events/talks

to June 9, The Guardian Hay Festival. Details: 01497 821299.

to June 9, Leominster Festival of the Arts. Details 01568 611418.

6 Family Story Telling Caf, 2pm-3pm. Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Details: 01584 878141.

7, 8, 9, Flower Festival, All Saints Church, Clehonger. Details: 01981 250285/250497/01432 277229.

7 Make Mad Hats, Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Details: 01584 878141.

7 Ross Barn Dance Club. Details: 01989 764357.

8 Morris Dancing. Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Details: 01584 878141.

8-9 Eastnor Castle Woodland Festival. Details:01531 633160.

8-15 and 22 Kington Festival. Details: 01544 231998.

8-9 UK All Terrain Boarding Championships, Court Farm, Tillington. Details: 01432 760271.

9 Riverside walk at Knill Gardens, 2-6pm. Details: 01544 267348.

9 Orleton Village Fete, 2pm-5pm,entrance free.

10 Fashion show, Paintpots Play Group. Details: 01432 760912.

10 'Saint Paul Through Jewish Eyes', The Council of Christians and Jews, Our Lady's Church Room, Hereford, 7.30pm.

12 Back to Tennis Evening at Kington Tennis Club. Details: 01544 231452.

12 Hereford book fair, All Saints Church, High Street, Hereford. Details: 07710 542115.

14-17 Traherne Festival, Credenhill. Details: 01432 265904.

15 Auction, Moccas Village Hall, 2pm, viewing from 12noon.

16 Dilwyn Young Farmers present an auction of goods and promises in aid of The Air Ambulance. Nunsland Farm, Weobley, Herefordshire. 6.30pm for 7pm.

theatre

6-15 The Courtyard present 'Entertaining Mr Sloane', 7.30pm. The Courtyard, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

7 Compass Theatre present 'Waiting for Godot', Theatre Brycheiniog, 7.30pm. Details: 01874 611622.

8 On The Other Hand Puppet Theatre Company present 'The Marvellous Magical Coat', 2pm and 5pm. The Courtyard, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

10-15 Alan Ayckbourn's 'Time and Time Again', Festival Theatre, Malvern, 8pm. Details: 01684 8922277.

11-15 The Tempest, Mad Dogs Theatre Company, Dore Abbey. Details: 01432 272419.

12 Company of Wales present 'Dance Trilogy', Theatre Brycheiniog, 7.30pm. Details: 01874 611622.

musical

6 Steve Tilston, Nightjar Folk Club,The Courtyard, 8pm. Details: 01432 359252.

6,13,20, Celebration Concert: Kington's 'Last Night of the Proms', Burton Hotel, Kington. Details: 01544 340 235.

6 Ledbury Street Party 'Abana' with support from Baton Rouge, West African dance music, Ledbury High Street, 9pm.

7 'Flook'! Virtuoso flute-driven four-piece with guitar & bodhran. Royal Oak Hotel, Leominster. Details: 01568 611418.

8 Bochmann Quartet, 7.30pm. Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth. Details: 01684 560696.

8 Members of Hereford Savoy Singers and friends, 'Summer is a Comin In', All Saints Church, Clehonger, 7pm.

8 The Shropshire Bedlams and Martha Rhodan's Tuppenny Dish, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 2pm. Details: 01584 878141.

8 The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Theatr Brycheiniog, 7.30pm. Details: 01874 611622.

8 An evening with Willie Nelson, Hereford Leisure Centre, 7.30pm. Details: 0870 746 1333.

8 Kington and District Operatic Society present a Kington Past Day Concert, 7.30pm. Details:01544 231501.

9 Songs of Praise with the Golden Valley Singers, All Saints Church, Clehonger, 6.30pm.

9 Paul Lewis, 'Schubert Piano Recital', 2.30pm. Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth. Details: 01684 560696.

9 The Hereford Chamber Choir, St Michael's, Tenbury. Details: 01432 870692.

11 Geraint Bowen, Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm.

15 Humphrey Lyttelton and his band, 'Between Friends',Theatr Brycheiniog, 7.30pm. Details: 01874 611622.

15 Picnic Concert, ECO Ensemble, 7.30pm, Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth. Details: 01684 560696.

15 Organ Recital by John Brierley, St Michael's Church, Tenbury Wells, 7pm. Details 01584 819845.

15 City of Birmingham Brass Band Concert at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. Details 01905 351212.

exhibitions

Ongoing: Art In Heaven, Llanwarne. Details: 01981 540202.

