One Chippenham

Beyond The Streets
2023-08-05 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-06 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-13 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-19 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-20 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-26 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-27 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | The Forbidden Carnival Gallery, 64a Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HG
On Saturday August 5th, The Forbidden Carnival Gallery will be opening it’s doors on ‘Beyond The Streets’, a colourful array of street, skate and graffiti art as well as unique custom painted skate decks by local artists.
The opening will coincide with the one day Chippenham skate fest – Burts Fest, organised by Burts Boards, Chippenham.
Beyond The Streets will run for a month and is open weekends 10 -3 or by appointment during the week. This will be a super cool show not to be missed!

Runny Snotts Open Mic
2023-08-09 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-09-13 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-11 19:00 - 22:00 | The Three Crowns, 18 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DB, United Kingdom
Runny Snotts acoustic session – the 2nd Wednesday of every month.
OPEN MIC
Come join us, bring a song and an instrument if you play one and lets make some music.
If you don’t sing or play why not have a drink and listen to some songs.
Look forward to seeing you there.

Clogettes Summer School
2023-08-14 - 2023-08-18 | St Paul’s Church, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1PW, United Kingdom
Join us this summer for a magical journey into the world of Musical Theatre!
Hot on the heels of their successful Performance of Peter Pan, The Clogettes have their annual Summer School in August. Booking Now Open!!!
Date: August 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th 2023
Location: St Peter’s Church Chippenham
Time: 9:30AM – 4.30 PM
What to expect:
Daily classes in singing, dancing, and acting, led by experienced teachers.
Fun and interactive sessions to enhance performance skills, stage presence, and confidence.
Exciting rehearsals for a musical production at the end of the week.
Opportunities to make new friends who share the same love for musical theatre.
For registration and further information, please contact us at: debiatmilliecatarts@gmail.com

Whole Day Life Drawing - Beginners
2023-08-26 10:00 - 16:00 | The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
We’re excited to bring you one more whole day of life drawing for the summer holidays. Join Charlie for an indulgent day of life drawing in the beautiful surroundings of the Cause Arts Centre, Chippenham. Designed for the complete beginner – why not dip your toes in and see if it’s for you?
Fresh coffee, biscuits and all art materials provided. £70 per day. Treat yourself and add on £5 for a hand made sandwich, crisps and a soft drink.
Please complete this enrolment form.
We look forward to meeting you and producing some gorgeous work. Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

Tell Your Story
2023-08-29 10:30 - 12:30, 2023-08-31 10:30 - 12:30, 2023-08-31 13:30 - 15:30 | Chippenham Town Hall, High Street, Chippenham, SN15 3ER, United Kingdom
Tell Your Story
Find your creative voice. Talk about what matters. Make your voice heard.
Free workshops with professional creatives in stand-up, performance poetry, music, podcasting, script-writing and devising.
Limited spaces. Age 13+
Chippenham Town Hall:
Tues 29th August 10.30 – 12.30
Thurs 31st August 10.30 – 12.30
Thurs 31st August 1.30 – 3.30
email: tellyourstorychippenham@gmail.com for more information
Tell Your Story is a Brave Bold Drama project in collaboration with Knapsack Productions. It was funded by The National Lottery Community Fund – Million Hours Funding.
www.bravebolddrama.co.uk/
www.knapsackproductions.co.uk/

Summer Social for over 60s
2023-08-30 14:00 | The Neeld
We are delighted to welcome Strungout to this summer’s event for over 60s.
Strungout are a ukelele band who love the music of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Come and listen to them perform whilst enjoying cake and a coffee.
For the second part of the afternoon, try your hand at creating something arty using sun print paper whilst the band continues to provide entertainment.
Please note this event is for the over 60s and is possible thanks to funding from Wiltshire Council’s Community Area Grant scheme.
Tickets: £8.50
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Please contact the venue for any access requirements.
Tickets are also available through our Box Office on 01249 446699, from the Neeld Box Office or at the Town Hall.
Tickets are non-refundable unless this event is cancelled or postponed.

Peter Potworowski: West Country Exile
2023-09-09 10:00 - 2023-11-11 16:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Born in Poland in 1898, Peter Potworowski was part of the Parisian Artistic community of the 1920s that included the likes of Picasso, Bonnard, and Léger. After the Nazi-occupation of his home-land Potworowski settled in England in 1943, beginning a long association with the West Country.
The majority of works in this selling exhibition are from his time living in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire. In 1949 he joined the teaching staff at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, where his own work as an artist matured in contact with the English landscape.
Chippenham Museum, a Chippenham Town Council facility, is free entry, open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm, including bank holidays.

