Out and About - Winter 2021

Wednesday, December 1 Christmas Wreath Workshop, Chilton Foliat Primary School, 6.30pm. Festive and creative evening with Alicia Billyeald of the Wessex Flower Company. £45pp includes glass of wine. Organised by the Friends of Chilton Foliat Primary School. Thursday, December 2 Christmas Market, Threshers Barn, Bucklebury, 4pm-9pm. Food and Drink, stalls, arts and crafts and gifts. info@threshersbarn.co.uk 01635 874374 Swan, Thatcham, Xmas lights switch on, 5pm. Visit Santa’s Grotto, limited spaces, £5 per child. Friday, December 3 Victorian Christmas Fayre, Newbury (to Sunday 5) Friday and Saturday, 10am-8pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. Includes a wide range of market stalls with traders dressed head-to-toe in typical Victorian attire, alongside Victorian-themed roving performers, a Victorian carousel, live music and entertainment and, of course, Father Christmas, helping to make this a truly unforgettable event for Newbury. Saturday, December 4 Lights Celebration and Christmas Fayre, Theale High Street,4.30pm- 7.30pm. Santa’s grotto, food & drinks, a selection of market stalls, Fun for all the family. Winners of the Best Dressed Window competition will be announced. Christmas Cracker, Burghclere Sports Club, 12noon-4pm. With Burghclere Miniature Railway. Stalls, tombola, barbecue, bar, train rides, Newbury District Field Club, West Berkshire Museum, The Wharf, Newbury, 2pm. January, Wednesday 19 Brickmaking in the Newbury Area, talk by Tony Higgott

Out & About leisure

Victorian Christmas Fayre

Sunday, December 12 Christmas Market, Kingsclere Village Club, 10am-4pm. Come along and enjoy a bit of Christmas shopping at the Artisan Style Christmas Market. Lovely selection of stall holders offering a range of gifts, many of whom have offered a prize for a raffle. Free entry Wednesday, December 22 Burghclere Baroque presents Handel’s Messiah, Church of the Ascension, Burghclere, 7pm. Tickets £25, one under 18 free with each ticket paying adult. Tickets: email theresa@burghclerebaroque.com or call (01635) 276009. www.burghfieldbaroque.com InCantata Ladies Community Choir Singing the joy of the festive season at Newbury Victorian Market on Saturday, December 4, at 2.30 pm. The Base, Greenham Business Park on Thursday, December 16 at 5.30 pm. With the support of The Good Exchange, InCantata hope to enhance their Christmas music with the purchase of a new speaker and microphones. Join InCantata in celebrating this festive season. Please see www.incantata.co.uk and Facebook for further details.

Santa’s grotto. Come along and have some fun.

Meet Father Christmas, Milestones Museum, Basingstoke. Also Sunday 5, Saturday and Sunday 11 and 12 and Saturday 18 to Thursday 23. Come along to the festive grotto deep in the heart of Milestones to receive a Christmas gift. Up to four children can visit Father Christmas at the same time. Please note: bookings on December 4 and 5 will take place on the same days as Milestones’ Christmas Market event. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Friday, December 10 Christmas Extravaganza,

Hungerford High Street, from 5pm. Christmas lights, parade, stalls, funfair and steam engines.

Saturday, December 11 Christmas Market, Plough on the Green, Newbury, 12noon Christmas Market, The Swan, Thatcham, 12noon. Visit Santa in his grotto, £5 per child.

February, Wednesday 16 The Veness Sisters, talk by Ros Clow

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