Calendar - Shropshire Events and Whats On Guide

SHOWING OFF Contemporary Craft Show @ TRINITY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCH

Jul 20 – Jul 21 all-day

12:00 am

Designer Makers from Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft will be showing and selling their work; jewellery;furniture;ceramics;glasswork;textiles and more…FREE ADMISSION. Cafe in church.

Jul

Sat

Paint a harbour scene in watercolours @ The Artshack

Jul 20 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

10:00 am

Tickets

This is a full day workshop from 10am -4pm, and is suitable for both complete beginners or more accomplished painters. Watercolour, also aquarelle, is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments[...]

Jul

Sat

Summer Concert @ Shrewsbury United Reformed Church

Jul 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

7:30 pm

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Shrewsbury URC choir join with Shrewsbury Brass Band for an evening of light music. This is a FREE concert but with a collection to support the church and brass band. Raffle and refreshments too!

Jul

Sun

Aaron Hawthorne & Cameron Lloyd play Wurlitzer Theatre Organ in Shrewsbury @ The Buttermarket

Jul 21 all-day

12:00 am

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Shropshire Theatre Organ Trust event. Aaron Hawthorne & Cameron Lloyd play Wurlitzer theatre organ at The Buttermarket in Shrewsbury. Doors open at 1.30pm for a 2.30pm till 5.00pm Concert. Cost £7 on the door (£6[...]

Jul

Sun

Pride and Prejudice Outside Theatre @ Hawkstone Park Follies

Jul 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

6:00 pm

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When Elizabeth meets the terse and abrupt Mr. Darcy, she loathes him at first sight. But is there more to him than meets the eye? Brought to life by award-winning writer Laura Turner, this adaptation[...]

Jul

Mon

Who is a Refugee? Who is a Migrant? Workshop with Dr Yewa Holiday @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 22 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

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This interactive workshop will explore law, history and everyday understandings of the terms ‘refugee’ and ‘migrant’. We will examine refugee definitions; consider the similarities and differences between refugees, migrants, victims of trafficking and smuggled migrants;[...]

Jul

Tue

Smuggling and Trafficking workshop with Dr Yewa Holiday @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 23 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

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This workshop examines the extent to which smugglers and traffickers are brought to justice and how smuggled migrants and victims of human trafficking can be protected. We will explore the law and the practice of[...]

Jul

Tue

The Botanists of the Botanist Gin, Dr Richard and Mavis Gulliver @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 23 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2:00 pm

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Dr Richard and Mavis Gulliver were the original botanists for The Botanist Gin which is distilled on the Hebridean Isle of Islay. The Gullivers worked with master distiller Jim McEwan to add gin to the[...]

Jul

Tue

Artshack Open Day @ The Artshack

Jul 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

3:00 pm

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Have you heard about ArtShack but are not sure what we offer or whether it would be suitable for you? This is an open day where you can come along on either a Morning or[...]

Jul

Wed

The history of the passport with Dr Yewa Holiday @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 24 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

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This workshop will examine attitudes in Europe to ideas about migration and passports, focussing on the UK in the period 1793 to the First World War. We will explore and contrast the response by the[...]

Jul

Wed

Dr Gary O’Shea – Piano @ Shrewsbury Abbey

Jul 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

1:00 pm

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Wednesday-at-One Recitals at Shrewsbury Abbey. Free Entry – Refreshments Available from 11:30am. Retiring Collection in aid of Shrewsbury Abbey Organ Restoration Fund.

Jul

Wed

Garden History in 8 ‘objects’ with Advolly Richmond, MA @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 24 @ 2:00 pm – 5:15 pm

2:00 pm

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Garden History in 8 ‘objects’ is for anyone interested in gardens and social history. This interactive workshop will give participants an opportunity to examine and discuss objects connected with plants, people and places that have[...]

Jul

Wed

Sat

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 24-27 July 2019 @ St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury

Jul 24 @ 5:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 9:00 pm

5:00 pm

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The 2019 edition of Shrewsbury successful and long running Beer and Cider festival, this year with added spirits (well, gin at least) and country wines.

Jul

Wed

Sat

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 24-27 July 2019 @ St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury

Jul 24 @ 5:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 9:00 pm

5:00 pm

Tickets

The 2019 edition of Shrewsbury successful and long running Beer and Cider festival, this year with added spirits (well, gin at least) and country wines.

Jul

Wed

Sat

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 24-27 July 2019 @ St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury

Jul 24 @ 5:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 9:00 pm

5:00 pm

Tickets

The 2019 edition of Shrewsbury successful and long running Beer and Cider festival, this year with added spirits (well, gin at least) and country wines.

