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The next BIG EVENT:
Friday 20th - 22nd October 2017
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2017
Wedesday, 7th June 2017
London Gallery Quire
Summer Concert, St George’s, Alie Street, London.
Contact: Stella Hardy 0207 515 4639 or email
Sunday 11th June 2017
Marsh Warblers
3pm, Concert, "Travelling in Hope"
All Saints, Birling, Kent, ME19 5JF.
Details: Tony Singleton 01580 753431 or email
Saturday 17th June 2017
Greenwood Quire
Concert, 'My Soul and Spirit Filled' - West Gallery choral music of the 18th and 19th centuries.
7pm, St John the Baptist, High Street, Morton, Lincolnshire, PE10 0AP.
More details from Dave & Julia Jacobs by email
Saturday 17th June 2017
Bedford Gallery Quire
10:30am - 4:30pm, An ‘away day’ of West Gallery music,
Guyhirn Chapel of Ease, Guyhirn, Wisbech, Cambs, PE13 4EQ.
known for centuries as ‘A Puritan Presence in The Fens’
Cost £10; Download a Flyer and a Booking Form from HERE
More details also from the Quire's website
Saturday, 24th June 2017
Bristol Harmony
Church Tour - details to follow:
Contact: Peter John, tel.0117 932 7107 or email
Sunday 25th June 2017
Immanuel’s Ground
6pm, Patronal Evensong, SS Peter and Paul, Chipping Warden, Northants, OX17 1JU.
More details: visit the quire's website
Sunday 2nd July 2017
Greenwood Quire
West Gallery Evensong
4pm, St James, Old Market Avenue, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5HX.
More details from Dave & Julia Jacobs by email
Sunday 2nd July 2017
Spooner Row West Gallery Quire
Concert in Wymondham Music Festival, jointly with local choir, Dolce:
Madrigals, Canons, Catches, and West Gallery: vocal music from the 17th-19th century.
7pm, Fairland United Reformed Church, Wymondham, NR18 0AW.
More details from John & Lindsay Dowding tel.01953 607236 or email
Saturday 15th July 2017
Immanuel's Ground
5-6pm, Concert "A Tuneful Common Wealth", St Mary Magdalene, Croome d’Abitot; in the National Trust’s grounds of Croome Park, Worcs., WR8 9DW.
More details: visit the quire's website
Saturday 15th July 2017
Gladly Solemn Sound
2.30 pm, Concert of West Gallery Music
St Martin’s Old Church, Martindale, Cumbria, CA10 2NF.
Free entry, with a retiring collection for the church.
Further information: Russell Mills 07516 327370 or Paul Guppy 01524 68621 (work) or 01524 32062 (home)
Saturday 22nd July 2017
Bristol Harmony
10:30am-4pm, West Gallery Workshop
Winterbourne Medieval Barn, Church Lane, Winterbourne, South Glos BS36 1SE.
Contact: Peter John, tel.0117 932 7107 or email or Linda Hall email
You can down load a flyer from HERE
Saturday 29th July 2017
Immanuel's Ground
3-4:30pm, "Carols from the Mid-Shires", a West Gallery music workshop, Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Warwick CV34 4AX.
part of Warwick Folk Festival.
More details: visit the quire's website
Sunday 30th July 2017
Madding Crowd
3pm, Jane Austen Concert, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, RG21 7LS.
You can download a flyer from HERE
Tickets £10. Please book in advance
For more information visit our website or call 01962 713392 or email
Sunday 30th July 2017
Sussex Harmony
Workshop, 2pm and evensong, 6pm; St Anne’s, Lewes (at the top of High Street)
Refreshments between and after.
More details: Jan Green 01903 830361 or email
or visit the quire's website (see Quires page)
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Saturday 5th - Friday 11th August 2017
WG at Sidmouth Folk Festival
Saturday 5th: "Start the Week" Concert, 2:30pm, Manor Pavillion.
Weatherbury Quire, A taster concert of West Gallery music.
Sun 6th – Fri 11th: time tbc, WG Workshops, Manor Pavillion.
Sun 6th - Fri 11th: time tbc, "Singing on the Seafront".
Watch a YouTube video HERE
Mon 7th-Fri 11th: Shapenote workshops (Canaan's Land).
