(All events at the Coronation Hall unless stated.)
Please scroll down for posters and notices to find all events.
Register your email with Alton Arts for email notification of village events.
Monthly Village Coffee Mornings.
Saturday 6 July.
The coffee mornings are usually on the first Saturday morning of every month, in the Coronation Hall, starting at about 10.00 am to midday. Please Volunteer to help with coffee mornings.
Village Flower Show
Saturday 22 June
At the Coronation Hall
Bring your own home grown or made flowers, vegetables, cakes and jam and enter the village flower show.
8.00am – 10am Hall open for staging of exhibits
10.30am – 1pm Judging
2.30pm. Open to the public
3.30pm 5.00pm. Prize-giving, followed by Auction Close
Click below to download the Schedule, Show Rules and Timetable.
Show Rules, Cups and Prizes and Timetable
Music for Awhile 24th Summer Festival 6th and 7th July
All Saint’s Church, Alton Priors. Download booking form click here.
May 18th 6:00pm St. John the Baptist, Chirton, near Devizes Another Cecil King recital of music by the Bach Family given by Ellen Bundy (violin) and Olwen Foulkes, (recorders) with Benedict Williams (organ) http://chirton.net/one.html
June 1st 7.30pm Tabea Debus and Olwen Foulkes, (recorders) with Benedict Williams (organ) at the Old Moravian Church www.tabeadebus.com www.olwenfoulkes.co.uk www.benedict-williams.com For tickets hobbes.eventebrite.com
July 6th & 7th MUSIC FOR AWHILE 24th Annual Summer Festival at All Saints', Alton Priors If you haven’t already come across our two solo singers I recommend looking them up, and you are in for a treat! They will be joined by some very familiar MFA musical faces.
July 6th 19.00 a concert of Purcell, Handel and others featuring countertenor Robin Blaze http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/robin-blaze
July 7th 16.00 Bach in the Afternoon - including Bach’s miraculous wedding cantata O Holder Tag for soprano. We have the great pleasure to welcome Julia Doyle http://juliadoylesoprano.com
September 27th and 28th Music in the Vale of Pewsey - at Alton Banes & Stert After a successful first year, we are holding the second Weekend of Music in the Vale of Pewsey this year. More details will be available in the Summer.
27th September an evening of Mozart chamber music for strings and wind at the Coronation Hall Alton Barnes, including the horn quintet and the quartets for strings and oboe/flute
28th September - a Cecil King recital of music by Bach and his Circle in St James Church, Stert, with cellist Jonathan Manson joining Maggie and others.
July 7th 4.00 'Bach in the afternoon’ including the wonderful wedding cantata O Holder Tag sung by Julia Doyle http://juliadoylesoprano.com with the Music for Awhile ensemble directed by Festival Director:- Maggie Faultless
Tickets from John MacAuslan at email:- j.macauslan@btinternet.com
