Events/talks

3 Llanthony Valley and District Show and Companion Dog Show and Fell Race, Court Farm, Llanthony, 01873 890551.

4-6 The Big Chill, Eastnor. www.bigchill.net

4-11 Three Choirs Festival, Hereford. www.3choirs.org. 01432 275932.

4-6 Homegrown Festival, The Herdsman, Hereford.

5-12 Three Choirs Fringe. www.hereford3choirsfringe.org.uk

5 Living Churchyard Project, Eye Churchyard (3m north of Leominster), 9.15am. 01568 613513.

5 Charity Pruning Day with Jonathon Bishop of Foliation Ltd, by Peterchurch and District Gardening Club, Urishay House, Peterchurch, 10am-3.30pm. 01981 550756.

5 Kingsland Flower Show, Coronation Hall, 2pm. 01568 708450.

5 Ballingham Village Fun Day, 2pm. 01432 840427.

5 Kingsland Flower Show, Coronation Hall, Kingsland, 2pm. 01568 708450.

5-6 Drudion's Medieval Mayhem Weekend, Ravens Lodge, Old Tan House Lane, Cradley, adults and children from seven years, Medieval cooking/weaving/spinning/archery/combat. 01886 880668

6 Vipassana Meditation Centre - open day, Dhamma Dipa, near Ross-on-Wye. 2-6pm. 01989 730234.

8 Where Wild Things Play Family Activity, 2pm-4pm, Queenswood. booking essential 01568 798320.

10 Where Wild Things Play Family Activity, 2pm-4pm, Crooked Well, Kington, drop in free. 01432 356872.

11-12 St Bede's and St Thomas's Catholic Church Annual Summer Fare, Kington Market Hall (opposite TIC), 10.30am-12.30pm.

12 Moccas Flower Show, Moccas Village Hall, 2pm. 01981 500318.

13 Marcle Music Madness, Young Band Competition, Much Marcle Showground. Enter your band now on 07841 397575.

13 Luston Fete, Cawley Hall, 12.30pm.

13 Leominster Vintage Annual Working Day, Bilfield Farm, Hatfield (off the Leominster to Bromyard road), free admission. 01568 610148.

Theatre

4-5 Educating Rita, Barebones Theatre Co, New Memorial Hall, Fownhope, 7.30pm. 01981 540820.

7-12 Magic of the Dance, Malvern Theatres, 8pm, Wed/Sat mats 2.30pm. 01684 892277.

9-10 Roy Chubby Brown Live, Malvern Theatres, 7.30pm. 01684 892277.

11-12 Educating Rita, Barebones Theatre Co, Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm. 01981 540820.

Musical

5 Piano Recital by Trefor Smith, Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 7.30pm. 01568 611588.

6 Bil Bailey Allstars Jazz Band, The Farmers Club, Widemarsh Street, 7.30pm, 01432 276304.

6 Richmond Country Music Club, Chris Houlihan plus Ivor Gee. 01432 357131.

12 Ross Live! Organ Recital, 1pm, Ross Baptist Church, Broad Street, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 562768.

12 Ross Live! The Musical and Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra, St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm. 01989 562768.

12 Hereford Big Band, The Farmers Club, Widemarsh Street, 01432 276304.

13 Ross Live! Bluesy Susie Band, free concert, The Bandstand, Caroline Symonds Garden, Ross-on-Wye, 2.30pm.

13 Ross Live! songs for the Lute Viol and Voice by J Danyell, St Catherine's Church, Hoarwithy, 7.30pm. 01989 562768.

Exhibitions

'til Aug 31, Summer Exhibition, Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-5.30pm. 01544 3888842.

'til Sept 3, Sdan Dowse, Terry Dowsen and Pia Dowse, Greenstage Gallery, Hop Pocket Craft Centre, Bishops Frome, closed Mondays. 01885 490839

'til Sept 4, Light Shifts, Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye, 01989 565266.

'til Sept 4 High Summer Exhibition, Galanthus Gallery and cafe, Wormbridge, 10am-5pm. 01981 570506.