Heritage Day - Open Day Events @ The Cause Venue
2023-09-16 | The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
The Cause Venue are holding an open day to celebrate National Heritage Day on Saturday 16th September.
Take a look around the Venue and see the original site of the Quaker meeting house and the beautiful former Methodist church – now an auditorium.
Why not also join one of the free singing sessions during the day & come to our evening Showcase?
12 – 12.30am Singalong group – Norma leads our Tuesday afternoon singing group and will be giving a free demonstration of the group. Join in or come and see.
2 – 3pm Choir free workshop. What is it like to sing in a community choir? What is it like to sing in a world music choir? Do you like singing but don’t know where to begin? Come along and see how we learn and how you can sing in a choir without having to read music or have much prior experience.
7.30 – 9.30pm Showcase. The two choirs who rehearse weekly at The Cause, Lingmara World Music choir and Chippenham Gospel Choir, will give demonstrations and performances of some of their varied repertoire. Full bar. Entrance £5 – tickets on door

The Cause Venue is a community centre for quality choirs, music, visual and performing arts, crafts, fitness, Buddhist and Quaker meetings.
www.thecausevenue.com

Heritage Open Days: Chippenham's Heritage Quarter
2023-09-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Unwrap Chippenham’s creativity and explore Chippenham’s Heritage Quarter for Heritage Open Days!
With a range of open doors, tours, walks, art exhibitions & street performances to enjoy. For a full programme of events visit our website or drop into the museum.
All events are free but some require pre-booking. Please visit our website or view our programme for more details.

The Absurdity of the Unoccupied - A Culture Cafe Talk
2023-09-29 17:30 - 18:30 | The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
Culture Cafe’s are back! Starting with local photographer Gerard Hilderly in association with Doorway homelessness charity.
The Absurdity of the Unoccupied is a socially engaged photography project that observes the existence of properties left permanently empty. Developed over 2 years, the photography questions the ongoing preservation of such buildings and the detrimental effect upon the local community.
Informed by the work of Allan Sekula and Peter Kennard, the work aims to challenge economic influence and the conventions of power.
A 30 minute talk with Q and A
Bar available. The Cause Music Cafe to follow (£5)

Shakespeare Live! Two Gentlemen of Verona
2023-10-14 20:00 | The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
An early play, ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ has feisty heroines, lovelorn & bickering young men, dictatorial parents, foolish suitors, cross-dressing, letters galore, wild outlaws, witty servants, a big fight, and a lugubrious clown with a dog.

Shakespeare Live, best known for over 30 years of outdoor productions in Wiltshire, have been touring their popular annual autumn show for several years, focusing on plays less often performed or on original Shakespeare-based pieces. This year, as often before the pandemic, we are proud that the production was picked by the RSC for performance at their open-air Dell space in Stratford upon Avon in August. Directed by Gill Morrell. featuring well-known Shakespeare Live actors together with some talented newcomers, including Bernard the golden retriever, and featuring fabulous medieval costumes and live original music, Shakespeare Live promises ninety minutes of fast, furious, and very, very funny entertainment.

Tickets bookable here.

Sunbirds
2023-10-22 19:30 | The Neeld
The man who once told us he loved us from the bottom of his pencil case, founder Beautiful South member Dave Hemingway returns with his new band SUNBIRDS.
Having retired from the live scene at the back end of 2016, Dave has been keeping busy together with erstwhile South colleague, guitarist/songwriter Phil Barton, new discovery singer/violinist Laura Wilcockson and drummer Marc Parnell.
‘Cool To Be Kind’ was released in November 2020, on the independent label Nectar Records signalling the arrival of Sunbirds with new songs and a new sound.
Although born and bred in England, the band’s sound predominantly features the instrumentation of traditional American roots music combined with the occasional outburst of guitar heavy melody more associated with Seattle in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
However, you can only sing about what you know.
“Although a lot of the songs have an Americana feel” says Dave “they’re still about life in England. You’re going to feel a bit daft singing about pick-up trucks and low down honky-tonks when you live in Yorkshire.”
Their debut album produced by cult producer Teo Miller, captures truthful, open-hearted, funny and sometimes painfully honest songs, turning the page to a new chapter for Dave Hemingway and The Beautiful South story.
‘Cool To Be Kind’ is the result of a few transitional years in Dave and Phil’s individual personal worlds. It tells tales that cover contemporary themes as well as age-old matters of the heart and soul – all viewed through the bottom of a recently drained pint glass.
“Now we’re Sunbirds we’re free to dig a little deeper into ourselves”, says Phil “having said that, there’s no exact science here, we’re just enjoying ourselves and expressing whatever we want whether it’s about love, longing, depression or Gary Lineker’s crisp adverts”.
“Cool To Be Kind is a must-have album which helps us forget the pandemic and lust after the days where this amazing new band can deliver their songs live” – UK Music Reviews
“A highpoint of it’s rootier ilk” – We Are Cult
“Appealingly understated song writing” – Classic Pop Magazine
“An album with warmth to spare” – MOJO Magazine
Sunbirds ‘Cool To Be Kind’ debut album is out now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon UK & Music, all HMV stores and via the website – www.sunbirds.co.uk
Sunbirds are:
Dave Hemingway – Vocals
Phil Barton – Guitar
Laura Wilcockson – Vocals & Violin
Marc Parnell – Drums
Chris Offen – Guitar & Keybaords
Jerry Jobson – Bass
For more information on Sunbirds, please visit the links below:
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
‘Meet You On The Northside’ video link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD_xiHG7CGk
Tickets: £15 Advance | £17.50 on the door
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes, including interval
Please contact the venue for any access requirements.
Tickets are also available through our Box Office on 01249 446699, or at the Town Hall.
Tickets are non-refundable unless this event is cancelled or postponed

