shortwood Working Dairy Farm, Pencombe, Bromyard. Details: 01885 400205.

Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre, Kington. Details: 01544 231109. Open daily until end Oct.

The Domestic Fowl Trust, Honeybourne, Worcestershire.

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