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The next BIG EVENT:
Friday 20th - 22nd October, 2017
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2017
Saturday 1st April, 2017
Marsh Warblers
7:30pm, Concert, "The Changing Scenes of Life"
St.Michael & All Angels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PU.
Details: Tony Singleton 01580 753431 or email
Saturday 8th April, 2017
49th 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:
You can download a Booking Form from HERE
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Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd April, 2017
WGMA Spring Weekend at The Hayes Conference Centre,
Swanwick, ALFRETON, Derbyshire, DE55 1AU.
SORRY! - EVENT CANCELLED
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Saturday, 29th April 2017
13th Mid-Shires' Quires Day
10am-4pm, The Village Hall, Byfield, Northants, NN11 6UT.
Please note: a week later than usual
Sunday, 30th April 2017
London Gallery Quire
Evensong, St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Abbots, Epping Forest, Essex.
Contact: Stella Hardy 0207 515 4639 or email
Sunday 30th April, 2017
Vital Spark
Will be taking part in Upton Folk Festival in Worcestershire.
10:30 am, Church service; afternoon concert in "The Star"; evening concert in the Church.
Full details on the Festival Website .
Saturday 20th May 2017
Greenwood Quire
Concert, 'My Soul and Spirit Filled' - West Gallery choral music of the 18th and 19th centuries.
7pm, United Reformed Church, Garmston Street, Lincoln, LN2 1HZ.
Tickets £5, in aid of Bangladesh
More details from Dave & Julia Jacobs by email
Sunday, 21st May 2017
London Gallery Quire
Evensong, St. Mary's Church, College Road, Bromley, BR1 3QG.
Contact: Stella Hardy 0207 515 4639 or email
Saturday 27th May, 2017
Beaminster Gallery Quire
Church Crawl visiting:
All Saints, Closworth; All Saints, Sutton Bingham; St Mary’s Church, Wraxall; and Holy Trinity Church, Chilfrome.
Download a flyer from HERE
Contact: Peter Carnell 01308 420716 or email
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
6:00pm (tbc), Patronal Evensong, SS Peter and Paul, Chipping Warden, Northants, OX17 1JU.
Saturday 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
Tuesday, 11th 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, 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
Sunday 30th July, 2017
Madding Crowd
Jane Austen Concert, 3pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, RG21 7LS.
You can download a flyer from HERE
For more information visit our website or call 01962 713392 or email
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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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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
Saturday 30th September 2017
Purbeck Village Quire
Church Crawl in Tarrant Valley
More details to follow.
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
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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:
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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