Chippenham Film Club's October feature
2023-10-23 19:30 - 22:30 | The Reel Cinema, 91 Marshfield Rd, Chippenham, SN15 1JR, United Kingdom
Master Li, a warrior, asks Yu Shu Lien, the woman he loves, to pass on his sword, Green Destiny, to Sir Te however, when the sword is stolen, Li embarks on a mission to find it. Starring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen,
Crouching Tiger is an absolute classic, and helped put director Ang Lee on the cinematic map.

Bubble Bach
2023-10-25 10:30 | The Neeld
🎵✨ Experience the awe-inspiring fusion of live classical music and bubble art at Bubble Bach!
🪄🎶 With live performances by oboe, violin, and piano, brace yourself for a fascinating journey filled with giggles, wonder, and the beauty of JS Bach’s music.
Suitable for ages 3 to 103, this event guarantees laughter, amazement, and a unique musical adventure.
Don’t miss out, get your tickets now for a half term treat! https://buytickets.at/musicforbiggerminiaturestheatricalshows

Opening Event for the Forbidden Carnival Gallery's latest exhibition - "Dark" (18+)
2023-10-27 18:30 | The Forbidden Carnival Gallery, 64a Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HG
Join us for the spine-tingling opening event of Dark, a new exhibition at The Forbidden Carnival Gallery, for a captivating evening of exceptional artistry. Fancy/Dark/Goth/Halloween dress for attendees is preferred.
Strictly 18+, our “Dark” exhibition isn’t for the faint-hearted, so proceed with caution. We’ve gathered a collection of works that will push the boundaries of your imagination and challenge your perceptions. The Forbidden Gallery dares to explore the shadows, the enigmatic, and the unknown, making this exhibition a one-of-a-kind experience.
🕡 Date: Friday 27th October
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
🚫 Age Restriction: 18+ only

Main Exhibition Schedule:
If you can’t make it to the opening night, don’t worry! “Dark” will be open every Saturday and Sunday – 10AM to 3PM from Saturday 28th October throughout the month of November. For those with busy schedules or a craving for a private encounter with our artworks, we also offer viewing by appointment. Contact us to arrange a time that suits you.

The Forbidden Carnival Gallery, 64A Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HG. Tel 07483 240702
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Making Spaces: Creative Project
2023-10-28 13:30 - 16:30, 2023-11-04 13:30 - 16:30 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Chippenham Museum is launching a new project to work with Ukrainian families, alongside a local artist, to produce a new artwork exploring Chippenham and the surrounding area as a place of refuge.
The project is inspired by the work of Belgian artist Charles Wellens and Polish artist Piotr Potworowski, who each fled conflicts in the 20th century and made their home in the area. Work by both artists is currently on display in the museum.
These sessions are free and family friendly, but booking is required.
If you would like to take part or want to find out more please contact the museum on 01249 705020 or by emailing heritage@chippenham.gov.uk. We are also hosting an Open Evening for Ukrainian families and their hosts on Thursday 19 October, where you can find out more about the museum and our Making Spaces project.

Beginners Art
2023-10-31 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-11-07 09:30 - 11:30 | Cause Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
‘Each course a revelation. Charlie is a fantastic teacher’
Brilliantly designed and delivered 6 x 6 week courses for beginners with Charlie, who has 25 years experience teaching in Further and Higher Education as well as an artist.
Starting back on the 31st October, 2023 for the next 6 week block:-
1. An introduction to Drawing – objects
2. An introduction to acrylic painting – still life
3. Interiors – drawing and painting – light and space
4. Portrait – drawing and painting – proportion and likeness
5. Landscape/Outdoors – colour theory, depth of field
6. Personal project – development of your own ideas and practice
Tuesdays at 9.30am – 11.30am (with Improvers class running 12.30pm – 2.30pm)
£96 including all materials and coffee.
Your place will be confirmed on receipt of payment. Returners won’t need to complete a new form but please email ragandbonearts@gmail.com to book in.
Please pay by balance transfer so that we can keep our costs down for you. Please email us to let us know that you have paid and we’ll reply to let you know that it’s been received.
Rag and Bone Arts C.I.C
Sort code: 08-92-99
Account number 65718094
Thank you – we look forward to meeting you soon!