Ongoing: Gerry Anderson - Thunderbird Puppets exhibition, Teddy Bear Museum, Bromyard. Details: 01885 488329.

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

Ongoing: Spring Exhibition/'A Royal Collection', The Cider Museum, Hereford. Details: 01432 354207.

Ongoing: 'The Golden Age of Motoring', Eardisland Dovecote. Details: 01544 388226.

Ongoing: Wobage Farm Craft Workshops Summer Exhibition. Details: 01989 780495.

Ongoing: 'Fifty Momentous Years: The Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Eardisland Church. Details: 01544 388226.

to 9 'From the Wood', The Craft Centre, Studio 6, Oxford Rd, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 821355.

to 9, 'A Personal View', Exhibition of paintings of Sidney Nolan, The Rodd, Presteigne, daily 11am-6pm.

to 9, The Art of Sustainability, The Rogues Gallery, Broad St, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 821677.

to 11, Malvern Art Club annual exhibition, Sir Barry Jackson Room, Grange Rd, Malvern, 10am-4.30pm.

to 23 Brook Street Pottery, Bowie & Hulbert, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 821026.

to 23 'The Mare's Tale' family friendly art exhibition inspired by nursery rhymes, Hereford Art Gallery. Details: 01432 260692.

to 28 Dennis Creffield: Impressions of Castles, The Globe Gallery, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 821191.

to 29 Craven Images, wood and lino-cuts by Stan Greer, Kemble Gallery, Hereford, 9.30am-5.30pm.

to 30, The Anne Rutherford Memorial Exhibition, A Portrait of Leominster, Exhibition Room, Leominster Library.

to 30 Festival Exhibition, The Hay Maker's Gallery, Hay-on-Wye. Details:01497 820556

3-8 Tracey Somerville and Brian Harris Painting Exhibition, The Old Mayor's Parlour, Church Street, Hereford, 9.30am- 5pm.

7-22, How Like an Angel, Madeline Gold, The Kemble Gallery, Church Street, Hereford. Details: 01432 266049.

10-15 An exhibition of Wendy Gibson's watercolours in The Old Mayor's Parlour, Church St, Hereford.

clubs/classes/societies

Ongoing: T'ai Chi; Mon (Holmer), Tues (St Johns), Thurs (Courtyard). Details: 01568 797310.

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

Every Sat: St Pauls Sequence Dance Club, Scouts Hall, Tupsley. Details: 01432 357434.

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

Every Mon: Yoga, St Barnabas Church Hall, Hereford. Details: 01497 847944.

Every Mon: Egyptian dance. Details: 07949 815232.

Every Mon: Line Dancing for beginners, St Francis Church, Belmont. Details: 01432 870383.

Every Tues: Line Dancing, Beginners/Intermediate, Mordiford Details: 01432 870383.

Every Fri: Line Dancing, Beginners/Intermediate, Leominster Details: 01432 870383.

Every Tues: Hereford Mountain Club, The Swan, Aylestone Hill, Hereford. Details: 01531 670042.

Every Wed: Salsa! The Royal Oak, Ledbury. Details: 01531 635187.

Every Wed/Fri: Hereford Sub Aqua Club. 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 Mon: Hereford and Belmont Scrabble Club, Belmont Abbey Parish Centre, Belmont. Details: 01432 370109.

Bridge: classes for beginners and improvers (Mon, Thurs, Fri). Details: 01432 268937.

Every Wed Italian for beginners. Details: 01432 263495.

Tues/Wed/Thurs Yoga for everyone. Details: 01981 240606.

School. Details: 01989 780421.