Click HERE for a map to show location. Visit their website
For more details, email Mike or Charlotte
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Saturday 2nd September 2017
Oxford Psalmody
from 10:15am, 17th Church Visitation in the Diocese of Oxford
Singing from Praise & Glory and The Sacred Harp, 1991 ed.
More details to follow: 01865 865773 or email
or visit the website
Saturday 2nd September 2017
North West Three Choirs' Day
10am - 4pm, Rivington Unitarian Chapel, The Village Green, Rivington, Horwich, Lancashire, BL6 7SE.
Leaders: Sally Drage (GDS), Paul Guppy (GSS), & Jean Seymour (LoDQ)
£5, payable on the day, but please book a place to ensure receipt of PDF music in advance.
Sunday 10th September 2017
Madding Crowd
3:30pm, Harvest themed workshop; 6:30pm Evening Service
The Abbey United Reformed Church, 1 Abbey Water, Romsey, SO51 8EJ.
For more information visit our website or call 01962 713392 or email
Sunday 10th September 2017
Immanuel's Ground
Harvest Festival Evensong, St Mary the Virgin, Culworth, Northants, OX17 2AT. (time tbc)
More details: visit the quire's website
Saturday 30th September 2017
Purbeck Village Quire
Church Crawl in the Tarrant Valley; a day’s singing with lunch and tea provided for £15, if required.
More details: Mary Myers 01305 261931 or email
Sunday 30th September 2017
Madding Crowd
The Madding Crowd are taking part in Southampton’ s Jane Austen Festival
11:30am & 2pm, Jane Austen themed workshops
7:30pm, Jane Austen concert
St Michael’s Church, Bugle Street, Southampton,SO14 2AD.
For more information visit our website or call 01962 713392 or email
Sunday 1st October 2017
Sussex Harmony
Workshop and Evensong, Hailsham parish church, Vicarage Road.
More details: Jan Green 01903 830361 or email
or visit the quire's website (see Quires page)
Saturday 7th October 2017
Sussex Harmony
Harvest Thanksgiving service at St Thomas, Cliffe High Street, Lewes.
More details: Jan Green 01903 830361 or email
or visit the quire's website (see Quires page)
Sunday, 8th October 2017
Marsh Warblers
2:30pm tbc, Workshop, Tenterden Town Hall, High St, Tenterden, TN30 6AN.
(part of Tenterden Folk Festival)
Details: Tony Singleton 01580 753431 or email
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Friday 20th - 22nd October 2017
WGMA Autumn Weekend at Belsey Bridge Conference Centre,
Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2DZ.
Click HERE for a map to show location. Visit their website
You can download a Booking Form from HERE
For further details contact: Jane Waltho, tel: 01889 591770 or email:
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Saturday, 28th October 2017
50th Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts: Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
or Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:
Saturday 4th November 2017
Immanuel's Ground
10.00 am, "Sing Birmingham! 2017", St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8RU.
More details: visit the quire's website
Sunday 25th November 2017
Madding Crowd
Christmas Concert, 7:30pm, King’s Somborne Village Hall, Recreation Ground, Romsey Road, SO20 6PP.
For more information visit our website or call 01962 713392 or email
Sunday 10th December 2017
West Gallery Workshop
3:00pm, St Mary's Church, Wanstead, Wanstead Place, London E11 2SW.
Leading to Advent Evensong at 6.00pm (organised by the RSCM).
All singers and instrumentalists welcome.
Workshop Leader: Francis Roads
Further details from Francis Roads
2018
Friday 16th - Sunday 18th February, 2018
The Madding Crowd House Party
A weekend of West Gallery song and friendship
Halsway Manor, near Crowcombe, Somerset TA4 4BD.
Save the date now & book nearer the time - visit our website
Sunday 25th February, 2018
Madding Crowd
West Gallery Workshop for the Folk Association of South Hants (7th consecutive year)
10:30am - 3:30pm; Bring & Share lunch; Soberton SO32 3PF.
See a description of 2017’s event in the Spring 2017 edition of the WGMA magazine.
To reserve a place, phone: 01243 531497 or email
Saturday 3rd March, 2018
South-West Quires' Day
Ruishton Village Hall, near Taunton, TA3 5JD.
Details from Jacqueline Patten email
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