Your what’s on guide

Friday April 25

The Harry Rag Band, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, free admission, www.thewharfinnfennycompton.co.uk

Saturday April 26

Spring Fayre, stalls of homemade cakes, preserves, bric-a-brac, tombola, raffle, food annd refreshments, Galanos House, Banbury Road, Southam, from 2.30pm.

Jumble Sale, church rooms, Wellesbourne, from 2pm onwards, call 01789 842248.

Live music by Harley Street and bingo, the Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 8pm to 11pm.

Louise Clare, live music, The Nelson Club, Charles Street, Warwick, members and bona fide guests welcome, call 775578,

Cubbington Action Group against HS2 will lead easy two-mile Bluebell Walks through South Cubbington Wood. Walks start at King’s Head, Church Hill in Cubbington, at 10am. All are welcome (dogs on leads please). Strong shoes or wellies are recommended, walks are free but donations welcomed. Contact 425283.

A Fun Day for all the family, cycle challenge, cake stall, tombola, human fruit machine and more, helping with Judy Cooper and Sarah Toone’s fundraising for Myton Hospice, Ashorne village hall, from 10.30am to 2.30pm.

Flying Colours exhibition, featuring works by five painters, a ceramicist, textile artist and furniture maker, at the Art Barn in Preston Bagot, 10am to 6pm each day until Saturday May 11. Free entry. For details, call 843023.

Sunday April 27

Open Garden for the National Gardens Scheme, 19 Church Lane, Lillington, from 2pm to 5.30pm, admission £2.50 for adults, children free.

Northgate Methodist Church service conducted by Ms Betty Blowers, in Barrack Street, Warwick, from 10.30am. Tea and coffee will be served as usual in the church hall between 10am and noon. Everyone welcome.

Diatonic, St Peter’s church, Dormer Place, Leamington, from 3pm, tickets £9, from Presto Classical or call 882898.

Organ recital with William Weir, free concert, refreshments, St Nicholas church, Warwick, from 3pm.

Monday April 28

Leamington History Group, talk by Colin Maynell on The Slums of Royal Leamington Spa, Dormer Conference Centre, St Peter’s church, Dormer Place, from 7.30pm, guests £2.50, annual membership £10.

Tuesday April 29

NSPCC, Ladies Spring Luncheon, presentation by La Prairie skin care. The Angel Hotel, Leamington, limited tickets available for £25 to include reception drink and two course lunch, call 632368.

Wednesday April 30

The Leamington Society, guided tour of ancient Coventry, meet at Coventry Railway Station, lunch at Herbert Museum after tour, from 10.30am, contact 423822 or email [email protected]

Thursday May 1

Poetry and Study Group, featured poet: Thomas Hardy, Warwick Quaker Centre, High Street, Warwick, beginning on 7.45pm, new members welcome, call 511969.

Friday May 2

Free lunchtime concert, organ recital with Adrian Moore, Holy Trinity church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington, from 1.15pm, light refreshments available from 12.30pm, retiring collection.

Cubbington Action Group Against HS2, public meeting to discuss chnages to local HS2 plans in order to lessen impact on the village and the environment, Cubbington village hall, Broadway, from 7.30pm, call 336838.

All About The Music final: play-off between five bands, Zephyr Lounge, Leamington, doors 7.30pm. Tickets £4 in advance or £5 on the door. eufest.com/festivals.aatm/tickets

Leamington Music Festival: a programme of classical concerts by international artists at the Pump Room in Leamington from today until Monday May 5. For details and tickets, call 776438 or visit www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk

A First Class Watering Place: 200 Years of the Royal Pump Room opens at Leamington Art Gallery at the Pump Room in Leamington and runs until August 25. Free entry.

MCMC Karaoke, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, free entry, call 01295 770332 or visit www.thewharfinnfennycompton.co.uk

Saturday May 3

Skittles Night, Southam Sports and Social Club, School Street, from 8pm, £6 per team of four, call 812284.

Discovering the Victorian Garden at Hill Close Gardens, auricula displays and stories about plant hunters, light refreshments, shop and plant sales, Bread & Meat Close, Warwick, from 11am to 5pm, entry £3.50 children £1, also on May 4 and May 5, call 493339 or visit www.hillclosegardens.com

Singing for the Brain, singing sessions to bring people with dementia, their carers and family/friends together, Brunswick Healthy Living Centre, Shrubland Street, Leamington, from 10.15am to 11.45am, call 888899.

Sunday May 4

Warwick Girls’ Marching Band Sunday Car Boot Sale, Band headquarters, Westend Centre, Hampton Road by Racing Club Warwick FC opposite Shakespeare Avenue, From 12.30pm for sellers and 1pm for buyers. Pitches £6 (no booking required), buyers – adults 50p, children free, call 334340.

Dene River Jazzmen, The Gauntlet, Ceasar Road, Kenilworth, from 7.30pm to 10pm, free admission.

Leamington Rambling Club, seven to nine-mile walk, Harborough Magna, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 9.30am, call 496974.

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Leek Wootton, leaves Newbold Terrace East at 1.30pm, call 498668.

Monday May 5

Amy, live music, The Nelson Club, Charles Street, Warwick, members and bona fide guests welcome, call 775578.

Bank Holiday organ recital, All Saints’ church, Victoria Terrace, from 11am, tea/coffee and cakes available from 10.30am, free admission, retiring collection.

Tuesday May 6

Warwickshire and the Normans: from Conquest to Anarchy, Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, off Cape Road, Warwick, from 10am to 4.15pm, £15 per person, bring your own lunch.

Wednesday May 7

Mid-Warwickshire Association of the National Trust, talk by Jane Tapley entitled Bath: a World Heritage city from Roman and Georgian times to present, Spa Centre, Leamington, from 7.30pm, visitors welcome, £3 admission for non-members.

Leamington Rambling Club, four to six-mile walk, Hampton Lucy, meet at the car park opposite Newbold Comyn leisure Centre at 9.30am, call 496974.

Thursday May 8

Quiz Night in aid of Cubbington Action Group Against HS2, The King’s Head, Cubbington, from 7.30pm, £2.50 per person, teams of six or less, call 772558.

The Leamington Society, annual meeting followed by open discussion with wine soft drinks, meats and cheese, then talk by Peter Allen of Aubrey Allen, Christchurch, Priory Terrace, from 7pm, free admission.

Friday May 9

Free Guided Tour by head gardener, Hill Close Gardens, Bread & Meat Close, Warwick, from 2.30pm to 3.30pm, garden entry £3.50 children 31, call 493339 or visit www.hillclosegardens.com

The Royal Naval Association Male Voice Choir Spring Musical Concert with Lillington Ladies Choir plus soloists Lucy Stanton and Amy Thomas, Royal Naval Association Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington, from 7.30pm, tickets £5, buy from the club or call 422958.

Great War 1914-1918 Commemoration, literary readings, history and music of the time from Stoneleigh Male Voice Choir, the church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoneleigh, tickets £15 including glass of wine and canapes, proceeds in aid of church repairs and £1 from every ticket sold to the Royal British Legion, for tickets call 024 7641 5506 or email [email protected]

Pencilface, live music, The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton, free entry, call 01295 770332 or visit www.thewharfinnfennycompton.co.uk

Saturday May 10

The Lost Boys, live music, Southam Sports and Social Club, School Street, from 9pm, free admission, 812284.

Michael Brookes, live music, The Nelson Club, Charles Street, Warwick, call 775578.

Kineton Art Group Open Art Exhbition and Sale of Paintings, Kineton village hall, from 10am to 5pm, entrance 50p for adults children free, refreshments available.