Calendar of Events
Page last updated 18th September, 2019
Many choirs have their own websites with details of their events. Go to the Quires webpage for more details.
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May 2020, etc.
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Saturday, 7th September, 2019
Immanuel's Ground
Diocese of Oxford Visitation
- 20th and final
More details from Edwin & Sheila Macadam
tel: 01865 865773 or email, or website
Saturday, 7th September, 2019
John Moore Quire
A day at Mow Cop, part of a National Trust Historic Landscape day to celebrate the origins of Primitive Methodism.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 21st September, 2019
The Madding Crowd
7.30pm, Concert, ‘Challenge and Change’, celebrating people power in Georgian England
at The Pilgrims Hall, Winchester, as part of Heritage Open Days.
It must be pre-booked. More details on the Events page of the quire's website
Saturday, 28th September, 2019
Sussex Harmony
Concert: "The Sussex Year", All Saints' Church, Old Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9AH.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 28th September, 2019
Marsh Warblers
7pm, Concert and Harvest Supper, St.John the Baptist, Wittersham, TN30 7EA.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 28th September, 2019
The Greenwood Quire
3 pm, Concert (part of "The Stamford Georgian Festival"), St. Martin's church, Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 28th September, 2019
Purbeck Village Quire
Purbeck 30th Anniversary; Celebratory
‘Puddle’ Church Crawl in the Piddle/Puddle valley.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 28th September, 2019
The Madding Crowd
1:30 to 4pm, Selection of music and songs for the Michaelmas Fair,
St Cross Hospital, Winchester, SO23 9SD.
More details on the quire's website
Sunday, 29th September, 2019
The Greenwood Quire
Evening concert, Priory Church, Deeping St.James, Lincolnshire.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 5th October, 2019
Sussex Harmony
11am, Old Ale Harvest Service, St Thomas à Becket Church, Cliffe, Lewes , BN7 2AH.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 5th October, 2019
John Moore Quire
Harvest Festival, St Chads, Wybunbury..
Contacts: See Quires Page
Sunday, 6th October, 2019
Marsh Warblers
Carols Workshop, Town Hall, Tenterden, TN30 7EA. (Folk Festival event).
Contacts: See Quires Page
Sunday, 6th October, 2019
Immanuel's Ground
Harvest Festival, St James’s Church, Walton d’Eivile, Warks. CV35 9HU.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 12th October, 2019
Grace Darling Singers & Amber Valley Quire
Joint afternoon event at Bethesda Chapel, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, supporting the chapel's Open Day.
Contacts: See GDS on Quires Page and/or AVQ on Quires Page
Saturday, 19th October, 2019
John Moore Quire
Harvest Festival, St.Chads, Main Rd, Wybunbury, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 7SB.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 19th October, 2019
WGMA Research Meeting No.8
The Storey, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH.
A short walk from Lancaster Bus and Railway Stations.
Saturday, 19th October, 2019
The Madding Crowd
Wesley Concert – 350 years since the birth of Susanna Wesley, the ‘mother of Methodism’
Hedge End Methodist Church, SO30 4AG.
More details on the quire's website
Sunday, 20th October, 2019
London Gallery Quire
Harvest Evensong, St John the Evangelist, Brownswood Park, N4 2LW.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 26th October. 2019
54th 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, 26th October, 2019
Amber Valley Quire
7:30pm, Belper Unitarian Chapel, Field Row, Belper.
A celebration of the discovery of Belper Unitarian manuscript.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 2nd November, 2019
Sing Birmingham! 2019
10am - 4:30pm, A day of west gallery music and carols for singers and instrumentalists.
St Nicolas' Church, 81, The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8RU.
More details from HERE
or from Facebook
Download a Flyer and Booking Form from HERE
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Friday 8th - Sunday 10th November 2019
WGMA Autumn Seaside Singing Weekend
Will take place at:
Sidholme Hotel, Elysian Fields, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8UJ.
Download a detailed flyer HERE and Booking Form from HERE
Please Note: We're in the happy position of having to start a
WAITING LIST for this event, as we have over 90 applicants so far.
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Saturday, 30th November, 2019
The Greenwood Quire
6pm, concert, Methodist church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire - in aid of the historic chapel at Raithby-by-Spilsby.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Sunday, 1st December, 2019
The Madding Crowd
3pm, Christmas Evensong, St Peter’s Church, Stockbridge, SO20 6HE.
More details on the quire's website
Sunday, 4th December, 2019
London Gallery Quire
Afternoon Concert, Winchmore Hill URC, London.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 7th December, 2019
Immanuel's Ground
7pm, tbc, Christmas Concert, St John the Baptist Church, Brinklow, Warks. CV23 0LQ.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Saturday, 7th December, 2019
Marsh Warblers
Christmas Concert, Sandhurst Baptist Church, Sandhurst, Kent, TN18 5PG (in aid of Starfish Malawi).
Contacts: See Quires Page
Sunday, 8th December, 2019
London Gallery Quire
Afternoon Concert, Winchmore Hill URC, London.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Thursday 19 December, 2019
Sussex Harmony
Christmas Carol Concert, St Peter's Church, Preston Park, Brighton, BN1 6SD.
Contacts: See Quires Page
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2020
Saturday, 15th February, 2020
London Gallery Quire
Morning Concert, St George’s, Beckenham, BR3 1AX.
Contacts: See Quires Page
Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd February, 2020
The Madding Crowd House Party
A weekend of West Gallery song and friendship
Halsway Manor, near Crowcombe, Somerset, TA4 4BD.
For more details contact Gordon Thick: 02380 265378 or email
Friday 21st-Sunday 23rd February, 2020
Residential Weekend West Gallery Course at Benslow
Music Trust, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RB.
Leader: Francis Roads.
More details: email Francis Roads
Links to the music for download will appear in due course.
Sunday, 1st March, 2020
Madding Crowd
West Gallery Workshop for the Folk Association of South Hants – all welcome
10:30am - 3:30pm; Bring & Share lunch; Soberton Village Hall SO32 3PF.
To reserve a place: phone 01243 531497 or email
For more details contact Gordon Thick - 02380 265378 or gordanne1969@gmail.com
Saturday, 7th March, 2020
South-West Quires' Day XII
Ruishton Village Hall, near Taunton, TA3 5JD.
Details from Jacqueline Patten email
Saturday 25th April, 2020
16th Mid-Shires Quires' Day
Byfield Village Hall, Byfield, Northants, NN11 6UT.
For more details: tel: 01865 865773 or email
Sunday, 3rd May, 2020
London Gallery Quire
Evensong, St. James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, London, EC4V 2AF.
Contacts: See Quires Page
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Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th May, 2020
The WGMA SPRING EVENT and AGM 2020
in Winchester, hosted by the Madding Crowd.
16th May, Singing in the Baptist Church, Swan Lane, SO23 7AA.
11:30am, Annual General Meeting.
17th May, Singing in Hyde Parish Hall, Hyde Street, SO23 7DY.
Both are easy to find, and are close to public transport.
NB: NOT residential; Please make early bookings,
e.g. at the Travelodge or the Premier Inn, etc.
This coincides with the Winchester Mayfest (Facebook page),
which includes dance displays and an evening dance.
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Sunday, 13th June, 2020
London Gallery Quire
Afternoon Concert, St.Mary, Bromley, BR1 3QG.
Contacts: See Quires Page
LINK HERE to the UK Sacred Harp & Shapenote Singing Calandar
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