'til Sept (weekends only) Shieldbrook Sculpture in the garden, Shieldbrook, Kings Caple, Hereford 2pm-5pm. 01432 840670.

'til Sept 17 Galanthus Gallery and cafe, Wormbridge, 10am-5pm, sculpture in the garden, various artists. 01981 570506

'til Sept, Old Toy Museum exhibition of Thunderbirds etc. Tues-Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm. 01885 410558.

'til Nov, The White Road Westwards by Kathleen Freeman, daily, Eardisland Church 01544 388226.

'til Nov, Eardisland Historic Dovecote, daily. 01544 388226.

Aug 2 - Sep 3 So I Take A Picture of Something I See - summer exhibition by local landscape photographer Les Norman, Blue-Ginger Gallery, Cradley. 01886 880240.

Aug 3-5, Hiroshima, an exhibition of 30 posters from the Hiroshima Museum, Japan, All Saints' Church, Hereford. Thurs-Fri-10am to 4.30pm, Sat-10am to 1pm.

6-11 Art exhibition, The Shirehall, Committee Room 1, 10am-6pm.

6-12 David J Fry exhibition of watercolours, The Old Mayors Parlour Gallery, Church Street, Hereford, 10.30am-7.30pm. 01432 272631.

Clubs/classes/societies

3 Body Toning, Bodenham Village Hall, 6.30pm-7.30pm. 01568 797184.

4 Worcester Locomotive Society, Working Steam, The Brewery Inn, Bye Street, Ledbury, 8pm. 01531 634328.

5 Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust Gift and Book Sale, All Saints Hereford, 10am-4pm. 01432 264366.

10 Hereford Textile Group, talk by Annette Emms Fairy Shoes and Hidden Paths 2pm-4.30pm, Young Farmers Club, Hereford. 01432 840559.

12 Ross-on-Wye Horticultural Society, Seventy-first Annual Show, Larruperz Centre, 7.30pm. 01989 563358.

12 Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society, 63rd Annual Summer Show, Colwall Village Hall and Scout Hut Complex, 2-5pm. 01684 540873.

Gardens

Aug 2 - October 22, The Picton Garden, Old Court Nurseries, Colwall. 11am-5pm.

'til Oct 1, The Bannut, Bringsty, nr Bromyard, Wed/Sat/Sun/Bank Hols, 12.30pm-5pm. 01885 482206.

'til end of Sept, Abbey Dore Court Gardens, Abbey Dore, Tues/Thurs/Sat/Sun 11am-5.30pm. 01981 240419.

'til end of Sept, Part-Y-Seal gardens, Part-Y-Seal, Grosmont. 12noon-5pm. 01981 240814.

'til end of Aug, Arrow Cottage Gardens, Ledgemoor, Wed/Fri/Sun 11am-4pm, Sat 1pm-4pm. 01344 318468.

'til end of Sept, Part-y-Seal, Grosmont, 12noon-5pm. 01981 240814.

Friday-Tuesday, Moors Meadow Garden and Nursery, Collington, nr Bromyard, 11am-5pm. 01885 410318.

Broadfield Court Gardens and Vineyard, Bodenham, 10am-4.30pm. 01568 797483.

By appt please, Old Longworth, Lugwardine, 01432 850652.

Wednesday/Thursday, Ivy Croft, Ivington Green, Leominster, 9am-4pm. 01568 720344.

Aug 3-4 & 9-11 The Long Barn, Eastnor, 11am-5pm. 01531 632718.

5 Charity Pruning Day, Peterchurch and District Gardening Club, Urishay House, Peterchurch 10am-3.30pm. 01981 550756.

6 Lower Hope Gardens, Ullingswick, 2-5pm. Five miles south of Bromyard, off A417.

10 Shuttifield Cottage, Birchwood, Storridge, 1-6pm, 01886 884243.

13 NGS The Bannut, Bringsty, 12.30am-5pm.

13 Upper Tan House, Stansbatch, 2-5pm.

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