6 Hereford & District U3A. 'Modern Library Services for Herefordshire - A Modest Proposal?'. Details: 01432 356653.

7 Family Social Evening, Ivington Village Community Room. Details: 01568 720458.

7 Hereford Amateur Radio Society meeting. Details: 01432 355155.

9 Herefordshire Ornithological Club, Lyonshall Park Wood/River Arrow and Shobdon Area. Details: 01544 340682.

9 Hereford Society of Model Engineers, Club at Broomy Hill (All members).

11 Hereford & District Bird Keepers Club, Nelson Inn, Bridge Sollars. Details: 07929 378298.

11 Herefordshire Guild of Weavers,Spinners and Dyers, in the Woollard Room, RNCB, Hereford. Edna Gibson: 'History of Knitting'. Details: 01981 500491.

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

12 Herefordshire Ornithological Club, Forest of Dean for nightjars. Details: 01989 561098.

12 The Hereford Computer Club. Details: 01432 850665.

13-16 Hereford Floral Society, 'Seventh World Flower Show', Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow. Details:01544 318318.

14 Hereford Society of Model Engineers, Club meeting.

15-16 Hereford Mountain Club Meets, North Wales. Details: 01531 670042.

15 Hereford Civic Trust, an afternoon visit to Madresfield Court, Nr Malvern. Details: 01432 870372/350720.

16 Hereford Society of Model Engineers, Club Invitation Day, Branch Line Society, Newport SME and others.

16 Wye Valley Miniaturists, Make a wheelbarrow. Details 01432 264927.

groups

Ongoing: Alcoholics Anonymous, Friends Meeting House, Hereford. Details: 01753 242392.

Ongoing: Free Stop Smoking Groups throughout Herefordshire. Details: 01432 262019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every Tues: Hereford and District Branch National Childbirth Trust, Breastfeeding Support Group, Our Lady's Church Hall, Belmont Road, 10-12noon. Details: 01432 276915/370883.

Every Wed: Therapy Group. Details: 01981 570561.

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

Every Fri: Christian Meditation Group. Belmont Abbey Oratory, 7.30pm. Details: 01432 870360.

8 LETS bartering club. Trading day. Details: 01568 750559.

10 Hereford Peace Council Meeting, Friends Meeting House, King Street, Hereford. Details: 01981 240344.

markets

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.

gardens

Open daily 'Moorsmeadow', Collington, Bromyard, Details 01885 410318

to Sep 30 Abbeydore Gardens. Details: 01981 240419.

to Sep 30 The Garden at The Bannut, Bringsty, nr Bromyard. Open from 2-5pm Wed,Sat,Sun and bank hols. Details: 01885482206.

to Nov. Shipley flower gardens at Holme Lacy Village, 10am to dusk. Details: 01432 870356.

9 Mouse Castle, Old Eign Hill, Hereford 2-5pm. Details: 01432 272522.

9 The National Gardens Scheme: The Cottage Herbery, Boraston, Nr. Tenbury Wells. Details: 01562 850287.

9 Herefordshire Gardeners' Association Outings: Dobbies Garden Centre and The Dingle, Welshpool. Details: 01432 341876.

9 Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore. 11am-5pm.

9 Moors Meadow, Collington. Details: 01885 410318.

9, 16, The Cockshoot, Castlemorton Common, 2pm-6pm. Details: 01562 850360 or 01562 850287.

16 Birtsmorton Court, nr Malvern, 2pm-5.30pm. Details: 01562 850360 or 01562 850287.

16 Herefordshire Gardener's Association Outings: Abberley Village Gardens (am), Eastgrove Cottage (pm). Details: 01432 341876.

16 NGS Dogberry and The View, The Common, Wellington Heath. 2-6pm. Details: 01531 633149.

places of interest

Burton Court, 14th century Great Hall, Costumes etc. Wed, Thurs, Sats. Suns, Bank Hol Mons. 2.30-6pm. Details 01544 388231.

Hellens historic manor house, Much Marcle. Open Wed, Sat, Sun pm only with tours at 2, 3 and 4pm. Details: 01531 660504.

Hereford Cider Museum,10am-5.30pm. Details: 01432 354207.

Hereford Waterworks Museum. Details: 01432 344062.

The Judges Lodgings: Presteigne. Details: 01544 260650.

Lower Brockhampton House (national trust), Wed-Sun and bank holidays from noon-5pm. Details: 01885 482077.

'Made in Spain', Abbey Dore Gardens, Abbey Dore, 11am-5pm Sat, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Fri and bank holidays. Spanish crafts.