Jul

Wed

Sat

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 24-27 July 2019 @ St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury

Jul 24 @ 5:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 9:00 pm

5:00 pm

Tickets

The 2019 edition of Shrewsbury successful and long running Beer and Cider festival, this year with added spirits (well, gin at least) and country wines.

Jul

Thu

The Criminalisation of Refugees with Dr Yewa Holiday @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 25 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

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Participants will explore the changing climate in the UK and Europe generally towards refugees since the First World War and the increasing emphasis on identity and passports. We will explore newspaper reports and writings from[...]

Jul

Thu

Environmental Activism with Jonathan Terry, MSc, MICFor, MRICS, CENV @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 25 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2:00 pm

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Jonathan Terry explores concepts of environmental activism in a changing world. The workshop begins with an exploration of forest policy and how it has been influenced by environmental activism and looks at some of the[...]

Jul

Fri

Reading the Landscape with Jonathan Terry, MSc, MICFor, MRICS, CENV @ Gateway Education and Arts Centre

Jul 26 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2:00 pm

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This interactive workshop explores how we can understand the landscape through a knowledge of history, the land and its owners, industry, forestry and agriculture as well as through disease.

Jul

Sat

Tue

How to Buy a Woodland with Jonathan Terry, MSc, MICFor, MRICS, CENV @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 27 – Jul 30 all-day

12:00 am

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This two day course on how to buy a woodland includes information on woodland management and pests and disease. The first day on 27 July will take place at the University Centre Shrewsbury. There will[...]

Jul

Sat

Sun

Battle Of Shrewsbury Medieval Weekend @ Battlefield 1403

Jul 27 @ 10:00 am – Jul 28 @ 5:00 pm

10:00 am

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The Battle of Shrewsbury Medieval weekend Over the anniversary weekend of the battle of Shrewsbury, 615 years ago, we travel back to medieval Shropshire to see the sights of everyday life leading up to the[...]

Jul

Mon

Crime in Victorian Britain with Dr Holiday @ Gateway Education & Arts Centre

Jul 29 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

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This interactive 1 day course takes place over two mornings on 29 and 30 July (10-1pm). Dr Holiday will introduce you to aspects of crime in Victorian England. You will work on criminal cases in[...]

Jul

Mon

The Rev Thomas Birch Freeman: Victorian Botanist @ Gateway Education & Arts Centre

Jul 29 @ 2:00 pm

2:00 pm

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The Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman (1809 – 1890) was a British missionary of Anglo-African descent. His success in founding churches and schools in the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana) has been well documented. However, his[...]

Jul

Mon

Penley Hospital: A little Poland in the borderlands of Wales @ Gateway Education & Arts Centre

Jul 29 @ 3:00 pm

3:00 pm

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International events and local history combine together in this 2 hour session by Jonathan Gammond who organised the exhibition ‘Penley Hospital: The Story of a Polish Community in Wales’ at Wrexham County Borough Museum &[...]

Jul

Tue

Tour of Shropshire Archives @ Shropshire Archives

Jul 30 @ 2:00 pm

2:00 pm

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This 2 hour session includes a talk about the fascinating work of the Shropshire Archives and the services they offer, a tour behind the scenes, including their conservation and digitalisation work, and the chance to[...]

Jul

Wed

Family History and Education workshop with Dr Holiday @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 31 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

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Yewa uses her own family history relating to the Goodacres of Long Clawson (Leicestershire) and Mansfield (Nottinghamshire), including books and materials they wrote on education, to examine trends in education in 18th and 19th century[...]

Jul

Wed

The Quarry, a talk and tour by Advolly Richmond MA @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Jul 31 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2:00 pm

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The walk around the Quarry will look at the history and development of one of Shrewsbury’s most enduring public open spaces from the 16th to the 19th century. In the 18th century, polite society gravitated[...]

Aug

Thu

Dementia, my mother and me @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Aug 1 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2:00 pm

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What is dementia? How is dementia experienced by those living with dementia, by relatives and by carers? In this interactive session, you will explore the nature of dementia and Namaste care with Isabelle Latham, Senior[...]

Aug

Fri

Fabulous Fridays at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery @ Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

Aug 2 all-day

12:00 am

Tickets

Join storyteller Sally Tonge at the museum for fabulous songs and stories 11am-12pm (museum admission charges apply) No need to book.

Aug

Fri

Family History and Migration workshop with Dr Holiday @ University Centre Shrewsbury

Aug 2 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

10:00 am

Tickets

Dr Holiday examines trends in migration in 19th century Britain and what this might have to say about families in general by focusing on a Midlands family who migrated to the Cape Colony in the[...]

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